Hi, crafty friends. The STAMPtember fun continues and I’m thrilled to share a Birthday card as part of Simon Says Stamp’s STAMPtember Blog Party. You can find all the details about the party HERE. Let’s get this party started with some see through Halloween Shaker Tags… To create these tags, I started by stamping the frame from THIS stamp set on green, orange and purple cardstock. I used the coordinating die to cut it...
Hello again, crafty friends. I’m sharing two Halloween Boo Tags today that I created using Specialty Cardstocks. Specialty Cardstocks such as glitter, foil, glossy, and woodgrain cardstocks can really elevate your project. I needed to make a couple of tags for the Boo bags I created for our neighbors. For the first tag… I cut THIS and THIS die from glitter and foil cardstock. I also used woodgrain cardstock for the tree and ink...
Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s card features THESE new colors of Distress Spritz. I used them to enhance Distress Oxide ink blended backgrounds and highlight embossed backgrounds. For all of the cards, I started by ink blending a panel of white cardstock with Distress Oxide inks. I started with a light shade of the card and applied a darker color of the same shade around it for some variation. Next, I spritzed it with...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
