Love to Scrap Challenge: Cut it Out

The Challenge
Hello scrappy friends! Today is the start of Love to Scrap's fourth challenge entitled, Cut it Out. This involves making a project that uses die cuts or punches. The design team was each given a digital stamp from Sassy Studio Designs to incorporate into our projects. The winner of the challenge will receive 4 digital stamps from our sponsor as a prize.

The Details
When I was perusing all the digital stamps from Sassy Studio Designs, the Tinkerbell Honey one really caught my eye. My 1 year old niece was Tink for Halloween so I decided to build a layout around the two Tinkerbells.

I looked around for a sketch and found this one from Sketches in Thyme that I really liked that had the right balance of photos and negative space.

As our challenge calls for die cut or punches, I took out a packet of SEI die cut embellishments that I had won and tried to utilize as many as possible. I ended up using 18 pieces, including 6 banner strips  for journaling. There was a clock face die cut, so I added a game spinner and brad to simulate one hand on a clock. 

To tie in the clock face, I incorporated time into the title. I wanted the Tink in the title to stand out, so I used stickers for the rest of the title and glittery chipboard for the Tink. 

My sister said she spent a lot of money on the official Disney costume so hopefully this layout commemorates the one time she wore it. 

If you have some die cuts or punches on any of your projects, we would love for you to join us at Love to Scrap!

I'm entering this at:
Sketches in Thyme - sketch #108
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes
Bearly Mine Challenges - anything goes
The Crafty Bloggers Network - #10 anything goes
Make it Monday - #136 link party

Thanks so much for flutterin' by,

Squeeze-A-Palooza Halloween Challenge

The Challenge
A brand new rubber stamp company, Fresh Squeezed Stamps, is hosting their first in a series of challenges called Squeeze-A-Palooza. I wanted to support them as my DT coordinator from Paper Made Bakery, Shannon, is one of the owners. The challenge this month is to make a Halloween project using at least one of their stamps. If you don't have their stamps, there is a free digi-stamp that you can download here. If you would also like to participate, you can read all about the challenge here. There will be a new challenge each month if you want to join in the fun in the future.

The Reveal
Here is my Halloween entry entitled, "Here Comes the Broom!" It is a play on the Nelly song and Kevin James movie both called, "Here Comes the Boom."

The Stamp
As this is a new company, there have only been 4 stamp releases thus far, non of which are specifically a Halloween set. There is one sentiment stamp in the Subway Art set that pertains to Halloween. I wanted an image stamp as I had my own sentiment in mind already. I ended up using the lollipop stamp from the Christmas Treats set.

Christmas Treats Stamp Set

I used the lollipop candy section for my three pumpkins. I colored in the stamped circles with Copics and drew in the lines and features with a black pen. I wrote in the sentiment onto three punched speech bubbles. I popped up the pumpkins and bubbles with varying heights of foam tape. The fence is a Doodlebug sticker and the moss is Flower Soft.

I used the lollipop stick for the broom handle. I hand drew and colored in the witch's legs and popped that up in the corner to look like she is riding overhead. I used white Flower Soft for the clouds and yellow Stickles for the crescent moon. 

The top layer of card is vellum with a Halloween themed patterned paper underneath, the same one in the background photo. This is the only Halloween card that I can recall making. 

So go ahead and use your stamps in non-intended ways. Christmas stamps can be used for Halloween too! 

Supplies

Vellum: CutCardStock

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey

Stamp: Fresh Squeezed Stamps (Christmas Treats)

Ink: Versafine by Tsukineko

Sticker: Doodlebug

Twine: Doodlebug

Glitter Glue: Stickles by Ranger
Clear Medium: Glossy Accents by Inkssentials

Flock: Flower Soft

Markers: Copic

Pen: Pentel, Sakura

Punch: Fiskars

Glue: Tombow

Thanks so much for flyin' by,

Sweet Stamp Shop: Halloween Wall Hanging

The Reveal

This week Sweet Stamp Shop is hosting a cross promotion with Canvas Corp. The design team made projects all week long featuring product from both companies. 

Today I'm up with a Halloween wall hanging I made for my nephew. I really love Canvas Corp's mini clothespins and triangular gift tags. I made that into a mini Halloween banner which is draped onto the exterior of the frame. The photos are recessed so there is some dimension when you see this live. To learn more about this project, or to see all the other projects, please visit Sweet Stamp Shop's blog. 

Isaiah's Halloween Wall Hanging

My favorite part of this project is the translucent ghost. I stamped it onto tissue paper and added a bit of Copics coloring on the eyes and shoe. When placed on the patterned paper, you can read the background words through its body.

Translucent Ghost

The Supplies
Stamps: Sweet Stamp Shop (Ghost, Mummy, Haunted House)
Cardstock: Canvas Corp
Patterned Paper: Canvas Corp
Tissue Paper: Canvas Corp
Gift Tag: Canvas Corp
Clothespins: Canvas Corp
Hemp Rope: Canvas Corp
Ink: Stampin' Up
Markers: Copics
Jewel: Forever in Time
Frame: Target Home
Other: Screws

I'm also entering this in CutCardStock's fall themed challenge.

The Inspiration
The Halloween project is a companion piece to another wall hanging I had previously made for my niece. Now they each have a framed design to hang in their own room.

Thanks so much for stoppin' by,