Your Next Stamp September DT Dare

This month at YOUR NEXT STAMP, our Design Team (DT) Dare challenge is called ABC. That means we were given the challenge to create Anything But a Card!

When this challenge comes up, I do have a few "go to" projects that I like to use. Note pad holders, book marks, scrapbook pages and gift boxes are all great options. Having so many fabulous Halloween stamps and dies, this month I decided to create a gift box. This will go as a gift to one of my daughter's teachers this year. It's so nice to be ahead of schedule on a few things.

I inked up mummy Waddles from the WADDLES TRICK OF TREAT to decorate my 4x4 Halloween treat box.

I have done a few gift boxes in a variety of sizes. They are easy to make, and work for all seasons and occasions. I decorated this box using paper from Jillibean Soup Owloween Stew collection.

Measurements for a 4 x 4 x 1.5 inch box:
Box Base: 7 inches square scored at 1.5 inches on all sides
Lid: the cardstock for the lid will measure 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch large than the piece cut for the bottom of the box. Score again 1.5 inches on all sides.

Just load up the box with a few goodies and it's all ready for your child's teach, a coworkers or friend.

Here is a closer look a sweet mummy Waddles. I used the Waddles Trick or Treat die set to cut out the image. I also added a few of the new gumdrops called Candy Corn and Spellbound. 

Supplies Used:
Stamps: WADDLES TRICK OF TREAT
Dies: Waddles Trick or Treat, Stitched Square Die
Paper: Jillibean Soup Owloween Stew
Other: Candy Corn and Spellbound Gumdrops

Head over to the Your Next Stamp blog and check out the DT DARE post for this month. Comment on the post for a chance to WIN a prize. You will also see more amazing creations from my fellow YNS DT girls.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Previews: Day One - Spook-tacular Sentiments

Hello Krafty friends and welcome to our first day of previews for the August release at KRAFTIN' KIMMIE STAMPS. Today we are sharing a BOO-tiful HALLOWEEN sentiment set from Krafty Girl and artist Becky Pearce.

Today's sentiment set is called SPOOK-TACULAR SENTIMENTS. The set includes eight larger sized summer sentiments that are perfect as your focal point or working together with your favourite Halloween images.

I love to combine pattern papers and one easy combination that works well together are stripes and dots, or in this case stars. For my sentiment I heat embossed using black embossing powder on the white cardstock. 

All of the paper is distressed with Black Soot distress ink and I embellished this simple card with the bat shaped buttons. Inside the card, I added a second sentiment from this set.

Supplies Used
Stamp: Spook-tacular Sentiments
Paper: Jillibean Soup Owloween Stew
Punch: EK Success Zig Zag Stitch
Embellishment: Bat Buttons
Other: Recollection Black Embossing Powder, Versa Mark ink

Now it's time for your to hop along and check out all of the fabulous projects from the other Krafty Girls and our amazing Guests. Leave a comment on each of the blogs as you hop along. There will be one lucky winner randomly drawn from the preview comments this week to WIN some Krafty $ to spend in the KKS store. 

All of the August release stamps will be available Saturday night after the release party!

Facebook Release Party

Join Kimmie, the Krafty Girls, Guests and our Krafty friends as we party and celebrate the August release. The party will be on the Facebook events page (here) on Saturday August 8th at 6:00 pm (EST). Hope to see you there.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a wonderful and Krafty day!