Perfectly Preserved: August 2012 Creative Challenge

This card was done for the August 2012 Creative Challenge Contest held by Dawn Olchefske, my Stampin' Up! Upline.  This months challenge was "Back to School/Fall".  I just love the Perfectly Preserved stamp set.  Well maybe it's just because this summer/fall I have been doing a lot of freezing and canning things from our garden.  No, I'm not the garden person in my family, that would be my sweet husband who has a big and a little garden, plus this year our apple trees have produced an over abundance of apples.  I think I have made over 25 pies.  Just made another 11 today.  My freezer is full.  Sure will taste good this winter.  Well back to my card; I tend to get side-tracked sometimes.  I wanted to do something different with this set since I have been working with apples so much lately.  I decided to take a different approach and start thinking about Thanksgiving.  Why not make it a jar of canned pumpkin and a pumpkin pie?  Oh my, wouldn't pumpkin pie taste GREAT right about now?  With the steam coming off the pumpkin pie; I can almost smell it not to mention taste it.  YUM !

Here is a close-up of the fancy little cover on the jar.  I wanted to show how I used my Piercing Tool and punched holes and then used a needle and sewed from hole to hole to make it look like I tied the Natural Linen Thread around the cover.  Makes me want to start making "Gifts in a Jar" for Christmas gifts.

This gives you an idea of all the layers I used for this card.  For the pumpkin pie, I used a Large Oval Punch and the Scallop Oval Punch for the pumpkin and the pie crust.  For the pie plate I just made up my own design to make it look like a silver pie plate.  The "to my friend" stamp from the Friendly Phrases stamp set was just what I would have used had I made a pumpkin pie and given it to a friend as a surprise.  Well I hope you enjoyed this card as much as I enjoyed making it.  Have a GREAT fall!

Bobbi's Stamping Supplies
Stamps: Perfectly Preserved, Scentsational Season, Friendly Phrases
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Brushed Silver, Early Espresso, More Mustard cardstock and Orchard Harvest Designer Series Paper
Ink: Early Espresso, Pumpkin Pie and Sahara Sand
Accessories: Large Oval Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Adorning Accents Edgelits, Holiday Collection Framelits Dies, Cannery Set Framelits Dies and Stampin' Dimensionals.

You can purchase the Stampin' Up! supplies to make this project at my "ON-LINE STORE".

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Cellophane Bag: Pumpkin & Witch

Are you looking for that perfect little something for all the "special" little trick-or-treaters that ring your doorbell on Halloween trying to get out the words "TRICK OR TREAT" as their parents stand in the background reminding them to say "THANK YOU"?  Well get out your Stampin' Up! punches, Pumpkin #4 and Pumpkin Faces Sizzlits Dies and start creating these cute little Halloween treats!  They are simple to make and sure to bring a big SMILE to all those little ghosts and goblins on Halloween.

The pumpkin is made with the Pumpkin #4 and Pumpkin Faces Sizzlits Dies.  Add a piece of paper curled on the end of a paint brush, a ribbon, a little Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter and attach it to a candy-filled cellophane bag and you have a SUPER CUTE candy treat!

 Not all witches are creepy looking...  How can you not smile inside looking at this cute little witch?  If you love to use your Stampin' Up! punches, this one is for you!

Bobbi's Stamping Supplies:

Stamps - Believe it or not there were no stamps used

Paper - Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Old Olive, Basic Gray and Whisper White cardstock.

Ink - Basic Gray

Accessories - Basic Black Stampin' Write Journaler, Pumpkin #4 and Pumpkin Faces Sizzlit

Dies, 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Word Window Punch, Scallop Oval Punch, Ornament

Punch, Petite Pennants Builder Punch, Owl Builder Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Cellophane

Bags and Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter.

You can purchase the Stampin' Up! supplies to make this project at my ON-LINE STORE.

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