"Frightfully Fall" Blog Hop Featuring the Creative Team and a Giveaway!

Hi all!  I'm so excited because it's the FIRST blog hop with members of the Jessica Sporn Designs Creative Team. 

Today I'm hopping along with 

Denise Alloca

Marit Barentsen

Sherry Canino

Kristin Van Valkenburgh

and Lizzy Wurmann 

to share some fall creations using my stamps and stencils. 

I hope you've been enjoying the Creative Team posts - I know I have! Here's a chance to see five of these amazing artists all at once!

AND....

We have a great giveaway - one lucky commenter will win my Cascading Leaves stencil and Tree of Life stamp. 

All comments on all the blog hop posts count - so make sure to visit everyone and leave some kind words for a chance to win! 

Without further ado, here's my project!

I have TOO MANY canvas bags from various retreats.  I decided to re-purpose one for my daughter to use on Halloween (instead of a pillowcase!).    I started out by loosely painting DecoArt fabric paint in yellow and orange on the bag, using a foam roller.

I then used red paint and my Lacy Lotus stencil to create a background.

 I used my Shiva stencil to create a strong focal image, and the Borders stencil for a top border.

 On the other side, I used the Horned Owl stencil for my focal image.

I stamped the straps using my Mercurial Mercury and Topsy Topiary stamps from Rubbermoon.  

Check out the whole process in this 3 minute video. 

Or watch DIY Canvas Fall Tote Bag on YouTube here.  

(See more videos and examples of how I used the Shiva stencil  and Horned Owl stencils.)

I hope this gave you some ideas to kickstart your fall crafting. 

Now, hop over to 

Denise Alloca

Marit Barentsen

Sherry Canino

Kristin Van Valkenburgh

and Lizzy Wurmann 

to see their fall creations!

Remember, all comments on all the blog hop posts count!    Comments close at 9PM EST on Monday, October 10/10, and I'll announce the winners in my Tuesday blog post on 10/11.

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Happy Halloween!

Halloween is postponed here in New Jersey until Friday night (second year in a row that Mother Nature has interfered with trick or treating), but for the rest of you, Happy Halloween! 

Nathalie Kalbach's and Julie Fei-Fen Balzer's  Second Floor challenge this week was to use all six primary and secondary colors.  And Natasha May had invited us all to her Halloween party and asked us to come in costume.  I decided to imagine myself as a sassy witch, riding high on the moon.  I have to say that imagining myself like this was the "taking it to the second floor" part of my challenge, as well as creating this napkin design with only gouache -- no collage, stamping, stenciling, etc.

Thank you for visiting! If you are so moved, please leave a comment. Hearing from you means the world to me.

Linking up to  Natasha May's Halloween Party, Creative Everyday, Anything But a Card (use the color black and this is actually a napkin design!), Second Floor Challenge, Paint Party Friday, and Show Me What You've Got.  Check out all the great creativity at these sites.