Halloween on the Horizon

A right of Summer is Peach Pie! Sharon started her Wednesday video with this photo of her peach pie fixins. The pie is in the oven as we started and we may have to take a short break a little later on in the video.

It seems like summer just started and yet the back to school ads have started, Starbuck's Pumpkin Spice Latte is in the stores and football is 11 days away. What happened to summer? We have a lot to share and most of it is fall and Halloween themed. First, Sharon shared some new dies and coloring from  Picket Fence, Let's get started! First, Sharon shared a few coloring tips. Everyone colors a little differently. Many use two and sometimes three shades or intensities of color, a light, a medium and a dark. Some are comfortable coloring light to dark and others do dark to light. Copic instructors will tell you there is an 'official' way to use the markers but I subscribe to the philosophy of go with what works best for you.

Time Out! 

Sharon used these Pouncers from Picket Fence. They may still be on sale if there are any left.

Sharon built the first of these gorgeous hanging baskets, 

To give the basket texture Sharon used this embossing folder from Altenew. She added brown ink and the result is what you see below.

A second version

...and  several more.

Sharon used this panel die from Penny Black as a background,

To fill out the several of her baskets Sharon used this die set from Poppy.

Using just the variety of leaves.

The Hello sentiment came from this Picket Fence die set.

Next up is the new product release from Doodlebug. We have the new Doodlebug paper collection. I apologize for missing most of the papers but you can get an idea of the collection from the items that follow.

Cut apart

Tags

The reverse of the collection,

In addition to the papers Doodlebug has dies like the haunted house below along with new stamp sets with matching dies.

I love this gum ball machine.

There are matching enamel stickers. 

There are also two sprinkle collections for your shaker cards.

The ever popular Doodlepops, lots of them!

Sharon also has this black card and envelope pack, great for Halloween cards.

Moving on the Whimsy Stamps 'EEK' with two styles of shadow diesel

If you are into a more spooky style, Picket Fence has this creepy spider set along with the spider web below.

Not creepy, we still have cute.

These are shimmery inks from Picket Fence that are great for splattering.

Lawn Fawn had a huge release. This is a little fuzzy but it's a die set that makes a shadow box.

Lawn Fawn is starting to release stencils to go with their stamp and die sets. Some of them have several layers. If you look at the stencil below. The way they do these is the layers are one stencil with the layers go across in a row. 

There are a variety of brushes you can use on these small images including these from Studio Light.

Spellbinders has their version,

Waffle Flower has theirs.

More dies and stencils.

This is an older die but one of Sharon's favorites. When it is cut all the letters stay attached to the line. No hunting for that missing letter.or worrying about your letter spacing,

The latest edition to the treat box collection, You need the basic box die to start but this ad on creates an owl and/or a penguin.

The other theme for this release is books. 

Lawn Fawn is also known for its interactive dies. Sharon has handed this new one off to Mona for samples.

Sunflowers in a chain are up next.

There is also a large sunflower.

A bookmark die.

Spiral hard candies.

A coffee to-go cup. In the sample below it can be customize to hold a gift card.

A rounded stitch die nested set.

There are also there new Washi tapes.

A snowman building set.

A mouse Christmas Tree.

The inside of this card features the mouse stamp set used with the new swivel circle.

A layered tree.

Candy Canes

We have a few odds and ends. These nested die sets are a special sale from Tonic

3D embossing folders from Spellbinders,

Spellbinders 2024 Advent Calendar is out. 24 days of fun, stamps, dies, and other surprises.

Spellbinders also has a 12 Days of Stitchmas for the holidays with twelve stitching projects.

Mona was back on Friday with the Halloween version of these pressboard shapes. 

Check out Mona's finished version of the Halloween pieces.

Mona also shared several of her Halloween cards. She had a lot of fun and created a variety of cards with the PhotoPlay collection.

That's it for this week. Here's my funny. It's another 'If you know, you know'.

That's it for me for this week. Part of my summer is revolves around peaches also. My husband loves my peach chiffon pie. So far this summer he's gotten three! Have a crafty good week everyone and most of all Stay Safe.