Creative Inking Blog Hop: Peeking into the Holidays

Welcome to The Creative Inking Blog Hop!  I am so excited to have you visit us this month where the theme is Peeking into The Holidays!   Whether this is your first stop or you've just come from the amazing Lori's Blog, I am so thrilled you've stopped by The Creativity Cave!  With the release of our Holiday Catalog upon us in just a few days (September 1st), it means the crazy season is about to start!  I for one am in complete denial, followed by the THRILL of the fact that my kids go back to school next week.  And while I love spending time with them, this has not been the easiest summer.  They have wanted rides to places, they have consumed their body weight in food everyday and left their stuff everywhere.  We need to get back to school and a better routine! However, I am also emotionally unprepared for the holidays to be "around the corner" as they say!  My favorite way to keep from being reminded of that is to bask in the fun of Halloween!  I love Halloween–an fall in general!  It is so fun and sweet and cute (not the icky parts of Halloween-I only like the sweet parts!) Literally–there is candy, costumes, adorableness at school and so many fun parties!  It is the best (except for the sugar rush the kids get!) Plus they don't like chocolate that much, so HELLO!? Score!

SO all that being said, I made a Halloween card and used one of my favorite new Christmas sets! Hee hee!!  I love how my card turned out!  Check out the video:

Gather your supplies:

• 1/2 sheet of black cardstock
• 4 x 5 1/4 Basic gray (2 pieces) plus 4 pieces that are 1 5/8 x 1 1/2 and 2 that are 1 5/8 x 1 1/4"
• Scrap of Perfect plum and 2 pieces of 1/2" wide strips for greetings
• black scraps of cardstock for die cutting pine boughs
• Spooky Fun Bundle and Christmas Pines Bundle (both from upcoming Holiday Catalog starting Sept 1, 2016)
• Basic Gray, Basic Black Archival inks and Perfect Plum pad

You can see the inside is adorable, too! 

I sponged the edges of each of the door panels, and added a door knob that is an enamel dot that I "colored" with a black sharpie so it would be black.  I forgot about it in the video, but you can see it on my sample in the video.  But I had already shot the pictures before I added it.  My bad! 🙂

If you would love some more inspiration, check out my ONLINE CLASSES!  So much fun available to you and delivered to your door!!

Thanks so much for stamping with me today!  Can't wait to have you back soon!  And thank you so much for stopping by The Creativity Cave! If you have loved these projects and can't wait to get some of the things I've used, I would be so grateful if you would purchase them through my online store!  Every time you order through The Creativity Cave, my heart soars, and I think of more ways to inspire you through my awesomeness and amazing stamping projects!  I would really appreciate your business!  It helps keep amazing projects coming to you every week! I have a fantastic VIP Rewards program for you with all kinds of perks including access to my VIP Rewards Page with exclusive projects, videos, tutorials, contests and more! I also love to send Thank You Cards for orders!!  You can read about the VIP Rewards program here. Don't forget to use August's Hostess Code: KVB6MPYF

It means so much to me that you let me into your craft rooms and devices! 😉 I love that I can share my passion with you! Could you also please share my post on your favorite Social Media!  THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT–I am so grateful for each of you!!  Happy Stamping!

Please continue on to my friend, Linda's amazing blog!  I can't wait to see what she has in store for us!

Remember several items on this list are not available until Sept. 1, 2016!

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