Halloween Hopping!!!

Welcome to the September Pals Hop! This month, we're featuring Fall and Halloween inspired projects! Enjoy the hop and the amazing creations that the Pals have come up with.

You've likely hopped over from Camila McManus at OBX Scrapbook, I'm stop number 22 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for Fall and Halloween paper projects from the Stampin' Pretty Pals! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track!

Since I planned my September club meeting to be all Halloween cards, I thought this blog hop would be a great opportunity to share those cards with you.

I had a customer recently ask me to include some chalking techniques in some of the cards we make at club so she can learn to use the Stampin’ Pastels she recently bought.So I decided that the Haunted Forest a la carte stamp from the Holiday Mini would be the perfect image to use to do some chalking with. I combined the image with some Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, More Mustard, Always Artichoke, and Cajun Craze for a beautiful palette of Fall colors!

I definitely wanted to use the Out on a Limb stamp set from the Holiday Mini to do one of our Halloween cards, but I struggled to come up with a design that I liked very much. This one is a pretty shameless CASE from my uber-talented friend Heather Summers. Of course I changed up a few things to make it my own and had to simplify a few other things for my club customers. You can view Heather’s card here.

Several of my customers have made it very clear just how much they love the Wicked Cool stamp set in the IB&C since it debuted last year. I definitely have to agree with them that it is one of my favorite Halloween sets to use. The set is full of great Halloween images without being too creepy or too cutesy (and those shoes are just so sassy!). This card is based on a swap I received at Convention this year because one of my customers loved the design and idea and demanded we do it in club!

This card is probably my most favorite one we did this month at club. This is a version of a card I created to use as swaps at Convention this year. I decided to change up a couple of colors and design elements on this version though. I absolutely LOVE our letterpress plates and this Trick or Treat one is by far my favorite!! My customers really enjoyed getting to use this plate! The inside of the card is done using our Bring on the Bats jumbo wheel and only the sentiment from the Haunted Forest a la carte stamp in the Holiday Mini. The closeup shot shows how we spritzed the image with some shimmer mist and some black ink for detail and texture.

    

I hope you’ve enjoyed the projects I had to share with you today as part of the Stampin’ Pretty Pals Fall Hop. Please be sure to sign up to receive email updates and stay tuned throughout the month as I continue to share more Halloween cards and projects that I have in store!

Now hop along for more inspiring ideas from Jeanne Norris at My Creative Impressions. If you’d like to hop over to another location on the list, use the line up listed below.

                                           








1. Jeanne Norris at http://www.mycreativeimpressions.com
2. Patt MacLeith at http://papercraftsbypatti.blogspot.com
3. Melanie Collines at http://oopsadaisy.typepad.com
4. Ann Schach at http://www.stampinchic.com
5. Mikki Sarkisyan at http://www.mikkiscreativecorner.blogspot.com
6. Leah O'Brien at http://www.leahobrien.com
7. Mary Fish at http://www.stampinpretty.com
8. Barb Furlong at http://www.theloveofstamping.com
9. Linda Fisher at http://lindas-stampinloft.blogspot.com
10. Mike Funke at http://stampin-style.typepad.com/stampin-style
11. Nancy Gleason at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/mystampinspace/blog
12. Joan Norris at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/clearlycreative/blog
13. Barbara Chatzkel at http://takeoutpaperarts.com
14. Kylie Nicolosi at http://kyliescraftycorner.blogspot.com
15. Cindy Hall at http://www.prettyimpact.com
16. Nina Dee at http://www.deesignsbyninadee.blogspot.com
17. Sandie Conner at http://www.prettyprovisions.com
18. Nicole Watt at http://www.impressionsbynicole.com
19. Rae Harper at http://wildwestpaperarts.com
20. Debbie Pierce at http://www.stampinsunshine.com
21. Camila McManus at http://www.obxscrapbook.wordpress.com
22. Jason Casper at http://www.stampindad.com
 
Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you have enjoyed our hop! Don’t forget to leave a comment to let me know you were here!

Thank you to the following stampers for their inspiration:
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