Happy Halloween friends! I wanted to pop in here today with a little Halloween card featuring some of my favorite Simon Says Stamp Halloween stamps and dies.
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To watch the creation of this Halloween card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
The awesome Spider Web Background is the perfect background for the adorable Bwahaha stamps and dies. The simple color scheme of white/black/yellow is dressed up with glitter Nuvo Crystal Drops, Glossy Accents, and some foam adhesive behind some of the elements.
A background panel was stamped with the Spider Web Background using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with Hero Arts Black Sparkle Embossing Powder. The bit of sparkle in the embossing powder adds a subtle bit of interest to the awesome web background.
The moon from the Bwahaha stamps and dies was stamped with Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Ink, the house, tombstone, cross, eyes, bats, and outline sentiment were stamped with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink. The windows and outline greeting were colored in with yellow Copic Markers and all the images were die cut with the coordinating dies.
The images and greeting were adhered to the web background as shown.
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Hello friends! With Halloween quickly approaching I have an interactive Halloween Stitched Hillside Pop Up Card to share with you featuring mixing and matching lots of my favorite Lawn Fawn stamps and dies! Interactive cards are everywhere and the Stitched Hillside Pop Up from Lawn Fawn continues to be one of my favorites. With all the Add Ons available for the Stitched Hillside Pop Up you can create all kinds of awesome pop up cards!
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Watch the creation of this interactive Halloween pop up scene card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The sky background was inked with Wilted Violet, Blueprint Sketch, and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks before being splattered with Picket Fence Distress Paint.
Images from Happy Haunting (house, moon, bats), Pick of the Patch (pumpkins), Happy Harvest (wagon, pumpkin, corn stalks), and Booyah (ghost) were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink (for the outline or solid bat images) or Doe, Sunflower, and Pizza Crust Ink (for the corn stalks). The images were adhered to the scene as shown. Nuvo Crystal Drops in White Blizzard were used to add sparkle to the windows and moon. A white pen added highlights to some of the images.
A sentiment from the Pick of the Patch stamp set was stamped and embossed with white embossing powder along the bottom edge of the panel and the entire thing was adhered to the front of a side fold card base.
For the inside of the card a background was die cut using a Small Stitched Rectangle die and inked just like the front of the the card. I like to use a smaller rectangle here as it fits the inside of the card better without having to trim anything to make the card close correctly.
Another sentiment from the Pick of the Patch was stamped with black ink inside the card as shown.
Additional images from the Happy Haunting (bats), Pick of the Patch (pumpkins), Happy Harvest (pumpkins, corn stalks), and Booyah (ghosts, speech bubble) were stamped on smooth white cardstock with Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink (for the outline or solid bat images) or Doe, Sunflower, and Pizza Crust Ink (for the corn stalks), die cut with the coordinating dies, and adhered to the design as shown to finish the card.
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Creative blocks can be a pain to work through. I tend to get them when I've been away from my supplies for several days but it can happen anytime. Nothing is worse than when you have time to create and you sit and stare at your supplies! Creative blocks happen to everyone and one of my favorite ways to get past them is to create a card based on another card. Most of the time I will make a card based on one of my past cards that I love. It's always a good way of working through a block. Another way is to create a card inspired by a friend or designer. Today I wanted to share a card created using a design that my friend, Jennifer McGuire, made awhile back (HERE). Please remember whenever you create a card lifted or inspired by another designer that you give credit to that designer and that you ask permission to share. :) I'm sharing a single design here today but if you want to see lots and lots of amazing alcohol lift ink designs, please be sure to check out Jennifer's blog post HERE. Thanks Jennifer!
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Watch the creation of this inspired by Jennifer card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
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Simon Says Stamp has generously offered me the opportunity to give a away November 2018 Simon Says Stamp Card Kit to one lucky recipient!
Please leave a comment on this blog post in the "Comments" section below today's post by Friday, October 26, 2018, 11:59 p.m. CST for a chance to win this incredible kit!
Hello. I'm over on the Simon Says Stamp blog today with a set of simple embossed leaves backgrounds cards featuring the Simon Says Stamp November Card Kit. The gorgeous Thanks and Leaves Stamp Set included in the kit is perfect for creating fall and Thanksgiving themed cards!
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Watch the creation of these leaves backgrounds fall-themed cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The cardstock and stamp set from the kit were used for this trio of fall-themed cards below. The Distress Oxide Inks and Nuvo Crystal Drops are from my stash.
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Hello friends! I'm so very excited to share a trio of cards made with the incredible October 2018 Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Club Kit Dies, Truckin' Through the Seasons! This die set is such an awesome value. For $25 a month you receive a versatile set of dies that cut, emboss, deboss, and stencil. Club Kit Member also receive exclusive member pricing in the Spellbinders Store and access to deals, savings, and gifts only available to members.
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Watch the creation of these three die cut truck cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
While you can create cards for all the seasons with the Truckin' Through the Seasons Large Die of the Month Club Kit Dies, I made three today: a Christmas card, a fall/Thanksgiving card, and a summertime vacation card. Y'all, I couldn't love this die set more. Truly. How absolutely adorable is this truck?!!!!! I want to make all the seasonal cards with it!
As summer is giving way to autumn here in the midwest USA I decided to create one last summer-themed card with this awesome beach themed truck. That gorgeous beachy patterned paper? That is from the Spellbinders October Card Kit of the Month. I knew I wanted to keep the focus on the die cut truck but still be really intentional with my paper choices to help "tell the story".
The strip was trimmed to 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" and matted on a glitter cardstock (this one is from the Hero Arts October Card Kit of the Month) before being adhered to a white top fold card base as shown.
The truck dies and accessories were die cut from regular cardstocks, mirror cardstocks, assembled as shown, and the beachball was finished with a layer of Glossy Accents.
The strip was trimmed to 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" and matted on a glitter cardstock (this one is from the Lawn Fawn Holiday Sparkle collection) before being adhered to a white top fold card base as shown.
The truck dies and accessories were die cut from regular cardstocks, mirror cardstocks, and assembled as shown.
The patterned paper for the fall/Thanksgiving truckin' card are also from the Spellbinders October Card Kit of the Month. The soft orange of this pattern compliments the orange/white pumpkins and navy truck!
The strip was trimmed to 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" and matted on a mirror cardstock (this one is from the Spellbinders October Card Kit of the Month) before being adhered to a white top fold card base as shown.
The truck dies and accessories were die cut from regular cardstocks, mirror cardstocks, and assembled as shown.
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Watch the creation of this sweet tooth Halloween card from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Lots of masking, inking, watercolor, and embossing make this one-layer card have lots of depth and dimension!
I stamped the images from the Waffle Flower Sweet Tooth and Hocus Pocus stamp sets on smooth white cardstock using Hero Arts Intense Black Ink, masking each of the images to protect them from the ink, paint, and watercolor. I punched a circle from masking paper and placed it towards the top of the design. A piece of Post It Tape was used to mask off the bottom edge of the card.
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Shop the entire exclusive limited edition collection of Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember collaboration stamps/dies below. Hurry, supplies are limited and when they're gone, they're gone!
Watch the creation of these interactive sliding window cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
These interactive cards provide the perfect little hiding spot for a gift card! And these new STAMPtember Heffy Doodle More Than S'mores critters and images make the most adorable cards.
The Sunny Studio Sliding Window Die was die cut from the stamped background. The movable slider piece was trimmed from white cardstock measuring 3 1/4" x 5". The panel for the front of the sliding window was trimmed to measure 3" x 4". The thin borders for the top and bottom measure 1/4" x 3".
The "pull me" greeting form the Interactively Yours Stamp Set was stamped where the notch cut out it in each panel. One of the 1/4" x 3" strips was adhered along the bottom edge of the sliding window and stamped with the "I'm an interactive card!" phrase using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
Images and greetings from the STAMPtember exclusive limited edition More Thank S'Mores Stamp/Die Set were stamped on the 3" x 4" panel using Intense Black Ink and colored in with Copic Markers. The panel was adhered to only the bottom half of the sliding window as shown. An additional greeting from the set was stamped inside the card. The sliding window will be where you tuck a gift card!
Each card was finished with some die cut Mini Hearts finished with a layer of Glossy Accents.
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Shop the entire exclusive limited edition collection of Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember collaboration stamps/dies below. Hurry, supplies are limited and when they're gone, they're gone!
In Waffle Flower’s September release, you will find the highly requested Color Swatches for Inkpads (stamp) that includes everything you need to swatch out your stamping inks.
For those of you who are already thinking about Holiday cards, you will find the cutest witch in Hocus Pocus (stamp, die, combo) to help you cast your spell around Halloween; the most adorable pumpkins in Stitched Harvest (stamp, die, combo) to help you get the cross-stitched look without a needle or thread; you will also find Cookie Time (stamp, die, combo) that highlights the popular cookie baking and exchange activities around the holiday season along with the precious Gingerbread House Die to complete your tags or cards!
Since we are on the topic of food, you will also find the sweetest confections in Sweet Treats (stamp, die, combo)(stamp, die, combo) and the cutest veggies in We Blend (stamp, die, combo).
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Watch the creation of these simple border scene cards from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
Today I'm sharing how a simple border scenes with two of my favorite stamp sets from the release, Hocus Pocus and Cookie Time. These cards feature a skinny inked border across the card where all the action takes place. This is a great way to reduce the area in which to fill on a card, leaving plenty of white space. Greetings are stamped underneath the border scene.
To give each inked background a bit of interest, I first inked the border strip (measuring 2 1/4" x 5 1/2") with two colors of ink and than spritzed them with water from a Distress Sprayer before blotting dry with a paper towel.
Images for both card were stamped on Bristol Smooth Cardstock using Versafine Onyx Black Ink, colored in with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies.
Stars from the Hocus Pocus stamp set were stamped over the purple/black border with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with Black Sparkle Embossing Powder. This adds another layer of interest and fun to this sweet scene.
Adding a touch of color to the sentiments on both cards, provides a bit of interest to the white space below the border strip scene.
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To celebrate the blog hop, Waffle Flower is giving away $25 gift certificates to THREE lucky winners. You can leave comment on my blog and along the hop by 11:59pm ET on 9/10/18 for your chances to win. Winners will be chosen at random from the comments left on any of the posts on this blog hop and will be announced on the Waffle Flower blog on 9/12/2018.
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I am a big fan of the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month and Large Die of the Month Club Kits. If you're looking to invest in an awesome monthly die club, this is it! I love having fun dies show up in my mailbox each month. And this month's dies... Halloween! So excited to share with you what I made using both the Small Die of the Month Club Kit and Large Die of the Month Club Kits. I made two cards and an easy little tea light holder! How much fun are the dies for this month?!!!
If you love both club kits, you can subscribe to the value club kit that includes both the small and large die of the month kits HERE.
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Watch the creation of these cards and tea light holders from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The backgrounds for both cards were stamped with the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Spider Web background stamp using clear embossing ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. White pigment ink was applied around the edges of the spider web to distress the design a bit. White opaque ink was watered down and splattered over the background for additional distressing.
The Happy Haunting Card was created with die cuts from the Small Die of the Month Club Kit. The spooky eyes were created by inking smooth white cardstock with clear embossing ink and heat set with Glow In the Dark Embossing Powder. In the light, the eyes merely look like slightly yellowish spots but in the dark.... they glow! Soooooo cool!!!!
The sentiment strip was created by stamping a phrase from the Bwahaha Stamp Set on smooth white cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, trimming the phrase into a thin strip and adhering under the glittery die cut greetings.
The second card was created using a combination of Small Die of the Month Club Kit and Large Die of the Month Club Kits. I love that you can use the fun squares from the Large Die of the Month Kit to make the lantern or to make other projects. So versatile! The skull brackets from the Small Die of the Month were used to frame up the spooky jack-o-lantern square.
The lantern was assembled using all four panels of the Large Die of the Month Club Kit Dies. The panels were die cut from black cardstock and backed with die cut vellum squares.
A battery operated tea light lights up the lantern perfectly! And look at those spooky eyes from the first card! They're glowing!
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Today the Lawn Fawn Design Team is showcasing the new Tiny Gift Box Bat Add On. This awesome die works with the previously released Tiny Gift Box and the new Mini Pop Up Box! Lots of fun options for creating treat boxes or a pop up inside a card! I've created a trio of bat treat boxes to share with you today! Wouldn't these be fun as party favors?!!! Love these little cuties!
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Watch the creation of these tiny gift boxes with bat add ons treat boxes from start to finish below or click HERE to watch in HD:
The boxes were assembled as shown in the video tutorial. There are two different wing options, the wings sticking out from the body or the wings that wrap around the box. I've used both to show the versatility and how to create either style.
Finishing details for each treat box include a white pen for highlights on the eyes, a fine tip black pen for eyelashes, and stamping greetings from the How You Bean Candy Corn Add On stamp set on the Tiny Tags using embossing ink and heat setting with white embossing powder. Ribbon wrapped around the box completes the designs.
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