Tricia's Stamping Creations: Stamptastic Friends September Blog Hop Sketch Challenge

Sunday, September 17, 2023

Stamptastic Friends September Blog Hop Sketch Challenge

Happy Sunday everyone. I am so happy you could join me for today's Stamptastic Friends September Blog Hop. This month we have a fun Sketch Challenge and I can't wait to share with you the card design I created with it. Our wonderful Design Team will also be sharing their projects and ideas to help inspire you to get creative. Here is the sketch we are using this month.

For today's Sketch Challenge, I decided to create a fun Halloween card, combining the Trick or Treats Bundle with the Bag of Bones Bundle, For the background, I used one of the designs from the Them Bones Designer Series Paper and used Parakeet Party and Gorgeous Grape to add a pop of color to the design. I love the Frankenstein image from the Trick or Treats stamp set and thought he would be perfect for the focal image for this card.

Products Used:

Tricks Or Treats Bundle (item #162226)

Bag Of Bones Bundle (item #162219)

Deckled Circles Dies (item #162286)

Stylish Shapes Dies (item #159183)

Them Bones Designer Series Paper (item #162215)

Gorgeous Grape Cardstock (item #146987)

Parakeet Party Cardstock (item #159259)

Basic Black Cardstock (item #121045)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Parakeet Party Classic Ink Pad (item #159208)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Embossing Powders (item #155554)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Gorgeous Grape Cardstock

Card Base - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Large Circle die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies

Them Bones Designer Series Paper

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Basic White Cardstock

Frankenstein image stamped and die cut with the Tricks or Treats Dies

Parakeet Party Cardstock

Sentiment Label die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies

Basic Black Cardstock

Bats die cut with the Bag of Bones Dies

Halloween doesn't have to be scary or spooky. I wanted my design to be fun and I thought that the Frankenstein image would be perfect for this card. I love the way the Parakeet Party Classic ink glows against the Gorgeous Grape cardstock circle that I die cut with the Deckled Circles Dies. For the background, I used one of the designs from the Them Bones Designer Series Paper and I liked how the subtle bones pattern added some texture to the card design. The sentiment has been heat embossed with Black embossing powder onto the Parakeet Party sentiment label to coordinate with the focal image. I wanted to keep the design simple, so I chose to use the bats die to cut out several with the Bag of Bones Dies as embellishments for the card front. There is something almost sweet about this card design and I would like to think it would bring a smile to someone's face when they receive it.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to give this Sketch Challenge a try and see what you come up with. This sketch can be used for so many occasions and is a wonderful opportunity to explore new possibilities.

Please take a journey along our blog hop by clicking on the links in the Roll Call List below. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you like about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop.

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