Almost Harry Potter for The Paper Players 758

Goodness me, there were some fabulous entries in Stef's sketch challenge last week! Thank you, to everyone who entered. This week at The Paper Players, our hostess is Claire. She has an interesting theme challenge for us: Halloween Costumes. 

I'll admit that this one caused me quite a bit of difficulty given that we don't celebrate Halloween in New Zealand. Of course, I know what it is but I never buy Halloween inspired sets. 

I put my thinking cap on and thought about what my children would have loved to dress up in when they were young. Harry Potter was a favourite of every member of the family - and still is. In fact, while tattoos are ubiquitous in New Zealand, there's only one to be seen in our whole family and that is Harry Potter related! They dressed up in Harry Potter style for many fancy dress events and birthday parties so....

I had to ask my daughter for a loan of the Harry Potter-esque stamps I once bought her from Kindred. That caused a bit of flurry, since they had to be located: were they at her house or mine? And if so, where?

But, we found them (at hers and not in the box labelled 'stamps') and I set to work. 

I kept things simple, stamping a faux Ron, Harry and Hermione in Tuxedo Black and colouring them in Gryffindor colours with Stampin' Blends. I added a sentiment and some wand power, then cut it out using a frame from Textured Notes.

I hunted through my retired embossing folders to find the one with stars (the name of which I've forgotten) because stars seemed the right background. I matted the Hogwarts trio with a piece of Crushed Curry, added in some retired Crushed Curry Glossy Dots and things were pretty much done.

What's your favourite Halloween costume? You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your entry on The Paper Players page. 

Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:

1. Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
2. Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
3. Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
4. Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
5. Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!

Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Claire Broadwater

Joanne James

Anne Marie Hile (on leave)

Ann Schach

Jan Clothier - You are here

Stef Perry

Eliz Stewart

Christy Stanford

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Darling Dinos for AYSI 338

Welcome to the last challenge of the year at As You See It. Thank you to everyone who has played along with us this year. It's always a pleasure to see how you all see the challenges. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas with friends and family. 

Now, on with the challenge. It's a sketch: my favourite!

My demonstrator pre-order for the January Mini Catalogue arrived recently, so I've had a play with one of the new bundles: Darling Dinos. As a long time lover of dinosaurs, and having a grandchild who is just beginning her obsession, this set was a must have!

I started by stamping one of the three dinosaurs and then colouring her in. I restrained myself as I could have added in glasses, a hair bow and various hats but instead opted to give her a trio of balloons. And some outrageous horns. She's coloured with Stampin' Blends in Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo and Crumb Cake. The balloons are in Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight. 

I sponged the square, cut with Stylish Shapes, with some Granny Apple Green ink then stamped over some grass. Again, I showed restraint as I could have added trees, rocks and dinosaur footprints as well!

The banners are cut with Stylish Shapes. The sentiment is stamped in Shaded Spruce. The rainbow is cut from a scrap of paper from the Full of Life DSP stack.

The card base is Granny Apple Green and the card front embossed with the cross-hatch folder from the  Basics embossing folder set.

Darling Dinos - and many more goodies - will be available in the New Year. Sale-abration begins at the same time.

The team and I would love to see what you can do in ten minutes or less. Visit the As You See It page to see what the rest of the team have done and to link up your entry. You can join in the challenge until Wednesday December 19, 11.59pm PST.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. 

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