Granny Squares, Times Three! New Concord and 9th

 

Hello Friends! I'm super excited to be sharing the new October Release from Concord and 9th with you ALL WEEK LONG! We're starting with my personal favorite, the Granny Squares!!

They have a turnabout stamp that creates a nice little collage of granny squares in 4 different color combos. 

The crochet hooks are to-die-for!! I cut them in a coordinating colored cardstock and crossed them behind the sentiment that also comes with this set. And yes, I know crochet only uses 1 hook unlike knitting lol!

This set also comes with a set of stamps that will make one larger granny square. For this card I stamped it several times on the card base to make my own afghan!

This sentiment is from a different set in this release, but how perfect is it for this cozy quilt?!

Finally, I kept the same colors but just changed the order for a new look. Also just made half a quilt so I could showcase one of the squares in the process of being created. 

I had the idea to knot real yarn/floss around the gold metallic crochet hook as soon as I saw the mock up images for this set, and was happy to see how well it turned out. I used the Stitched Vines die for the background on top, perfect with the stitching theme.

Hope you liked my trio of Granny Square cards, and have some ideas brewing for yourself! You could spend a looooong time just working through all the different color combinations!

See you tomorrow with the next set featured.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kelly

Bad to the Bone - a New Halloween Release from Colorado Craft!

Hi All! Big news - Colorado Craft Company has just put out a new release after a brief hiatus! And it's quite a thriller : ) 

My favorite is the Big and Bold Bad to the Bone, which initially sold out but was restocked today!

I stamped the skull on charcoal paper and used a white chalk pencil to make the highlights. For the earthworms crawling through, I used an orange opaque marker and went over it with a combination of white chalk, a white gel pen, and a black pencil. 

The eyes, nose and jaw holes are cut out and backed with black glitter paper. For the card base I cut a piece of lace as a contrast and stapled it in the corners of the card.

For the next card I went the opposite direction, stamped the skull on white paper and added shadows with watercolor. 

For the card base I stamped one of the sentiments repeatedly and tried out three different colors for the background. Welp I couldn't decide so I ended up using my "practice" card lol. Love the sentiment that goes so well with the skull image. 

Hope you're on your way to having a creepy Halloween!

Thanks for stopping by!
Kelly