SIP Challenge #19 - Tic-Tac-Toe Halloween Card

Hello and Happy Tuesday!  Well since it's Tuesday, I'm back over at Stamp, Ink, Paper with my another card.  This week we have a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge!  

For my card, I decided to go with the middle row accross: Black, Halloween, and Cat.  Here's what I came up with this week..

I made a Halloween Easel Card in Perfect Plum, Basic Black, and Very Vanilla.  I just love the new window from the Hearth and Home Framelits and the Cat from the Festive Fireside Framelits Dies is just so cute that I couldn't wait to use him (or her).  I even did a little faux embossing on the bottom of the black wall by cutting out a few more of the black cats and adhering them to the Basic Black Cardstock.  The upper part of the wall was Perfect Plum cardstock that was embossed using the Chevron embossing folder.  I rubbed the raised section of the embossing folder with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink before embossing it to give it a distressed look.  The window scene was sponged using Soft Sky, Tempting Turquoise, and Perfect Plum on Very Vanilla Cardstock.  I used a post-it note punched with a 1" circle punch as a mask for my moon.  I wanted to give it a hazy look and I think the combination of blue and plum really did that.  I used a 1/4 section of one of the Spider Web Doilies on the upper left portion of the window. My sentiment from the Happy Scenes Stamp Set was stamped in Perfect Plum on Very Vanilla and then backed with Perfect Plum Cardstock.  I cut banner ends with my Banner Punch.  The bottom of the easel card is Very Vanilla with a 3" strip of Happy Haunting DSP in Black and Very Vanilla polka dots on the bottom of the section.  The sentiment on the bottom is from the retired Mingle all the Way Stamp Set and was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black on Very Vanilla.  I die cut the sentiment and used Dimensionals to pop it up on the Perfect Plum larger Die Cut.  This made a prop to hold my card up.  I really love the way it came out!

Here are the products I used: 

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll head over to SIP and link up a card of your own.

Blessings!
Tina

SF Blog Hop - Everything Fall

Hello and welcome to Stampin Friends Everything Fall Blog Hop!  I'm so excited to be a part of this hop and I know that you'll have a blast checking out all of the talent here!  If you've already been hopping along you should have landed here from Elizabeth's blog.  If you missed it you will definitely want to go back and check it out so just click the Previous button at the top of the page.
This month we have three fabulous Guest Hoppers:  Barbara Welch, Kim Smith, and Maria Willis! These are three super talented ladies and you'll definitely want to check them out along the way!

Here's my Everything Fall Card

I chose the Happy Scenes stamp set and the coordinating Hearth & Home Framelit Dies for my card.  From the first time I laid eyes on this Window Framelit, I knew I wanted to make a shaker card.  I started with a Tangelo Twist A2 card base.  I added a layer of 5 3/8" x 4 1/8" piece of Soft Suede Cardstock.  My top layer is Very Vanilla with the bottom portion Happy Haunting DSP.  I cut the window out twice in Soft Suede cardstock so that I could cut some of it off to use as a chair rail to seperate the Vanilla top and the plaid/wallpaper bottom.  The scene was created on Very Vanilla cardstock and was colored in with Stampin' Markers and blender pens.  The sky portion was sponged in with Soft Sky and Daffodil Delight in the upper right corner. I adhered the Window Sheet to the back of the window die cut and added two layers of Foam tape so that I had plenty of room for some Pretty Pink Posh yellow, orange, and gold sequins. 

 The sentiment also from Happy Scenes was curved on the acrylic block before stamping in Tangelo Twist onto the Very Vanilla Cardstock.  I cut the two lines apart and banner cut the ends to layer in the upper left corner of the window.  The pumpkin at the bottom of the wall was punched from three small ovals with the edges sponged with Soft Suede Ink.  I hand cut a little stem from Soft Suede cardstock to glue to the back of the pumpkin and then adhered it to my card with dimensionals.   

For my project I had a dilema.  I knew I wanted to make a scarecrow treat box for my Granddaughters.  I made two different kinds and I'll let you decide which you prefer.  First I had a Curvy Keepsake Scarecrow Box and then a Fry Box Scarecrow.  What would be your pick?

Since I didn't have any raffia on hand, I can tell you that the Fringe Scissors were awesome for making the scarecrow's hair.  For the fry box I even put a little gift tissue paper in the box and used the fringe scissors on it!  

Thanks so very much for stopping by!  The next stop on our Everything Fall Hop is my good friend, the very talented Andrea Tracy-Tucker's blog.  Just click the next button and you'll be there!

Here is a list of all of the Hoppers in case you get lost along the way:

 1. Elizabeth
 2. Tina --  You are here!
 3. Andrea T.
 4. Deana
 5.Raquelle
 6. Maria Willis
 7. Kim Smith
 8. Mandy Reedyk
 9. Barbara Welch
10.  Siara Acdal
11. Andrea P
12.  Cheryl
13. Kirsteen
14. Lisa Altman

Here are the Stampin' Up Products used:

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Non-Stampin' Up Products Used:  Pretty Pink Posh Sequins, Googly Eyes, 3M Foam Tape

OSAT September Blog Hop - Designer's Choice

Hello!  Hope you are having a wonderful week!  Since I was off work on Monday, it has been a short work week for me and of course, it doesn't get much better than that!  Well, except for vacation.... I need one of those soon!  I'm so happy that it's time for another One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop!   This is our biggest hop ever and we are so happy to have such talent included in our Hop!  If you've already been hopping along, you should have landed here from the Fabulous Renee's blog! Isn't she amazing!  Since this month's theme is Designer's Choice. and I recently received my Stampin' Up Holiday items, I couldn't resist trying out a some dies and stamps that I hadn't had a chance to play with yet! I have two cards to share with you using some of my new Holiday Catalog goodies!

My first card uses the Sleigh Ride Edgelit Dies and Jingle All the Way Stamp Set for the sentiment and the snow.  On this card I used Stampin' Up! Shimmery White Cardstock for the background.  I embossed the snow with White embossing powder and then sponged on Yellow, Tempting Turquoise, Bermuda Bay, Island Indigo and just a touch of Night of Navy.  I used the thick Whisper White cardstock for my Village and Tree Hillside scenes.  I cut an extra Village slope so that I could cut off some of the houses to insert them in other places on my scene.  I used the Home for Christmas sentiment in Island Indigo under the bottom slope.  I mounted my scene on fun foam and then mounted that on a piece 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" Silver Glimmer Paper and that was then adhered to an A2 Bermuda Bay Cardbase.

My second card uses the same Sleigh Ride Edgelits and Jingle All the Way Stamp Set along with the Hearth and Home Framelits for the window die and Hardwood stamp for the background.  My top layer was Smoky Slate Cardstock that was stamped with the Hardwood Stamp with Smoky Slate Ink.  For the background scene inside the window I used the same method as my first card but only used one of the slopes.  Again, I cut two of the tree slopes so that I could cut off trees to add to the one slope that I used in my scene. After adhering the tree slope to the sponged background  I stamped the dog (love love love this dog!!) onto the slope.  I added a few dark brown spots on the dog so it would look more like my beagle! lol I then cut out the scene to fit inside my window die cut.   For the sentiment I used the same sentiment as the first card but stamped it in Island Indigo on Whisper White cardstock and hand cut a sloped banner.  I double scored right past the sentiment so it would fold and used my banner punch to banner cut the ends.  I sponged the edges of the banner in Island Indigo.   The Greenery at the top of the wall over the window is from Little B's Holiday Die Set.  I am really loving these sets and am now officially excited about making my Christmas cards this year!

I hope you enjoyed my cards.  Next up is the incredibly talented Diane Squires blog!  Just click the next button and you'll be there!

Here's the entire list of our talented Hoppers:

1. Eva 
2. Ginger
3. Martie 
4. Elizabeth Jeanne
5. Amanda Bodine 
6. Megan 
7. Wynne 
8. Lori Mueller 
9. Dena Rekow
10. Renee Ondrajka 
11. Tina Riddle - You are Here!
12. Diane Squires 
13. Maria Willis 
14. Raquelle Clifton 
15. Jeanna Bohanon  
16. Terri 
17. Kim Smith 
18. Maggie 
19. Marisa 
20. Holly 
21. Andrea P 
22. Andrea T. 

Here are the Stampin' Up! Products used on my two cards:

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Non-Stampin' Up Products Used:
White Fun Foam
Little B's Holiday Dies

Thanks so much for stopping by!
Blessings,
Tina