Hello, crafty friends. I have a spooky slimline card to share today featuring new products from Hero Arts… To create this card, I started with the background. I cut a piece of THIS cardstock to slimline size — and applied THIS Glow-in-the-dark lacquer pen liquid through THIS stencil. I did this at the top of the card, let it dry, and then repeated the process on the bottom of the card. I ink blended...
Slimline Halloween Scene Card
Hello, crafty friends. I have a slimline Halloween card to share today… To create this card, I started with a piece of black cardstock cut to a slimline size. I cut a green piece of cardstock to around 3 inches and cut the top using THIS grass border die. I adhered that green piece to the black piece and added a sidewalk using gray cardstock. I cut a shape freehand and scored some lines...
Spooky Sweets Card
Hello, crafty friends. I have a Halloween card to share today… To create this card, I started by cutting THIS die from purple cardstock. I ink blended the bottom of the panel with dark purple ink and then spritzed it with THIS shimmer spray for added interest. Next, I stamped the cupcakes from THIS stamp set with black pigment ink and clear heat embossed them. I colored them in with Copic Markers, cut them...
New Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween Dies (From the Vault)
Hi there, crafty friends. I have a Halloween card to share today featuring the new Tim Holtz/Sizzix Halloween dies… To create this card, I started with the background. I applied THESE alcohol inks on a piece of THIS 5×7 Yupo paper that I added Rubbing Alcohol to first to get the inks moving. I used THIS blower to move the ink around until I achieved the moody look I was going for. I applied...
Halloween Treat Tags
Happy Halloween, crafty friends! I wanted to share the tags I created for the treat bags I created for the kids at my son’s school… To create these cards, I stamped the image and sentiments from THIS stamp set on a tag created from THIS die. I cut the tag reinforcer from orange cardstock and colored in the teeth and eyes with a white gel pen. I colored in the screws with a silver...
Plenty of Pumpkins Card
Hi, crafty friends. I have another card to share featuring THIS new release from the Ink Blot Shop… To create this card, I stamped THIS background stamp on a white A2 panel using black ink. I colored in the pumpkins with Copic Markers and stamped THESE faces on the pumpkins. I white heat embossed a sentiment from THIS stamp set and added THIS to the eyes. Here’s a closer look… I also stamped the...
October 2023 Ink Blot Shop Release
Hi, crafty friends. Today’s card features products from THIS new release from the Ink Blot Shop… To create this card, I stamped THIS background and colored it in with Copic Markers. I stamped the faces from THIS stamp set on the pumpkins. I white heat embossed a sentiment from the same stamp set. I rounded the bottom of the cards. Here’s a closer look… I also stamped the flap of the envelope with an...
Boo Card
Hello, crafty friends. I’m back with more inspiration from THIS new release… I started by spritzing THIS on a piece of THIS watercolor cardstock. Once it was dry, I applied THIS texture paste through one of THESE layering stencils. Once that layer was dry, I applied THIS texture paste (that I tinted with THIS paint) through the other layering stencil in the set to add the eyes and stars. Once that was dry, I...
Brutus Monroe STAMPtember 2023 Collaboration
Hello again, crafty friends. Today’s STAMPtember collaboration is THIS one with Brutus Monroe… To create these cards, I started by die cuttoing two panels using THIS stitched rectangle die. I stamped two of the cupcake images from THIS new stamp set in the center as well as a coordinating sentiment. I masked off the images using THIS masking paper. For the first card… I applied gray ink through THESE layering stencils to add some...
Happy Happy Halloween Slimline Card
Howdy, crafty friends. I have a Halloween Slimline Card to share today… I started by creating the background. I inked up THIS cloud stencil using black ink. Once all the clouds were stenciled on, I went back with a gray ink and colored in the white clouds for a spooky look. I added black ink through a grass stencil along the bottom of the card and die cut THIS sentiment die from black glossy...