Cards

Hello everyone! It’s June and I’m sharing this fun Halloween card using some unexpected dies… Keep reading to see how I made this bottle using some out of the box thinking!

I had the idea of making a little potion or poison bottle and I was determined to make it work using dies I had in my stash. I started off using one of the new (releasing on October 16th): the ring from the Holiday Wreath Builder. I love building wreaths with it, but that set also has some great staple pieces for other purposes. For example, the ring makes an easy shaker element that can be used to create poison bottles, apparently. ;)

For the neck of the bottle, I used one of the pieces from the Big Excavator, and the cap/cork is a harder one to guess. Do you recognize it? It’s actually a modified piece! I used the lid of the Candy Bucket and I shortened it by running it through my die cutting machine twice in different positions, making it the perfect size to fit the bottle neck.

This shape alone makes a great little bottle, but of course I wanted to go a step further and make it clear that it’s supposed to be poisonous. The obvious thing to do was add a skull and crossbones, which I did by stamping the skull from the Halloween Icons stamp set and cutting out 4 of the turkey bones from the Big Fall Cupcake die set.

The Spooky Mug Additions includes this drippy shape that could look like dripping poison and to top it all off, I used some horns from the Build a Monster dies to theme it even further. I cut all of my pieces from colored cardstock and I darkened one side of each of them using a matching ink to add some extra dimension. I also added white gel pen details for the same reason.

I turned my bottle into a shaker and used a variety of different shaker mixes. I’m very nitpicky so I carefully selected all the shaker bits I wanted from the Spooky Sky, Spooktacular and Cotton Candy Clay Confetti. 

For the background I chose the Scattered Bats Stencil and used a combination of Tattered Rose and Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide for the base, and Worn Lipstick for the bats. I also splattered some thinned out white acrylic paint on top. I cut out my panel using the largest of the Stitched Torn Rectangles.

For my sentiment I once again went with one of the ones from the Halloween Corners stamp set, which I stamped using brown ink to kind of bring back the brown from the cork. I finished the sentiment by stamping just the ‘wishing you a’ part of one of the sentiments from Sentiment Strips: Birthday. 

And that’s my final card! I hope this inspired you to create whatever you envision using dies you already have in your stash. The possibilities are endless! I hope to see you again soon, bye for now!

Hello friends, it’s Kristie Marcotte here! Halloween is quickly approaching so it’s time to get those Halloween projects finished! Pretty Pink Posh makes it super fun and easy to make adorable Halloween cards.

Are you on team candy corn? Personally, I do not enjoy the candy, but I love colors. Whenever I see candy corn, I think of Halloween. My card today features the Candy Corn Shaker die set. I love that you can use the die set to make non-shaker cards, but I couldn’t resist making this sweet Candy Corn shaker card. I used yellow and 2 shades of orange cardstock for the 3 candy corn layers. The background of the shaker features the same cardstock colors. After adding thin foam strips, I filled the Candy Corn with the Candy Corn Glass Shaker Beads. After sealing the shaker beads in place with a piece of acetate, I adhered the frame die cuts.

For the background of my card, I used the Halloween Words stencil set on white pearlescent cardstock. I really wanted the Candy Corn shaker image to pop, so I added a very light amount of ink. I used Distress Oxide Dried Marigold ink color.

One of my favorite die sets from the Halloween release is the Build A Monster set. I decided to add arms, legs, and a mouth on my Candy Corn Shaker. For the eyes, I used some monster eye enamel stickers. So cute! The sentiment No Tricks, Just Treats is from Sentiment Strips: Halloween stamp set. I cut it out using the Sentiment Strips die set. I added the sentiment in the upper left corner and cut off the very left side so it’s flush on the left side.

To finish off the card, I added some lovely Sunset Orange Pearls.

It was such a fun card to make and will hopefully brighten someone’s day this Halloween.

Kristie Marcotte

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Hi friends, Jeanne here for Halloween Theme Week. Today I’m sharing a card made with the Layered Halloween Wreath stencil set.  

I wanted to add lots of color to my design.  To keep the stencil as clean as possible to avoid mixing colors I used small cosmetic brushes and sticky notes to mask off different areas of the design.  

After I had the stenciled design complete I couldn’t bear to cut it down too much so I trimmed it to a 5” square for my card.  The circular design of the wreath made it ideal for the stacked Eyelet Circles to create a focal point for the design.  

I topped the Eyelet Circles with an image from the Halloween Corners stamp set that I colored with alcohol markers.  The sentiment is from the Sentiment Strips: Halloween stamp set.  

I think this stenciled design is prettier than patterned paper and the best part is that I made it myself!  It’s like magic watching the design appear and I can’t wait to mail this one to someone special! 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed today’s card!

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Hi crafty friends, Debbie here on the blog! Today, I am sharing two Halloween cards from leftovers images, panels, and die cuts that were not used on previous projects. So, don’t throw them away! I just needed to color up just a few more images to complete my shaker mug card.

To start this card, I need to make a panel using the Layered Ghost Stencil ink blending on lavender and yellow inks. Then, I sprayed on some Distress Spritz in Twisted Citron and Wilted Violet and let dry. Next I die cut this panel using the largest Stitched Torn Rectangle Die. 

I then stamped and colored the images I wanted to use from Halloween Cupcakes, Ghost Friends, and Batty About You stamp sets. After the Copic coloring was done I used the coordinating dies for each of the stamp sets to cut the images out. 

 I then die cut the mug from Purple and Black to make the shaker from Winter Mug Dies. For the window opening I used the caldron from the Spooky Mugs Addition Dies, also die cut some brown card stock for the coffee. From a Green Glittery foam I also die cut out the splash or goo, not sure what to call it but fun! After adding acetate over the window opening with double sided adhesive, I then add thick foam around to make the well for the Halloween Magic Clay Confetti Mix. Place to Black mug to the back after filling it up to seal the shaker mix inside and attach directly to the Ghost panel. Add foam to the back of the images, adhere the panel to the matching mat of the mug color. Last thing to do is stamp and white heat emboss the sentiment on black cardstock from the Ghost Friends stamp and cut out with the coordinating dies. Also I add white highlights with a gel pen.

With this card I started with purple cardstock, ink blend on the edges with Distress Oxide Villianous Potion. Then with the Scattered Bats Stencil, I applied Distress Texture Paste Black Opaque. Then I splattered on Distress Mica Spray, Frozen Fog and set to the side to dry. I did trim it down by 1/8 inch on all sides and mat to Matte Silver card stock.

Die cut out the second to largest Eyelet Oval Die from Black card stock. Stamp and Copic color the bats from Batty About You stamp set and Halloween Signs set. After the coloring was done I die cut out the images with their coordinating dies. Add 3D foam to the back of the images and attach it all together. Last I did add highlights with a white gel pen.

Thanks for stopping by and stay crafty my friends!

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Hi crafty friends, it’s June and today I have the honor of kicking off our Halloween Theme Week, so exciting! Halloween is my favorite holiday and I’m so happy that this week is gonna be filled with even more inspiration for spooky projects!

For my card, I wanted to highlight some of this year’s Halloween stamp sets, but I brought in some older, non-Halloween elements to switch it up.

The moment I saw the little branch in the new Batty About You stamp set, I instantly got the idea to bring in the big branch from the Spring Birdhouses stamp set to fill up the space. And that’s what sparked the idea to use one of the adorable birdhouses from that set in my scene, or in this case, BAThouses! I went with the vine birdhouse so I could match it with the green leaves from the branches, and spruced it up with a skull icon from the Halloween Icons stamp set. Which has become an instant favorite stamp set by the way! You can never have enough small images to add details to a scene.

I wanted to decorate not just the birdhouse, but also the branches. I stamped the cluster of pumpkins from the Halloween Corners stamp set and also the single jack-o-lantern from the Halloween Icons that matched it perfectly. 

I picked out 3 bats from the Batty About You stamp set and colored in all my images. For the first time this year, I actually went with a traditional orange-purple-green color palette so the spooky theme would be instantly visible at first glance.

I kept my background very simple. I cut out the largest size of the Stitched Torn Rectangles and ink blended a gradient that darkens on the outside of my card. I used Carved Pumpkin and Dried Marigold Distress Oxide for this. To add more interest, I also splattered some Crackling Campfire Distres Oxide and thinned out white acrylic paint on my panel.

I’m always so happy when there’s a matching die for a sentiment, so the sentiments in the Halloween Corners stamp set are right up my alley! I stamped the ‘Spooky Wishes’ with black ink and cut it out. Very simple, but I still like the way it looks against the busy card.

And that’s it for today! I hope you enjoyed reading about my card and I hope you’ll come back tomorrow for more inspiration by the Design Team members.

Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am sharing a card that uses the Solid Fall Foliage stamp set and coordinating die set.

I started my card by die cutting a variety of images with the Solid Fall Foliage die set. I then used the Solid Fall Foliage stamp set along with the negative from the die cut and my Misti to line everything up. Lining the stamp and die cuts up in my Misti allowed me to stamp multiples quickly and easily. 

Once I was finished stamping I attached the images to my card panel with foam adhesive. I then trimmed my panel down and splattered my panel with a little gold watercolor paint. Lastly, I used the Solid Fall Foliage set for my sentiment.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enjoyed my card.

Enjoy your day, Dana