Hip Kit October Projects

When my October Hip Kit and Add On kits arrived from Hip 2B Square, I was amazed at how much product there was. Tons of Fall and Halloween themed goodness! (Be sure to go warm up your coffee now, because there are a load of photos on this post!) Here's what I came up with using the October kits...

This next layout was based on a sketch by our DT Coordinator, Melanie Jarocki. Here's the sketch...

 And here's what I came up with...

For the leaves, I roughly traced a leaf from our yard, cut several out of cardstock from the kit, inked the edges & stitched them to my page for some added texture. These October Afternoon cardstock alphabet stickers are great I've used them on many projects. I do love the Robin's egg blue and orange color combo!

The ribbon kit had this cool black & white striped crepe paper in it. To make the lollipop on this next card, I rolled the crepe paper ribbon into a spiral circle and used Glossy Accents on it. I cut down a BBQ skewer for the stick and voila...

Besides the layouts and cards, I was inspired to create a few other projects with the goodies from the kit. I embellished a bottle and a couple of jars for some Halloween decor...

On the jar to the right, I used one of the Pink Paislee Hocus Pocus rub ons . A neon yellow candle looks perfect burning in the jar...and ironically is a 'Hocus Pocus' candle from PartyLite! The tall jar in the middle is wrapped with the Pink Paislee Hocus Pocus paper & I added a little dark brown glitter to embellish it. The little vintage bottle to the left is embellished with one of the tags from the Graphic 45 Hallo'ween in Wonderland collection, black & white bakers twine and some cute little buttons...

And the last project I created with this kit is a Mad Hatter's paper chain...it looks super cute hanging in one of our bathrooms against the wall that is painted 'Dill Pickle'. The strips & tags come on a couple of 12x12 sheets...you just have to punch them out. I stapled the strips together into a chain & embellished with bits of ribbon, buttons & the tags. Super simple & fun!

 

And that's all, friends! Thanks for stopping in and sticking with me through this photo heavy post. I had a lot to share and hope you've had fun looking! For more inspiration, visit the Hip 2B Square blog here to check out what the other DT members created with the October kit!

xoBC

Take a look...

...over here at the Crate Paper blog. My old friend, Amy Heller, is one of the very talented CP Girls. Look at the garland she created for her tutorial today. It's right in line with the theme of my blog post from this morning! I guess great minds think alike!! LOL! I love how she used the different shapes & back to school theme for her garland. Love her school note envelope project too..so cute!! For more inspiration, go check out Amy's blog, Paush Design & Paperie Sweets, here. I guarantee you won't be disappointed!
xoBC