Crafting By Designs Blog Skip

Welcome to the Crafting by Designs Skip! If you've arrived from Beth's blog, you are on the right track!

The theme is 'Seasons' and my favorite season is Fall (in case you couldn't tell from my blog name!).  I used some Paper Smooches stamps along with some background stamps from SP & Company to create this card.

I colored everything in with Spectrum Noir Markers and the dies I used were Spellbinders.

Thanks for stopping by! Your next stop is: Cindy Leek at Papers Pads and Pictures - www.paperspadsandpictures.blogspot.com

Here is the full list in case you get lost:

Crafting by Designs - http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com

Beth Pollock at Mossberry Cottage - http://elisabetpollock.blogspot.com

Chrissie Tobas at Harvest Moon Paperie - http://harvestmoonpapiere.blogspot.com (YOU ARE HERE)

Cindy Leek at Papers Pads and Pictures - www.paperspadsandpictures.blogspot.com

Doris T at Mom's Been Scrappin - http://Momsbeenscrappin.blogspot.com

Julia Vazquez at Paper and Scraps Creations by Julia -
http://paperandscrapscreations.blogspot.com

Rene vanWyk at Life in the Craft Lane - http://craftlane.blogspot.com

Tammy Smith at Cuttin' and Stampin - http://cuttinandstampin.blogspot.com

Stamps: Paper Smooches (Images), SP & Company (Patterns)

Ink: Memento, VersaMagic

Paper: Recollections (Kraft), Neenah (White)

Markers: Spectrum Noir

Fall is Here (Kind of)!!!!

Hi!
Today I have a Halloween Project! Did you know that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays? Fall is my favorite time of year!!! In fact, this blog is titled Harvest Moon Papiere because Harvest Moons happen in the Fall.  Oh, and my birthday is in October, so that helps me like the season, too!!! :-)

OK, enough about me, time for the card!

I used my Silhouette to cut out the card base and then I stamped each pumpkin piece with Poppy Field Summer in watercolor ink.  Then I went back in and used Large Polka Dot Background in orange and I inked up all of the edges.  I adhered the pieces to the base using foam adhesive.  For the stem, I used alcohol markers to create the shaded look.

My original idea was to also add in a Jack O Lantern face to make it more Halloween-ish and less Fall-ish, but it was so pretty without it, I couldn't bear to add it in.  I just love the subtle look of the poppie silhouettes in the background.  LOVE.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Poppy Field Summer Stamp Set

Large Polka Dot Background (SP and Company)

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A Little Gift "Purse!"

Hi! Today I'm excited to kick off a week full of inspiration on the SP Stamps blog! We are all focusing on gift ideas this week and I decided to make good use of my Silhouette.

I started out by cutting out a darling purse, matching accents and a tag from plain cardstock and papers from Echo Park's So Happy Together 6x6 paper stack.  This stack is one of my all-time favorites and was available in the SP Monthly Kit Club.  I chose this particular cut because that center slot holds a gift card!

After the pieces were cut, I started stamping and adhering everything together.

I stamped the chevron on the little tag and I only inked up the area that I would need.  Remember, if you don't have a block large enough for some of our background stamps (like Chevron Chase, pictured above), you can just use the acetate that the stamp comes on as your block.  It's also perfect when it's 2 am and you're still stamping, but getting lazy.  Oh, I'm not saying I do that or anything, it's just an idea.  Wink, wink.

Here's a little close up of the tag and a flower I created using punches.  I love to mix and match patterns, so I also used the Large Polkadot Background stamp along with the papers and Chevron Chase to keep it interesting.

Inside, I stamped the sentiment in black and in watermark ink, so it will sit right behind the gift card.  This is from the Swirly Doo set.  It fit perfectly inside!!!

And this is the finished piece.  The little "Happy Birthday" on the tag is from the All Zipped Up set.  I think this would be a fun gift for anyone to receive - I know my mom already had her eye on it!

Make sure you stop back each day this week to see what the entire DT will be sharing.  And don't forget that new stamps come out each month on the 10th!

Stamps: SP & Company
Digital Cuts: My Time Made Easy (purse), Silhouette store (tag)
Ink: Memento, VersaMark, VersaMagic
Papers: Echo Park, Recollections
Punches: EK Success

A Sweet Little Gift Card Holder

I hope your week has been fabulous so far!!! Today, in honor of 3D items week here at the SP Stamps Blog, I have a fun gift card holder.  I simply used my Silhouette to cut a box (sized perfectly to hold a gift card) out of Kraft.  I also cut a little wrap that goes around it to hold it shut.

I added one of my favorite sentiments from Bold Sentiments III: Birthdays to the front and I couldn't resist adding the Large Polka Dot Background in white ink to the flap.

Once I stamped everything, I folded it up and used my ATG gun to hold it all together.  Making these type of projects are one of my favorite things to do!

I pieced together the wrap and added that adorable pinwheel on it.  It's a sticker from Echo Park's Sweet Day Collection, which was included in the SP May Monthly Kit.

 Thanks for stopping by today! And we are less than a week away from SP's New Release Day and Blog Hop!!!! It's happens on the 10th of each month and you don't want to miss it!

  

Stamps: SP & Company

Stock: Recollections, My Time Made Easy

Sticker: Echo Park

Die Cut: Lori Whitlock

Ink: Memento, PTI

Other: Scotch ATG, Silhouette

Bold Birthday Card

Hi!
Today I have a fun card for you today I created using the new Bold Birthday Sentiments!

This one is clean and simple, but fun.  I used the Large Polka Dots for the background and Stitchery Doo Banners to create the little award in the center.  The number is from Vintage Varsity Numbers (another one of my favorites).  That awesome sentiment is from the Bold Birthday Sentiments set.  There are sooo many awesome sentiments in this one.  I was thrilled when I first saw it - I knew right away this one would be a staple in my card-making!!!

To create the focal point, I stamped the scalloped circle (from Stitchery Doo Banners)onto patterned stock and cut it out.  Then I did the same with the banner tails.  I just added them to the card using some pop dots.



Thanks for stopping by today!

Stamps: SP & Company

Stock: Papertrey Ink

Patterned Paper: Lily Bee

Ink: Memento, Hero Arts

Bright and Fun Mini Cards

Today I want to share my project for Mini Card Week! Oh, how I love mini cards!!! The cards I created today are all fun and bright and I used my newest Spellbinders dies (Labels Four).  And don't forget that there are now Spellbinders dies available in the SP & Company store!

Here are the dies that I used, in action (well, not really in action, but right after they were in action):

Those fun papers are from Echo Park's Candy Shoppe Kit - *Swoon*! They are all 2-sided and  I love the look of the dots and stripes together.  For the pink one, I die cut the same frame twice and then die cut the center afterwards.  I used some pop dots to create a really cool frame.  I LOVE how it looks!

The joy of creating mini cards is that they are quick to do, and you can use your scraps since they are all small (which I did - ALL of these cards were made with scraps).

I made sure all 3 of my cards had similar elements (the sentiment from Stitchery Doo Banners was stamped on a die cut), but they all have different layouts.

I think this one is sooo fun! I love the different patterns all placed together.  I simply cut that yellow strip and added some tissue tape I had on hand, then placed the die a little off-centered onto the card.

One card done!

For this card, I stamped the grid from Journal This onto the base, cut the pink strip, sewed it onto the card and then placed the die cut onto the card.  Those little circles are from my All Zipped Up set.

Second card done!

 

For my last card, I stamped Large Polkadot at the top, and took some scraps and stamped the small banners from Stitchery Doo Banners.  I added that die cut and....

Card three done!

I love using mini cards to give as gifts, too.  It's so easy and fun to create little note cards and box them up! If you don't have a scoreboard to make the matching envelopes, I've seen them at all of my local craft stores and online, too.  

Thanks for stopping by today!

Stock: Echo Park

Stamps: SP & Company

Ink: Memento, VersaMagic, PTI

Dies: Spellbinders

Washi Tape: Queen & Co.

Easter Bunny Treat Box

Happy Monday!!!
I'm still in the Easter spirit! I wanted to share the cute Easter Treat Box I made for my daughter's friends.  I downloaded the file from the Silhouette Store.  Couple that with some amazing SP & Company stamps and you have a match made in heaven! Oh, and it was pretty easy to make - I made 6 of them, assembly line style in about 30 minutes!!! This project was such a blast - I'm entering it in this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #155!

Since I knew I needed to make multiple boxes, I cut out several on one sheet.  I did this with the pink accents (above), and all of the white, too.

This is the wrap around.  I added some pink paint to make it a little more exciting.

Then I simply folded on the perfed lines and put the box together to make sure it all looked OK!

After that, I stamped all of the ears with the Large Polkadot Background.

I glued on the nose and added some googlie eyes to make it cute.  The kids that got these were 2.5 - 4.  I wanted it to make them giggle.

I glued on the feeties after inking the edges up a bit....

And I figured it was a requirement that the bunny have a cottontail!!!

After that, I attached the two pieces of the ears together and glued them onto the bunny.

The last thing I needed to add was the adorable sentiment from Easter Bunny Sentiments.  It was so perfect for this.  This was the stamp that actually inspired me to create this project for the kids!

Here are some final shots:

 

Cute, huh? I know it seemed like a lot of steps, but it was actually really easy.  And worth it, too.  The kids loved them! Thanks for stopping by today! Don't forget the SP & Company Blog Hop and New Release Day starts tonight at midnight!!!!!!!!!!!

Papers: Cougar 80# (White), Recollections (Pink)
Stamps: SP & Company
Ink: Memento
Paint: Ranger
Digital Files: Silhouette Store

Other: Scotch ATG, The Best Glue Ever, Googly Eyes (Uknown)