Sunday, October 14, 2012

DeNami Design Halloween Blog Hop

  
DeNami September Blog Hop


It's finally here, the DeNami Design Halloween Blog Hop. I'm so excited to participate in this blog hop. I've loved these stamps for so long and now I get a chance to show everyone how much I adore them.

The blog hop starts today October 14th at 6 AM, PST. However, you have until October 15, 2012, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize). Make sure you comment as you go along the blog hop because DeNami Design is giving away THREE $20 gift certificates to their website! They'll be giving away one gift certificate to a random participant (DT members not eligible) and then they'll also be giving away TWO gift certificates to TWO people who comment along the hop!

If you are following along the blog hop you just came from Barbara Murphy's blog. There are loads of beautiful cards and whimsical cards in this blog hop. If you get lost along the way just go back to DeNami Design's blog to find the list of participants.

Here's the first card I created for Halloween. It's pretty simple and it utilizes the 'inchies' I so love.


DeNami Design keeps coming out with these cute chickie stamps and I just have to have them all! I stamped the new Franken-Chickie and Kitty-Chickie on the 'inchie' and colored them in with my copics and then ran a marker along the edges to give each one of them a border. Stamped the sentiment and colored it in with my copics too. I backed them with scalloped squares, mounted them on this diamond patterned paper and put it on a 3x6 inch card. Lastly, I added a small strip of black velvet ribbon.


This next card was something I wanted to do and this blog hop gave me the opportunity to try it out.


I had stamped all the chickie stamps on cardstock whenever I did a little make & take for my local stamp store. I picked the chickies that I thought would work well as costumes for Halloween. I stamped the three houses onto cardstock and colored it and the chickies with copics. I stamped the fence directly onto the card several times. I mounted the houses onto the card with foam tape. Then, I cut a few small pieces of gray cardstock and scored them to look like a sidewalk and adhered them along the bottom and also leading to the house. Next, if just randomly put the chickies along the sidewalk, some are popped up to give a little dimension. I punched out three circles from metallic cardstock, stamped the smallest with the 'Trick or tweet' stamp and popped each layer with foam tape.


My next project came as a brainstorm just before leaving for vacation last week. I bought a small 1x1 bag die by Memory Box a while ago thinking I would use it sometime in the future. I was trying to think of another idea for this blog hop that wasn't a card. As I was looking at the halloween petit four set and the friendly bat stamp, I thought it would be cute to create little 'trick or tweet' bags.


I cut out the bags from several different patterned paper and kraft cardstock. I stamped them in Brillance graphite black and sprinkled some clear embossing powder and heat set it to give the images a little pop.


I cut some leftover coils for binding in half, colored them with a black sharpie and bent them a little to create handles for some of the bags.


I also, stamped the spider and bat on cardstock and used atyouspica's to color them in and added 3mm googly eyes for a little character.


It was a little hard to find candy to fit in these little bags but the end result was cute and a great way to decorate a Halloween tree I picked up at Michaels.





I hope you enjoyed the cards and little bags. The next blog on you will hop to is Kristy Smith's. I know you'll enjoy all the creations along this blog hop.


30 comments:

  1. Would you look at all the trick or treaters piling out of the house! So cute!!! I love the little bags too, a perfect decoration. And, your card is awesome. Great designs!

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  2. that's a LOT of chickies/trick or treaters! adorable projects, thanks for sharing!

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  3. Wow..you've been very busy. Great job on all of it..super fun.

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  4. Where to begin...you are amazing! I am in total love with those chickies!

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  5. Susan....As always, your projects are incredible!

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  6. Wow, you have been having a lot of fun this Halloween season! Good for you!! You have a wonderful selection of Halloween stamps and I love the little tree bags on the tree. My kids would love that and it would be a great idea on a Christmas tree as well!

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  7. I really like the card with numerous trick or treaters. Unlike the ones that come to my house, I like how they are all wearing costumes! Very fun.

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  8. Oh, my goodness--you have been SO busy!! I just love all of the Halloween creativity you showcased on all of these fun projects. Your lineup of Halloween-costumed chickies really made me smile. :D

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  9. Oh wow those are all so adorable!!! I love the little bags! :) Great job on all of them! I <3 being inspired!

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  10. Wow, you have been very busy! Thanks for all the adorable ideas! Lots and lots of detail!

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  11. Wow!!! You were busy!! I love both cards and your darling little tree.

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  12. One busy bee! Love your projects! :-))))

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  13. Those little treat bags are so darling!!! Love them! And all those little trick-or-treating chickies.....LOVE!!! So glad you could join the hop!

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  14. Wow I love the harlequin background on the first card and your little bags are just adorable!

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  15. Wow! So many good ideas here! I really love the idea of using all those chickies as trick or treaters!

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  16. Great projects! Love all the chickie stamps! The trick or tweet card is amazing with all those cut out chickies!
    DeniseB

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  17. Wow someone has been busy! Spooky sweet creations, great work!!

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  18. Wow - you are an over achiever, or you must love Halloween. These projects are adorable. I hope all those chickies don't show up at my door on halloween. I don't think I'd have enough candy for all of them!

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  19. Holy Moly, you have been busy, lol! ALL your projects are FANTASTIC! My fav is the chickie 'treaters' one...sooooooo cute!!! GREAT WORK!

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  20. All of your projects are cute, but My favorite are the tiny bags!

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  21. Boy are you creative! I love the inchie card & all those chickies in a row--darling!

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  22. OMG, I love the house with tons of little chickies!

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  23. My oh my , you've been busy! Love all the chickies on that card!

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  24. All three cards/projects are cute. I especially like the trick or treaters card. It is just too cute!

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  25. I'm so glad you could join us for a blog hop...aren't they full of fun?!

    Your projects are just amazing...over the top, girlie :) Loving each one of them!!

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  26. Oh my--all your projects are adorable!!

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  27. I don't even know where to begin!! These projects are AMAZING!! WOW! You've been busy!! That first card is just stunning. The second card with the chickie trick or tweeters is AMAZING! BRILLIANT! And, I absolutely LOVE those trick or treat bags on that tree! WOW!

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  28. Oh my GOODNESS what beautiful creations!!! I love the chickies card especially!!!

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  29. You have been one busy girl! These are all adorable projects!!

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