Halloween Hop - DCWV

Note: This blog hop has since ended and the giveaways are closed, but I hope you still enjoy my project! I'm linking up to the Paper Issues' "Witchin' You a Happy Halloween" linky party :). It's sponsored by SRM Stickers, and you know how much I love SRM Stickers!

Hello and welcome to my stop on DCWV's Too Cute to Spook Halloween hop! If you've just happened upon the hop and would like to join us from the start, you can begin at the DCWV blog here. If you've been hopping and you just arrived from the lovely Thomisia's blog, you're in the right place :).

My project...

This altered pumpkin started as a sad-looking, scary-bright foam pumpkin from the dollar store. I saw its potential, though, and knew some DCWV love would make it the perfect addition to my Halloween decor.

I started by decoupaging newsprint paper from the Vintage Essentials stack to the pumpkin. Because the pumpkin is round and there are grooves, the paper doesn't easily lay flat. But, I love that look for something on the creepy side. Once that was dry, I painted the stem black.

Next, I cut pennants from the Eek-a-Boo 6x6 stack. I used Halloween stickers by SRM Stickers to make a few more pennants, then I glued them to an orange string. I display pumpkins in my house all autumn long, so this banner is lightly tacked to the pumpkin and can be removed after Halloween.

Prize details...

By now you know that DCWV is giving away three stacks to lucky blog hoppers who leave comments along the way. I thought it would be fun to do a giveaway of my own, too! How would you like some spooky stamps to help you create your own fantastic Halloween projects? And some Halloween stickers by SRM to sweeten the prize?

Just leave a comment and I will draw a name on Tuesday, October 21st. DCWV will post its winners on Tuesday, as well, but be sure to finish hopping by Monday morning, 8 am EST. I'll announce my winner here on the blog and on Facebook. Please check back and/or follow on Facebook so you don't miss out. I'm too busy scrapping to hunt down winners ;).

Next stop...

Enjoy the rest of the hop! Now on to the fabulous Britt's blog. Thanks for stopping by! Tessa

In case you get lost...

DCWV Diary: http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/

Rita:http://wp.me/p47OIs-L1

Thomisia: http://thomisia.blogspot.com/

Tessa: http://precociouspaper.blogspot.com/2014/10/halloween-hop-dcwv.html

Britt: http://pinkpapercrowns.blogspot.com/

Karen: http://scrappycanuck.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/eek-a-boo/

Sara: http://sarawandrews.com/

Rachel: http://www.rwkrafts.com/2014/10/halloween-inspiration-day-6-dcwv-hop.html

Karla: http://madebykarla10.blogspot.com/

PS - If you're already a fan of SRM Stickers, feel free to join in on their monthly challenge here. You could easily mix your Eek-a-boo stack with SRM for a great project :).

Trick-or-Treat Pumpkin Pails - SRM Stickers

Hello! The current theme at the SRM Challenge blog is Halloween. With a few friends in mind, I went to Target and came up with these pumpkin pails:

Supplies:
* scalloped edge pails (Target dollar spot)
* black and white striped straws (Target dollar spot)
* lime green tissue paper (Target's gift wrap aisle)
* caramels (checkout lane at Target)
* SRM spider stickers and trick-or-treat stickers
* DCWV bling (spider eyes)
* lime green tulle

The orange pails are the body of the pumpkin. I just love the scalloped edge! I took packages of caramels and striped straws, then wrapped them together in the tissue paper. The straw is my pumpkin's stem, and the green tissue paper and tulle is the leaves.

I put SRM spider stickers on cardstock, then punched out the circles and punched a hole for stringing.

I put the "trick-or-treat" sticker right on the pails. I've also seen people put jack-o-lantern faces on these pails - you could use SRM vinyl for that ;).

If you'd like to play along with the SRM Stickers challenge, you can find it here (along with fabulous inspiration from the design team!). Thanks for stopping by today! Tessa

PS: I'm linking up to the Paper Issues' "Witchin' You a Happy Halloween" linky party :). It's sponsored by SRM Stickers, and, well, you know how much I love SRM Stickers!

Apple Candles - SRM Stickers

Hello! I love that as fall approaches, pumpkin is all the rage. My Pinterest feed is already filled with pumpkin desserts, drinks, muffins and pancakes. I love a good pumpkin recipe, but let's please not skip over apple season! Apples are the star of the show over at SRM Stickers' challenge blog this month. Here is my take:

I found these cute apple-scented candles in mini mason jars at my local dollar store. I removed the label from the top and tied some gold and ivory Twinery twine around the lid.

My stem is a mini spool. I bought a bag of them at Michaels a while back - they are perfect for winding shorter bits of washi tape and twine :).

I trimmed a piece of cardstock to fit, then adhered my SRM Sticker sentiment to the far right of the paper. I glued the left end of the cardstock to the spool, wrapped it around once, and secured it with a bit more glue. I cut a notch in the end of the paper for a finished look.

Last, I trimmed a leaf shape from wool felt and glued it to the back of my stem. I plan to give these to a couple of friends I've been thinking about lately.

If you'd like to join in on the challenge, please visit the SRM Challenge Blog here. Besides apples, there are other ways to join in - a color palette, a card sketch, and themes.

On another note, In case you haven't seen, Pretty Little Studio and Pinkfresh Studio have teamed up for an awesome blog hop today and tomorrow! My project will be part of tomorrow's hop, so I hope you'll come back and take a look then. In the meantime, you'll love today's line-up! Start here for great projects, giveaways, and awesome discounts from both companies.

Have a great day! Tessa

Teacher Treats - SRM Stickers Challenge

Tonight is the night. The class lists get posted at school and my boys can't wait to find out who their teachers are. I'm in the middle of making first day teacher treats for whoever they may be. I'm re-making these chalkboard tubes using SRM Stickers and containers:

It was fun to see these pop up in the search results on Pinterest when I was looking for teacher appreciation ideas this past year :).

I re-made them the following year:

I think I like these even more - I love that washi tape!

I'll share when this year's set is done. Back to school is one of the themes for the SRM Stickers challenge blog this month. If you'd like to play along, check out the challenge details at the SRM challenge blog here. Thanks for visiting today! Tessa

Music Altered Book - SRM Stickers

With the new month comes a new challenge from the SRM Stickers challenge blog...

...and this is my take:

I've been waiting to share this teacher gift for several weeks now because when my laptop died, all of my photos of this project went with it. Luckily, the lovely teacher I made it for was happy to let me borrow it to re-shoot the photos.

The boys have had this wonderful music teacher at their school for the past several years. She goes above and beyond in her job, everyday, so I decided to do something for her that was a little bit above and beyond the typical teacher gift. Using all the music-themed stickers SRM Stickers has to offer, I created an altered book filled with memories of the boys through the years.

I started with an old book that had been damaged by kids, time, and storage in the garage. The spine was pink, which was a perfect match for the papers I chose. The cover was purple, which wasn't such a great match, so I spray painted it gold. I let as much of the pink spine show through as I could. The cover was also embossed, so that made for a beautiful detail once painted.

I ripped out most of the pages, leaving enough to glue together to created pages for the amount of photos I had. I came up with a pattern for some of the page spreads, and others are completely random.

To keep the look of each page uniform throughout the book, I stuck with a set of supplies: patterned papers, chipboard and buttons from My Mind's Eye, hexagon epoxies from Epiphany Crafts, white die-cuts made with my Silhouette Cameo, gold glitter dots, washi tape, shipping tags, gold crepe paper, ribbon, gold paper clips, thread, and stickers and doilies by SRM Stickers.

The glassine bags inside each hold a letter to the teacher from one of us (the boys and me).

It took several hours to complete, but I love the end result and so did our music teacher :). I am so glad that SRM Stickers has such an extensive line of music stickers because otherwise, it wouldn't be as special. Many thanks to SRM and Susan for the fabulous stickers!

If you'd like to see all of the pages and more of the cover, please see my flickr gallery here. You can find SRM's music stickers here. If you'd like to check out the challenge at SRM Challenges, see this post. I hope you'll play along! Thanks for stopping by today! Tessa

Shoe Happy - SRM Challenges

Hello and Happy Independence Day! If you're celebrating the 4th of July, I hope you have a happy, safe day!

Today is also the start of a new challenge at the SRM Challenges. Here is the challenge:

I chose to work with the inspiration photo of the flip flops. I love buying a pair (or two, or three) of sandals that I live in from May through at least September every year. This page is about my favorite pair this summer.

I went with a palette of gold, navy and pink. The pink background paper is by Websters Pages. The navy and gold papers are from the Hey Sailor stack by DCWV. Here's the SRM Stickers run down:

1 - SRM gold doily
2 - We've Got Your Sticker Hello
3 - Say it With Stickers  New Year
4 - Sticker Stitches Valentine
5 - We've Got Your Sticker Hello

The floral flair is by American Crafts. The star flair is by A Flair for Buttons.

If you'd like to play along, you can find the challenge post here. Thanks for stopping by today! Tessa

July 4th - The SRM Challenge

Oh, what a busy start to the summer! I am looking forward to some lazy summer days starting next week, as well as the 4th of July! Independence Day is my favorite holiday and I can't wait to celebrate. In fact, I am so anxious for July 4th that I scrapped an old photo for the current SRM Challenge:

The theme for June is summer, and lots of things fall under that umbrella - including the 4th of July! I used SRM's patriotic border stickers and several white stitches sticker from this set. I also used an extra large white number from this set and the July sticker from this set to make my title.

 

My base patterned paper is by Crate Paper (an oldie but goodie!) and the khaki striped patterned paper is DCWV from the Coral and Navy stack. The 4th of July flair is from A Flair for Buttons. I love that the set is red, white, blue and kraft.

 

If you'd like to link up your summer-themed project featuring SRM products, you still have lots of time! Find the original challenge post here and check out the reminder post (with more projects for inspiration, including this layout) here.

Thanks for stopping by today, and have a good one! Tessa

Summer Sun - SRM Challenges

It's the first Friday of the month, which means there is a new challenge up at SRM Challenges! This month's theme is summer. I had some extra prints of a San Diego trip a couple summers ago that I've been meaning to scrapbook, and this challenge was the perfect opportunity.

I used two sticker sheets for this layout. The general summer sentiments from this one, and the beach/water-themed stickers from this one. I simply trimmed out my favorite sentiments and lined them up on rows of washi tape and stripes in the patterned paper.

The papers are from Dear Lizzy's Lucky line. I have hoarded this collection and it's about time I use some of it! It felt good to use some of that stockpiled paper :). The flower brads are Chickaniddy Crafts. The alpha stickers are Fancy Pants Designs.

I also finally got to use some washi tapes that hadn't made their way on anything yet. I love the dark navy and floral tape! It almost looks black here, but it's really a beautiful blue in person.

If you'd like to join in the challenge, you can check out the details here. Several other designers have projects up to inspire you, too, so be sure to stop by and take a look. If you were just there, thanks for clicking over to my blog. I hope you enjoyed the close-ups :).

Thanks for visiting! Tessa

Cherish - SRM Challenges and DCWV

The "birthdays" challenge is going strong at SRM Challenges. There is a reminder post up with new inspiration from the design team, including this layout I made about Adlyn's birth day:

I raided my SRM stickers stash for the calendar sticker and glassine bags...

...and the "today" and "happy day" stickers.

The background paper is from the Vintage Lane stack by DCWV. I love the border of flowers in different mixed media type textures. The actual paper is embossed on the edges, giving it a cool shine in person. The background piece of my photo mat is also Vintage Lane. I love the mix of patterns in this stack - fabulous!

And the lace tape - it's from Love My Tapes (gorgeous! my new fave!). If you'd like to play along with the challenge, you can find the reminder post here and the original challenge post here. Thanks for visiting and have a great day! Tessa

Hey! 10 Year Old! - SRM Stickers

Thank you for all the well wishes yesterday! I'm excited to be "home" again in some capacity for SRM Stickers :). Our May challenge is live and the theme is BIRTHDAYS! My son Carson's birthday was just a few days ago and for my take on the challenge, I scrapbooked an instagram photo we took that day:

It was so fun pulling out my SRM stash for this! For the words and phrases mixed in with my journaling, I used Sentiment/Happy Birthday and We've Got Your Border/Birthday.

 

Here you can see the celebration definition sticker. It's from the Say it With Stickers/Birthday sheet. I love these definition stickers! I need a whole dictionary's worth :). For my title, I used a combination of alpha stickers, a die-cut and SRM Sticker numbers from the We've Got Your Number/Extra Large White sheet. I love the white stickers so much.

Did you know that SRM Stickers goes beyond stickers? They have all sorts of containers and gift wrapping supplies, too. I used a small glassine bag to mat my photo. I love the "confetti" sequins and star stickers pouring out!

If you'd like to play along with us, be sure to visit the SRM Challenge blog for all the details (and more inspiration from the fabulous design team).

After you're done checking out all the stickers I linked above, be sure to stop by Scrapbook Circle to check out the May kit, High Five. I used a combination of the kit and add-ons to create this page. You can use code tessa20off to get 20% off of your first order with Scrapbook Circle. I promise, you're welcome ;).

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day! Tessa