OSAT Blog Hop - Spooktacular

Hello Crafty Friends

Welcome to the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop for October. This month the talented Design Team are sharing fabulously fun creations with a SPOOKTACULAR theme. You may have arrived having just visited Martin Stone with his spooky projects. Be sure to follow the hop all the way through for more inspiring Spooktacular creations just in time for Halloween.

Now, I must confess I totally love everything about Halloween creations but its not celebrated hugely here in Australia so its not something I get to do often. I had so much fun with the projects I have to share today and so wish I had little children so we could do the whole Halloween thing.

Shimmery White card stock has been splashed with Granny Apple Green ink using an Aqua Painter and cut down to fit the front of a 4" Note Card layered with GAG Card.

The Greeting from the Tags Tags Tags bundle has been white heat embossed on Highland Heather card and die card. I have also used the uber cute little pumpkin dies from the same bundle, cut from Pumpkin Pie card sand layered over Black.

How cute is the little Pumpkin! And its a gift box to boot!! One quick pass through the Big Shot and you have the cutest mini curvy keepsake package.

Before constructing the gift box, I ran a few lines down the Pumpkin Pie card stock with a Stampin' Blend. Black card stock has been snipped into the triangle shapes for the eyes and wonky mouth. Early Espresso strips were curled and added to the top with Tombow along with a couple of die cut leaves.

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to hop all the way through the Participant List below for even more inspiring creations with a SPOOKTACULAR theme. Up next is Jo Anne Hewins with her amazing projects.

Blog Hop Participant List

Just Add Ink Challenge #477 - Sketch

Hello Crafty Friends,

Welcome to this weeks Just Add Ink Challenge #477 - Just Add A Sketch. I do love sketch challenges, they always produce some of my favourite creations. I love how each person interprets a sketch differently and even if they use the same products and sketch, the end results are always different.

I have a non traditional coloured Christmas card to share with you today. I decided to flip the orientation of the sketch and went with a horizontal version. To create the panel that runs along the back of the card front, I have used offcuts in Blushing Bride, Pool Party and Soft Sea Foam card stock, cutting the scraps into different widths and adhering with Tombow.

White Heat Embossed snowflake images were added to the striped panel with a few snowflake die cuts made from White Glimmer Paper scattered around the card front.

The snowman image from Snowman Season Stamp Set  has been stamped, coloured and then fussy cut and adhered over a vellum scalloped circle die cut.

The "Merry Christmas" sentiment has been white heat embossed onto Black card and fussy cut before adhering with black mini dimensionals - yep Black Dimensionals. These little fangdangles are great in black especially when adhering to black card as they become almost invisible!

That's all for today, crafty friends. Be sure to stop by all the Just Add Ink Design Team members blogs for more inspiration using this weeks Just Add Ink Sketch Challenge.

We would love for you and your crafty friends to play along, if you have a blog you can add your creation to the Just Add Ink gallery here. Don't have your own blog? No problem! Just send us an email  to  just-add-ink@hotmail.com with a photo attachment. We will upload it to our challenge entry blog for you.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Until next time stay awesome and stay crafty.