Sometimes it’s fun to take things back to the basics. This card features a string of hand colored pumpkins and mercury acetate. Honestly, the hardest part of the card was cutting out all of the pumpkin lights. The crackled acetate is in the Stampin’ Up! holiday catalog. It comes in…
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Witch and Frog Halloween Card
Who doesn’t love a cute witch and frog themed Halloween card? This card features the retired Stampin’ Up! Cauldron Bubble bundle as well as the coordinating designer series paper. As always, every card starts with the cardstock base. For this one, I stayed simple and used whisper white cardstock. I…
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Trick or Treat Halloween Door Card
To learn how to create this unique halloween door card, keep reading for generalized directions below. Overall, this card was so much fun to make. It combines a lot of different techniques to create the optical illusion of the outside of the house and the inside of the living room.…
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Monster Trick or Treat Card
For this fun monster trick or treat card, I started by using the gray granite stamp pad to create custom monster paper. This technique was also used to make this project. The central monster is stamped in black and is the only one that gets colored so that he quickly…
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Boo to You Monster Puppet Halloween Card
Halloween is in full effect at my house in case you haven’t noticed a theme for the last couple of posts (yes, decorations have already started going up). This monster puppet halloween card was just fun to make. I wanted to have one of the monsters peering around part of…
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Vampire Coffin Halloween Card
Nothing like a little embossing and some glitter paper to spice up a monochromatic card. This vampire coffin halloween card is great for a individual card or a party invitation. I clearly had way too much fun with acetate, glitter paper and the Monster Bash suite. The vampire is actually…
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Witch and Cauldron Party Favor
I know that it’s only the start of September, but Halloween is already on my mind. It’s my second favorite holiday to decorate for (Christmas is #1 of course), and the Stampin’ Up! Holiday catalog is releasing on September 4th! (Stay tuned for lots of fun card and party favor…
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Bulldog Thank You Card
For my project this week, I wanted to integrate Cricut’s draw capabilities with my stamping. The front of the card was created using the sitting pretty bundle from last year. It features two of the 2018-2020 In Colors (Blueberry Bushel and Call Me Clover). If you look closely, you’ll notice…
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Band Together and Everything Is Rosy
The Band Together bundle is one of my favorites. The flowers are beautiful in just about any color, and the dies cut out some very detailed frame shapes (See Magnolia Lane and Detailed Bands). The ribbon and spotted paper are from the Everything Is Rosy Medley. Happy stamping! Product List…
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Brick Dauber Technique in a Bird Seed Shaker Card
The best cards are the ones that come with an unexpected surprise. For this card, I actually had planned to just feature a technique using the sponge daubers. Clearly, I got a tad carried away. The card base is Crumb Cake cardstock, and the inner window is from the nested…