Halloween blog hop; August freebies winner!

 

Though the temps are still in the 70s, the hours of daylight are shorter and it feels like the end of summer. One neighbor asked me over to pick blueberries in her yard today. A second brought over some zucchinis, so I baked several loaves of zucchini bread - some with walnuts and some with chocolate chips - as well as 24 muffins. My hubby delivered two loaves to my neighbor, who also shared some beautiful tomatoes with us. We could have our own little farmers' market here in my neighborhood. That would be sweet!

 

 

 

Welcome to the Fright Night Blog Hop. My downline, Sherry, had the great idea for the hop. You might've come from Pearl's blog. But if this is your first stop, no worries. You can start anywhere and not miss a thing!

 

For my project, I'm sharing a Halloween sampler - a home decor item - that may be as sweet or creepy as you wish.

 

 

Here's a better look at the sampler. Everything is Stampin' Up! product except for the shadow box frame, which I bought at a craft store for $5. Instead of buying a new frame for each holiday, I can simply take out the straight pins holding the Modern Medley designer paper and everything adhered to it to the velvet backing and pin a new sampler! I love that. I used the Halloween Bash and Halloween Hello stamp sets in the Holiday Catalog (page 21), along with ultrafine black glitter (page 20).

  

Congratulations to Judy Q. in New York for winning my August Mystery Hostess freebies!

 

Judy actually placed two online orders via my Online Store at http://therubberroom.stampinup.net, so that could explain why her name was drawn by my daughter. Many thanks to the rest of you who participated. Here's the hostess code to use for your Online Orders with me in September: AKS76R6P. All you have to do to be eligible for the free hostess benefits is place an online order. It's that simple!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you'll continue on our Fright Night Blog Hop.

 

Here's the list of bloggers participating:

1. Stampin’ Grandma (Sherry)
2. The Flying Stamper (Deb)
3. Olivia Loves to Stamp (Olivia)
4. Scrappy Stamps and Ink (Nichole)
5. Stamping with Pearl (Pearl)
6. Goin’ over the Edge (Terry) - You are here!
7. Scrapper Frog’s (Cindy)
8. Crafty Tam (Tammy)

Halloween Hello, Evergreen, & Label Love make & takes

Halloween Hello by Frankie White

 

Spending the weekend stamping with friends is a wonderful way to spend time. I adore Halloween! I know it's not a big card-sending holiday, but it's so much fun to make them - especially with this Halloween Hello set. Frankie's card uses Witches' Brew designer paper, the ultrafine orange glitter and Witches' Brew Designer Washi Tape in the Holiday Catalog, and burlap ribbon that was cut in half and then frayed. Those are glitter brads too.

Evergreen by Heather Williams

This card makes great use of paper scraps. On the right, there are smallish rectangles from the Seasons of Style designer series paper stack (page 22 in Holiday Catalog, $6.95 and Item 132181). It's a great way to get a variety of card-sized patterns for crafting.

Label Love by Mary Ann Huntington

This card is so simple and striking in person. It feels classy. The strips are from the Modern Medley dsp pack, with a bow of 1/8" Basic Black taffeta and a sentiment from Label Love punched with the Artisan Label punch.

 

I have more make and takes I'll take photos of tomorrow to share with you.

 

My Special: Order the Tag It (Item stamp set from me by August 31 and you'll get your name entered into a drawing for the Pretty Print Textured Impressions Embossing Folder in the Holiday Catalog. I'll announce the winner on Sept. 1 AND if you use the following hostess code, you'll also be eligible to win the hostess benefits - GGQ2GJ3A.

 

Order anytime via my Online Store at http://TheRubberRoom.stampinup.net. Thanks!

 

My niece and I visited a local garage sale recently and found lots of cool tins. I thought I'd share a few with you today. I love the look of these. They'll hold anything too! If you'd like to see more of our vintage finds, please feel free to "Like" us on Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/booth6goods.