The Build A Monster set is so versatile with all the different possible combinations of eyes, arms, horns…and more to make a monster! But there is also the versatility in using the positive and negative die cuts!
The positive cuts build a fun monster, especially when you add a little glossy and glitter! And the negative space makes a fabulous shaker window (if I do say so myself)!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you were inspired by these cards!
Hi, friends! It’s Lauren and I am back with a new video today. I am continuing my box card series for the year and thank you for your feedback on creating a card for “Back to School!” August and September are kind of weird months with no major holidays, but I think this is a fun “holiday” for kids and teachers who are ready to get back to school.
I started with creating my own school supplies by making a pencil and lined paper using the Get Well Mug Additions Dies and Graduation Mug Additions Dies. I created a pencil using the thermometer, pill and heart dies and a “yay!” paper from the prescription pad and sentiment dies. You can follow along in my video today if you need to see a step by step of how I glued them all together.
Moving on to using the Layered Apples Stencils to create my background, I used Distress Oxides in Candied Apple and Scorched Timber for my apples (A) stencil and stems (C) stencil. Lastly, I used the leaves (B) stencil with Fake Plant Lunar Paste to create some texture and shine.
I assembled the box card together with my sentiment on the front of the box card, my school children on the middle “shelf” of the box, and attached the school supplies to the back arch piece of the box card.
I hope you like my take on back to school and let me know what you would like to see for next month!
Hi friends, it’s Jeanne on the blog today. I love Halloween! What could be better than dressing up, staying out late, being mischievous and don’t forget the candy! The new Candy Bucketis just the thing to hold all your favorite treats!
This Candy Bucket is so clever because you can easily alter it to look like a ghost, a monster, a traditional jack o lantern or Frankenstein like mine!
That fabulous background is created with my favorite border dies – the Stacked Edges. I have several of these dies so I can cut lots of borders at one time and always save the extras in an envelope so I’m always ready to make. The cut border dies fit together like puzzle pieces leaving a nice flat background much like a cover plate.
I hope you’ll stop by tomorrow for another Halloween project!
To make the background, I cut a Strathmore bristol smooth panel using the largest Stitched Torn Rectangle die, and colored it using pink shades. I first covered the entire panel with spun sugar oxide ink for a nice and even base, and then applied and blended worn lipstick oxide ink on the edges to darken my panel a little bit. I mixed some black soot oxide ink with water and used a small brush to add splatters to my panel, and did the same with copic opaque white ink mixed with water. And to add even more texture and interest to my panel, I used the Halloween Words stencil along with white paste to make a fun word background.
While my panel was drying, I cut all the pieces out of colored cardstock, vellum and pattern paper. Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Big Halloween Cupcake – cupcake wrap, cream, cake, dripping icing, pumpkins, candy corn, spider webs, bones • Spooky Mug Additions – spiders, ghosts, fences, pumpkins • Ghost Holder – bats, “boo” • Halloween Mug Additions – spiders, tiny coffin, hat • Big Easter Cupcake – sign.
I assembled and attached everything on my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares mostly, as well as liquid glue and 3mm glue dots, leaving enough space at the bottom for my greeting. I embossed “Let’s spook up some fun” from Sentiment Strips: Halloween in black on yellow cardstock, and trimmed it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die. I used another die from that set to cut a larger strip out of black cardstock, stuck the yellow strip on top of the black one using 1mm foam squares, and attached the whole piece below the pumpkins using foam squares again.
I glued Onyx Pearls on the ghosts and largest spiders to give them funny eyes, and finally added highlights and details to all the bits and pieces using a white gel pen. And that’s it!
Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you have a spooktacular day!
Hello crafty friends, it’s June here! Today I’ll be making a card using products from the new Halloween release along with some older items.
When I saw the new release, I had no idea what to create with first. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I felt inspired by so many of the new products! I decided to use the Spooky Mug Additions first because there were so many different dies to pick from. I played around with some of the combinations before settling on my favorite combo using the cauldron shaker die as the focus. A shaker is always a good idea right?
I cut the mug from the original Winter Mug Dies out of black cardstock and used the cauldron die to make my shaker window. I also cut out the ghosts, a lolly, a tiny candy, the stars and the moon. I cut them all out of white cardstock so I could add color using ink later, when I decided on a color palette.
I based my color palette on the new Spooktacular Mix. I tried adding all colors to the card. I used orange and pink for the background and green and purple for the inside of my shaker. The colors of Distress Oxide I used were Dried Marigold, Worn Lipstick, Twisted Citron and Wilted Violet. I also splattered some Abandoned Coral and Carved Pumpkin that I thinned out with water onto the background panel, followed by even more splatters of thinned out white acrylic paint.
When putting together my shaker, I decided on the colors for my white pieces. I blended a slight gradient on each piece for some added interest. I added gel pen details to some pieces and also added blush to the ghost(s) using Copic Markers. I only realized while writing this blog post that I forgot to add blush to the top ghost *facepalm* I don’t know how I missed that… But that’s okay, little mistakes just show that a card is handmade, right? And maybe only one ghost was blushing at the time?
For a sentiment, I just had to pick one from the newHalloween Corners stamp set. The set not only has cute images, but all 3 big sentiments have a matching die, which I love about Pretty Pink Posh’s scripted sentiments. I used the same shade of pink as my lolly and the pink in the shaker bits.
And that’s it for today! I absolutely love how colorful this card turned out. I love typical Halloween colors, but I love colors that aren’t as traditional even more. What do you think?
I started off with a 5.5 X 5.5 inch white panel placed onto a grip mat with the Layered Halloween Wreath Stencil. Ink blended on the colors that were needed with a small round blending brushes. Die cut out the largest Eyelet Square Diein purple.
Die cut out the Ghost, Pumpkin, and bats from the Ghost Holder die set. Using the remaining ink on a small brush, I did upward strokes to give depth at the bottom of the Ghost. With the Face I found it was easiest to add to the back of black card stock some double sided adhesive. Then place the face die on it and run it through your cutting machine. When you place the face die on the ghost just use a pokey tool to have it adhere to the ghost. Slide the pumpkin up into the ghost arms and add foam to the back of the ghost to pop it up.
For the stenciled background, I added Distress Oxide inks to an A2 size (4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″) card panel. I added the inks randomly on the card panel. The inks I used were: Carved Pumpkin, Fossilized Amber, Twisted Citron, and Wilted Violet. After inking the background, I placed the Halloween Words Stencil on top and used Black Soot ink for the words.
Next, I used the Ranger Distress Sprayer to spritz the background with water and I used a paper towel to pull up some of the ink which leaves a fun, textured effect to the background. I used a Scrapbook.com White Lustre brush to flick white ink onto the background.
For the bat, I used the Bat Shaker die set. To add some sparkle to the bat, I used the Scrapbook.com Rainbow Glitter paper. I also used the Spooktacular Mix for the clay confetti inside of the bat.
I die cut the largest Eyelet Rectangle die with glitter paper and layered it behind the stenciled background. I cut the stenciled cardstock down to fit inside of the rectangle.
This mini stamp set (3×4”) packs a punch with 12 iconic Halloween images you see above. The coordinating die set makes cutting the images a breeze and even includes three circular dies if you didn’t want the fussy cut look or for stacking.
I colored all 12 images with alcohol markers and then stacked them on colorful die cut circles in shades to coordinate with the colored images.
I adhered the circles to a die cut Pierced Leafy Vines background to add some texture to the design. The sentiment is from the Boo stamp set, but any strip sentiment would fit perfectly in the space between the circles.
A little bling always finishes the design for me. This time I used Creamsicle pearlsto add some extra color to the design.
This stamp set makes creating cards and tags a breeze this Halloween season! I hope this card inspired you.
Hi friends! It’s Dana here today and I am back with a fun Halloween card to share with you all. The new release is packed full of so many fun new products and I love that they all can be mixed and matched to give you so many options.
I started my card by making my card panel with the Layered Halloween Wreath stencil set. This is a set of three stencils that layer together to make a fun Halloween background. I used finger daubers and dye ink for my blending. Once my panel was finished I added a few splatters with a little black paint.
Next, I used the Ghost Holder dies to die cut my ghost and treat bag. I filled the bag with a few candies that I die cut from theSpooky Mug Additions die set. The ghost fits perfectly in the center of the panel, though it will also be so cute to use as a Halloween tag or to tie onto a bag of treats! Lastly, I used the Halloween Corners setfor my sentiment.
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Hello crafty friends! Barbara here sharing a project I made using the new Big Halloween Cupcake die set. I was inspired by traditional Halloween colors for my palette.
I began with a panel cut from white cardstock to fit a top folding A2 card base with a bit of a white border showing. I then inked the edges of that panel using distress ink and a blending tool. I wanted to create a fun background so using several of the candy corn images from the die set and randomly adhered them to the ink blended panel.
Now I wanted to create a fun spooky cupcake, so I chose lots of images from the Big Halloween Cupcake die set. I used distress ink and a blending tool to color most of the pieces that I cut that I assembled. I used the small and smaller circle dies in the set to create eyeballs to add on top of the cupcake. So fun!!
I cut out a couple of pumpkins that are also included in this amazing die set to sit next to my cupcake. I adhered the cupcake and pumpkins to a scalloped oval die that I cut from white cardstock to frame the cupcake with foam squares.
I then stamped the “spooky” from the new Halloween Train stamp setand the Birthday Wishes using black ink. I used the sentiment and the coordinating die to cut it out. I then adhered it to the cupcake with liquid glue. I then centered the oval frame and added it to the inked candy corn background which I then adhered to the white card base.
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