MIXED MEDIA MONDAY - September Stashbuster Junk Journal Challenge

If there is one thing I have a lot of, it is STASH!  The video I'm sharing today is JUST HALLOWEEN! (and not all of what I have for my favorite holiday season).

For Dearjuliejulie's September Stashbuster Junk Journal Challenge, she challenged us to do one of 3 things:
1 - Use A Digital Kit
2 - Use a Paper Pad
3 - Build our own kit

Well, I have been contemplating an October Daily Junk Journal for months and knew I had more than enough to create my own kit. Some items were still assembled from my last project (2017 album)

The other part of the challenge was that we could only buy 3 items.
I was thinking ahead. I had most of the new Tim Holtz Halloween items already purchased (Okay so only in my head but I had to wait til we went to Springfield. I can't help it if we didn't get to go until AFTER Sept. 1!! so I'm not counting those items.

However, I did go with items I didn't have in mind but found WHILE we were in springfield.
1 - awesome witchy napkins at Party City

SPOOKS & SPELLS 

I had a second napkin (counts as 1 purchase) that says 'it's just a BUNCH of Hocus POCUS'. They don't have that one on the website.

2 - SPELLCAST 6x6 paper pad from Tuesday Mornings. It's by Pink n Main and is discontinued. I like the cut aparts I can use for tucks and tags.

I doubt I'll need to use the third purchase. Goddess knows I have enough! lol

I feel like I should have a big BEWARE sign for this video post. Sadly, I couldn't find a free image graphic. So here you go...

Viewer Beware!

My goal is to get back to more regularity in my postings. Cross your fingers. 

Creative Blessings!

Magazine Monday - Happy Birthday Sue!

   This week I'm celebrating our daughter's birthday. I'm starting with a simple card. On Wednesday, when she and I officially celebrate our birthday, I'll have another card for her. Sue seldom checks her snail mail so I know even if I were to priority out a card today, it might be next week before she sees it. hehe. She's a busy mom of two working full time. I hope Jeremy does something special for her on Wednesday. She's earned it.
   The inspiration for this week's card - and several others I'm going to show you - came from the Summer 2009 issue of Paper Creations Magazine Card artist, Sarah Small (sorry, couldn't find a blog or web for her) created simple tile cards from Scrapworks Alphabet Stickers. It doesn't get any simpler than that. Peel, place, send.
   Since I'm always encouraging my stamping friends to use their stash, I pulled out my paper stash drawer..

The drawer is approx. 15" square and holds all of my misc. paper scraps from various slabs. This does NOT include my SU DP. I keep that in the SU cabinet with the full pads.

I used the Cricut cartridge Accent Essentials to cut 1.25" scalloped squares. As I began placing my tiles I could tell I should have used 1". However, I'm on a time crunch today (thanks to a thoughtful hubby) and had to go with what I'd already cut.  

The stickers Sarah used were geometric/ contemporary in design and bright colors. The stickers also included pre-stamped words on some of the tiles. I improvised using stamps I had on hand.

I also saw this technique in all patterns of papers for different occasions.  Here's what I came up with:

These are great cards that serve multiple purposes:

1 - Use your stash!

2 - Have quick cards on hand for any occasion

3 - Make multiples very quickly for gift sets

4 - Great simple cards for people you know are going to toss them eventually (face it - they do!)

I'm going to make more of the Christmas design for my 2013 cards. Some I"ll leave plain while others I'll dress up a bit more.

Because many of you have asked about Gelato techniques, I'll be showcasing those on Thursday so make sure you come back!

Hubby leaves tomorrow and I'm back to my routine. 

Creative Blessings