Hi folks, Kavya from @handmadebykavya here with another fun sneak peek of this month’s holiday release. This release is filled with a bunch of holiday essentials that are perfect for creating quick holiday cards. I have two such cards for you today.
New release will be available October 16th
My first card uses the new Snowflakes stamp and coordinating die set. I stamped a bunch of snowflakes using blue dye ink and colored them with pastel shades of blue and purple.
I ink blended blue cardstock with shades of blue and purple as well. Die cut a large shadow Joy and adhered all the snowflakes around the sentiment. I then finished the card with a bunch of paint splatters and a smaller heat embossed sentiments from the snowflakes stamp set.
My next card is inspired by vintage baubles and uses the new Winter Greetings and Holiday Ornaments stamp sets. I started off by ink blending the edge of the pattern paper with maroon dye ink.
Then, I colored a bunch of baubles using black, green and yellow ochre shades. I adhered the baubles on the red pattern paper with foam tape and used tiny strips of paper for the strings. Heat embossed a sentiment from Winter Greetings and I was done!
Hello, Gemma here today to share a look at two new stamp sets from the upcoming October release – Holiday Icons & Upright Greetings: Christmas.
New release will be available October 16th
For my first card, I stamped out images from the Holiday Icons stamp set and coloured them with copic markers. I die cut the images with the coordinating dies, then added a couple of die cut layers behind for dimension.
There are two different size circle dies in the set, which I used to create backgrounds for the icon images.
On my mini slimline card base, I adhered some patterned paper strips, cut with the Stitched Strips die set. I then added a sentiment from the Upright Greetings: Christmas stamp set, before adhering the four Holiday Icons to finish.
On my second card, I used the Holiday Icons stamp set to emboss a gold background on navy card. I spritz the panel with some sparkle spray and, once dry, adhered it to the side of an A2 notecard.
For my Upright Greetings: Christmas sentiment, I heat embossed in white on pink card, then die cut with the Stitched Strips die set.
I adhered the pink sentiment strip to the card, with two thinner gold glitter strips either side to finish.
Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek. Join us tomorrow for another day of sneak peeks!
Hello friends, Arsenia here! I’m thrilled to be sharing this sneak peek with you using the Holiday Ornaments stamp set with coordinating dies. The ornaments are whimsical, beautiful, and have amazing details. I’m excited to share a quick but beautiful technique with you to create mass production with these beauties. Let’s get started.
New release will be available October 16th
The first step to my mass production with these gorgeous ornaments is choosing five colors of cardstock and choosing coordinating alcohol markers. I did lots of heat embossing on the cardstock with white embossing powder with the Holiday Ornaments stamps. I took the coordinating alcohol markers and did some shading, this process goes quickly. Once I was done with the alcohol marker coloring I did some die cutting with the Holiday Ornaments dies and I was left with oodles of beautiful ornaments.
For my first card I used Stacked Edges 1 dies with coordination cardstock for my background, next I made a frame with the two largest Wonky Stitched Rectangles Dies. I adhered the frame onto the cardbase with foam tape. I went to my stash of ornaments and chose three of them, I decided I wanted to add some bling! Are you ready for another sneak peek, I used some of the dies from the new Build An Ornament Die Set to add some bling to the ornaments, this die set is amazing! To adorn the ornaments I stamped some bows from the Holiday Ornament stamp set and did some quick alcohol coloring. The bows are so cute!
Next I needed a sentiment, I used a sentiment from the new Winter Greetings Stamps with coordinating dies. Friends this is an absolute must have, the sentiments are so cute and whimsical. I stamped the sentiment onto coordination cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I added some of the adorable Holly and berries from the Holiday Ornaments with coordinating dies. To finish the card I added lots of Sparkling Clear Sequins. Ta-Da card done and I adore it!
For my next card I decided to make a mini slimline. The card base is 6 x 3 1/2 and the panel is 5 1/4 x 2 3/4. For the card base I used Stitched Strips Dies and Simple Strips Dies with coordinating cardstock. Now to work on the card panel, I decided to add some faux splatter behind each of the ornaments in coordinating ink. I adhered the ornaments and it was time to embellish!
For the ornament toppers I used the new Build an Ornament Die Set and for some greenery I used the new Holiday Wreath Builder Die Set, oh friends you’re going to love this die set! I added texture paste and rock candy glitter mix to the greenery. I added some Images from the Holiday Ornament stamp set with coordinating dies. For my sentiment I used the Sentiment Strips: Christmas stamp set and Sentiment Strip Dies! I took a 1/8 inch of red cardstock and embellished the sentiment, card done! It’s super cute and beautiful, I love it!
I still had some ornaments left and decided to make some gift tags, I used the Eyelet Rectangles Dies and the Simple Strips Dies. The cute sentiments are from Winter Greetings Stamps with coordinating dies! The tags were quick and easy, having a stash of ornaments makes the creating process a breeze.
For my final card I stamped the images from the Holiday Ornaments Stamp set and my Olo markers to color the images. For my card base I used Layered Christmas Lights Stencils. I only used the greenery stencil, to add some more interest to the background I used Stacked Edges 1 Dies. I kept the card panel simple, I added a Scallop Square Die. I backed the ornaments and merry sentiment with some glitter cardstock. I added lots of 38 gauge silver wire to the card panel before I added all my images. To finish the card I used a sentiment from the Sentiment Strips: Christmas set!
The release is absolutely gorgeous and has lots to keep you busy for the holiday crafting. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed this sneak peek. Have a fabulous day, friends!
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 setand 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 Cornersstamp 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 theHalloween Words stencil seton 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 start my card, I am going to do my stenciling first as I’m going to be using stencil paste and want to make sure the details dry while I work on other parts of the card. I cut the Scallop Box Card Dies(the back arch and two rectangles) out of purple cardstock and used the Layered Birch Trees Stencils. For the (A) stencil I used Black Soot Distress Oxide and for the (B) stencil I used Grrr! Simon Hurley Lunar Paste.
While that was drying, I cut the Scallop Box Card Diesside scallop pieces and one more rectangle out of brown glitter cardstock and the base of the box card out of dark grey cardstock. I assembled the box together and you can follow along in the video if you’d like to see each step of the process.
Once the box card was assembled and I added on all of the scalloped pieces – including the stenciled pieces once they were dry – it’s time to decorate! I stamped all of the bats from the Batty About You stamp set and colored them in with alcohol markers. I used the coordinating diesto cut them all out after I added some white highlights with a gel pen.
For the sentiment, I die cut a scalloped rectangle out of purple cardstock and a rectangle from white cardstock from the Sentiment Strips Dies. I stamped my sentiment with a black ink from the Batty About You stamp set. I added the sentiment strips and a bat to the front of the box card and a few bats to the back arch with foam adhesive.
There are two bats I added with acetate strips to the center pieces of the box card so it looks like they’re flying! I just love how fun this card turned out and honestly I think you could use for any bat lover in your life, not just for Halloween.
I hope you enjoyed the Halloween box card and I’m excited to get more in the fall mood for next month!
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 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!
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 Stencilink 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 diesfor 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 setand 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!
Hello crafty friends. It’s Lisa Mears on the blog today. If you enjoy handing out treats for Halloween, here’s a creative twist to make it even more special.
In my video, I’ll walk you through the steps to create these candy buckets for your spooky celebrations!
I made some adorable candy buckets using the Candy Bucket dies. These easy-to-make buckets are perfect for holding goodies and adding a festive flair to your Halloween.
I love how there are four face options for the candy buckets — Frankenstein, a pumpkin, a ghost, and a monster — and I made one of each!
You can use the front of the candy buckets on cards, but I made them into little candy buckets that you can put candy inside.
I made a box to put in the middle of two of the candy buckets and attached the box with double sided adhesive tape to the front and back pieces.
These would be super cute to give to kids, friends, family, and co-workers on Halloween. You can fill them with candy, or other small snacks, or toys.
Thank you so much for stopping by today. Have a spooktacular day! Lisa Mears
For me Halloween is all about the treats! Instead of one night of trick or treating for kids, I think we should spend the whole month giving our friends & family cute little goodies! And this DIY treat bucket project is the perfect way to get started!
To turn the PPP Candy Buckets into actual buckets you just need a 3-1/2 x 10 piece of heavyweight cardstock and a scoring tool! Then after creating a little open top container, you decorate both sides with the adorable Candy Buckets dies and fill with candy!!! It’s really easy and super fun! You can see the whole process in the video.
