Be Inspired Blog Hop--Fun with Embossing Folders!

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Hello my crafty friends! Welcome to the Be Inspired Blog Hop! This month (can you believe its the end of September already?) we are focusing on Embossing Folders. We have so many fantastic ones to choose from so I thought, why not use as many as possible!

I used a total of 8 different embossing Folders to create this page! I am so happy with how it turned out. I love how the fall colors jump off the crisp Basic White background as well.

The Folders I used were:

  1. 2 folders from the Online Exclusive Basics 3D Embossing Folders

  2. Cane Weave

  3. Exposed 3D Brick

  4. Painted Texture

  5. Timeworn Type

  6. Twisted Rope

  7. Distressed Tile

I cut each Basic White square or panel to 3 7/8 x 3 7/8 so that they can fit on your 12 x 12 and look like a bit of a grid. They give such an amazing texture!

You can find the words ‘to’ and ‘you’ in the Sending Cheer stamp set.

 

I used the large 2 3/8 punch to create a circle that was turned into an easy tag with the Black & Very Vanilla Large Check Ribbon and some black bakers twine.

I stamped the background with the star cluster from the Tricks & Treats stamp set and used the ghost and ‘boo’ from the coordinating dies.

The Pick of the Patch stamp set has been a craft room favorite these past couple of weeks so there was no doubt I was going to use it to add some fun pumpkins! I turned one into a jack o lantern and added some little leaves that were stamped in Pebbled Path.

On this little vignette I added ‘Happy Halloween’ and another little pumpkin patch!

The photos are on a double photo mat—Basic Black and Smoky Slate to really help them pop about the white textured background. A few of the In Color Enamel Dots added to my layout!

Thank you to the Edmonton corn maze for the great photo opps!

I am really excited to see what the rest of the team has created focusing on Embossing Folders. There really are so many different techniques and ways to use these. They are definitely a craft room staple item in my opinion! I hope this page gives you some inspiration on how you could even incorporate mini squares on a card front using a variety of folders.

Next up on the hop is Janneke and I always love her projects and design style! Click on the link below to visit her blog! And as always, please feel free to leave any comments. I love to get your feedback!

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Around the World on Wednesday--Just Sketch It!

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Hello friends! It has been so so so long since I have been able to participate in the Around the World on Wednesday Blog Hop! I am so excited that I was able to prioritize the time to create something and participate in this fabulous blog hop!

This month the theme was a sketch—our fabulous hop organizer, Angie, gave us a few to choose from. Once I selected mine, I knew right away I wanted to use it to help design a scrapbook page!

This is the sketch that I selected. I liked the idea of using strips of paper—either card stock or Designer Series Paper.

And I interpreted the 3 shapes to represent a photo mat and supportive shapes to tell the story of my scrapbook page.

 

I started with a base of Smoky Slate card stock and decided to make it feel a little grungy to go with the spooky theme of Halloween. I used my Blending Brush on the edges and then flicked my Basic Black Stampin’ Blend over top.

I cut 6 strips of DSP—all except the pumpkin pattern are from the Black & White Designs collection. The pumpkins are from the Celebrate Everything hostess stack. I added the DSP strips and wonky angles as it also felt like the spirit of Halloween.

I decided to play up the stars from the DSP by added them to my design using a retired die set. Some sets though I just can’t part with as I find I do still reach for them. I cut them out using the Silver Foil Specialty Pack.

My two photo mats are cut to 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 which are perfect for adding 4x4 photos. I also wanted to get two pictures on this layout and this size works really well when you want to stack pictures. I felt that adding two pictures didn’t take away from the page design too much.

I cut a stitched circle from the Stylish Shapes Dies and then gave it a little yellow hue using my Crushed Curry ink pad and Blending Brush. The Scary Silhouette Dies were perfect for this page. I love the spooky little house, moon and bats die shapes.

Both of the sentiments on this page are from the Scary Cute stamp set and are die cut with the Stylish Shapes Dies. I added some of the Parakeet Party Ribbon and frayed the edges a bit too. A few of the Classic Matte Dots added to the design as well.

This sketch was perfect for coming up with this scrapbook page. You could switch out the elements to do a Christmas page, birthday page, a summer holiday page. There are so many options with this sketch. I hope you will give it a try!

 

Click the NEXT BLOG button to see what Tricia Butts from the USA has created to share with us this month. And hopefully you can go all the way around the world with us as we share creativity and inspiration from around the world!

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