Halloween Journal - Stampers Anonymous

December Dailys have been a thing for years, but last year I started doing an October journal. I didn't really call it an October Daily because I usually can't keep something up every day for a month. I get sidetracked way too easily. But I can do things on and off throughout the month. So with that in mind, I decided to use the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Halloween Curation to work and make an October Journal.

 

Here is the Tutorial Video for this project. I didn't make every tag in the video, but I made several and then showed all the pages.  

 The cover technique is shown in the video. But let me discuss the details on the front. I stamped and cut out some images from the Halloween Minis 2 and 3 stamp sets and then cut them out. The flowers and black leaves are just some die cuts I had. I added a little bit of black chunky glitter to the black leaves to add a tiny bit of sparkle.

I just love how the crackle on the cover turned out, 

On the inside of the front and back covers, I used a component stamp to make a pocket for some tags for journaling, or photos, or even things like tickets or brochures to events attended.

These are the fronts of the first four pages in the journal. The list if inspiration is at the end of this post. I used three Mixed Media sets to make these pages. All of the things used are linked below.

These are the backs of the first four tags.

The fronts of the next three tags.Again I used the Mixed Media Sets. 

And the backs of the tags above. Again using Mixed media sets except for the spider is from one of the red rubber sets listed below.

And the last four tag fronts. 

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And the backs of the last four tags. 

I hope you found this page and the video toether to be helpful and at least inspirational even if this isn't someting you want to make in it's entirety. Hopefully it inspired you as to something you can use on a card, a travel journal or scrapbook page, or even agift tag.

 

Here is the list of ideas for your own October Journal and there are enough things to get you through the entire month. Have fun and have a creative day,

Tami 

 

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp, Ranger Ink  and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you! 

 

Happy Halloween Mini Slimline Card - Distress Oxide Release #2

 Hello Makers! I'm busy getting caught up on my posting from a very busy making season and a summer and early fall filled with technological challenges. 

How exciting is it that we now have two new releases of Distress Oxides in MINIS! Something we have long awaited right? For the release of the first set, I made this very quick mini slimline Halloween card with a favorite Distress technique I learned from Tim many years ago.  I posted a photo tutorial on my Instagram account -- if you aren't following me there, I highly recommend it. I have also been working on my facebook page if you are more comfortable over there. It is Plays Well With Paper Kits (I made it over a decade ago when I was making scrapbook kits, and now Facebook won't let me take the kits out of the name. Hahahaha!)

Below I have posted the photo tutorial just as you see it on Instagram. The products are listed at the bottom of the post.

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out this photo tutorial. Hooray for Mini Distress Oxides!

Have a Creative Day, 

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp, Ranger, and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Basically Boo - Whimsy Stamps Stamptember Exclusives

 Hey Makers! I am excited to share with you a very special stamp set with coordinating dies. Each September Simon Says Stamp hosts an event called Stamptember where brands from all over the paper crafting industry join Simon Says Stamp to celebrate stamping by designing exclusive stamp sets for each brand. Today is the reveal of the Whimsy Stamps Stamptember release and it is adoraBOOle! Seriously, SO cute!

 Here is a short process video of the Distress version of the card. If you would like to see the Bright and White version of this card, there is a process video on the Whimsy Stamps YouTube Channel here. 

The stamp set is called Basically Boo and it has optional coordinating dies. They are limited edition and only available while supplies last from the Simon Says Stamp website linked below. On this card I have paired the Stamptember Basically Boo Stamps and Dies with the NEW Whimsy Stamps Terrific Tickets dies and stamps. 

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Merry - Tim Holtz Holiday Classics

 I had some fun creating with the Tim Holtz Classic Holiday release. Tim and Sizzix have brought back some beloved classic holiday dies and I couldn't be happier. There were several that I didn't have in my collection and I was beyond pleased to get them. Others I have create with before and enjoyed looking at them a little differently this time, and that included this handsome, confident moose!

I began by embozzing a piece of Distress Watercolor Cardstock that had been sprayed with water and a bit of Pumice Stone Distress Stain, then embossed it with the Large 3D Kaleidoscope Texture Fade. I used the debossed or back side as I thought they looked kinds of like icy crystal shapes. 

 

The drops are called Metallic Droplets and were part of the Idea-ology Halloween line a few times.  

Look at that tree. It's such a great tree! I do messy stitching on my machine and I love the texture it adds.

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 Look at how stately that moose is! I just love his jaunty air!

 

The metallic stamped background is a technique I have done many times over the years. You can see a tutorial here:  Special Delivery and see the one I used on this card that I made back in 2018 Dapper Gents.

 

I kept the sentimentsimple cutting the word Merry from the Merry and Bright die set, out of Distress Black Heavystock.

 The back side of Kaleidoscope is just a scool as the front!

 

Behind the stamped piece I added some woodgrain paper I had from an older Idea-ology Christmas release. You just need a little bit. 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by! I hope you found something to inspire an idea for your own projects.

I'm wishing you a very creative day! 

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp, Sizzix, and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

 

Peekaboo - Whimsy Stamps

 I'm back with another Digital Stamp card for the Whimsy Stamps Halloweeners Design Team. These digital stamps can be downloaded from the Whimsy Stamps website and printed on cardstock to color for a card.

Here is a short process video for making this card. It's less than 10 minutes and I hope you find it helpful.

The outer frame is cut from the Weird O Frame Die. I resized the jar image several times so that I had eyeballs in different sizes to fit the little circles on the frame and then I fussy cut them out.

 

The jar has sting drawn on it for the tag, but I wanted to tie a real tag onto it, so I glued Trendy Twine Spooktacular twine over the lines and then tied it.

I printed a second jar of eyeballs and cut the tag out. The sentiment is from Giraffe's Peeking Clear Stamps and I added an extra eyeball onto the tag. 

I colored the image with Distress Watercolor Pencils. 

 The background paper is Retro Vibes Slimline Paper and the card base and frame are cut from Cardstock Warehouse paper in Amethyst and Rust. 

 

Another fairly quick and easy card thanks to the wonderful products from Whimsy Stamps. 

 

Wishing you a creative day! 😃

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp, Whimsy Stamps, and Scrapbook.com. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Scary and I Gnome It

 I'm back with a really quick and easy card for the Whimsy Stamps Halloweeners Design Team today. 

This might be one of the shortest videos I've ever done. Part of it was because my camera kept quitting as my memory was full, but mainly it's just that when you have great products like Whimsy does that coordinate so well, it makes for fun, quick crafting. 

I stamped the little Frankenstein Gnome on Mixed Media Heavystock and colored it with Distress Watercolor Pencils. 

The GnomeOween stamps come with coordinating dies for all three gnomes, the bats and the sentiments. But I didn't have the dies so I just fussy cut them all. 

The background paper is from the Haunted Houses 6x6 Paper Pack. 

Over it is the Enchanted Forest die that I cut from Cardstock Warehouse Onyx paper. It has a little shimmer to it.  I finished it off by tying a bit of twine around the top that is from Trendy Twine. 

See? Super Quick and fun to make!

I have a list of the products I used below with links and I greatly appreciate whenever you choose to shop through my links. Thank you! Also, if you shop on the Whimsy site, don't forget my code playswellwithpaper for 10% off. 

Thank you again for stopping by the blog and for watching the tutorial. 

Wishing you a creative day, 

Tami 

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Whimsy Stamps. The links below send you to one of those stores. If you wish to purchase something and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this channel, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!