October Pals Blog Hop -- Halloween or Harvest?

Welcome to the October Pals BLog Hope where we are celebrating an early Halloween and Harvest season. This month we are sharing Halloween and Fall projects using our wonderful Stampin' Up! supplies.

You may just be starting the Blog Hop or may have come from Dawn Tidd's Tiddbits from Dawn. If you get off track at any time, the full lineup below will help you move along from blog to blog so you can see all of the amazing creations.

I don't send out Halloween cards, but I will be able to add this to a treat that I plan on giving out. I'm not into very creepy images, so I chose to use the versatile Boo-tiful Bags Photopolymer Stamp Set that came in September's Paper Pumpkin kit. I love how the kits show you how you can use the stamps, paper and accessories, but that you can create whatever you want to using the supplies. And there are refill kits available if you want to make more of what comes in that fun little box every month!

My card base is Naturals Ivory card stock. I used my paper snips to cut little slits along eht edges to keep my Black Baker's Twin in place. I hope it looks like a spider web to you!

Here I chose to color my sentiment using Stampin' Write Markers in Basic Black, Blackberry Bliss and Tangelo Twist. My tree image is Basic Black and Blackberry Bliss. 

Under my sentiment tag, I used Blackberry Bliss patterned paper from the 2014 In Color paper stack. Both tags were cut from the Chalk Talk Framelits using my Big Shot. I embellished the tag with some Tangelo Twist Sequins and Black Baker's Twine from the same Paper Pumpkin Kit.

Thank you for looking! I hope you will use my comment box to let me know what you think. 

Now it's time to hope along to Amy Hoptay's Inking of You! blog for the next creation! Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you next month!!

 

1. Candy Ford at Stamp Candy
2. Becky Gifford at The Social Stamper
3. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
4. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
5. Sue Becker at RnR Stamping
6. Lynn Kolcun at Stamping with Avery's Owlery
7. Amy Williams at Stamps and Spice
8. Michelle Gleeson at StampinMojo
9. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
10. Nicole Watt at Pixel Maven's Retreat
11. Amanda Merrill at Inkflair
12. Beth Beard at My little craft blog
13. Brian King at Stamp with Brian
14. Diane Roberts at Score at Four and a Quarter
15. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
16. Liz Gautreaux at Kind Deeds Stampin
17. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
18. Natalie Bradley at Natalie Bradley Events
19. Jackie Diediker at Stampin' Jackie
20. Susan Itell at Simple Stampin
21. Amy Whelan at Amys Inklings
22. Jane Knudsen at www.seejanestamp.com
23. Debbie Mageed at Secret Stamper
24. Dawn Tidd at Tiddbits from Dawn
25. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts By Patti
26. Amy Hoptay at Inking of You!
27. Kerry Willard Bray at Peonies and Paper Chains
28. September Gray at septembergray.com
29. Sherrie Gross at Sherrie Gross at Stampin Sherrie
30. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin'
31. Angie Valle-Peters at Paperluxuries
32. Rae Harper-Burnet at WildWestPaperArts.com

Building Block Birthday

Yippee-Skippee!! I tried the Building Block Card and I LOVE how easy it is. It's almost a gift in itself, so if you need a card for a very special person, this is the card. You can see the tutorial here.

On these "blocks" in the middle of the card, you can be very creative. Some people have written words using letter stamps or stickers. I decorated mine with a variety of stamps and the bicycle images to match the front. The Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper is one of my favorites because it uses a lot of different color combinations and graphics. The Pedal Praise stamp from a My Paper Pumpkin is perfect to blend with the Bicycle images on one of the DSP sheets.

I let the sentiment on the XL Decorative Label punched in Summer Starfruit sticks out a little, but that's okay because this card is a bit slimmer than a regular A2 card when it's folded up.

I hope you enjoyed this Birthday Card today and that you will try one yourself. Please let me know what you think in my comments section :-) I love reading each one and they make me smile!

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Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper

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Bring On The Cake

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Yippee-Skippee!

$18.95

Oh, Goodie Stamp Brush Set - Digital Download

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Deco Labels Collection Framelits Dies

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Petite Curly Label Punch

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Petite Pennants Builder Punch

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PPA Preview

Yes, someone is turning 40! She will be getting this card that I made for this week's Pals Paper Arts Challenge. You can see the full reveal tomorrow on my blog. Thanks for stopping by!!

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PPA170 Midnight Muse, Crushed Curry, Early Espresso

Welcome to the Pals Paper Arts Challenge 170. Using our colors, what will you come up with? I stretched it this week!! I tried a new technique: Masking Tape. I just put my piece of masking tape or painter's tape over your ink pad and rub it. Then I pulled it off, rubbed it gently onto a scrap piece of paper, then placed it on my card stock and rubbed real well over the entire piece. Pull it off and there is your imprint! Easy!

You might notice a different "pattern" on the Early Espresso tape. That pad is a linen pad, while the Midnight Muse and Crushed Curry are both firm foam pads. I like the firm foam images better. I can see lines in the linen one and I don't like that!

To add to the "informal" look on my card, I used the set Gorgeous Grunge for splatters and "skid marks." "Seriously" is from the Seriously My Paper Pumpkin kit from a couple of months back. I distressed the edges of this piece using the Distressing Tool.

On the bottom of the card, I added a panel that was embossed with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder and then brayered with Early Espresso ink. I tore it by hand to fit perfectly across the bottom.

What do you think? It's a little out of my norm for cards, but that is why I like challenges so much!

Thanks for looking and I hope you leave your comments below. I love to read them all.

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PPA170 Card Supplies:

Card Stock: Early Espresso, Very Vanilla

Stamps: Seriously from My Paper Pumpkin, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Early Espresso, Midnight Muse, Crushed Curry

Big Shot: Woodgrain Embossing Folder

Tools: Painter's Tape, Brayer, Distressing Tool

Back From Convention--Whew!

Hi Friends! I am back from Stampin' Up's 25th Anniversary Convention in Salt Lake City. All of Mary Fish's Stampin' Pretty Pals who attended had a blast!! We are all tired from staying up late and walking and sitting all day long! We ate together, laughed together and some of us even made cards together. We swapped, we waited in lines for almost everything and we grew our friendships in person! It was a fantastic experience!

We learned many new things in the form of product demonstrations, announcements and workshops to help our creativity or businesses. 

Stampin' Up! took care of us in 25th Anniversary style, giving each attendee many prizes!

Here is a look at some of the fun we had at Convention:

One or more of the Stampin' Pretty Pals are part of this video! (not me :-)

One of the announcements last week is about My Paper Pumpkin. If you haven't subscribed yet, I urge you to give it a try. Now is the perfect time with the new Pumpkin Deal! Just use the code PUMPKINDEAL when you are a new subscriber and you will get your first two months for $10 each. That is a huge savings on the regular price of $19.95 per month. DETAILS AND SIGN UPS HERE.

My Paper Pumpkin comes with everything you need to complete the project described except scissors and adhesive and your own touch! You can remain a My Paper Pumpkin subscriber as long as you like. Promotion sign ups through August 31, 2013 only. After your first two months, the subscription will be $19.95 per month. 

I hope you will check back tomorrow for a look at something I made using one of my new products that is from our upcoming Holiday Catalog! Oh, and I just MIGHT have a chance to win BLOG CANDY!!

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