Boo to You

Hello

Hope your are having a great week so far.

Today is the 1st Tuesday of September and

 over at Craft-Dee BowZ that means its Inspiration Tuesday. 

Usually I post an inspiration piece on the 1st Tuesday 

and the other designers post on a Tuesday throughout the month as well.

OK,  let me share with you my Tuesday inspiration piece.

This card design came about because of an art piece I saw at a home goods store.

It really appealed to me. (Obviously - LOL)

See that background paper??? That gray and white patterned paper. 

Well I had some paper that was this design but it was pink not gray.

Well I put that DP in my copier and copied it as a B &W 

and the B&W selection on the copier gave me exactly what I was wanting.

I trimmed it and used it as a layered piece over a dark gray cardstock.

My pumpkin is an old die from Accucut and it's still available. 

It comes with eyes a nose and a mouth and a leaf. 

I will use the other pieces some other time. 

I cut the pumpkin out and then cut another center piece. 

I used my paper shaper to shape the end parts of the pumpkin 

and that extra center piece. 

I added foam tape to the extra center piece and 

attached it over that center area on the main pumpkin shape. 

It gives the pumpkin dimension. I also inked the edges using gray ink.

I added a bow and this is the end result.

OK after I made that card, I thought that pumpkin would be cute on a handle bag. 

Perfect to use that bag for Halloween Trick or Treating. 

I decided to make a bag topper

Here is what this finished up as.

This looks so cute.

Same pumpkin - same background paper and I just mounted it on a extra large label shape

 and added some pretty leaf ribbon . 

I added a slit to that label shape and slid it down on the front bag handle. 

You can see the slit and the fold spot right above the stem

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Paper/Card Stock: DP copied to make gray/white. Orange CS, Black CS, Green CS Ink: Memento - Gray Flannel Dies Used: Recollections - Alphabet, Accucut - Pumpkin #5, Spellbinders- Grand labels Four Accessories: Ribbon, Craft-Dee BowZ  tool, dimensional foam

I am submitting my projects in the following challenges:

• A Bit More Time to Craft  #99 - Always Anything Goes (#108)
• A Perfect Time To Craft September - Always Anything Goes (#86)
• Classic Design Team Open Challenge Always Anything Goes (#69)
• Crafts Galore Encore  #67 - Always Anything Goes (#62)
• DL.Art Linky Challenge September - Always Anything Goes (#57)
• Happy Little Stampers Dies  September - Always Anything Goes with Dies (#1)
• Morgan's ArtWorld Open Challenge  September - Anything Goes (#37)
• Arty Divas  #3 - Anything Goes (week 2) (#63)
• Digi Choosday Challenge -, - #36 - Anything Goes (#59)

OK that's it for today. 

Hope you might try making a bag topper. 

They are easy to make 

and really dress up a plain gift bag.