Hello crafty friends! It’s June and today I want to showcase a card I made using some new and older Halloween products.
I can’t believe that after all this time I still hadn’t used the Candy Bucket die set, so now there’s a new Halloween Bucket Additions set it felt like the perfect time to finally make one! I cut my bucket from orange & black cardstock and did some ink blending on the orange pieces. I also added some gel pen detailing on them.
The die from the Halloween Bucket Additions that sparked my interest was the spider web. It’s supposed to go on the bottom of the bucket, but with some modification I got it to work on the top instead. I felt like that worked better with the background I had in mind, which is the Spider Web Cover Plate.
I got a bit nitpicky again and filled my bucket with carefully selected shaker bits from various sets:
Instead of adding candy in my bucket, I added some Stitched Ghosts. They match the ghost shaker bits perfectly, so I wanted to play into the matching even more by cutting out some black stars and scattering them around my card. There are a lot of sets that have little confetti pieces like this, but I think I used the ones from Big Birthday Cupcake and Birthday Candles.
I wanted a nice, big sentiment on my card, so I thought the Trick or Treat Shadow dies would be perfect for that. I cut the text from dark purple cardstock (again, matching the shaker bits!) and the shadows from vellum. This helps it stand out against the background without being too overwhelming.
Seeing that the card was already becoming very detailed, I decided to keep the background neutral. I used a cream colored piece of cardstock and used Tea Dye Distress Oxide to darken the edges. I also splattered it across my panel.
And that’s the finished card! This was such a fun one to make! I hope to see you back again soon!
Hello crafty friends, Marine here! How exciting it is to be back on the blog with this bright and sparkling shaker card! If you’ve been following me and my work for a while, you know that one of my favorite things is to mix and match new items with older ones, and this is what I did on today’s card: the Cat Holder and a few other pieces are from the August 2025 Release, the Cauldron Shaker was released a few years ago, and everything matches perfectly, don’t you think?
First thing first: the background. I cut a large Stitched Torn Rectangle panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, and created a dark spooky background. At the bottom, I applied rustic wilderness oxide ink to create a grass border, and then, going up, I applied prize ribbon and chipped sapphire oxide inks. Next I used the Spooky Trees stencil to add trees to my background. I placed the stencil on my panel, and from top to bottom, I applied black soot and chipped sapphire oxide inks, stopping the inking right above the grass border. As always I added texture to my panel, starting with water droplets that I dried with a paper towel. Next I mixed black soot oxide ink with water and used a slim brush to add more splatters to the tree section, I did the same with rustic wilderness oxide ink on the grass section, and then the same again with copic opaque white ink and brushed pewter mica spray that I splattered all over the panel.
When my panel was dry, I attached it to 5,5 x 4,25 inches light mint panel and then to a white card base, and I built my Cauldron Shaker, following those steps:
1. I cut a Cauldron Shaker frame out of purple cardstock, added wilted violet distress ink to the edges, mixed that same ink with water, added purple splatters to my cauldron frame, and did the same with white ink,
2. To make the inside of the cauldron, I took the inside piece I didn’t use at step #1, placed it on aqua cardstock, traced the shape using a pencil, cut that shape about 2mm out of the pencil line, and erased the pencil line. I applied peacock feathers distress ink to the edges of my piece of paper, mixed that same ink with water, added splatters, and white ink splatters as well,
3. I used my aqua cauldron shape as a template to cut the same shape out of acetate, and I stuck that piece of acetate at the back of my purple frame using liquid glue,
4. Still at the back of the cauldron frame, I added foam strips all along the curvy edges,
5. I poured a bunch of Spellbound shaker beads inside the cauldron, peeled the backing papers off the foam strips, and then attached my aqua piece of paper to the foam strips to close my Cauldron Shaker.
I cut all the Cat Holder pieces out of dark grey cardstock, added black soot distress ink to the edges of each element, mixed that same ink with water, splattered black droplets all over those pieces using a slim brush, and did the same with white ink. And I wanted him to have a cute chubby face, so I cut his head a second time, trimmed it in a curvy way, added the same ink and texture, and assembled the basic shape (with no accessories and details) of my kitty using 1mm foam squares.
Next I cut all the accessories and details that go on and next to my Cat Holder, starting with the broom using Halloween Holder Additions dies. I cut the stick out of light kraft cardstock and the fluffy part of the broom out of dark kraft cardstock, 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 cut a Jack o’ Lantern out of orange cardstock and a whole one out of dark brown cardstock using a Halloween Holder Additions die. I applied ripe persimmon distress ink to the edges of the orange pumpkin, mixed that same ink with water, added splatters to the pumpkin, and then did the same with white ink. I attached the orange pumpkin to the brown one using 1mm foam squares, and then put the Jack ‘o Lantern in the kitty’s paws using liquid glue. I cut two hearts out of light pink cardstock using a Valentine Holder Additions die, added texture using picked raspberry distress ink and white ink, and stuck them to the cat’s face using 1mm foam squares. I gave him a pair of wiggly oval eyes, as well as black eyebrows using Easter Mug Additions dies, and to make him even cuter, I tied a black organza triple bow around his neck, glued a tiny spider in its center, and applied glossy accents to that spider, as well as to the kitty’s nose. I cut one extra Cat Holder out of black glitter cardstock, attached my cute cat to it using 1mm foam squares and by shifting them to get a nice glittery border around the cat.
Before attaching everything to my card, I cut three spider webs out of vellum using a Halloween Holder Additions die, and three spiders out of dark grey cardstock, added black soot distress ink to the edges of each spider, as well as white ink splatters, and when they were dry, I gave them eyes using Onyx pearls. The bubbly potion and detached bubbles were cut out of aqua cardstock using Halloween Mug Additions dies and I gave those pieces the same texture as the inside of the cauldron. Next I quickly put everything on my card to see where I wanted the spider webs to go, I stuck them using liquid glue, and then attached all the elements using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.
Next I white heat embossed “Hocus Pocus” from Halloween Greetings on black cardstock, cut it with the matching die, and attached it to the Cauldron Shaker using 1mm foam squares. I also white heat embossed “Let’s spook up some fun” from Sentiment Strips: Halloween on green cardstock, cut it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, applied a bit of mowed lawn distress ink to the edges, and then attached that banner to my card using 2mm foam squares. As the final details and to make my little scene extra magical, I glued fine and chunky glitter to the bubbles.
And that’s it! I hope that you like this super cute card. I love how shiny it is and how sweet this kitty is. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!
Hi friends, Debbie here with the adorable Spider Shaker Dies from the Halloween release. This can be a shaker or instead a whole spider, either way is adorable. I die cut the whole spider from a light teal card stock and add black splatter and set it to the side to dry.
Next, with the Spooky Trees Background stenciland a standard A2 panel of fog card stock on a grip mat. I inked blended on a medium gray ink, and then splattered on watered-down white and black paint. Set it to the side to dry.
Then with the Spider Web Cover Plate, I die cut it out of a pearl white card stock and again from black card stock. With the black one I trimmed off the web to attach it over the pearl white Web Cover for a frame.
Now that the splatters are dry I attached the Spider Web Coverto the Spooky Trees Backgroundpanel with liquid glue. I then with foam squares on the back of the spider added it to the center of the web.
With theSpider Web Cover Plate Diesthere are two small spiders, I die cut out two of the smallest from Black Glossy card stock. The bat is from the Halloween Cake Pops Die Setalso from glossy card stock. Adding the face and googly eyes to the spiders with liquid glue.
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.
