Boo Treat Tags

Hi everyone! It's the week of Halloween--yeah! Do you dress up for Halloween (if so, please share your costume)? :) I don't dress up, but my kids are going as a cat and a skunk.

I wanted to give a shout-out to some sweet friends who participated in the Getting to Know Me Blog Hop. All three linked up to me recently, and I wanted to say thanks! If you have a chance, please swing by their posts--they are incredibly talented papercrafters and truly good people, too!

Alice Wertz Her coloring skills are unbelievable, and if you haven't seen one of her stamped backgrounds, you're in for a treat! Every card is like a little masterpiece.

Lea Lawson Lea was one of my very first papercrafting idols, even before I started my own blog. :) I'm always inspired by her. She can do anything--using patterned paper, stamping, digi--she is so talented!

Lucy Abrams When I first got into digi/hybrid, I turned to Lucy's blog for her expertise--thanks, Lucy! Her cards are always perfectly stamped and perfectly executed. She has such an eye for knowing how to make a card look "full" but still keeping it CAS. She's also always been so helpful to me. :)

I already did my Getting to Know Me post HERE, but I wanted to be sure to give a shout-out to Alice, Lucy, and Lea. :)

I've been getting my kids' treat bags ready for their class parties. I'm doing a mix of designs, but I wanted to share one of the designs:

I used a lot of Paper Smooches here--Ghoulfriends stamps and Ghoulfriends Icons dies for the bat, Halloween Icons for the "Boo," and Stitched Tag for the tag die. These were super simple to make!

I switched up some other Ghoulfriends images for other tags, too:

I also have an extra "Thanks" die from Paper Smooches that I would like to give away as a thank you for reading!

I'll pick from the comments on Saturday (11/1).

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!


Supplies
Stamps: (bat, pumpkin, monster from Ghoulfriends) Paper Smooches
Cardstock: (Tangy Orange, Black) My Favorite Things
Patterned paper: (striped digital paper from One Little Bird) The Lilypad
Dies: (Ghoulfriends, Halloween Icons, Stitched Tag) Paper Smooches
Ink: (Graphite Black Brilliance) Tsukineko; (Grass, Ginger Fresh Inks) Impress
Twine: (Neon Orange hemp twine) Hemptique
Muslin bag: The Paper Source

That's Fang-Tastic!

Hi everyone! Happy last-day-of-September!

I'm up on the Neat & Tangled blog today. Here's a sneak peek:

I used the new Creepy Cute and Creepy Cute Shadows and Sentiments sets. If you have a chance, please check it out on the Neat & Tangled blog. :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Neat & Tangled Release Day 1

Hi everyone! I hope you had a great weekend!

It's release week at Neat & Tangled! To kick things off, we're sharing projects using the Creepy Cute, Creepy Cute Shadows and Sentiments, Creepy Cute Dies, and Spooktacular Sequins. Danielle is sharing pictures of the products on the Neat & Tangled blog.

Here's how I used the sets:

Aren't those little guys adorable? I masked and added the bow on the ghost. I realized after I took the picture that I used my "draft" ghost instead of the final one. Oops! I really need reading glasses. 

I added the face to the candy corn--isn't he the cutest? The ghost and candy corn are from the Creepy Cute, and the sentiment and spider are from the Creepy Cute Shadows and Sentiments. 

After I had all of the elements on the AC Haunted Hollow paper, I felt like it needed something more. I flipped through my pins and saw THIS gorgeous card by Rahel Menig. I *loved* the glitter edges and had to try it. I also added a few drops of a metallic mist. Here's the card in the light:

There's a giveaway! Comment on the Neat & Tangled blog to win the Creepy Cute and Creepy Cute Shadows and Sentiments sets.

Thanks for stopping by!


Supplies
Stamps: (ghost, bow, candy corn, smile from Creepy Cute; (sentiment, banner, spider from Creepy Cute Shadows and Sentiments) Neat & Tangled
Cardstock: (Neenah 110lb) 
Patterned paper: (Haunted Hollow) Amercian Crafts
Ink: (Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko; (Antique Silver mist) Maya Mist; (Opaque White Mister Huey's) Studio Calico
Copics
Embellishments: (Spooktacular sequins) Neat & Tangled; (doily) craft supply; (Pumice Distress Glitter) Tim Holtz

Beware of the Shadow Monsters

Hi everyone! If you're looking for the Glitz Design blog hop, please click HERE.

If you celebrate Halloween, I hope you had a great day! We went trick-or-treating, and the kids had a blast. My youngest was tired, and by the end, he kept saying he was out of time. LOL!

It's Friday (well, almost) and time for a new CAS-ual Fridays challenge. The challenge is to emboss--either heat or dry embossing. You have two weeks for this challenge!

Since it's still technically Halloween when the post goes live, I went with a Halloween card. Actually, it's that I really wanted to use this stamp and forgot to sooner.

The Shadow Monster stamp cracks me up! This stamp is huge, but I managed to heat emboss all of that solid area. I nearly gave up a few times, but I did it. ;) I colored the girl with Copics and added a sentiment from Hey Pumpkin set. I'm linking up the card with this week's Anything Goes Challenge at Simon Says Stamp.

Here's a close-up:

If you'd like to play along with the CAS-ual Fridays challenge, this week's winner will receive a gift certificate to Ellen Hutson.

You can link up your projects HERE. I hope you'll play along!

Have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

Glitz Raven Hop

Hi everyone! Happy Halloween! The Glitz teams are having a blog hop today to showcase the Raven collection.

If you haven't seen this collection yet, it is gorgeous! I used it for Halloween projects, but I think the papers would be great for non-Halloween projects, too.

First up, I made a treat box using the digital collection:

I die-cut the treat box on my Cameo using the pretty woodgrain paper from the digital Raven Paper Pack. For the Pointed Feathers, I painted the tips of the paper with liquid gold leafing. Once the leafing was dry, I added coarse glitter to the edges. I'm in love with the translucency of the liquid gold! I may be adding it to everything around my house. :)

I trimmed a thin strip of of the black and white Raven paper, added the liquid gold on the back side, and curled it around a pencil. It's adds a bit of whimsy. :) Below the bow, I added the Trick or Treat sentiment from the Element Pack #2.

For my second project, I made a card using the digital collection:

I used the grey stripe paper and lowered the opacity. I layered two of the bats from Element Packs #1 and #2 and printed the background. For the sentiment, I wanted a little dimension, so I used the same technique in THIS video I made--I printed the sentiment from Element Pack #1 and then die-cut it on my Cameo.

The faux-gold is wicked cool!

As part of the hop, Glitz Design is giving away a full paper and digital collection. To enter, you can comment on this post. The winner will be chosen randomly from the entire hop, so to increase your chances, you can comment on the other blogs. Be sure to only comment once, though. :)

Here's the order of the hop:

Amanda Resende 

Donna Espiritu

Emma Poon 

Jaime Warren 

Jocelyn Olson <--You are here!

Karine Cazenave 

Karola Witczak 

Laura O'Donnell 

Lea Lawson 

Leica Forrest 

Lisa Andrews 

Magda Mizera 

Marie Ramirez 

Mary Martinez 

Mou Saha 

Nina Ostermann 

Noel Culbertson 

Smitha Katti 

Stephanie Bryan 

Glitz Design blog 

Thanks for stopping by! Next up on the hop is amazing Karine!


Supplies
Cardstock: (True Black, Textured Vellum) Papertrey Ink
Digital elements: (patterned papers, bats, and sentiments from the digital Raven collection) Glitz Design
Fibers: (silk ombre ribbon) The Paper Source
Dies: (feathers from Pointed Feathers Die) Simon Says Stamp; (vellum circle from Tag Sale #4) PTI; (box from 3D Large Gift Box) Silhouette America
Inks: (Marigold spray mist) Lindy's Stamp Gang; (Inky Black, Opaque White Mr. Huey's) Studio Calico

The Raven

Hi everyone! This is my second post of the day. If you're looking for my Newton's Nook Designs post, please click HERE.

This week, the Glitz Digital Team is sharing projects with inks, pains, and mists. I'm up on the Glitz blog today with a project using the new Raven collection:

Okay, first of all, can I say how much I love this collection? I'm a big fan of Halloween papers, and this collection is probably my favorite. Ever. The papers are Halloween-ish, but they could be used for any season (like the papers I used here).

I started with the raven image from the Element Pack 1 and sprayed a digital mist behind him. Then, I used a digital brush from the same Elements and stamped it twice to off-set the sentiment. Once I was done printing the image, I splattered some Mister Hueys over the image. Here's a close-up:

For the Raven papers, I splattered some mist on the stripe, but I thought the triangle paper could use something extra...

I've never lit paper on fire (for a card), but I decided to try it. I used photo paper, which seemed to slow the burn time, and it gave the edges just the right distressing. Strangely, my husband didn't even question why I was standing over the sink lighting the paper with a lighter. ha ha

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog! Have a great weekend! 

Supplies
Cardstock: (white) PTI
Digital elements: (stripe paper from Raven Paper Pack; triangle from Raven Elements Pack 2; sentiment and raven from Elements Pack 1) Glitz Designs at Jessica Sprague.com
Mist: (Opaque White) Mister Huey's

Boo Crew

Hi everyone! It's release week with Newton's Nook Designs!

We're sharing two new stamp sets this week, and they're pretty neat-o. You'll be able to buy the sets on Friday at the NND store.

Today, I'm sharing treat bags I made using the Boo Crew set:

I started by coloring and fussy cutting the bear image from the set. Isn't he cute? To make the bag, I die-cut the treat bag and stamped candy from the Boo Crew set in Versamark.

I placed the bear on the box, but it didn't look quite right. I realized it would help to die-cut a window to see the candy. It's always good to see candy. :)

I made a second box using patterned paper. Here they are together:

The tag has a sentiment from the same set. I think I'll make a few more for my kids' teachers. Do you make handmade Halloween treats for your kids' teachers or classes? Please share--I'd love to get some ideas. :)

If you'd like to win a free Boo Crew set, here's your chance! Comment on the Newton's Nook blog and comment on each of the design team's and guest design team's blogs. You have until 9pm CST on 9/12 for a chance to win.

Be sure to check out the rest of the team's creations!

Tessa Wise

Jocelyn Olson

Samantha Mann

Emily Leiphart

Jennifer Ingle

Kim Singdahlsen (Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super day.


Supplies
Cardstock: (Orange Zest, white, Clear cardstock) PTI
Patterned Paper: (black and white from Basics collection) Studio Calico
Clear stamps: (bear, candy, sentiment from Boo Crew) Newton's Nook Designs
Die: (circle from Limitless Layers; bag from Treat Bag #2) PTI
Ribbon: (Orange Zest) PTI; (orange and yellow stripe) May Arts
Copics