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"Anything But a Card" - November 2018 Stampin' Pretty Pals Blog Hop

Good Morning Fellow Stampers ~

My goodness ~~ We've been taking a sudden and unplanned break in the last 10 days!  My apologies; I didn't mean to "go silent" so suddenly.  There has been a lot going on around here, and interesting things are happening in the Studio, so don't despair!  We're getting back on track.

It's the Second Wednesday of November and that means . . .  Welcome to the Pals November 2018 Blog Hop.  This month the Pals showcase projects that feature "anything BUT a card."  Inspiration abounds as we head full swing into the holiday season!!  So I hope you'll take the time to visit each of us today, and leave inspired!!

You may be starting the hop here with me today, or you may just be arriving from our fabulous leader's blog, Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty.  Either way, I'm thrilled you are here!  When you're ready, you’ll find the the full line-up below to help you move or “hop” along from Pal-to-Pal.

 

Every year at this time I share with you my Thanksgiving place setting that I have planned for that year's Thanksgiving table.  And so it is time to unveil this year's "place setting."  I've decided to "mix things up" a bit this year and not have a "name tag" for the place setting, or to even incorporate the silverware.

 

 

Rather, I've decided on a simple and fun "treat bag" to place in the center of each plate when setting the table.

The bag will hold a special treat inside, and this simple message on the outside.

 

The fabulous thing about this project, is that it is really so quick and simple!

This project features our fabulous Santa's Bags in the Holiday Occasions Catalog.

Instead of Christmas though, we're focused on Thanksgiving and Fall decor.

So the bag is stamped with one of the images from the Falling for Leaves stamp set, in Fresh Fig ink.

Then a layering of tags and leaves for a fabulous attachment.

 

The top tag is punched with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch, the sentiment stamped in Fresh Fig ink, and a little "trim" on the bottom using the Country Lane Designer Series Paper.

Another 1" x 4" strip of Country Lane DSP for the "background" tag, the tail punched with the Banner Triple Punch.

A pretty detailed leaf cut from Cajun Craze cardstock using the Detailed Leaves Thinlits Dies.

And everything clipped together to the bag with a Galvanized Clip.

Final touch - a Nature's Twine tie on the clip.

 

And you can still gather the bag closed at the top if you want!

There are so many little ideas you could use these for.

Incorporate a sweet card or message inside.

Chocolates, a tea bag, . . .

And that silverware if you really wanted to!!

LOL

 

 

I hope you had fun today, and will collect together the supplies to whip up a batch of these for your Thanksgiving table next week!!  There's still plenty of time!

Now it’s time to use the Blog Hop Line-up below to see what the rest of the Pals have created to inspire you.  If you are so inclined, I love to read your comments.  Please do leave your thoughts!

 

Mark your calendars for December 12, 2018, for the next Pals Blog Hop.  We'll be glitzing it up just in time for Christmas!!  Don’t miss the fun!

 

Until Next Time . . . Puppy Hugs,

 

Blog Hop Line-up:

1. Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
2. Wendy Klein at Doggone Delightful Stampin’
3. Linda Suarez at All Night Stamping
4. Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
5. Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
6. Maggie Mata at Maggie Made Cards
7. Rae Harper-Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
8. Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
9. Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
10. Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
11. Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
12. Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
13. Sandra Conner at Pretty Provisions
14. Leah O’Brien at Stamping By The Bay
15. Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
16. Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
17. Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
18. Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
19. Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose

 

 

3-Way Friday ~~ 1 Design, 3 Alternatives

Hello Fellow Stampers ~

 Whooo Hooooo . . . T G I F!!!  I'm so glad this week is over!! Whew!  And the weekend is gonna be craaaaazzzzzy!!  Starting this afternoon.  Mike and I head for Florence, Colorado (a 2-1/2" hour drive) to celebrate one of his sisters' 60th Birthday - it's a surprise party!!  LOL  Should be fun; but it will be quite late tonight before we get home.  And then there's college football game tomorrow; and all sorts of things going on!!  Thank goodness we have beautiful late Fall weather going on right now!

 

Did everyone see that Starbucks released their 2018 Halloween Frappuccino drink today??

 

Toad's breath, bat warts, and lizard scales.

Mmmmmmmmmmm  -  this Witches Brew just sounds delish!!  LOL

 

 

 

We have our own Halloween fun today.  I am presenting to you the second and third installments today of my Baker's Box collection that I've been rolling out for the past week, showcasing our Cauldron Bubble suite.  I am so in love this adorable suite of products.  I have two boxes to add to the collection today - and they're just the cutest !!  A few frogs . . . and a kitty cat too!!

 

 

 

This box was spritzed with a mixture of 70% alcohol and lots of drops of Pumpkin Pie reinker - LOL

Seriously, however light or dark you want your coloring when you use a Stampin' Spritzer - the outcome totally depends on how many drops of Re-Inker you put into the mixture.  So experiment and see what you like the best.  And I actually spritzed this box twice - letting it dry inbetween.  [See Note below for tips and tricks on spritz coloring your baker's boxes.

Tip/Trick:  One of the tricks I have found with the Baker's Boxes - since they are a "shinier" surface on the outside, (not an absorbant cardstock feel) - Spray on as much of your color mixture as you would like, let it sit for just a minute or 2, and then take a piece of paper towel and start to wipe and move the color around on the surface of the box.  What I have found is if I let the color sit on the box for a few minutes, and then start to wipe it and move it around, it helps the color absorb into the paper, and I can also get some really cool "marbling" effects as well.  I smooths the color, and works it into the paper of the box better.

 

I actually created a "belly band" for this box.

Because this box is a little bit bigger than our other boxes . . .

Cut the strip 1-1/2" wide by 12" long; and a second piece 1-1/2" wide by 3" long.

Then overlap 1-3/8" and SNAIL the two pieces together.

Score at 3", 5-1/8", 9-1/2" and 11 3/4"

Then you should be able to wrap the band around the box, and SNAIL it together at the overlap in the back, and have a perfect Belly Band

Decorate from there!

 

 

 

 

This box is greeeeeeeeeeeennn!!  LOL 

We did this box for the Halloween class last Saturday - and the girls loved it!!

I adore the frog paper in the new Toil & Trouble DSP.

And this little frog stamped and colored with Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends goes right with his background.

This box was spritzed with a mixture of 70% alcohol and Granny Apple Green Re-inker.

 

 

 

 

Here are all 3 Baker's Boxes that I'm featuring with the Cauldron Bubble products!

You can see what a cute set this creates.

Here's the link to the Gorgeous Grape box!!

 

I hope you had fun today with our 3-Way Friday design feature.  The Cauldron Bubble Suite and the new Baker's Boxes are a must have.  We've been exploring how to use these products for both cards and the gift boxes.  Fill your boxes with cookies, or a nice big fat donut!!  LOL  Either way, have lots of fun next week.  And be sure to order your Cauldron Bubble products and bundle today!!  Otherwise, you'll miss Halloween, and the Goblins will throw you in the Witches Brew!!

Hahahahahahaha . . . .

 

Until Next Time . . .

Wednesday Highlight - Another Wonderful Halloween Box and Card Set!

Hello Fellow Stampers ~

Hmmm . . . It's been a crazy week already!!  We skipped a Monday blog post . . . because I simply took Sunday off!!  And that's the way it is!!  LOL  I didn't get out of my jammies the entire day; and I spent my time puttering with a fun sewing project instead.  I didn't touch anything that had to do with stamping, card making, or anything remotely related - LOL  I just took a break from it all!! 

And then yesterday we had a BIG day as Stampin' Up! kicked off it's 30th Birthday Celebration.  15% off select stamp sets is NEVER a sale to be missed.  Sorry if you didn't get in on the deal before it was gone!  Not to worry ~  I'm sure Stampin' Up! has more fun up its sleeves for this season!

 

Here's my fun sewing project . . .

 

I am having a grand time with this adorable Halloween placemat and coaster set.

 

 

 And since Halloween is like less than 10 days away, I thought I'd better get on it if I wanted to enjoy them yet this season!!  Yikes!  So they are all put together.  The coasters are all down - so now . . .

 

. . . it's just the "quilting" with the pretty sparkly and metallic threads on the Jack-o-Lantern placemats that I'm working on. And then we're done!!  Kind of fun!!

 

 

Another fun Halloween project today!!  I wanted to CASE the cute baker's box in the 2018 Holiday Occasions Catalog; at the same time, I've had an idea in my head to create a card to go with it. 

So today, we're having a focus highlight on this fun suite of products, and this cute set that I hope you'll agree is adorable!

 

This fabulous box, made using the new Baker's Boxes in the Holiday Occasions Catalog, is super fun to create!

I spritzed the box with a mixture of 70% alcohol and many many drops of Gorgeous Grape Re-inker (LOL)

After letting it dry a little, I took a paper towel and rubbed the remaining color around - it really came out cool looking.

The spider webs on this box are actually attached from the inside so they show through the window, which is a cool effect.

And I stamped these cute critters and colored them all with my Stampin' Blends - so fun!!

 

Here's a close-up of some of the fun details . . .

Silver Metallic Thread and Metallic Sequins.

 

I had a lot of fun designing the coordinating card.

I wanted to emulate the "round" center of the box to the card - and created this with the largest Layering Circles Framelit and some Vellum.

The spider webs are cut from Black Foil and attached in the center of the card before layering the Vellum circle over the top.

 

But the most fun for me on this card was creating the background layer.

I embossed the Gorgeous Grape cardstock with the Swirls & Curls Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.

Then I brushed Versamark light over the raised impression using a sponge;

and then I literally brushed Silver embossing powder on with a paint brush so I could achieve just a light silver embossed look to the background - it really looks cool!

 

The inside of the card is fun too.

Again, I sponged Versamark around the edges, and then dipped them in Silver Embossing Powder and heat setting.

Then I added some fun stamping - cuteness abounds!!

I told you!!  . . . LOL

 

Lots of Halloween fun and inspiration for your upcoming holiday.  We'll have a little more to play with at the end of the week, so stay tuned!!

Have a fabulous week everyone!

 

 

Until Next Time . . . Puppy Hugs!

 

Case-Out Thursdays - Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble, In a Picture Frame!

 

Hello Fellow Stampers ~

Happy "Friday" to me; Happy "Friday" to me!!  LOL

Thankful and blessed that this is an off-Friday week, and so today is my official "Friday" at work.  Considering I've been feeling slightly under the weather all week, I'm looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning for sure!!

And the weekend ahead promises to be full of spooky fun, beautiful Fall weather and probably some yummy apple cider and bubbling chili in the crock pot as well (no toil or trouble there!!)

 

Today's CASE-Out comes from page 48 of our fabulous 2018 Holiday Occasions Catalog, and is all about some fun Halloween Decor just in time for decorating for Halloween!!  Yippeee!!  Ready to have some spooky fun?

 

2018 Holiday Occasions Catalog, pg. 48

 

Today's CASE is not an exact "replica" of the catalog sample; we're gonna spruce things up and changes things up just a bit!!

 

 

 

Design Colorology . . .

Basic Black

Gorgeous Grape

Granny Apple Green

Copper Foil

Whisper White

 

Stamps, and Ink, and Paper . . . Oh, My! 

Stamps: Cauldron Bubble* [Item #147713 - wood mount; Item #147710 - clear mount]
Paper:  Basic Black (5" x 7"); Gorgeous Grape (4-3/4" x 6-3/4"); Toil & Trouble Designer Series Paper (6-1/2" x 4-1/2" background; cutouts aligned with framelits for witch, cauldron, kitty); Copper Foil (4-3/4" x 2-3/4"); Black Foil (3" x 3" pieces to cut "spider webs"); Whisper White (3" x 5" before cut-out w/Largest Layering Square)
Inks:  Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends [Item #147274]; Memento Tuxedo Black [Item #132708]
Other: Cauldron Framelits Dies* [Item #147914]; Stitched Shapes Framelits [Item #145372]; Pearls Basic Jewels [Item #144219]; Metallic Pearls [Item #146282]; Basic Black Baker's Twine [Item #141682]; Spider Trinkets [Item #147896]; 5" x 7" frame of your choice; heavy-duty wire cutters

*Order this item in the bundle and save 10% [Item #149930 - wood mount; Item #149931 - clear mount]

 

 

"CASE-Out" Design Guide

1. Cut the background matting for your 5" x 7" picture frame as follows:  Basic Black - 5" x 7"; Gorgeous Grape - 4-3/4" x 6-3/4"; Green Polka-Dot print from the Toil & Trouble DSP - 4-1/2" x 6-1/2".  Layer together using SNAIL. Then set aside for now.

2.  Your choice - either "fussy cut" a witch of your choice from the Toil & Trouble DSP, or line up the framelit from the Cauldron Framelits Die set with the one it matches in the DSP and use that cute little witch for your scene; line up the framelit for the cauldron and the little cat and cut both of those out of the DSP as well.  [My witch is a "fussy cut" witch in today's sample; the catalog showcases the one that matches the framelit.]

3.  Use the spider web from the die set and cut two spider webs from the Black Foil paper.

4.  Using your largest Stitched Shapes Square framelit, align on one end of your 3" x 5" Whisper White cardstock.  Use your Magnetic Platform to hold in place, and align the top cutting plate just shy of the "inside" edge of the square so that it doesn't cut when you go through the Big Shot.  Then, re-align the square so it overlaps  the cut you just made, and re-set your plate so that you can cut the other side of the cardstock.  This is how you create your rectangle with the stitched edges.

Here we have cut one side, and now we're aligned to cut the other side.

You can see how I've overlapped the edge of the square so that the sides overlap and match the cut I already made.

Then the top cutting plate is set just shy of the edge of the square so that it doesn't cut down the middle of my rectangle and ruin it.

5.  Layer your Whisper White stitched "rectangle" to your 4-3/4" x 2-3/4" piece of Copper Foil.  Put SNAIL (or Fast Fuse) on the back upper right corner, and lower left corners, and attach your spider webs (however you'd like them to peak out or look).  Then SNAIL this piece to the front of the layers we created in Step 1.

6.  Attach your Witch with regular dimensionals; your Cauldron with SNAIL; and your little kitty with mini-dimensionals.  Stamp your sentiment in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  Snip off the "loop" on the end of your spider(s) with a heavy duty wire cutter (they come right off, no problem!), and attach where you'd like with a glue dot.  Then color various sized pearls with the light and dark Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends.  Add an assortment of the pearls mixed with the Gold Metallic Pearls.  Finish off with a little Basic Black Baker's Twine bow (use a glue dot to attach), and place it in your frame of choice!!

 

Truly Spooktacular fun!!  LOL  I would also add a little Clear Wink of Stella to your Witch's apron, and the bubbly brew if you were so inclined.  Just some added sparkle and fun!

Hope you have enjoyed this project everyone!  Have a spectacular weekend; and we'll see you on Monday!!

 

Until Next Time . . . Puppy Hugs,

 

  

 

Wednesday Highlight ~ Halloween Gift Box and Coordinated Card Set

Hello Fellow Stampers ~

We're back for another "catch up" post.  And it is time for our Wednesday Highlight this week.  Some Spooky Fun with the Spooky Sweets . . . A little gift box and card set that will be perfect for this Halloween . . .

 

 

 

 

Double, Double Toil and Trouble,

Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble

Fillet of a Fenny Snake

In the Cauldron Boil and Bake;

Eye of Newt and Toe of Frog

Wool of Bat and Tongue of Dog,

 

Adder's Fork and Blind-worm's Sting,

 

Lizard's Leg and Howlet's Wing,

 

For a Charm of Powerful Trouble,

 

Like a Hell-broth Boil and Bubble.

 

Well, perhaps we won't cast a spell just yet.

But this sweet little Pizza Box could hold a powerful charm of sweetness for sure!

 

I kept it simple; using a Stampin' Spritzer, I sprayed the box with a mixture of 70% alcohol and Mango Melody ink refill (approx 20 drops).

A simple square of 3-1/4" x 3-1/4" Toil & Trouble DSP;

then the largest Layering Circle Framelit out of Pumpkin Pie for the "moon";

using Smoky Slate ink (stamped off once), I added the "misty cloud" image from the Spooky Sweets stamp set across the moon, and lightly sponged around the edges (I didn't want to overdo it);

Then the bats are stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and punched easy peasy with the new Spooky Bats Punch and popped with dimensionals.

The really fun part of today's project is the "spooky fence" created with the Farmhouse Framelits die set. To get this fantabulous look, lightly spritz the fence with water, and then "bend and crinkle" the posts and then let it dry.

 

The coordinated card is cut from Thick Whisper White cardstock, 4-1/4" x 11"; score at 5-1/2", and then cut the front flat at 2-3/4".

I used the largest Layering Squares Framelit and the largest Stitched Shapes square to create the over-lapped layer on the front flap for this wonderful special cut card.

 

More Toil & Trouble DSP to match the box, and a front that emulates the top of the box bring this project together.

 

The front flap is wrapped with a gorgeous piece of Black 3/8" Glittered Organdy Ribbon tied in a bow.

 

But the inside of the card really is fabulous I think.

 

 The background white mat was very lightly sponged in Smoky Slate ink.

 

The front white square was again stamped with the misty clouds image in Smoky Slate; and then lightly sponged around the edges with Mango Melody to create a "glow."

 

The tree cut from Smoky Slate cardstock (again from the Farmhouse Framelits Die set), is also lightly sponged in Smoky Slate to create some shadows and distressing.

Another wonderful distressed fence; a little sentiment; and some Rhinestones and this adorable card is set to create a little charm of its own.

 

 

 

This is a wonderful way to showcase how to mix elements from other product suites to create a whole new idea./

 

 

And now I think I'm off to brew a little more trouble in my cauldron . . . er, I mean Studio (heeheehee).  See you soon my pretties!!

 

Until Next Time . . .