If the Broom Fits

Hello Everyone:

Today we have one last easy Halloween card featured contributed by Chari Hogsett.  

Chari began by dry embossing a piece of orange cardstock and layering a die cut piece of black cardstock over the top.  She used Creative Impressions stamp #                              .  For the cute sentiment and finished if off by using a stamped broom with cut pieces of Natural Thin Twine (80604) over the top.  A cute little jack-o-lantern embellishment completes the broom.

Need a last minute card to send for Halloween?  This is it!  Thanks for the contribution, Chari!

Susan

 

Sunflower Photo Layout

Hello Everyone!  One of the things I love most about paper crafting are the variety of things that one can create with the same materials!  Here is an example of a beautiful sunflower layout!

 I wish I could give credit to the person who created this lovely page, however, it was discovered in our sample box with no name!  If it's you, please let me know!  

Now it's time to take those wonderful Fall photos and put them in a scrapbook!  A lovely plaid background paper was used for the background and a pretty sunflower paper was cut diagonally and adhered to two corners of the page.  A photo mat was created from a coordinating paper.  I thought is was a great idea to adhere a strip of the sunflower paper to the bottom portion of the photo mat and then wrap a piece of Creative Impressions  1/4" Mini Check Gingham Ribbon (80184 Red & Black) around the paper!

Here is a close up of some of the page detail.

The page designer cleverly created a square design using the same paper as the photo mat as a base over two colors of cardstock.  A circle was cut from the same plaid background paper along with two leaves that were die cut.  A clever sunflower was created by using a felt MediumFelt Blossom and Leaf (62102 Heritage) with a  Large Burgundy Round (80702) in the center.   Photo corners were added to the edges of the square and finally a  Burgundy Heritage Spiral Clip (85055) was added to the side of the square.  Such a great idea!  

The greeting "Celebrate" was stamped in the right lower corner and "friend" was stamped with an alphabet set.

To finish, the same gingham ribbon wrapped around the base of the photo mat was threaded through the top portion of the sunflower mat after two holes were punched.  The ribbon was knotted and a darling hanger was created.

Hope you enjoy this scrapbook page and will create one of your own!

Susan

Happy Halloween from Creative Impressions!

 Hello Everyone!  Hope you are having a lovely Fall season and enjoying the cooler weather.  I have one last Halloween card to share with you that is super easy!

I don't like the real scary images that seem to pop up now on Halloween.  I love the fun and innocence of years past.  I think this card shows that.  This card features our Halloween Felt Shapes (63110) along with the sentiment from Creative Impressions stamp Q230.  This card would make a super easy last minute card for someone special or for kids to make!  Wouldn't this be a fun project for them?

Once I placed a patterned paper panel onto a black card, I started placing my felt shapes onto the panel.  I began by punching out a circle from a scrap of patterned paper to represent a dark moon.  I adhered it to the top left of the panel and placed two felt bats flying in the moonlight.  Then I adhered the word "Boo" and a ghost to the lower part of the card.  I would recommend using just a dab of Matte Medium as this doesn't tend to seep through the felt unless you use too much.

To finish the card I placed the sentiment at the bottom using foam tape and wrapped a piece of Single Stitch Grosgrain Ribbon in Orange with Black (70900) around the left side.  This panel was then adhered to a white card.  Easy and fun.

Happy Halloween from all of us at Creative Impressions!

Susan

Flying Monkeys - Oh My!

 Hello Everyone:  Today I would like to share with you a super simple card using a Creative Impressions Sentiment stamp and a Graphic 45 image:

Isn't this a fun card?  I stamped Creative Impressions stamp Q230 onto a piece of white scrap cardstock and separated the top and bottom sentiments, backing them with brown mats.  I then set them aside.  I took two pieces of Double Stitch Grosgrain Ribbon in Black with Orange stitching (70956) and adhered them  to either long side of a patterned paper panel adhered to a brown mat.  All that was left was to position a Graphic 45 Flying Monkey panel (from their Magic of Oz collection) on an angle and then adhere the sentiments at the top and bottom of the panel.  What could be easier?

Susan

New Artist Alert! Fall Gift Ideas

 Hello everyone:  Today I would like to introduce a new artist who will be contributing to our blog from time to time.  Her name is Lynnelle Clark with sassyclassycrafty.  Today we are featuring a pair of projects Lynnelle did for the Fall:

The first project is a lovely Fall card using a pumpkin cut from a free SVG file with her Cricut and our wonderful Autumn Leaves Felt Shapes (63100). 

The second is a fabulous wine bottle decoration perfect for gifting for a Fall or Thanksgiving party.    Lynnelle first made a wine holder out of paper and heavy cardstock and then created the wonderful tag to go with it.  Again she used Creative Impressions fabulous Autumn Felt Leaves on the main part of the tag.  She added a strip from CI 's Autumn Splendor Printed Twill (80461) along the bottom of the tag.  The top of the tag features a bow created with our Autumn Leaves Printed Ribbon (80118) and another using our Satin Shimmer Ribbon in Golden Brown (71005). 

Hope you have enjoyed Lynnelle's contribution to our blog!  We sure have!

Susan