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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Fishing for Candy

Have you checked the Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog this month?  There's a new challenge and the theme is STRIPES AND DOTS.  
Crafter's Companion has a wonderful line of whimsical stamps called Popcorn the Bear.  One of the stamp sets in the Men's Collection is called Fishing Popcorn, obviously for summer fun or even a Father's Day card.  You can see what the set looks like here:

Anyway, I love using stamped images for holidays other than what they were originally designed for.  Like placing an image of a witch on a valentine's Day card, or a flag-waving turkey on a Fourth of July card.  So, my idea was to place Fishing Popcorn in the middle of Fall, participating in a little unique trick-or-treating!
Besides the Fall-themed patterned paper, I found a small leftover piece of orange-striped paper. I framed both pieces with black cardstock and placed them on a 6x6 card front.
I colored Popcorn with my Copics (I added to my Spectrum Noir collection but still don't have those browns).  Popcorn is sitting on part of a cardstock tag and framed by another one.  Instead of hooking a fish, he's looking toward a sweeter catch with his trick-or-treat bag.
I decided to add DOTS to my STRIPES by embellishing with a few dotted buttons.  A bit of eyelash fiber finishes off my challenge card. 
Have you entered the CC Challenge yet?  The winner of this challenge will receive a $30 gift certificate to the Crafter's Companion online store!  That's a lot of Spectrum Noir markers I could add to my collection!!  Then again, the new Christmas stamps are just being released!!  Decisions, decisions...

7 comments:

Stacy H-W said...

Pat, you are just so creative!! I love that you used the fishing pole to hold the trick or treat bag. Just a really fun use of this stamp set and a great card!! Love it. Thanks for joining the challenge on the crafter's companion usa challenge blog this month!! hugs, Stacy

Sanketi said...

Lovely!!!!!

Tonya said...

This is so creative and fun. Looks great! Thanks for playing along with us at the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog!!

Unknown said...

What a great card, Pat!! I LOVE the way you colored Popcorn! Thanks for playing along with us at the Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog this month!

{Chrissie} said...

I LOVE how you made this a Halloween card! So very creative - fabulous job!!!

Thanks for playing along with the Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog!!!

AmyT said...

I love the fall colors. Thanks for playing along at Crafter's Companion Challenge blog.

LaJanette said...

Very cool how you have used your image! Popcorn is fishing for candies:0)

So glad you played along with us at Crafter's Companion Challenge.

Good luck on the draw:0)

Hugs;
Janette