One Die Set In Two Unique Ways!

Good morning! It’s Lindsey here today and I’m sharing some cards made with one of my most favorite die sets from this month’s release–the Halloween House. This die is fantastic because it cuts the entire house outline in one piece, and then you can choose how many colors/layers you’d like to add back inside. And I had so much fun doing just that!

The Halloween House die is large and will fill an entire card front.  I wanted to have room for a (somewhat) spooky night scene around the house, so I chose to make a larger 5×7 card. I fully embraced Halloween on this one, and built my card mostly out of different shades of black and grey  For added dimension, I die cut the house outline three times with a shiny black cardstock and glued them together. Then I layered back in a few shades of purple and teal for the windows, door, and shutters.  I love how it makes it look like the house is glowing inside.  

This die set comes with a few extra Halloween images, so I used them to up the spooky cute factor by adding some floating ghosts, magical stars, and a black, sparkly cat. I backed the cat with a white cat slightly offset to create a bit of shadow, which helped him stand out more against this otherwise dark card. 

Next, I set out to finish the scene.  I added a forest of trees behind the house using the tree from the Nature Essentials Dies. The moon is one of the additional dies included in the Halloween House set. Next, I added two trees to the front yard using the Fruit Tree Die. Finally, I layered several of the previously released Spooky Fence Die and added a sign with a greeting from the Sentiment Strips: Halloween stamps and dies.

While this die may be named the Halloween House die, you are definitely not limited to creating just haunted houses.  To show its versatility, I recreated the same card for a different season.   

I pictured gingerbread and fancy sugar cookie houses when I created my Christmas card. To transform the Halloween House, all I did was swap out the colors and trim off the spiderweb from the roof’s eave. I added a glittery bow (cut from the Build A Gift Dies) there instead.  I couldn’t believe how different the house looked with such small changes!

I opted for a simple background and embossed snow using the Snowfall Stencil. Then I repeated the trees in the front yard using the smallest tree in the Pine Trees Dies. I wanted the card to be sugary sweet, so I added glittery snow to the trees, window panes, and roof top. To further decorate the yard, I added a gumdrop walkway and peppermint lollipops using the Candy Treats Dies.

This cute holiday house needed an inviting doorstep, so I added packages using gifts in various sizes from the Village Additions and Happy Santa stamps and dies. I also added a wreath from the Village stamp set to the door. 

Finally, I chose another strip from the Sentiment Strips Dies (love these!) and embossed a sentiment from the Holiday Sentiments stamp set.

What do you think?  I hope you love these houses as much as I do! Thanks so much for joining me today!