We Create Blog Hop - Making Memories

Welcome to the AUGUST 2024 "Making Memories" Blog Hop! We generally hop on the first day of every month, and this month our theme will focus on Making Memories, or anything related to memories. My project today features products from our most recent Online Exclusives release, and more specifically the Potions & Spells BUNDLE. {scroll down below the Blog Roll for ALL product purchase links}

I couldn't get in the mood to do any memory-keeping stuff, so I decided instead to do something inspired by a childhood memory. I have always loved Halloween, and my mom used to sew a new costume for us every year. I don't remember ever being a cat for Halloween, but I also love cats, so I put Halloween and cats together for this little treat box.

I colored the Scalloped Gift Box using my Gorgeous Grape Ink Pad with the Stampin' Brayer - it lays down a lot of color, fast. But, it can be kind of hard to get the color smoothed out in places, so I actually also used a Blending Brush to try to fill in some of the spots the brayer didn't seem to want to hit. And I used the white string from the Baker's Twine Essentials Pack to give the kitty that's on the belly band some whiskers. First I poked a hole on each side of the kitty's nose using the piercing tip from the Take Your Pick Tool. Then I unraveled a piece of the twine and pulled it through the holes. This project is great one for using your Black Stampin' Dimensionals! I popped some on the back of the kitty head, along the center, to adhere it to the belly band. By creating a belly band to go around the box, you don't have to worry about adhering it closed, and the box can be opened without tearing it.

Stampin' Supplies: Potions & Spells BUNDLE (stamp set + coordinating dies), Scalloped Gift Card Boxes, Basic Black Cardstock, Granny Apple Green Cardstock, Flirty Flamingo Cardstock, Daffodil Delight Cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad, Gorgeous Grape Ink Pad, Stampin' Brayer (and Blending Brushes for touch up if you want), Baker's Twine Essentials Pack, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Black Stampin' Dimensionals, Take Your Pick Tool - piercing tip (and Stampin' Pierce Mat if you'd like), Bone Folder, Paper Snips, Paper Trimmer, Simply Shammy (for cleaning photopolymer stamps), and Grid Paper. *You will need a die-cutting machine, like the Stampin' Cut & Emboss, to use the dies...they should all fit in the Mini machine.
{see Product Purchase Links under the Blog Roll}

We Create Blog Hop AUGUST 2024 Blog Roll
Kimberley Morris YOU ARE HERE!
Tricia Butts
Rae Jean Communal

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Stampin' Supplies Product Purchase Links:

Potions & Spells Bundle (English) [164357]	Scalloped Gift Card Boxes [161751]	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045]	Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146990]
Flirty Flamingo 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [141416]	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119683]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099]
Stampin' Brayer [162936]	Blending Brushes [153611]	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]
Take Your Pick [144107]	Stampin' Pierce Mat [126199]	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893]	Bone Folder [102300]
Paper Snips [103579]	Paper Trimmer [152392]	Simply Shammy [147042]	Grid Paper [130148]
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]

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