Halloween Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to the Stamp It Group Halloween Theme Blog Hop! For me, Halloween is the “kick-off” for my holiday card making season. Today’s card is a combination of products from the 2018 Holiday Catalog and September’s Paper Pumpkin, Frights & Delights and nothing says Halloween more than creepy, crawly spiders!

To create this card, start with the card base in Night of Navy cardstock, cut at 5 ½” x 8 ½”, and scored at 4 ¼”:

The base layer is Designer Series Paper from Toil & Trouble, cut at 4” x 5 ¼”:

The next layer is Whisper White cardstock, cut at 3 ¾” x 5”:

To create the scenery on the Whisper White cardstock, use a Sponge Dauber with Pineapple Punch ink to create the moon. I then used my Stamparatus to position the triple tree trunk stamp from the Winter Woods stamp set, stamping in Versamark ink, and using the Hinge Step Technique, which stamps them perfectly across the cardstock. Then the trees are heat embossed in Black Emboss Powder:

I used the side of the Sponge Dauber with Pineapple Punch ink to fill in the tree trunks, to make it look like they are glowing from the moon and used another Sponge Dauber with Night of Navy ink to fill in the rest of the cardstock. TIP-if you use the side with Night of Navy ink it will fill in-between the trees easily:

Cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock to 1 ½” x 5” and use the “hill” framelit from the In the Wood Framelits (the cardstock is a little longer than the framelit, so you will have to cut the ends). I then used the two different sized spider stamps from September’s Paper Pumpkin, stamping them in Versamark ink, and heat embossing in Silver Emboss Powder. The hill is then attached with dimensionals:

To make the spiders look like they are falling from the trees, I removed the jump ring from two of the Spider Trinkets and then used Silver Metallic Thread to tie a knot to the ring, leaving enough thread that can be adhered to the back of the cardstock. I used a Glue Dot on the back of the spider to adhere it to the front:

To complete the front of the card, adhere the cardstock to the base layer, and then adhere this to the card base:

For the inside sentiment from September’s Paper Pumpkin,  I stamped both spider stamps in Memento ink, starting at the bottom right corner and worked my way around and up to the upper left corner. The sentiments are in Lemon Lime Twist and Night of Navy inks and the pumpkin is in Mango Melody ink, using the Pineapple Punch Stampin’ Write Marker to color in the eyes, nose, and mouth:

So did all those spiders freak you out?? I hope not! Lol Didn’t get this month’s Paper Pumpkin? No worries, you can always stamp the hill with Whisper White Craft Ink to make it look like a “fog is rolling in”! That would be super cute too!!

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I hope today’s project inspires you to get creative! Please contact me if you have any questions about the products used on this or any other project. I hope you enjoyed today’s blog and thanks for stopping by!

This month’s contest:

The winner from the Fall Theme Blog Hop is:

Don’t forget to scroll down to leave your name and a comment with #stampitcontest and keep on hopping to the next name on the Blog Hop tour:

1.	Tami White
2.	Julie DeGuia
3.	Pam Nichols
4.	Lori Mueller
5.	Christina Miller
6.	Rachael Rife
7.	Luly Gonzalez
8.	Rachel Nichols
9.	Kathi Desmarais
10.	Linda Cullen
11.	Tina Wardell
12.	Oksana Semenska
13.	Teresa Howe
14.	Kim McPeek
15.	Dawn Seelhoff
16.	Gianna Melone-Sardella

 

Today’s Colors:

Product List

Winter Woods Clear-Mount Bundle [149992]	Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100730]	Toil & Trouble 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [147531]	Night Of Navy 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [100867]	Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [121045]	Versamark Pad [102283]
Night Of Navy Classic Stampin’ Pad [147110]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin’ Pad [147141]	Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin’ Pad [147145]	Mango Melody Classic Stampin’ Pad [147093]	In Color 2018–2020 Stampin’ Write Markers [147159]
Embossing Buddy [103083]	Black Stampin’ Emboss Powder [146956]	Silver Stampin’ Emboss Powder [109131]	Heat Tool [129053]	Sponge Daubers [133773]	Silver Metallic Thread [138402]
Big Shot [143263]	Glue Dots [103683]	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430]	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332]