Spooky Cat With The Stamp Review Crew

Hello everyone! How is everyone's week going so far? Today is pretty special because this is my first time participating in a blog hop-EVER! It's a pretty big deal for me because honestly a year ago I would have been too intimidated to try it. I'm so happy to be able to feel confident enough to try new things. And what a great team to join! If you're not familiar with The Stamp Review Crew , they are a group of very talented international Stampin' Up! demonstrators who get together on the first and third Monday of each month to bring you all kinds of delicious inspiration that features a different stamp set each new Monday.

The blog hops are archived at The Stamp Review Crew blog and you'll be able to click through the hops at any time, going directly to the posts as you wish for any of the hops. Just click on the banner of this post to go to the master blog roll for this hop also. If you have already started the hop, you will have come from the lovely and creative Lou Kitzelman’s page.

Today we are reviewing the Spooky Cat stamp set. I absolutely love this set! There are so many great possibilities with this set from classroom treats, to gifts, to party invites. For my projects, I made a tag for a treat jar, along with a matching mini card. I just love using the color combo of Bermuda Bay, Berry Burst, and Lemon Lime Twist together for Halloween projects. I created an ombré sentiment using the Cupcake Cutouts Framelits Dies and inking part of the word in Lemon Lime Twist and the other half in Bermuda Bay. 

Did you notice the adorable little witch's broom on the card and jar? I just cut a strip of wood grain paper from the Wood Textures Designer Series Paper (DSP), cut it on a curve at one end and added some short pieces cut from the Burlap Ribbon. See picture below.

Well, that's my projects for today's hop! Thanks so much for hopping along! Next stop is the very talented Stesha Bloodhart! Check out her lovely blog and project!

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Spooky Cat Photoplymer Bundle

$31.50

Cupcake Cutouts Framelits Dies

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Wood Textures Designer Series Paper Stack

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5/8" (1.6 Cm) Burlap Ribbon

$7.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

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Pick a Pumpkin Thank You Card #GDP105

Hi Peaches! I have another color challenge for you this week! Over on the Global Design Project page they have a great new challenge featuring Peekaboo Peach, Tangerine Tango, and Lemon Aline Twist. That sounds like a delicious mix to me! However, for my project submission I chose a pumpkin themed card.

Here the weekly color challenge below. Click here to see the challenge along with all the other beautiful designs the team has come up with!

To start my card, I took a piece of water color paper. I took my Lemon Lime Twist ink pad and Peekaboo Peach ink pad and squeezed the lid (while its closed) and the bottom part of the pad together so that the ink collects a bit on the inside of the lid. Then I took my aqua painter and created a stripe pattern with both of the inks. After that dried I took some Lemon Lime Twist cardstock and die cut some leaves from the Pick a Pumpkin dies and Flourishing Phrases dies and inked them with the coordinating ink. I die cut one of the pumpkins from the die set, adhered it to some inked cardstock and cut it out. I added all my layers, along with a sentiment from the One Big Meaning stamp set. The last details are the tiny stars. They actually came from the pumpkin with the stars from the Pick a Pumpkin die set. After I adhered them in place. I added some glue from the Fine Tip Glue Pen to make them shiny. And that's my card for today! I love how refreshing these colors look together! Thanks so much for stopping by! See you next post!

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 If you’ve considered joining, it's a truly great time! For just $99, you can select $125 of your choice of product AND earn a 20% discount on your purchases from the Annual Catalog.  This is an amazing deal! If you want to join my team, click here or please email me!

Say Hello to the Merry Patterns Host Promotion!

What could make hosting a holiday catalog event more fun? How about the chance to earn a FREE, exclusive stamp set? We’re calling it the Merry Patterns Host Promotion—and anyone can join in the fun. Here's how it works: if you host a party with $300 USD/$375 CAD in sales by October 31, you'll earn the Merry Patterns Stamp Set for FREE. The Merry Patterns Stamp Set is exclusive to this host promotion and will not be available after the last day of October, so grab it while you have the chance! There's also a great video with gorgeous samples to help you get a head start on making beautiful Christmas cards and projects with your “merry” new set. Check out the video below:

Pick A Pumpkin Clear-Mount Bundle

$38.50

One Big Meaning Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$19.00

Watercolor Paper

$5.00

Aqua Painters

$17.00

Tangerine Tango Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Peekaboo Peach 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Lemon Lime Twist 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Fine-Tip Glue Pen

$7.00

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Spooky Cat Halloween Treat Bag and Witch's Hat

Hello sweet Peaches! I have something very special for you today! It's my very first 3-D items! For me, home decor items and 3-D items made from paper have always been intimidating. They always look so complicated and intricate. I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and if I'm completely honest with myself, the potential for failure is what's been stopping me from trying. But I conquered that fear of failure today, friends and I'm so glad I did because it was a lot more fun and simple than I'd imagined.

For my projects today, I used the brand new Spooky Cat stamp set which comes out this September, along with the Mini Treat Bag dies. If you take a closer look at the treat bag set, you'll notice it comes jam packed with all kinds of dies. There are even fun shape dies to add dimension and interest to your cute little bags. I plan to use it for my daughter's class to hold Halloween treats in. To create the bubbly potions, I took some watercolor paper and first stamped the bottles in Basic Black Archival ink and the added each color of liquid in Bermuda Bay, Berry Burst, and Lemon Lime Twist. The liquid parts of the potions are separate stamps which include some bubbles that, when stamped, bubble out of the tops of the bottles. I wanted to add more variation in the bubbles so I took the bubbles from the stamp set Mixed Drinks and stamped a few of those in the same colors. Then I took my aqua painter and colored over the potions to make the color run a little for a steamy, bubbly look. I also wanted to add some texture behind my die cut circles, so I took some Finely Woven Berry Burst ribbon and added some behind them. I also took some of that same ribbon and unraveled it. At first I only intended to use the thread that I pulled from the ribbon, but as I unraveled it, I thought the loose edges would be so pretty behind my circle pieces too. Here's a picture of how I pulled the thread to unravel the ribbon:

After I added my ribbon, I added a few more touches and details to finish off the treat bag and I was on to my which hat.

The witche's hat was actually inspired by a project kit that Stampin' Up! offered a while back. It's really quite simple. You can easily create this project in any size you like; just play around with your paper and experiment with different sizes.  I first cut out a circle out of Basic Black cardstock, using a small bowl from my kitchen as a stencil. Then I took a sheet of Basic Black cardstock and made a snow cone shape where it's curved at the top and cone shaped at the bottom, proportional to the base or brim of the hat. You may need to just test out different sizes until it looks like the right size. Then I rolled it so that the cone end came to a point which ends up being the top of the hat. Then I adhered the edges. Next I took a 1/2 inch strip of black paper and snipped up the center of the paper running horizontally so it creates a sort of fringe. I adhered the non fringed side to the inside of the bottom of the cone part of the hat and folded the fringed edges out and used those to adhere to the circle base part of the hat. After the basic structure of the hat was made, I crumpled the tip up a bit to add texture and age. Then I took some ribbon and sequin trim and wrapped it around the brim of the hat. Lastly, I stamped the rat from the Spooky Cat set and added it to one side. And that pretty much finishes my projects for today! Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you next post!

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Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies

$40.00

Mixed Drinks Photopolymer Stamp Set

$21.00

Watercolor Paper

$5.00

Aqua Painters

$17.00

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

$7.00

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.00

Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Berry Burst 1/2" Finely Woven Ribbon

$7.00

Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

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