STAMPtember® Creative Uses
Hi readers! TGIF! I’m always happy to be back with another creative uses post from the amazing Debby Hughes! Her creativity really does know no bounds!
Well hello! It’s Debby here with this month’s look at stretching those new supplies just that little bit further. It was a bonus month for me with so many gorgeous new STAMPtember products to delight the eyes but I’m always a sucker for cute critters so I zoned in on the Trick or Treat set.
Such a fabulous Halloween set, but Halloween is here and gone in a flash so what else can this set be used for? I was struck by the masked cat; with his cloak he is all set for trick or treating but peeking through a window (or perhaps out of a hole) then he becomes a bandit or burglar! I stamped him in Memento on some Neenah solar white card and coloured with Copics before trimming him out. I separated his tail so that I could raise that up a bit and get it to peek out the window die cut. The paws are actually from last years Halloween set where this cute kitty was peeking out of a pumpkin; again stamped, coloured and trimmed out. Once the window frame was in place in a panel of patterned paper it came down to what was this kitty going to be stealing? Cookies perhaps or how about a little bag? Hmmm, the pomegranate die from Sweet Fruits looks just like a little bag!
I was thinking of putting a $ sign on there but then when you get the die out of it’s packaging it is attached to the tiny heart from the set with those little metal nubs. Usually you get your tin snips out and separate all the dies from a set but as I opened the packaging and was faced with this little heart already perfectly placed then the kitty must be stealing someone’s heart! The die is cut from Neenah desert storm, a little Frayed Burlap distress inked around the edges, backed with some Lipstick Red card and then tied up with some May Arts twine :D The sentiment is made up of the You die cut along with some Lawn Fawn alphabet stamps.
Moving on to the other main image from the Trick or Treat set – the mummified pup. When I used the set for the first time a few people commented on how the puppy could be used for a get-well card. He reminded my sister of when her mischief-maker had got hold of a roll of toilet paper! So yes, lots of other uses for this puppy. For my card he’s stamped in Memento tuxedo black on Neenah solar white card and cut out with the matching die before colouring with Copics. Then he’s mounted onto a patterned paper panel stamped with the ‘Ruff day?’ from You are Pawesome and the ‘feel better soon!’ from More Sketchy Banner Greetings.
Thanks for joining me today and I hope you will take a look at your holiday stamps to see if you can use them all year round too :D
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Thanks for those great ideas. I don’t do halloween at all, but with your and jeniffers great ideas for this stamp set I’m awfully tempted by it :)
Love both cards, Debbie! Thanks for the ideas on how to stretch these Halloween stamps.
I just subscribed to your email blog, after getting many forwards from a friend and liking what I saw. I can’t wait to ‘see it all for myself’ now!
I’m not usually a fan of Halloween stamp sets simply because I don’t use them…until this one! This set is so stinkin’ cute! And I love the versatility you guys are showing!
Great cards Debbie, they are sooo cute :-)
Love the combination of elements.
love all the extra ways that you show us how to use this stamp set
Love how Debby used holiday sets in a fun, non-traditional way. Such cute & creative cards.
Cute ways to stretch these stamps…they are so awesome!
That cat on the first card is so cute!
I love Debby Hughes’ cards!! Love her creative ideas!
These are adorable cards Debby and I am with you… ANYTIME I buy a stamp set I look ‘beyond the obvious”, if you will, to see what OTHER occasions I could use it for.
I love these cards! They are so adorable!
I never would have thought to put the mummy puppy on a get well card. But it totally works. Debbie, you are one creative lady.
These cards are adorable!!
What awesome ideas!
Adorable cards.
Adorable set, love the cute animals!!
Awesome cards! They are really cute
I love both!!!
i love the cute animals!
So cute!
Oh Debby! Your cards are always inspirational, but I’ll definitely take another look at my holiday stamps now!
Debbie does it again! That kitty cat card is so adorable.
How stinkin’ clever! Love the bandit cat and the “sick” dog is so cute.
Ohh, these are really cute! I love how the stamps are used in a different way!
great repurposing of the Halloween stamps. Thanks
How cute, and what a great example of thinking outside the box.
Cute Halloween set.
Such a cute set even if I don’t do Halloween.
Such cute cards. Love the thief cat. Thanks for the inspiration.
Super cute cards!!! Love when stamps have multiple uses!! :)
So cute!!…love the puppy!!
I love when stamps are used in innovative ways!
Absolutely adorable!
These cards are so clever! I particularly like the cat card. Heehee. It’s a cat burglar!
Always LOVE Debby’s cards!
omgosh, I love seeing other uses for stamps clearly designed for a certain occasion. Way to go thinking outside of the box!!!
Wow both of these are fabulous but I have to say the kitty stealing someone’s heart……Swoon! This set is going into my cart!
I’ve been eyeing this stamp set, but you’ve just won me over! I love seeing the non-Halloween uses you’ve found for it. The Get well card is genius! :)
That Debbie has done it again. Such cute kitty and doggy cards. I don’t do Halloween but I really want these sets for the other ideas.
Great use of the stamps for non-halloween cards!
Wow! Love these cards. TFS!!!
Beautiful cards!
These cards are so adorable!. This stamp set is GREAT !!
i love these new pet collection (dog and cat) holiday stamps.
Debby you’re so tricksy! I look forward to more of these types of posts, it definitely encourages me to buy holiday-themed stamps.
Such cute cards.
Debby’s card makes me want that stamp set and dies! Love it!
Oh these are great cards! Love that these images can be for so many different types of cards! Nancee :)