Welcome to Candy Corn Week!

Hooray!  It is finally here!! Thank you for stopping by for Day 1 of Candy Corn Week!  We are going to have a week filled with crafting, laughing and learning new techniques!

Candy Corn Fun Fact #1

Did you know candy corn was initially called "chicken feed" when it was first introduced to the market. It was marketed for rural communities, capitalizing on the agricultural theme before it became strongly associated with Halloween.

Today's candy corn card features a technique using multiple stamping steps. It can be done in two different ways.  I will explain each way, and depending on your craft stash will  determine how you can recreate it. All images for this card came from the Party Celebrations stamp set.  There are 12 images in this set, three are background images and the other 9 are solid images.

Technique 1

Use daubers to apply the different colors of ink to the stamps and stamp the complete image at one time. The top of each layer will be stamped in white craft ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Technique 2

Use a stamp platform to ink up the image one color at a time. This requires the image to be stamped three times, first in yellow, then orange, and finally white craft ink. Then add embossing powder to the top portion of the image (the part with white craft ink) and heat emboss.

Cut an A2 card base from Pumpkin Pie card stock. Use Pumpkin Pie ink to stamp the plaid image around the outside of the card. Then stamp the solid images on a Crumb Cake panel cut at 4 x 5.25 using the technique detailed above.  

I added white splatter using acrylic white paint mixes with a little water and a splatter brush to apply it.  Set it aside to dry.  I cut a banner from the Fright Night dies and heat embossed my greeting with white craft ink and white embossing powder.   The sentiment is from a retired Paper Pumpkin kit stamp.

I added a linen thread bow behind the sentiment and adhered the sentiment with dimensionals to finish the card.  

Beginning today, I will be posting cards and treats inspired by candy corn and I'm inviting you to play along with me!  So get out the yellow, orange and white inks and paper!  I know you will want to create some tasty treat inspired projects too!

I will share candy corn memes, cards, tags and treat containers along with step by step directions on my blog so you can recreate them. I hope you will join in the fun by visiting my sites, leaving comments and even joining in by sharing your cards, treats and tags.  You can also see them on Instagram using #CandyCornWeekSU. I added SU to the end of the hashtag because I will be using Stampin' Up! products but you can use any products you enjoy creating with!

So start thinking about all things candy corn and mark your calendars to join me the rest of this week!

Thanks for stopping by! I'll see you tomorrow for Day 2 of Candy Corn Week!