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Playful Ghosts

CSF Saturday Blog Hop – Halloween Time

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It’s Saturday and time for our Create with Stamping Friends Blog Hop.  This is our second week of Halloween card ideas!  Since there are limited Halloween stamps this year, I decided to make some spooky trees with the Frosted Forest Dies!

PLAYFUL GHOSTS & FROSTED FOREST

Stampin’ Details:

  • The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Gorgeous Grape cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
  • A 4 x 5-1/4 layer of pumpkin polka dot Halloween Spells 12×12 Designer Paper (Online Exclusive) was added on top.
  • Another 2-1/4 x 5 piece of stripe Halloween Spells DSP was cut into a banner and added over the DSP.
  • The Stylish Shapes Circle was cut from Basic White cardstock and Blending Brushes used with Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Inks to make the sky.
  • The trees from Frosted Forest Dies were cut from Basic Black and added to the circle.
  • The bat from Playful Ghosts was stamped on the circle with Memento Black Ink.  The circle was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • The greeting from Playful Ghosts was stamped with Memento Black Ink on Gorgeous Grape cardstock and cut with the circle in Stylish Shapes Dies, it was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • A trio of Black Sparkle Dots were added in the background.

 

Can’t wait to mail this off to one of my grandkids!  OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Stamping Friends website, then on to creative Debbie Henderson, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

 

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Playful Ghosts (Online Exclusive)
Inks:  Memento Black Ink, Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie
Cardstock: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Gorgeous Grape, Basic White, Halloween Spells 12×12 Designer Paper (Online Exclusive)
Accessories: Frosted Forest Dies, Stylish Shapes Dies, Sparkle Adhesive Backed Dots, Blending Brushes, Adhesives

Use Stampin' Up!'s CONEFLOWER CELEBRATIONS BUNDLE to decorate your cards with cornflowers and butterflies plus add a sweet birthday, belated birthday or thank you greeting!  You can even create a card or tag shaped like a coneflower with the CONEFLOWER CELEBRATIONS DIES.  Or, cut a single flower to add to a card front and embellish with die-cut stems, leaves, and butterflies. We've paired the CONEFLOWER CELEBRATIONS BUNDLE with the bright patterns in the CELEBRATORY SIPS 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER.  You'll get step-by-step tutorials for SIX card projects...four regular and two fun-fold cards!  See more details HERE!

Stampin' Up! new PEACEFUL GARDEN SUITE of products is a demonstrator only pre-purchase for the Creativity Now Event coming in June.  (It will be available for customers beginning with the September-December Mini Catalog!)  We've focused using the PEACE ON EARTH BUNDLE to create FOUR cards and TWO fun favors...and added two BONUS cards using the coordinating PEACEFUL DAYS STAMP SET!  That's a total of EIGHT projects in this Collection!  The PEACE ON EARTH STAMP SET includes Christmas sentiments, plus thoughtful sympathy and thinking of you messages useful all year long.  The PEACE ON EARTH DIES have two dove shapes, two sizes of labels, and some greenery pieces to accessorize the greetings.  We've paired the PEACE ON EARTH BUNDLE with the coordinating PEACEFUL GARDEN 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER.  You'll get step-by-step tutorials for EIGHT projects!  See more details HERE!

Create beautiful sailboat scenes with a moving ocean and textured sky using Stampin' Up!'s SUNRISE SAILING STAMP SET, DIES, AND HYBRID EMBOSSING FOLDER!  You can fill your hand-made projects with waves, clouds, seagulls and different sized sailboats.  We are also showcasing FOUR card techniques to use with the SUNRISE SAILING BUNDLE...we know you'll have a blast making them! Our SUNRISE SAILING COLLECTION has EIGHT new card projects.  We've paired the SUNRISE SAILING BUNDLE with the THOUGHTFUL JOURNEY 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER for a variety of gorgeous sky and water looks.  You'll get step-by-step tutorials for EIGHT cards...four using special techniques...that will be so fun to teach in your classes or make on your own!  See more details HERE!

CSF Saturday Blog Hop – Pop up surprise

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It’s Saturday and time for our Create with Stamping Friends Blog Hop. It’s a new month and we will be doing fun-folds this month!  This week’s challenge is Pop-up Surprise…something that has a pop-up on the inside!

PLAYFUL GHOSTS

I just got this Playful Ghosts on my last order.  It really is a cute Halloween set! I would have LOVED some dies to go with it…with a few extras!  Oh well!  It worked SO well for today’s pop-up surprise card!

 

Stampin’ Details:

  • The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Pumpkin Pie cardstock, scored at 2-1/8″ from each end to form the gatefold card.
  • Two 2 x 5-3/8″ pieces of Flowering Zinnias DSP were added to the front panels.
  • I scored the 4 x 8 piece of Flowering Zinnias DSP at 2, 4 and 6.  Then scored diagonally on each end to form an X from the center to each of the ends.

  • The straight vertical lines were Mountain folded and the X’s were Valley folded, then folded together to create the pop-up mechanism as shown above.
  • A 2-3/4 x 2-3/4 piece of Pumpkin Pie cardstock was added to the center diamond.
  • The 2-1/2 x 2-1/2 piece of Basic White cardstock was stamped with the pumpkin ghost and colored with Pumpkin Pie Combo, Daffodil Delight Combo, Light Lemon Lime Twist, Light Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends.  It was added to the Pumpkin Pie piece.
  • I stamped Boo with Memento Black Ink on 3/8 x 1-1/4 strip of Gorgeous Grape cardstock and cut a flag end and then added to the ghost.
  • The two side triangles were adhered to the inside of the base Pumpkin Pie card approx. 1/4″ from the edge on each side panel.  This creates the pop-up when the card is opened!
  • A couple bats were stamped with Memento Black Ink at the top.
  • The 1 x 11 Pumpkin Pie cardstock belly band was wrapped around the closed card and adhered.
  • I cut the second from smallest Nested Essential Die shape from Pumpkin Pie cardstock and the smallest from Basic White cardstock and adhered together.
  • The Happy Halloween greeting was stamped with Gorgeous Grape Ink towards the right.
  • The witch ghost and pumpkins were stamped with Memento Black Ink on scrap Basic White cardstock and colored with Light Basic Black, Highland Heather Combo, Pumpkin Pie Combo, Light Lemon Lime Twist, Dark Daffodil Delight and Light Pecan Pie Stampin’ Blends, then hand-cut and added to the Nested Essentials piece with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  It was adhered to the belly band with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
  • A trio of Purple Fine Shimmer Gems were added to the Nested Essentials label.
  • Some bats were stamped on the front DSP panels with Memento Black Ink.

Isn’t that just SO cute!  And the pop-up surprise is perfect for Halloween!   OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Stamping Friends website, then on to creative Debbie Henderson, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

 

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Playful Ghosts
Inks:  Memento Black, Gorgeous Grape
Blends:  Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Lemon Lime Twist, Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Pecan Pie, Poppy Parade
Cardstock: Basic White, Pumpkin Pie, Gorgeous Grape, Flowering Zinnias 12×12 Designer Paper
Accessories: Nested Essentials Dies, Purple Fine Shimmer Gems, Scoring Tool, Adhesives

Use Stampin' Up!'s CONEFLOWER CELEBRATIONS BUNDLE to decorate your cards with cornflowers and butterflies plus add a sweet birthday, belated birthday or thank you greeting!  You can even create a card or tag shaped like a coneflower with the CONEFLOWER CELEBRATIONS DIES.  Or, cut a single flower to add to a card front and embellish with die-cut stems, leaves, and butterflies. We've paired the CONEFLOWER CELEBRATIONS BUNDLE with the bright patterns in the CELEBRATORY SIPS 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER.  You'll get step-by-step tutorials for SIX card projects...four regular and two fun-fold cards!  See more details HERE!

Stampin' Up! new PEACEFUL GARDEN SUITE of products is a demonstrator only pre-purchase for the Creativity Now Event coming in June.  (It will be available for customers beginning with the September-December Mini Catalog!)  We've focused using the PEACE ON EARTH BUNDLE to create FOUR cards and TWO fun favors...and added two BONUS cards using the coordinating PEACEFUL DAYS STAMP SET!  That's a total of EIGHT projects in this Collection!  The PEACE ON EARTH STAMP SET includes Christmas sentiments, plus thoughtful sympathy and thinking of you messages useful all year long.  The PEACE ON EARTH DIES have two dove shapes, two sizes of labels, and some greenery pieces to accessorize the greetings.  We've paired the PEACE ON EARTH BUNDLE with the coordinating PEACEFUL GARDEN 12x12 DESIGNER PAPER.  You'll get step-by-step tutorials for EIGHT projects!  See more details HERE!

Create beautiful sailboat scenes with a moving ocean and textured sky using Stampin' Up!'s SUNRISE SAILING STAMP SET, DIES, AND HYBRID EMBOSSING FOLDER!  You can fill your hand-made projects with waves, clouds, seagulls and different sized sailboats.  We are also showcasing FOUR card techniques to use with the SUNRISE SAILING BUNDLE...we know you'll have a blast making them! Our SUNRISE SAILING COLLECTION has EIGHT new card projects.  We've paired the SUNRISE SAILING BUNDLE with the THOUGHTFUL JOURNEY 6x6 DESIGNER PAPER for a variety of gorgeous sky and water looks.  You'll get step-by-step tutorials for EIGHT cards...four using special techniques...that will be so fun to teach in your classes or make on your own!  See more details HERE!

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