Spooky October Challenge for Creative Embellishments

Welcome to the  Creative Embellishments October challenge.  Here's the inspiration photo and the twist is to use your stash.  Now that's always a fun prospect!  I dug back into my Halloween stash and came up with these random papers.  I think Authentique Mysterious and Graphic 45 Happy Haunting, both old collections.  Then I used lots of scary Halloween chipboard pieces from the  Creative Embellishments store.

I made some fun witch's boots home decor to go with a witch's hat I made last year.  I just love Halloween projects; I think its the bright oranges, greens, yellows and purples so predominant in the Halloween color palette.

I heat embossed a chipboard spider web with Stampendous Aged Silver and in the center I placed a black heat embossed creepy spider.

Creative Embellishments has so many great titles for every occasion.  This Happy Halloween title was the perfect size for my Witch's Boot.  I used the Halloween Stencil tto mask spider webs on the boots.

Now my favorite find for this Halloween, these very cool black acrylic skull and bones!  There are two sizes in the set of  14 pieces.

The make way cool looking buttons!  YOu could sew them on through the eyes, but I just glued them on.

Creative Embellishments Products

Witch Legs

Caught in my Web

Happy Halloween - Title

Halloween Stencil

Spiders

Black Acrylic Skull and Bones

These boots will go great with last year's Witch's Hat don't you think?

Challenge Rules

Create a NEW project layout, mini album, tag, card, canvas, etc….as of October 1st, 2021.

*It is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at Creative Embellishments together with a link back to our blog page. Please make sure to reference our challenge. Please, no old projects. (meaning projects from previous months that may fit the challenge) Please share only new projects.

*Please add your entry to the inlinkz tool below to be eligible for the prize. You have until the last day of each month 11:55 pm eastern time to enter.

*Simply add a link to your FB photo (if you do not have a blog) featuring your challenge entry. Let us know how you were inspired by the photo.

*Combining with other challenges is permitted.

* We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 OF CE products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along.

*WINNERS will have 2 weeks to claim their prize. The winner will be announced on this post the day after the challenge ends. Keep an eye out to see if you are a winner.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card with Oriental Lily and Wellies from Susan Tierney-Cockburn Garden Club for Spellbinders

 

I love Susan's Garden Club collection of dies from Spellbinders.  These lilies might look hard to make, but they are really easy!

Those Wellies are just the cutest and make the perfect vessel to hold your bouquet of flowers!  Ane yes, the Wellie die is included in this die set.

To make the flowers, you just brush on some ink started from the flower center out to the petals.  Then dot on some "freckles".  Pinch the petals and layer one petal set over another.  Then add the stamen.  You can view Susan's full assembly video here.

Spellbinders Oriental Lily and Wellies from Garden Club by Susan Tierney-Cockburn 

Spellbinders Cactus Dahlias & Creative Embellishments Large Chipboard Tag

 Time for some large tag fun!  Creative Embellishments has great chipboard tags that measure 5.5" x 10".  They are just the perfect size!  The paper I used is Graphic 45's new Let it Snow collection.  Spellbinder's Susan Tierney-Cockburn's Cactus Dahlia and Ornamental Garden Pottery die set was perfect for decorating the tag with some beautiful flowers in a pottery dish.

I used Merry Christmas words from Creative Embellishments and covered them with Lindy's mist and then added Crystal Stickles.  On the background I stenciled snowflakes with white modeling paste as I thought that would brighten the blue background.  I also added some Icicle Stickles to the snowflakes.

The flowers are handmade using Cactus Dahlia and Ornamental Garden Pottery dies.   I used a little white paint and Stickles to make them snow sparkly!

The Cactus Dahlia and Ornamental Garden Pottery dies include a lovely pottery dish that I tucked my sentiment into as well as my flowers.  I gave the die cut a pottery look by using Iced Spruce Oxide Ink.

Creative Embellishments has the perfect pine cone branch to work with my snowy flowers.  First, I colored it with Lindy's mist and then added Crystal Stickles to make it sparkle. I dry brushed the pine cones with white paint and added some Frosted Lace Stickles.

Creative Embellishments Products

Large Tags

Pine Cone Clusters

Merry Christmas Titles

Snowflake Stencil

Spellbinders Products

Cactus Dahlia and Ornamental Garden Pottery from Garden Club by Susan Tierney-Cockburn

Spellbinders Nestabilities Decorative Elements Dies - Imperial Gold Die Templates - Gold Labels Four

Fleur de Elegance

Other Products

Graphic 45 - Let It Snow Collection - Christmas - 12 x 12 Collection Pack

Graphic 45 - Let It Snow Collection - Christmas - 12 x 12 Solids and Patterns Pack

Tim Holtz - Distress Oxides Ink Pads - Iced Spruce

Ranger Ink - Stickles Glitter Glue - Crystal

Ranger Ink - Stickles Glitter Glue - Frosted Lace

Thanks for joining me today!

Nature Journal for Eileen Hull Designs

Here's a tag journal I made using some of Eileen Hull Designs dies in ways that you might not have considered.  This journal was made with the Folio Journal die. 

You might be thinking, wait that's a big die and your tag journal is small. While that is true, with a little creative thinking we can change the size.

A journal made with the Folio Journal usually looks like this.  As you can see it's a lot larger than my tag journal above.

I'll be doing a Facebook live to show you how I made the tag journal.  I'll be showing how to make this style tag album tomorrow (9/9/21) at 4 pm EST on Facebook Live with Eileen Hull.

You can catch the replay here.

" Admit One" stamp from Eileen's new stamp release with Maker Forte.                                                                                                                                                                           

Stamped image on the right  is part of Eileen's new stamp release with Maker Forte.  After stamping the image I perfectly diecut it with the label included with the Gift Box XL die.

Products by Eileen Hull Designs Used

Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Folio Journal

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Card, Waterfall & Tags

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Bookbinding & Label

 Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Box, Gift w/Scallop Edges

Eileen Hull Easy Cut Adhesive Sheets, Clear

Eileen Hull Red Liner Tape, 1/4", Clear

Sizzix Bookmark Tag & Pocket

Eileen Hull Snail Mail Everyday Sentiments Stamp Set by Maker Forte

Eileen Hull Buttons, Cards, and More Stamp Set by Maker Forte

Other Products

Graphic 45 - Nature Notebook Collection - 12 x 12 Deluxe Collector's Edition

Travel Layout for Creative Embellishments

 We spent 6 weeks this summer wandering through Grand Teton, Yellowstone, and Glacier National Parks.  Then we spent 3 weeks exploring Idaho.  It was a great trip but smokie from all the fires burning out west and really really hot!

We spotted this black bear while driving through the park.  A friend traveling with us snapped the photo out the window.  Both photos are of the same bear, just in different light.

Another scrapbook friend, Billie, cut the Grand Teton sign for me.  It works great with my layout made with Stamperia Forest papers.

The leaves and acorns are chipboard pieces and I colored them with Lindy's Mists.  I like to use mists as a coloring agent when I have pieces that have etched engravings as these do.  The mists doesn't filled up the etched lines, thus preserving the details.

The bear is fussy cut from the papers.

I used 3 different acorn branches and clusters and layered them, creating a border of sorts,

The moose's antlers are colored with Distress Stain in Picket Fence.  I gave his body a furry appearance by using brown fiber (like Flower Soft) which is easy to use.  Just put adhesive on the chipboard and sprinkle all over with the fiber particles.

Creative Embellishments Products Used

Acorn Clusters

Acorn Branch

Moose Set

Thanks for joining me today!  Be sure to check out the Creative Embellishments monthly challenge.

Spellbinder's Amazing Paper Grace Club Kit

WOW!  Take a look at Spellbinders' September Amazing Paper Grace Club Kit!  It's a 3-D  Vintage Cash Register that folds flat so that you can use it on a card.

This is just too cute!!  I used black, brown, and gold cardstock to fashion my register.  Then to glam it up, I rubbed gold Luster Wax over the embossed pieces.

I turned this into a nice large card by layering up some cardstock and then adding that cute vintage cash register. Along the sides I used an older Spellbinders die, Swirls Strip. The gold panel layer was die-cut using a die from the  S5-230 Nestabilities Romantic Rose Etched Dies set.  I love tha the cash register will fold flat for easy mailing.

I love this die and that's:  😊

Spellbinders Products Used

DOMAPG-Sep21 Pop UP 3D Vignetter Vintage Cash Register

S5-230 Nestabilities Romantic Rose Etched Dies

S-4768 Swirls Strip Die 

Other Products

Black and Brown Cardstock

Tim Holtz Kraft Stock - Gold

Sizzix Luster Wax - Gold

Thanks for stopping by today.  Spellbinders has a number of  Card Clubs, you can get all the details here.

 

New Challenge at Creative Embellishments

Time for the September challenge at Creative Embellishments.  Here's the inspiration photo.  The twist this month is to add a  globe or map to your project.

 

I was inspired byt the travel elements in the photo so I scraped a pictureof my husband and me taken at Yellowstone NP and a picture of our home on wheels.

I used the globe Travel Corner to meet the twist.  I used Stampendous Aged Ivory and Eileen Hull Goldenrod embossing enamels to color the chippy.

One of my favorite design elements is to place pretty flourishes under my blooms to show them off. On this layout I used a flourish heat embossed to show off the pretty florals.

Creative Embellishments Products Used

Travel Corner

Flourish 19

Challenge Rules

Create a NEW project layout, mini album, tag, card, canvas, etc….as of September 1st, 2021.

*It is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at Creative Embellishments together with a link back to our blog page. Please make sure to reference our challenge. Please, no old projects. (meaning projects from previous months that may fit the challenge) Please share only new projects.

*Please add your entry to the inlinkz tool below to be eligible for the prize. You have until the last day of each month 11:55 pm eastern time to enter.

*Simply add a link to your FB photo (if you do not have a blog) featuring your challenge entry. Let us know how you were inspired by the photo.

*Combining with other challenges is permitted.

* We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 OF CE products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along.

*WINNERS will have 2 weeks to claim their prize. The winner will be announced on this post the day after the challenge ends. Keep an eye out to see if you are a winner.

Thanksfor stopping by!

Layout for Creative Embellishments, Same Place, Different Time.

I love working with vintage colors and photos.  This layout for Creative Embellishments is special because it is a photo of my Uncle taken in France circa 1946.  The smaller photo is my cousin, my Uncle's son, taken in the very same place in 2013.

I've used Graphic 45's DCE, Communique papers that is such a great collection for vintage masculine pages.  On the left side of the page peeking out, is a hidden tag that I've used for journaling.

I used two Creative Embellishments page corner chippies that are heat embossed with gold powder.

Generations is from Creative Embellishments Heritage Word Set, also heat embossed.

Supplies from Creative Embellishments

Heritage Word Set

Flourish Page Corner

Other Supplies

Graphic 45 Communique Collection

Graphic 45 Staples Pearl Gems

Graphic 45 Staples Black Tag

Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by today.  Be sure to enter our monthly challenge, you could win a gift certificate!

xoxo Maggi

How to Enter the Challenge

*Create a NEW project layout, mini album, tag, card, canvas, etc….as of August 1st, 2021.
*It is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at Creative Embellishments together with a link back to our blog page. Please make sure to reference our challenge. Please, no old projects. (meaning projects from previous months that may fit the challenge) Please share only new projects.
*Please add your entry to the inlinkz tool below to be eligible for the prize. You have until the last day of each month 11:55 pm eastern time to enter.
*Simply add a link to your FB photo (if you do not have a blog) featuring your challenge entry. Let us know how you were inspired by the photo.
*Combining with other challenges is permitted.
* We would love to see you USE AT LEAST 1 OF CE products on your projects but it isn’t required to play along.
*WINNERS will have 2 weeks to claim their prize. (Shipping not included) The winner will be announced on this post the day after the challenge ends. Keep an eye out to see if you are a winner.

New Stamps from Eileen Hull Designs!

Finally!!  I can now tell you about Eileen Hull's new stamp sets premiering today!  Join Eileen on her Facebook Live today, to get a close up look at these stamps. This first release features 2 great stamp sets and a background stamp.  Take a look!

 Buttons, Cards and More Set (6x8)                                Snail Mail Everyday Sentiments Set (6x8)

Vintage Damask (4x6)

There are so many ways to use these stamps.  I made a couple of vintage cards but there are so many other things you can do with these.  Be sure to keep an eye on Eileen's blog for ideas.

First let's take a look at a simple vintage thank you card. 

I love this sentiment from the Buttons, Cards and More Set.  Here's the great thing about this sentiment - It's exactly the same shape as the label diecut from Eileen's Gift Box XL Die!  I just stamped onto cardstock and then diecut with the label die. This is another way to use your Eileen products together.  The wreath surround and bow are diecuts from the recently released Wreath and Snowflake Thinlits Dies.  I love how I can use dies from different sets all together on one project.

Near the bottom on the striped strip I used the thanks sentiment from the Snail Mail Everyday Sentiments Set.

On this card I created a background with the Vintage Damask Stamp.  Then I stamped the Sunshine Buttons Stamp  from the Buttons, Cards and More Set onto cardstock.

Rather than showing the stamped button images, I glued real buttons onto the front.  

A little lace across the bottom completes the vintage look!

Aside from cards, think about the great ephemera you could make with these stamps, library cards, button cards, tickets, all distressed and ready to pop into a junk journal or onto a vintage tag.  I just got these stamps after returning from a 6 week vacation so I haven't had much time to play with them but my mind is churning with ideas!  Stay tuned!

Supplies

Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Box, Gift w/Scallop Edges by Eileen Hull

Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 9PK - Wreath & Snowflake

Eileen Hull Vintage Damask Stamp by Maker Forte 

Eileen Hull Buttons, Cards, and More Stamp Set by Maker Forte

Thanks so much for joining me today, I hope you're as excited as I am about Eileen's new stamps!