Oh my goodness, I can't believe it's November. It's always great to kick of the new month with Kylie's International Blog Highlights!
The theme, as always, is thank you!
If you like my card, please vote for me - you can find more information on how to vote further down this page.
I've used the Love of Leaves Bundle from Stampin' Up! to create my thank you card.
The Love of Leaves stamp set is equally as great as the accompanying Stitched leaves dies.
Can you believe, I don't actually own any ink pads of colours that I could use to stamp autumn leaves?
Shocking I know! I didn't actually think that through when I purchased the bundle - oops! I'm just not a big fan of orange colours so when I updated all of my ink pads to the new style, I decided not to get them as I knew that for the large part they would sit there unused.
So I stamped my leaves in colours of green -using the colours Soft Sea Foam and Mossy Meadow. To get the three different tones, I also 'stamped off' with Mossy Meadow.
For the centre piece, I die cut a leaf from Mossy Meadow cardstock and then run it back through my cutting machine, using the die (bottom right in the image above) to add stitched lines to the surface of my leaf.
Underneath the leaf is a layer of Vellum cardstock, this helps it stand out more from the background but still allows the stamping to show through.
To finish my card, I die cut the sentiment from Soft Sea Foam cardstock using the Word Wishes dies and lightly painted it with Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint.
If you like my card I would really appreciate you taking the time to vote.
To vote, please click the button above then scroll down Kylie's blog post until the gallery of cards appears.
Make sure you have a good look at all of the cards - to get a better closer look simply click on the card and you will be taken to the creators blog.
You can place five votes so don't forget to use them all! All you have to do is click the heart in the top right hand corner on each card that you like.
The top ten winners will participate in a Blog Hop before the end of the month.
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Happy Halloween!
It's finally here and so is my last Halloween papercraft project of the year.
This card is inspired by one of my (many) favourite films. I'm a huge TV & Movie fan. I'm a thriller and action girl at heart but I do LOVE the Twilight books and films.
So here is the quote that inspired this card...
"I've considered radioactive spiders and kryptonite....."
This is a famous quote from the first Twilight film. If you google it you will find many references to it.
Here are some stills from the scene when Bella is trying to work out what it is that makes Edward different.
In case you are not a Twilight fan or have never heard of it, Bella finds out that Edward is a vampire - a 100 year old vampire, who can run very fast and doesn't eat or sleep. They fall in love and.... well you have to read the books or watch the films to find out!
Now back to the papercraft....
I selected Granny Apple Green to go alongside the Black cardstock base, which I have embossed with the Cobweb Embossing Folder.
I'll admit, Granny Apple Green is not a favourite of mine but it just works so well for Halloween, I just had to use it.
I really wanted to stamp Granny Apple Green spiders but I don't have the ink pad - so I stamped them in Memento Black ink and coloured the white space with the Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends!
Like I did in my first Halloween project of this year, I applied Versamark ink over the whole surface of the spider and then added clear embossing powder, heat setting it for a glossy finish.
It was so much fun crafting with the Magic in This Night Suite by Stampin' Up! this year
Thank you to my subscribers for sticking with me while I shared my love of Halloween through my papercraft projects.
Do you have any Halloween plans? Let me know by leaving a comment!
I'm hoping to watch a TV show called Most Haunted that I've followed from the very beginning - since 2002. It's a Halloween tradition for me, I love watching their ghost hunts!
Most Haunted is mainly on YouTube these days - you can find their channel here. I've seen some pretty crazy stuff happen on live shows over the years but I still live in hope that I will one day see a ghost appear on the screen!
An overnight stay in a haunted place has been on my bucket list for years - one day I hope to visit one of two places in the south west of England - Shepton Mallet Jail or Bodmin Jail. I've been to the Jamaica Inn but it was during the day and didn't feel that spooky.
Have a great Halloween everyone and stay safe whatever you are doing x
This super cute box is quick and simple to make. I have followed a fab video tutorial by Angie Juda aka Chic' n Scratch, which you can find here.
I've pretty much copied the entire design down to the paper choice and ribbon - everything except the centre piece decoration.
I've used the Magic in This Night Designer Series Paper, Halloween Magic dies, Black Glitter Paper, Layering Circles dies and Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon - all from Stampin' Up!
I've used the Magic in This Night Designer Series Paper, Halloween Magic dies, Black Glitter Paper, Layering Circles dies and Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon - all from Stampin' Up!
Come back tomorrow for my last Halloween project!
For all of you non Halloween fans, please hang on in there, normal service will resume from Monday!
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