Cards

Hey there! It’s Leica, and I’m excited to share a Halloween shaker card using a variety of products.

**All items in the Halloween Section are 15% off during theme week!

First, I created a cool A2-sized background with the Layered Pumpkins Stencils. I adore these stencils; they make card backgrounds so much fun and are super easy to use!

For the shaker part, I crafted a glittery frame with the Fancy Cake Dies. I then stamped some spooky sentiments from the Sentiment Strips: Halloween on the acetate before finishing up the shaker. Inside, I used some Hocus Pocus clay confetti.

To add to the Halloween spirit, I used various dies to create a fun scene:

• Mug- Winter Mug Dies
• Witch Hat, Spiders, Tombstone- Halloween Mug Additions
• Cat- Halloween House
• Tree- Fruit Tree Dies

I gave the die cuts some color with a finger dauber and splattered acrylic paint for an extra cool effect. Then, I simply glued them onto the card panel. Finally, I adhered the panel to an A2-sized white card base.

Thank you so much for hanging out with me on the blog today. I hope I’ve inspired you to combine some PPP products for a spooktacular Halloween card.

Hi friends! Hope you are enjoying Halloween Theme Week! It’s Stefanie here today and I’m sharing a pair of cards I created using the Halloween Signs stamp set, the Layered Argyle Stencils, and some cute hearts from the Ghostly Friends Clay Confetti.

**All items in the Halloween Section are 15% off during theme week!

To create the cards, I started by stamping the images out from the recently released Halloween Signs stamp set and coloring them with a mix of Copics(C) and Ohuhus. I also added a cute little ghost from the Halloween Envelopes stamp set.

Pumpkins: Y3, Y4, YR240
Bat: W5(C), W3(C)
Ghosts: W1(C), W00(C)
Browns: E44-E40(C)

Next I used the Halloween Signs Coordinating Dies and the Halloween Envelopes Coordinating Dies to cut out the images.

I knew I wanted to create clean and simple cards, but I wanted to add a little extra touch as well so I decided to trim down my card front on both sides and add a little sliver of coordinating background. I created the background using the Layered Argyle Stencils and distress oxides in Bundled Sage, Antique Linen, and Black Soot.

The card front that I trimmed down was adhered directly onto the stenciled background and the images were adhered on top using foam tape for dimension.

For final touches, I added a couple hearts to each card using the Ghostly Friends Clay Confetti.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you like my cards!

Hello crafty friends! It’s Channin here and I’m so so excited to be here at Pretty Pink Posh for Halloween week!! I LOVE Halloween and I had an absolute blast creating this fun pumpkin card and I can’t wait to share it with you!

**All items in the Halloween Section are 15% off during theme week!

To create this card I first die cut the three pumpkins out of orange cardstock with the Stitched Pumpkin Dies. I then ink-blended over the pumpkins with Spiced Marmalade and Crackling Campfire Distress Ink. I used a shader brush to add definition to the pumpkin ribs. I then die cut the pumpkins with the face dies and set the pumpkins aside.

Next, I die cut the pumpkins a second time but this time out of light yellow cardstock. I then ink-blended the pumpkins in Mustard Seed and Wild Honey Distress Ink and then adhered the orange pumpkins over the yellow with foam adhesive. 

Next, I die cut the stems for the pumpkins out of Kraft cardstock. I then ink-blended the stems in Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso Distress Ink and added additional details with copics. I then adhered the stems to the pumpkins with liquid adhesive. 

Next, I die cut the leaves out of green cardstock and then ink-blended them in Rustic Wilderness and Forest Moss Distress Ink. Once again I used a shader brush to add definition to the leaves. I then die cut the vines out of dark green cardstock and ink-blended them with a little Forest Moss. 

Next, I ink-blended the front of an A2 top-folding Kraft card base with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I then pressed some of the Vintage Photo ink onto a sheet of acetate, added water and then splattered the water-downed ink over the corners of the card front. When the card base was dry I then adhered the pumpkin, leaves and vines to the card front. 

Next, I stamped a sentiment from the Boo to You stamp set in Versamark ink onto black cardstock. I then poured white embossing powder over the sentiment, heat set it and then die cut it out with the matching die. Lastly, I finished the card by adhering the sentiment to the card front with foam adhesive. 

I hope you enjoyed my card. Thank you so much for stopping by!
~Channin

Hi crafty friends! Marine here, kicking off Halloween Week with this monochromatic mix & match featuring a bunch of images from different sets. Monochromatic cards are super fun and easy to make, so I hope that my spooky little scene will inspire you to create your own, and it doesn’t have to be black & white, of course, purple shades or green shades would look amazing on a Halloween card!

**All items in the Halloween Section are 15% off during theme week!

I started off by stamping my images on Transotype perfect coloring paper using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them all using the matching dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and Graph’it brush markers.

And each time I make a monochromatic card, my thinking process is the same: I picture the images in my head with colors, and where I would have used a light color (e.g. yellow or aqua) I’m using light shades of grey, where I would have used a medium color (e.g. pink or green) I’m using medium shades of grey, and where I would have used a dark color (e.g. black or purple) I’m using dark shades of grey. It’s that simple ^^

Here are the stamp sets I used to make my card:• Autumn Pumpkins: big pumpkins, small leaf
• Ghost Friends: ghosts, hat, bucket• Fall Jar: big leaf• Boo To You: bats, spider web, small pumpkin, spider• Halloween Signs: cauldron• Halloween Wreath: hat

Next I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel, and created a spooky night sky. I first masked a circle in the middle of my piece of paper, and colored the rest of the panel using hickory smoke and black soot distress inks. I mixed some black soot distress ink with water and used a small brush to add splatters on the paper, and I did the same with white ink. I removed the circle mask, let the paper dry, masked the whole panel but the circle, and then added a little bit of hickory smoke distress ink all along the rounded edges of that circle.

To add more spookiness to my night sky, I used the Spooky Sky stencils. I first added some clouds using black soot distress and a very light hand, I didn’t want them to be bold black. And I added a few bats using black soot distress ink again, but this time I used a heavier hand because I wanted those bats to really pop against my night cloudy sky.

I heat embossed my “Boo To You” greeting from Ghost Friends in the middle of the moon using clear embossing ink and silver embossing powder, I attached all my images using foam squares, and as always I finished my card by adding highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

And that’s it! I hope that my card will inspire you to give the monochromatic coloring a try! Thank you so much for stopping by, have a great day.

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I hope that you all love this stamp set and are inspired by the samples the design team created. A giant thank you to Simon Says Stamp for letting us be part of STAMPtember®.

Hello, Gemma here with a beautiful sunflower bouquet card, using the new Fall Jar stamp set.

I began by stamping out the images from the Fall Jar stamp set with Memento rich cocoa ink. I like using this ink for a softer look, and it works especially well with autumnal images.

Copic markers: Jar: BG70 BG11; Wheat: YR31 YR23; Sunflowers: Y13-15 Y35 E43-47; Acorn: E30-37; Leaves: YG61-67, R22-24 YR14 YR23, Y17 YR24; Mouse: W0-3 R00 R30 R20; Ribbon: R32-35; Butterfly: R00 R30-35 E74; Tag: N0-1

I coloured everything in with copic markers, then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Over the jar and sunflowers, I spritzed a clear sparkle spray. This is so pretty in real life but almost impossible to capture on camera. There are sentiments included in the Fall Jar stamp set, but I chose one from the previously released Spring Jar stamp set instead.

I arranged all the images and then attached them to the jar, using either liquid glue or foam tape.
Next, I worked on the background. I used the new Layered Fall Wreath stencils. There are two layers in this stencil, and I just used the same Scattered Straw distress oxide ink on both layers. This gives a lovely tone on tone look, which compliments the other colours on the card.

I flicked the card with gold perfect pearls then, once dry, die cut it with the largest die in the Stitched Torn Rectangles set.

I adhered the panel to an A2 card base, followed by the fall jar images. I finished by adding some white gel pen highlights.

Thanks so much for joining me today! I hope this card inspired you.

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Welcome everyone. This is Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook. I’m excited to be here to share a card I created using the new Acorn Shaker dies and those adorable Cozy Fall Critters. Today’s card is a 5×7 card so that I could fit all three acorns on it without cutting too much off the edge. If you don’t like making large cards, you could reflect the design with only two acorns on a standard A2 card and it would be cute as can be!

I started with the acorns first. I inked up a couple white panels with the new Deco Leaves stencil, then traced the acorn shaker die and cut them out. Then I cut the pieces for my acorns with kraft and brown cardstock. Next, I stamped and colored critters from Cozy Fall Critters, then cut them out with the coordinating dies. I used liquid glue to assemble the layers together and then trimmed off any excess from the stenciled panels and my critters.

I created a white 5×7 inch card base and also trimmed a piece of teal cardstock to 4.75 x 6.75 inches. I inked the edges with peacock feathers and gathered twigs distress oxide inks and splattered the panel with water. After blotting it dry, I added foam tape to the back and adhered it to my card base.

Next, I positioned my acorns on the card front and used liquid glue to adhere them to each other. After letting it dry for a minute, I flipped them over and added foam tape to the back of them. I tied some jute twine around the left side of my card and then placed my acorns on the front.

Last, I stamped a sentiment from Autumn Pumpkins and die cut it using the coordinating die. Then I added a scattering of espresso confetti bits around the design. A few other finishing touches were adding black glaze pen to the critter’s eyes and glossy accents their noses.

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
Amanda