Cards

Hello! It’s Lindsey here, and I’m super excited to be joining you for Halloween Theme Week.  If you know me, you know that I love stamping (I find joy in the simplicity of it!), and you may also know that I’m often inspired by my kiddos. Today’s cards are a combination of the stamping I love and each of my children’s favorite colors. 

The Boo stamp set is so fabulous on it’s own that it takes very little effort to make a card.  Love that!  I simply inked each individual letter using pink, orange, and chartreuse green.  The Misti stamping tool makes quick, precise work of this. 

I finished the card off by embossing the sentiment from the Boo stamp set onto black cardstock and popping it up with dimensional foam.

The Boo stamp set also comes with some great larger, individual images, so I grabbed the cute ghost for my next card.  I started by stamping 3 rows of ghosts in black ink.  Then I flipped the stamp over, inked up the back side, and stamped again over some of the images in pink, orange, and chartreuse.  This is one of my favorite techniques.  It is such a fun, simple way to add color and these stamps are perfect for it.

Thanks so much for joining me today!  If there ever was a year to be creating cards for all the things and mailing them, this is it! And these quick and easy techniques are perfect even for the busiest cardmakers and very mailer friendly, too.  Win-win!

PS We’re only half way through Halloween Theme Week, so there is still lots more inspiration to come. Yay! Don’t forget that everything in the Halloween section is 15% off, so fill your cart up with some of these cute stamps and dies and get creating! :) 

Hi Friends! It’s Jane here today and I’m sharing this fun pretty pink Halloween shaker card. Breaking from tradition, I thought it would be fun to create a pink and black Halloween card (rather than the traditional orange and black).

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To start, I created a background using an A2 piece of Bristol smooth cardstock and masked a cresent moon  from the Halloween friends stamp set.  Next, I ink blended the following distress inks (bottom to top): tattered rose, spun sugar and worn lipstick and splatted the background with water to create some interest. 

Next, I heat embossed the pumpkins from Pumpkin Patch Critters stamp set using versamark ink and white embossing powder. Then using distress inks in the same colors as the background plus picked raspberry and festive berries, I ink blended the pumpkins in an ombre pink pattern. The ghosts are from the Halloween Friends stamp set. All the images were cut using the coordinating dies. Black cardstock was used to cut the grass, frame and trees using the Nature Essentials die.  

To create a shaker, I glued down all the elements to a clear acetate sheet and stamped the sentiment from the Halloween Friends stamp set using black StazOn ink. Here are the Pretty Pink Posh sequins used to fill the shaker: 3mm sparkling clear sequins, 6mm sparkling clear sequins, 4mm ballerina pink sequins, silver star confetti, iridescent stars and a few tiny iridescent stars. Double foam tape was adhered to the frame and the front of the card was adhered to the ink blended base. 

Finally, the card front was mounted to an A2 card base.  I added a few details with a white gel pen, and that completes the card!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to check out the blog this whole week for amazing creations from the design team!  

Hi there, it’s Gemma here. Today I have a fun Halloween project to share. I’ve made some Halloween treat bags and decorated them with Pretty Pink Posh stamps and dies. These were really easy and fun to put together.

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I’m using some 5 x 7 inch cellophane bags. I die cut the Spooky Fence die from navy card with stick-it adhesive on the back. The adhesive backing makes it very easy to add the spooky fence to the treat bags, which I did whilst the bag was empty.

I added some different sweets and chocolate to the bags, then used black ties to close the bags.

Next, I stamped and copic coloured images from the Trick or Treat Friends and Halloween Pals stamp sets. I chose green, orange and purple for my colour scheme, to match the curling ribbons that I plan to use.

I die cut the images with the coordinating dies, then used sticky dots to adhere them on the treat bags. They stick well but would also be easy for the recipient to gently remove and reuse on their own projects.

For the tags, I die cut the pumpkin from the Fall Tags die set. I cut two pumpkins for each treat bag – one from pearlescent black card and another from orange glitter card. From the orange layer, I also die cut the pumpkin face that’s included in the set, then layered them together so the black shows through underneath.

I added some curling ribbons to the bags, then attached the tags with black craft cord to finish.

I hope you were inspired by today’s blog post. Join us each day this week for new Halloween inspiration plus save 15% on all products in the Halloween section.