Hello crafty friends, it’s June here! My favorite time of the year has arrived… Can you guess what it is? Correct, it’s Halloween! Well, not yet technically, but in my head, Halloween starts the moment spooky card supplies start getting released. So let’s just say it’s Halloween already!
I just about screamed when I saw that the new release included Potion Bottle Shakers. The shakers are always some of my favorite dies in each release, and now there are potion bottles? Yes please! These are gonna be so much fun to play around with!
I cut out the bottles from white, the corks from tan and the labels from light blue cardstock. I added some subtle ink blending and gel pen details. For the inside of the bottles, I picked 3 cardstocks that I thought looked good together. I used a darker shade ink of each color to stamp flowers inside the bottles. I used stamps from Friend Greetingsand Simple Thanks for this. I didn’t actually turn my bottles into shakers this time around because I didn’t want the shaker bits to cover up the floral I had stamped.
As a fun detail, I cut out the bat wings from the Halloween Bucket Additions to add them to the middle bottle. I love how it fills up some of the empty space on the top of my card.
I stamped a couple of sentiments from the Halloween Greetings in brown ink to go on each label. I really like how they don’t fit inside the labels, it adds a lot of interest I think.
For the background, I layered some brown inks on top of kraft cardstock that I cut out using the largest of theStitched Torn Rectangles. I used the Crackle Background Stencilto do so. I also splattered some white acrylic ink on top for some extra detail.
And that’s it for today! I’m absolutely obsessed with these potion bottles and I think you’ll be seeing more of them pretty soon because the options are endless! I hope to see you again soon, bye for now.
To get started, I cut all the cake pieces with white cardstock and colored with ink and blending brushes. For the pumpkin, I used a blend of Oranges plus a light brown for the bottom of the cake. For Frankenstein, I used a vibrant green ink color. No ink blending for the ghost but I did add rosy cheeks with R20 & R000 Copic Markers.
I used shiny black cardstock for all the cake pop faces and Frankenstein’s hair. It’s so fun how the glossy cardstock looks like shiny, glazed icing!
For the sentiments, I added black & white heat embossed Halloween Candy Hearts to each of the cake pop sticks. To complete the card, I added pink and green bows, some extra sparkle to the pumpkin, and placed the decorated panel on a black and white striped background.
Have a spooktacular Halloween cardmaking season! Thanks for stopping by and Big Paper Hugs!
Hello, Gemma here today to share a card featuring some fun Halloween products from the August release.
I began by die cutting pieces from the newPotion Bottle Shakers die setto make 3 potion bottles. I didn’t use the pieces from the set which create the shakers this time.
Next, on a slimline card panel, I blended distress oxide inks in hickory smoke and black soot.
Using theHalloween Greetings coordinating die set, I die cut a mask for each of the sentiments. I could then add black splatter and sparkle spray to the card, whilst keeping the sentiments clean.
Finally, I adhered the panel to a slimline card base, followed by the potion bottles to finish.
I hope this card inspired you. Thanks for stopping by!
I started by creating my bucket. I don’t have the Candy Bucket Die Set (but you better believe it’s on my wishlist), so I decided to improvise and use the Sand Bucket Shaker Dies. Plus, the bucket is larger, so it can hold more candy!! Ha!! I die-cut the bucket and handle from purple cardstock and added shading with Villainous Potion Distress Ink and a blending brush. Next, I die-cut the ears, nose, mouth and whiskers from the Halloween Bucket Additions Die Set from purple, pink and black cardstock. I added shading with Villainous Potion and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. Once I laid all the pieces out, I decided to cut black cardstock for the rim of the bucket to make the ears stand out more. All the die-cuts were adhered together using liquid glue and I used a white gel pen to add some highlights. I thought the google eyes were a fun touch!!
For the background, I lightly blended Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed and Twisted Citron Distress Ink onto a panel of smooth white cardstock using the Crackle Background Stencil. I trimmed the panel slightly and adhered it to an A2 panel of black cardstock. The bucket was adhered to the background with liquid glue. The candy corn dies are also included in the Halloween Bucket Additions Die Set. All the pieces were cut from white cardstock, blended with Mustard Seed and Carved Pumpkin Distress Inks and highlighted with a white gel pen. They were adhered together, then added around the bottom of the bucket with liquid glue.
The sentiment, from the Halloween Greetings Stamp Set, was stamped onto white cardstock with black pigment ink. It was cut out with the Coordinating Die, along with three more layers from heavyweight white cardstock. All the layers were stacked and adhered together with liquid glue, then added to the top of the card. I used clay stars from the Boo To You and Halloween Friends mixes to finish off the card and add a bit more color to the background.
My niece is obsessed with cats, so I think I’ll send this to her for Halloween! Along with a bunch of candy, of course!
Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I appreciate your time!
Hi friends! Sophie here today, sharing a sweet card featuring Halloween release products. Keep reading to see how I made it!
For this card I wanted to really showcase the new Halloween Cake Pops die set. I love that there have been a few different holiday inspired cake pop sets this year but this one is by far my favorite!
Because I want the cake pops to be the star of the show here, I wanted to create a very subtle background that was quiet but didn’t feel too flat. To do this I used a panel of gray card stock cut to be slightly smaller than my A2 card base and used my scoring board to score diagonal lines 1/4inch apart. I have used this technique many times in other cards too as it is a fun way to add texture and dimension that is not overpowering.
For the cake pops I cut them out of different shades of pastel card stocks. I wanted to use “traditional” colors, but make them a little more softer which is more my style. Each little cake pop was finished with a pink bow because I am definitely in my bow era LOL. Everything needs a bow because bows are adorable!
For the sentiment, I stamped and heat embossed the “Hocus Pocus” in white on dark gray card stock. This sentiment comes from theHalloween Greetings Stampand Die set.
To finish off the card I used some Sparkling Clear Confetti and just scattered them around the sentiment and cake pops for a bit of sparkle. I really love this card even though it is pretty simple overall!
Hope this was inspiring for you! I’ll be back soon to share more inspiration! :)
Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m happy to be back with this extra fun and spooky Halloween card showcasing some items from the August Release, including the amazing Spider Shaker die that I adore! I’m not a huge fan of spiders in real life, especially when they’re gigantic, but it’s impossible to hate them when they’re made out of paper and wearing fun wiggly eyes!
I started off by creating the background and cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel that I entirely covered with kitsch flamingo oxide ink. I added picked raspberry oxide ink to the edges to darken my pink background, and to give the illusion that my spooky scene takes place in the woods, I used the Layered Birch Trees stencils along with hickory smoke and black soot oxide inks to add a bunch of trees to my panel. I splattered water all over the panel and dried it with a paper towel, mixed some picked raspberry oxide ink with water and added pink splatters, I did the same with black soot oxide ink, and then the same again with copic opaque white ink using a slim brush.
I cut my Spider Web Cover Plate panel out of light purple cardstock and brought more depth and interest to it using distress inks and texture. I first applied wilted violet distress ink, from the edges towards the center of the spider web, and then added villainous potion distress ink, but only to the edges, to darken my panel even more. For the textures, I started by mixing villainous potion distress ink with water and splattered dark purple droplets on my spider web background. I did the same with black soot oxide ink, with white ink as well, and then with brushed pewter mica spray to bring sparkles to this panel.
I stuck my Spider Web Cover Plate panel to my pink panel using 1mm foam squares, and to make my background even more interesting, I cut a Nature Essentials frame out of textured black cardstock and attached it to my purple panel using 1mm foam squares again. Finally, I attached my panel to a white card base using liquid glue.
Next I created my giant Spider Shaker, following those steps:
1. I cut a Spider Shaker frame out of aqua cardstock, added peacock feathers distress ink to the edges and legs, mixed that same ink with water and added splatters all over the spider, I did the same with black soot distress ink and then with copic opaque white ink, 2. I cut a whole Spider Shaker out of acetate and attached it at the back of my aqua spider frame using liquid glue, 3. Still at the back of the spider, I added foam strips all along her rounded body and on each leg as well, 4. I poured a bunch of Spellbound shaker beads inside the spider, 5. I cut a whole Spider Shaker out of light green cardstock, added peeled paint distress ink to the edges of the rounded body, mixed that same ink with water, added splatters on my green spider, and did the same with copic opaque white ink 6. I peeled the backing papers off the foam strips, and attached the green spider to the strips to totally close my Spider Shaker.
Next I cut the witch hat using dies from Halloween Mug Additions. I cut the hat out of dark grey cardstock, added a bit of black soot distress ink to the edges, mixed that same ink with water, added splatters to the hat, and then did the same with white ink. I cut the hat detail out of light pink cardstock, added picked raspberry distress ink to darken it a bit, and then added splatters. I attached that pink detail to the hat using 1mm foam squares, tied a black organza double bow and attached it to the witch hat using liquid glue.
I wanted my Spider Shaker to be flying on a broom, so I cut two different pieces to build it. I cut the stick out of light kraft cardstock using a Halloween Mug Additions die, and the fluffy part of the broom out of dark kraft cardstock using a Halloween Holder Additions die. I added vintage photo distress ink to each piece to darken them, mixed some ground espresso distress ink with water and added splatters to both pieces, and then did the same with white ink.
I also cut a bunch of spiders using dies from the Spider Web Cover Plate die set, and I wanted them to stand out against my background, so I first cut them out of dark grey cardstock, added black soot to the edges of each spider, as well as white ink splatters. I cut more spiders out of vellum using the same dies, attached a black spider to a vellum spider using 1mm foam squares, shifted the spiders a little bit to get those vellum legs noticeable, and then I gave each spider a pair of wiggly eyes.
I white heat embossed “Boo to you” from Halloween Greetings on black cardstock, cut it with the matching die, attached it at the bottom right hand corner of my card, and stuck some spiders, starting with the larger one, using foam squares. I slid the broom behind the Spider Shaker‘s legs, attached more spiders, stuck the hat on the big spider’s head, and finally gave her a pair of giant wiggly eyes. And that’s it! I hope that you like this fun shaker card. I know I’d have a panic attack seeing that many spiders in real life, but as I was saying at the beginning, as long as they’re made out of paper, I don’t mind playing with them!
Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time.
I love the image of a bouquet of daisies that’s included in the set. I coloured it with copic markers, along with an additional single daisy flower, then die cut the images with the coordinating dies.I also coloured and die cut some images from the Spring Jar stamp set.
There’s a bow image in the Daisies stamp set, but I decided to add a die cut bow from the Beautiful Bows die set instead. I die cut a couple of pink bows, then offset layered them together.
On an A2 card base, I adhered a piece of patterned paper to add as grounding for the bouquet of daisies. Next, I adhered the jar, daisies and bow on the card.
To add some dimension to the flowers, I adhered the single daisy with foam tape over the middle daisy in the bouquet.
For the sentiment, I stamped a ‘celebrate’ from theBirthday Scripts stamp set, using Kitsch Flamingo distress oxide ink. I die cut this with the coordinating die, then added some additional layers for dimension, before adhering it over the jar.
Finally, I adhered the butterfly and ladybird for additional interest.
Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I’m thrilled to be back on the blog with this lovely Shadow Box showcasing the absolutely gorgeous hummingbirds and flowers from Hummingbird Floral. What a stunning set, I love it so much!
I was super excited to work with the Shadow Box for the first time, so I started off right away with it, and cut two main panels out of light brown woodgrain cardstock. I added a little bit of vintage photo distress ink to the edges of each panel, mixed some of that ink with water and added brown splatters all over the panels with a slim brush, and then I did the same with white ink.
While both of my Shadow Box panels were drying, I created the background of my box, cut a 4 x 3 inches kraft panel, added some texture to this panel using the Scallops Pierced plate, and then created a floral pattern using the Layered Blooming Vines stencil set along with saltwater taffy, fossilized amber and spiced marmalade oxide inks for the flowers, mowed lawn oxide ink for the greenery, and broken china oxide ink for the small polka dots. I also cut two grass borders out of green cardstock using other dies from the Shadow Box die set, added a little bit of mowed lawn distress ink to the pointy edges to darken the borders, mixed that same ink with water and added green splatters to each grass border, and then I did the same with copic opaque white ink.
I assembled my Shadow Box, attached the floral panel to the background on the inside using liquid glue, and stuck my grass borders as well. And I wanted to add a decorative frame to the front of my box, so, still using dies from the Shadow Box die set, I cut a scalloped rectangle out of a yellow pattern paper, cut a large opening out of this yellow panel, and then attached my scalloped frame to the box using liquid glue.
I stamped all the images on kraft cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I used the coordinating dies to cut them, and colored everything using my Ohuhu markers. Here is a small detailed list of the stamp sets I used : • Hummingbird Floral– hummingbird, large orange flowers, floral clusters, small pink flowers, greenery • Simple Thanks – large greenery, small yellow flowers
Once everything was colored, I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen. Next I attached the images inside the Shadow Box, directly on the grass inserts using foam squares, as well as on the outside of the box, most of them on the front, but I also added a small floral cluster on each side of the box for more cuteness. Finally, I white heat embossed “You’re an amazing friend” from Friend Greetings on brown cardstock, cut it using the matching die, and attached it inside the box, directly on the background, using 1mm foam squares.
And that’s it! I really love how this Shadow Box turned out, super pretty and very colorful, and I can’t wait to create more of these! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time.
Hello there! Leanne here to share an easy way to make some pumpkin shaped Halloween tags. I have used the new Fringe Pumpkin dies to create these fun tags. I will also show how you can make them into a mini card.
I die cut my pumpkin tags from two shades of orange card stock. I shaded the edges with a dark orange ink and then added lots of paint splatter to each layer. Once all the layers of the Fringe Pumpkin are adhered, you can add any embellishments or greetings you’d like. I added some cute halloween images to the front of one of the tags. These images are from the Spider Friends and Halloween Word Scenes stamp sets. On the other tag I used the Happy Halloween Shadow dies.
To turn these tags into a mini card, all you need to do is die cut a back piece using the largest die in the Fringe Pumpkin set. Score this large piece towards the top of the pumpkin and adhere to the back of the tag by putting adhesive only above the score line. This creates a hinge point and the tag will open just like a card. You can stamp a sentiment inside or add you own personal message.
These pumpkin tags can be customized or decorated however you’d like. They are a perfect size to add to a treat bag or candy bucket to give to friends and family.
Hello, Gemma here today to share a Halloween card with a mix of older and new products.
I began by creating the background. On a piece of grey card, I used the new Crackle Background stencilwith distress oxide inks in Hickory Smoke and Black Soot.
I then splattered the background with sparkle spray mixed with some of the black soot distress oxide ink. This gives added texture and sparkle. Once dry, I adhered to an A2 landscape card base.
To create a large word across the front of my card, I started with the coordinating die from the Boo stamp set for the letter B. I die cut it from purple card, adding some layers and an offset white layer to help it stand out from the background.
Next, I die cut a Stitched Pumpkin, adding a spooky face and adding layers as I did with the letter B.
Finally, I die cut a Stitched Ghostfrom sparkle white card. I added a black offset layer this time.
