My Biggest Halloween Fear for As You See It Challenge #286

As spooky as Halloween can be, I usually have only one fear on Halloween night...I have a black cat named Beetle and I'm always worried that she'll get out when kids come to the door and that some evil cult will get a hold of her and use her for nefarious purposes! Now I know the likelihood of that is pretty slim, but every Halloween, I hear those same warnings about being careful with your cats and I can't help but worry! That's why, when As You See It Challenges came up with this Fill In The Blank Challenge, it was the first thing I thought of to fill in the blank:
 

"For me, the spookiest thing on Halloween is always worrying about keeping my black cat safe!"

It worked for me, too, because my Halloween stash is pretty limited! As it was, I had to use a retired punch for my cat. And a Paper Pumpkin stamp for my sentiment, as I didn't have either in my current product stash. But I love how it turned out!

• I found some perfect background DSP in my pack of Celebrate Everything DSP, which is a Host Reward from the July/Dec. Mini Catalogue! It has come in handy several times now. I backed it with Parakeet Party and mounted it on a Basic Black card base.
• Using the Rustic Pumpkin Dies, I die cut a pumpkin, stalk and vines (saving some of the negative pieces from the vines for ghost and cat eyes).
• I used sponge daubers to sponge Pumpkin Pie ink around and over the pumpkin pieces to give them definition, and Garden Green for the stalk and vines. Then I assemble the pumpkin.
• I punched the cat out of Basic Black using the cat punch and added the two Parakeet Party eyes using Tombo glue.
• Using the Tulip Builder Punch, I punched a tulip bloom from Basic White and turned it upside down. After added the eyes, I added my ghost to the back of the pumpkin. I added dimensionals to all and adhered to the card front.
• I embossed the sentiment in black onto Parakeet Party, then die cut using a die from the Stylish Shapes dies. I added it using dimensionals.

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Product List

Spooky Treats Paper Pumpkin Past Kit [161122] $26.50	Celebrate Everything 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159913] $24.50	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $12.75	Parakeet Party 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159259] $12.75	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [105117] $12.75
Garden Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [102584] $12.75	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Embossing Additions Tool Kit [159971] $37.00	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $25.00
Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] $11.00	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $11.00	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $11.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $7.00	Rustic Pumpkin Dies [159643] $44.00
Cat Punch [144666] $24.00	Tulip Builder Punch [151295] $26.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $41.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $170.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $8.25

Presto Pumpkins for As You See It Speed Challenge #283

 It's another As You See It Challenge and this time it's one that I used to loathe, but now I'm getting pretty proficient at it, so I don't dislike it as much! It's a speed challenge and the theme of the challenge is pumpkins & gourds, hence my title, Presto Pumpkins (the only alliteration I could come up with!) I accomplished this one in 8 min 11 sec so I had time to spare. Mind you, it was a fairly simple concept without anything too fancy, but due to the busy nature of the background, I didn't feel anything too fancy would be appropriate.

Because gourds are included in the theme, I was keen to use the Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper from the Jul/Dec Mini Catalogue because there is one design that has gourds as well as pumpkins on it. Then I thought I'd mirror the DSP by stamping a couple of pumpkins from the Hello Harvest stamp set in black Memento ink on both Pumpkin Pie and Cajun Craze cardstock then die cut them with the Rustic Harvest Dies. 

The ribbon is a retired one, Crushed Curry Seam Binding ribbon, but it was perfect for this project. The sentiment is stamped on Basic White with Memento Ink and die cut with the banner die from the Rustic Harvest dies. I also die cut a matching Cajun Braze backing for the sentiment. Everything was mounted on the Crushed Curry card front. Finally I added some leftover Amber Gems from the Leaf Label/Amber Gem Combo Pack. And I stopped the clock at 8 minutes and 11 seconds. Not too shabby!

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Product List

Hello Harvest Cling Stamp Set (English) [159634] $32.00	Hello Harvest Bundle (English) [159644] $68.25	Rustic Harvest 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159633] $16.50	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131199] $12.75	Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119684] $12.75
Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Leaf Label & Amber Gem Combo Pack [159969] $11.00	*Crushed Curry 3/8" (1 Cm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon [149444] $9.50	Rustic Pumpkin Dies [159643] $44.00
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $170.00	Take Your Pick [144107] $13.75	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00

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Harvest Delights on the Easel

      

Welcome to our August NEW AT SU! Blog Hop! We are a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world who are hoppin’ with creative paper crafting ideas to share with you. Today we are featuring the fun fold cards with a fall theme with products from either the Annual Catalogue or the 2022 Jul/Dec Mini Catalogue! I wanted to show you a fairly easy Easel fold card which is great for display, and I'm using the Rustic Harvest Suite with its Hello Harvest Bundle to create it.

The Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper is a rich looking collection of fall designs featuring pumpkins, leaves, chrysanthemums and acorns. It uses Merry Merlot, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Early Espresso, and surprisingly, Basic Black. I've used Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Mossy Meadow, Basic Black and then added in some Copper and Gold metallics for my design.

• The standard card base is Cajun Craze cardstock. Over that is a layer of Rustic Harvest Designer Series Paper, in the Mossy Meadow colour. To make an easel card, cut a piece of cardstock in half at 4 1/4" on the short side to get a piece 4 1/4" x 11". On the long side, score at 2 3/4" and 5 1/2".
• On a piece of Basic White cardstock I stamped the pumpkin image, the flower bouquet image and four leaf images, as well as the single small flower image in Versamark ink and covered them with Copper embossing powder. I then heat set them using the Heat Tool. Using the Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends combo I coloured in the pumpkin and using the Cajun Craze and Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends, as well as the Mossy Meadows Stampin' Blends Combo for the foliage and the pumpkin stem, and a little So Saffron Light on some of the puffy flowers I coloured in the bouquet and pumpkin stem.
• I die cut all the pieces with the Rustic Pumpkin Dies, then die cut and embossed two more pumpkins using the Brushed Metallic Cardstock in copper and gold. I die cut the stems and vines from Mossy Meadows cardstock.

• I assembled all the pieces as you see here. The bouquet, one of the leaves and two vine pieces are mounted on the inside of the card, on Dimensionals to create the "door stop" that keeps the easel open for display. There is a sentiment from the stamp set inside the card, stamped in Mossy Meadow ink.
• The outer sentiment, also from the stamp set, is embossed in copper, on the banner that was die cut from Basic White using a die from Rustic Pumpkin Dies, with an identical backing die cut from Gold Brushed Metallic cardstock. I mounted it right on the 2 3/4" fold on the top flap of the card so it would pop up when the easel was folded.

I hope you enjoyed this autumn themed card made with the Rustic Harvest Suite! I know you would enjoy creating with this great suite of products! 

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Keep Creating!

Heather Cooper

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Product List

Hello Harvest Cling Stamp Set (English) [159634] $32.00	Hello Harvest Bundle (English) [159644] $68.25	Rustic Harvest 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159633] $16.50	Brushed Metallic Cardstock [153524] $21.00	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276] $14.00
Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119684] $12.75	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676] $12.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $13.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $11.00	Cajun Craze Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154879] $12.25
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $12.25	Mossy Meadow Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154890] $12.25	So Saffron Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154905] $12.25	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $25.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $41.00
Brushed Metallic Adhesive Backed Dots [156506] $12.25	Rustic Pumpkin Dies [159643] $44.00	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173] $41.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $170.00