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We have a “Cute Spooks” challenge for you at the Sisterhood of Crafters. Terri is our host and she wants you to make any card related to Halloween. It will be here before you know it, so get out your Halloween stamps and play along with us! I don’t have much in the way of Halloween stamps and the word “cute” made me think of my Cat Punch, which it did have a coordinating Halloween stamp (which I ended up not using). In the final card, though, the kitty is punched from Silver foil paper. The sentiment stamp is from any oldie that I have kept, Among the Branches. I thought it would make a cute moon!

My Secrets to Making This Among the Branches Project

The size of this card is due to the oval from Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cute Specialty DSP. That determined the size of the silver foil layer as well as the card base. Sometimes it works well to start from the inside out!
There’s a patterned paper that is the same size as the oval piece, which is from Twinkle Twinkle DSP. I loved the stars and really thought it worked well for this card.
The ribbons and punched leaves were adhered down at the bottom of the oval where I wanted the kitty, great use of scraps there! Then, the kitty was popped up on dimensionals over them.
The Finishing Touch was to use a few sequins. Don’t you love that star?

Quick List of Stampin’ Up! Products

Stamp Sets: Among the Branches, Holiday Home
Paper: Twinkle Twinkle DSP, Garden Impressions 6×6 DSP, Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty DSP, So Saffron, Silver Foil Sheets
Ink: So Saffron, Memento Black
SU Tools: Cat Punch, Lemon Builder Punch, Leaf Punch, 2″ Circle Punch
Finishing Touch: Night of Navy Gingham Ribbon, Silver Natural Trim, Metallics Sequin Embellishments

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DIY List of Stampin’ Up! Products

Among The Branches Photopolymer Stamp Set [139823] $17.00	Holiday Home Photopolymer Stamp Set [135095] $15.95	Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper [146284] $11.00	Garden Impressions 6″ X 6″ (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [146289] $11.00
Delightfully Detailed Laser-Cut Specialty Paper [146907] $14.00	So Saffron 8-1/2″ X 11″ Card Stock [105118] $8.50	Silver Foil Sheets [132178] $4.00	So Saffron Classic Stampin’ Pad [147109] $7.50
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Cat Punch [144666] $18.00	Lemon Builder Punch [143712] $18.00	Leaf Punch [144667] $16.00
2″ Circle Punch [133782] $18.00	Night Of Navy 1/2″ Gingham Ribbon [144232] $7.50	Silver 1/4″ (6.4 Mm) Natural Trim [141485] $7.00	Metallics Sequin Assortment [138390] $5.00

We have a new challenge at Retro Rubber! These Tic-Tac-Toe challenges are so much fun so I hope you will find an older stamp that hasn’t gotten any ink for a while and play along! My “three in a row” is the Ribbon, Flowers, Circles. Blended Bloom came out in the 2014-2015 Annual Catalog and is now retired. I really loved this stamp when it came out but wasn’t confident enough with my coloring to play with it enough. I love the large bloom and wanted to color it with my new Stampin’ Blends. The sentiment is from Beautiful Bouquet, which is a great stamp set with lots of great images and sentiments. It came out last year, has coordinating framelits and is still available for purchase in the current catalog.

My Secrets to Making This Blended Bloom Project

The Blended Bloom image was so much fun to color with Stampin’ Blends! I brought out the new Cajun Craze alcohol markers, highlighted with Pumpkin Pie, then used the new Basic Black lightly on the center.
Once the coloring was done, I layered the panel onto Gold Foil paper and adhered it to the Cajun Craze card base.
The sentiment was inked up in Cajun Craze, cropped out with the Layering Oval Framelits and layered onto a banner of gold foil.
To fulfill the “circles” requirement, I found some Cajun Craze polka dot DSP, cut it into a banner and layered fold natural trim, gold mini sequin trim and leaves cut in gold foil from the Stitched Seasons Framelits. Once everything was attached to the card base, I added Metallic Pearls and a black Faceted Gem.