I am so excited about today’s projects. I love it when the Happy Stampers group does a Blog Hop! Today, we have created projects with a Halloween or Thanksgiving theme. This may be your first stop on the blog hop, or you may have linked to me from Sandi MacIver’s website. Either way, I hope you enjoy the projects I have in store for you today. I have a trio of coordinated projects for you today featuring the Motley Monsters DSP and Fall Fest stamp set from the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog. My first project for you today is a cute Halloween card created with the Fall Fest stamp set and coordinating Fun Fall Framelits Dies. I started by adhering panels of the Motley Monsters DSP to the front of a black card base.
I used some leftover items from my September Paper Pumpkin kit for the sentiment panel & greeting. Finally, I added lots of cute fall elements along the bottom of the card.
I finished the card off by stamping “Happy Halloween” from the September Paper Pumpkin kit on the inside of the card. I also added a strip of the Motley Monsters DSP and a cute bird sticker from the Paper Pumpkin kit.
For my second project, I continued the theme by maintaining the same color scheme and using the Motley Monsters DSP. I used Basic Black card stock to create a bag and embellished it with tags cut from the DSP using the Banner Framelits Dies. As a last minute addition, I also created a coordinating pillow box with my leftover monster paper. I love the use of the White & Tangerine Tango Two-Tone Trim to finish things off.
Finally, I just had to use my Gift Card Envelope & Trims Thinlits Dies to create an adorable Halloween gift card holder! This item is possibly my favorite product form the Holiday Catalog (although it is impossible to choose just one)! It makes creating gift card envelopes so simple! As a busy mom, I love giving and receiving gift cards, but I hate just sticking them inside a card. I enjoy packaging them in something cute, and this Thinlits set makes that so quick and easy!
I have a wonderful neighbor who keeps surprising me by mowing my lawn. He is a music teacher, so I decided to thank him with an iTunes gift card. I didn’t just want to give him the gift card, so I created a little card to insert inside the envelope. Isn’t this set just adorable!
Of course, a blog hop wouldn’t be complete without some blog candy! For this blog hop, I’m going to give one of you the opportunity to experience My Paper Pumpkin. One of the great things about My Paper Pumpkin is that there are always some extra materials that you can use for additional projects, as you’ve seen today. I used the stamps, extra tags, stickers, clothespins, and sequins that were leftover from my September kit to create today’s projects. For your chance to win the October kit, please leave me a comment. You can either give me feedback about today’s projects, or tell me what your favorite item is from the Holiday Catalog. I will announce the winner in my Tuesday updates post on October 28th! Good luck, I can’t wait to hear your comments.
I hope you have enjoyed my projects today and that you will pin them to Pinterest. You will find a “pin it” button at the bottom of this post below the supply list. Also, please subscribe to my blog via email by clicking on the “follow” button if you are a fan of my work, and don’t forget to leave me a comment for your chance to win that great notepad!
Doing this blog hop has been a lot of fun. Use the arrow buttons below to check out what Kristi Gray has created for you today on the next stop of the journey.
If you happen to get lost, or want to go back and check out one of the posts, here is a list for you – and don’t forget to leave a little sweet comment on each blog for your chance to win blog candy!
Amy Koenders – www.stampwithamyk.com
Marian Anderson – http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/craftingwithmarian/blogdirectBlogUrl=/blog/2101543/entry/it_s_the_return_of
Sandi MacIver – http://stampingwithsandi.com/
Heather Van Looy – www.handcraftingwithheather.com (You are here.)
Kristi Gray – www.stampingwithkristi.com
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Happy Stamping!
Heather
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Stampin’ Up! Products Used for Today’s Projects
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Handcrafting with Heather 
