Krafty Chicks Challenge #631: Stamp Act

 Happy Krafty Chicks Thursday to you!

Welcome October! Officially Autumn when the leaves are falling, the garden is dug up and done, the heat is on more than just taking the chill out, and pumpkins are in the grocery stores. Thanksgiving is coming up this weekend in Canada. We are having the kids over and all the grand kids too. I'll have a Halloween craft to keep them busy and hoping for nice weather to kick them outside when it gets loud. Of course, I'll follow them out there, so it'll still be loud but they will burn some of their energy. Wish I could bottle some of  that up!

Onto my card for this week's Krafty Chicks Challenge : Stamp Act. As long as something is stamped, be it an image or a sentiment, it qualifies for the Stamp Act challenge.

I did a Two-For-One this week because I couldn't decide on a boy gnome or a girl one, so I made one of each. I didn't even stamp these gnomes, they are die cut from the Designer Series Paper. Now this paper has a Christmas/winter feel to it so I changes it into fall by colouring them with Stampin' Blends.

On the left we have the Before (DSP colours) and on the right the After (altered fall/Halloween version). Who said one couldn't colour on DSP??

I also used the Stampin' Blends to colour my gems. With this trick, I now have coordinating Opal Rounds in practically all the colours. You can also colour your rhinestones, pearls, and white ribbon.

Supplies I used:

• Kindest Gnomes stamp set: 159616
• Art Gallery stamp set: 154421
• VersaMark ink pad: 102283
• Stampin' Blends Combo pack, Pumpkin Pie: 154897
• Stampin' Blends Combo pack, Blackberry Bliss: 154877
• Stampin' Blends Combo pack, Highland Heather: 154887
• Stampin' Blends Combo pack, Soft Sea Foam: 154902
  
• Thick Basic White card stock: 159229
• Rich Razzleberry card stock: 115316
  
• Basic Black card stock: 121045
• Plaid DSP: retired
• Storybook Gnomes DSP: 159615
• Stampin Cut & Emboss machine: 149653
• Painted Labels Dies: 151605
• Gnomes Dies: 159625
• Heat Tool: 129053
• White Embossing Powder: 155554
• Opal Rounds: 154289
  
• Stampin' Dimensionals: 104430
  

I kept the inside of the card and the envelope real simple with the last piece of plaid DSP and a strip of card stock. Don't need to complicate it, just need to embellish.

Need more inspiration for the Stamp Act challenge, hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog to get the details. And upload your project so that we can see what's happening in your craft space.

Here's a direct link to our wonderful Design Team's personal blogs:

Leanne's Blog

Melanie's Blog

Lori's Blog

Alyson (Guest Designer)