Halloween

Dancing Skeletons

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“Stepping out with my baby!” coons Fred Astaire in his top hat and tails. “Putting on the Ritz!” the monster in Young Frankenstein moans with his top hat and stick. These were the sights and sounds that serve as the theme of this wedding anniversary card for a couple married close to Halloween.

The card brief was for some interactivity that was spooky (but not too spooky) and included the word “BOO!” as well as “Happy 15th Anniversary.”

Cardbase: Starting with an orange 8 1/2-inches wide by 7-inches tall rectangle folded in half for a top-fold, slimline cardbase of 3 1/2 -inches tall by 8 1/2-inches wide. The front and back panels of the card base has mats cut using the three crosshatch dies from Karen Burniston’s Long Rectangles – Crosshatch die set and papers from Graphic 45. They are glued together and then glued to the cardbase. (I found placing weights – stamping blocks or cell phone – on the mats to keep them flat as the glue dried very helpful.) The inside has a piece of white computer paper cut to 6 3/4 -inches tall by 8 1/4 -inches wide and folded in half before being adhered to the cardbase with thin double-sided tape.

Card Front: Using the Creative Expressions Skeletons by Sue Wilson cut two each of the three skeletons dies from thick white cardstock and glued them together. Die cut just the hats/heads from black glitter cardstock. Fussy cut the hats from the heads and glue them in place. Cover one side of the wobbler springs with patterned paper to match the center mat of the card front. Glue the skeletons onto the patterned paper side of the spring and allow the glue to dry before gluing the springs to the card front.

Sentiments: The sentiments come from two different Karen Burniston die sets – Halloween Elements and Word Set 12 – Anniversary. The numbers are The Greetery’s Cake Pops Number Candles die set and fussy cut of their tabs and flame. The “th” superscript is from Karen Burniston’s Numbers set. (I cut two “Boo!” from black glitter and orange cardstock and offset them to create a shadow. For the anniversary greeting I used one layer of orange foil cardstock.)

Envelope: Karen Burniston’s jack-o-lantern border decorates the back flap of the envelope. It is cut in two pieces – the top orange and the bottom full outline from black glitter cardstock.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope this inspires you and makes you smile. Please like and leave comments 😊

Materials Used:

Dies

  • Creative Expressions – Craft Dies by Sue Wilson – Halloween Collection – Skeletons
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Halloween Borders – 1247
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Long rectangles – Crosshatch – 1151
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Word Set 12 – Anniversary – 1137
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Numbers – 1031
  • Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Halloween Elements – 1013
  • The Greetery – Wafer Thin Steel Dies – Cake Pops Number Candles

Papers

  • Graphic 45 – 8×8 Double-Sided Paper – Charmed Collection – If the Broomstick Fits
  • Graphic 45 – 8×8 Double-Sided Paper – Charmed Collection – Hey Pumpkin
  • Core’dinations – Black Glitter Cardstock – Black tie
  • Joy Craft Mirror Cardstock – Orange
  • Orange and White Cardstock
  • #10 Business Envelope – Kraft

Ink

  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Scor-Tape – Double-Sided Tape -1/8-Inch Wide

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Scissors
  • Bone Folder

Miscellaneous

  • Riley & Company – Active Wobbles – Mini Action Springs

Halloween Book

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This card was made for Craft Roulette #186 whose parameters included a dude card, library colors, large flower(s) and stitched.

These parameters suggested a book box with a pop-up surprise to me. I followed Nicki Baxley’s idea of using an embossing folder with flowers for the cover of the book and Mary Gunn’s idea of a 3D book.

Before the show, I had been experimenting with a new Stampin’ Up stamp and die bundle of skeletons so I had a number of heat embossed skeletons ready. I also had been playing with a Whimsey Stamps ATC Book die set.

Book Box: Watch this video to see how the book box is assembled. Next, die cut two book cover pieces from kraft cardstock along with one of the box base piece from kraft cardstock and another from textured black cardstock. Run over one book cover with an embossing folder and color the flower centers with a yellow marker. Then trim off the front embossed cover and glue it to the top of the other book cover piece. Stamp the book title sentiment onto the embossed book spine and trim it off to be glued onto the top of the other book cover piece. With Distress Ink, age the book cover along the edges, spine and over the embossed flowers. Use a thin brown marker to color stitch marks embossed into book cover and closure strap.

Assemble the kraft box base. Cut off the tabs of the black box base piece and then trim off the four side pieces. Glue the black base into the kraft box bottom and then glue in black side pieces. Stamp sentiments to inside of book cover. Glue box onto inside bottom panel of plain book cover piece.

Book Pages: Cut three pieces of white cardstock the same width as the end sides and then trim to fit the outside of the box. Glue the white strips to the outside edges of the box. With a fine tipped dark marker, draw thin lines on all the white strips to represent page edges.

Skeletons:  Stamp skeleton pieces onto black cardstock with watermark ink. Heat emboss with white detail embossing powder. Use dies to cut out pieces. Glue a jumping skeleton together. Cut an 11-inch by 1/4-inch strip of black cardstock. Fold strip in half and begin folding one strip end over the other to form a spring. Glue spring to the back of skeleton. Attach spring to inside of box. Add cat skeleton below the skeleton’s feet.

Sentiments: Stamp the “No Bones about it, you’re a sweet friend” sentiment on embossed book spine before gluing the piece onto book cover. Stamp the inside sentiments “Happy Halloween” and “BOO to you” before the box is glued inside the cover.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope this inspires you and makes you smile. Please like and leave comments 😊

Materials Used:

Dies

  • Stampin’ Up – Cut & Emboss Dies – Bag of Bones
  • Whimsey Stamps – Metal Craft Dies – ATC Book – WSD569

Embossing Folders

  • Spellbinders – Cut & Emboss Folder – Floret Cluster

Stamps

  • Stampin’ Up – Photopolymer Stamp Set – Bag of Bones

Papers

  • My Colors Cardstock – 12×12 Textured Cardstock – Black Bear
  • Black, White and Kraft Cardstock

Ink & Embossing Powder

  • VersaMark – Watermark Stamp Pad
  • Recollections – Detail Embossing powder – Snow
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Vintage Photo
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Soft Suede
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Yellow
  • Pigma – Mircon 03 Fine Tip Pen – Brown

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Scor-Tape – Double-Sided Tape -1/8-inch wide

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Pokey Tool
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Kat Scrappiness – Anti-Static Tool
  • Heat Tool
  • Stamping Cloth
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Craft Mat
  • Scissors

Haunted House Easel Card

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I have a crafty friend who loves Halloween. This card was made for her using Poppy Stamps Neighborhood Home Pop Up Easel set along with their Whittle Monsters, Whittle Creatures and Boo Poe Script dies.

It took just a morning to make. The die cutting of the Whittle creatures and monsters took the most time, but they went together easily and used up leftover scraps. For the house I had to make some decisions on open or pained windows. I decided some of the creatures should be outside rather than behind windows.

The easel stop is four layers of green and orange cardstock die-cut using the Boo Poe Script die.

I included a CRX sheet to show how to open the card. (You can download the CRX sheet for free.)

easel-card-sheet-2Download

The back of the envelope is stamped with Tim Holtz Halloween pumpkin stamps.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope this inspires you and makes you smile. Please like and leave comments 😊

Materials Used:

Dies

  • Poppy Stamps – Neighborhood Home pop Up Easel Set -Style 2375 Model
  • Poppy Stamps – Whittle Monsters -Style 2385 Model
  • Poppy Stamps – Boo Poe Script -Style 2473 Model
  • Poppy Stamps – Whittle Creatures -Style 2498 Model

Stamps

  • Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz Collection Stamps/Stencil – Halloween – THMM127

Papers

  • Recollections – 12×12 Textured Cardstock Paper Pad – Fall Solids
  • Black Heavy Cardstock
  • Colored Scraps
  • Staples – Invitation A2 Envelope – Brights – Orange

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Black Soot and Vintage Photo
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • White Gel Pen

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Cloth
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Craft Mat
  • Scissors

Pumpkin Patch Cart

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It’s the Karen Burniston design team challenge for October 2023with the theme of Jack-O-Lantern.

My inspiration for this card was drawn from a similar cart made by a crafting friend Jennifer Webster and the Mother’s Day flower cart I made previously.

Cart Drawer: The cart is based around the Slider Box. Watch the assembly video before die-cutting pieces. I used kraft brown 65 lb. cardstock for the box and drawer. A piece of striped satin ribbon was used as a drawer pull.

A Bam Box (see assembly video) is what pops up the green hands and message of “BOO!” which are from the Halloween Elements die set. There is space to place a special treat in the drawer over the pop-up. When the treat is picked-up the pop-up hands will make a grab at the gift recipient.

Cart Base: The cart’s frame made by die-cutting two of the Fancy Label Accordion panels and removing the center pivot panel and side tab to create a square frame. Fold in half. Glue the u-shape together. I took the two smallest of the off-cuts from the die cut to make the cart handles. (Glue the pieces back-to-back for stability.) Glue handles on to slider box at open end before adhering the u-shape frame to slider box.

Roof Frame: The striped roof awning is cut from some digital striped paper using the large scalloped edged rectangle in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch set. It is held up by a frame made by die-cutting two of the Fancy Label Accordion in white cardstock and cutting off the center pivot panel and side tab. Fold each of the frames at 2 3/4-inches. Glue the frames on to the sides of the cart base, lining up the bottom edge of the white frame to the inside edge of the blue cart frame.

Cut two strips of brown cardstock 1 1/2-inches long by 1/2-inch wide. Fold each strip in half. Pinch the top halves of the roof frames towards each other to form triangular frame. Glue the frame together with the two strips.

Pumpkins: The Halloween Border die set has a row of pumpkins that are the right size to layer onto the cart sides with glue and foam squares.

Jack-O-Lantern: The four-sided jack-o-lantern lights up with an EZ-Light. I created a cube from two strips of clear packaging each folded in half and creased with a bone folder and then folding each half to the middle and creasing so that each strip has four sections to it. Weave one strip over the other to form a cube. Snake the coil of wires of the EZ-Light into the center of the cube.

Position the lighted cube and control piece onto the cart and secure with double sided tape or foam tape. Cut a rectangle of 1 1/2 x 7/8 inches from kraft brown cardstock, center over the control piece and stamp “push here” on the end that has the button.

The large pumpkin die from the Autumn Elements was used to cut out four pumpkins for the jack-o-lantern. The face was cut out using the face insert die from the Halloween Elements set. The pumpkins were inked blended and the ridges outlined with a thin black pen. A green marker was used to color the stems. To lessen light leakage, an orange square was attached to the top of the clear plastic cube and the pumpkin faces attached with foam squares. As part of the final decorations. A small pumpkin from the Skeleton and Bat set was added to the top of the jack-o-lantern.

Roof and Sign: For the roof, the scalloped rectangle from the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch set was used with orange and white striped cardstock. (I created my own digital paper.) The sign was created by cutting two of the sentiment oval from the Halloween Charms from black cardstock and glued them onto orange cardstock and fussy cut around the oval frame.

A strip of white cardstock 5-inches long by 1/2-inch wide was folded in half and then the folded end was sandwiched between the two ovals and the ovals glued together. (You now have the equivalent of a large paper brad with two legs.) A slit was cut in the roof fold center for the legs of the sign to slide through and be glued to the underside of the roof.

Cut two of each of the bird dies in the Halloween Elements from black cardstock. Glue the bodies together leaving the legs free. Use the legs as the tabs to glue the birds to the roof ridge on either end of the roof.

Wheels: For the wheels I made a template using middle plain and crosshatched circles from the Circles – Crosshatch set. Cut the plain circle from scrap paper and the place the crosshatch circle die in the middle of the paper circle. Trace around the center of crosshatch die. Fold the paper in half, then half again and once more in half to come up with eight sections of the circle. Using a see-through ruler, mark and draw 5mm wide spokes interesting in the middle of the circle.

Die-cut from dark brown cardstock two plain circles. (Because my cardstock was thin, I cut four circles and glue two together before cutting the spokes.) On the back side of the circles use the paper template to trace the triangles that need to be cute out using a craft knife and straight edge.

Die cut two 1/2 inch circles from black cardstock. (I used the burner dies from the Oven Pop-up set because it was handy. You could use other dies to cover the wheel axle.) Adhere half rounded pearls over the black circles, glue each gem circle to the center of the wheels to make the axle caps.

Glue wheels onto cart’s front posts. Add large pumpkins to hide the cart leg behind the wheel. Additional pumpkins cut from the Autumn Elements (large pumpkin) and Halloween Elements (medium pumpkin) and two black cats from the Skeleton and Bat set, were added to the cart legs.

Finished Measurements: This is a card/gift box is designed to be hand-delivered and measures approximately 8-inches high, 6 1/2-inches wide and 3-inches deep.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope this inspires you and makes you smile. Please like and leave comments 😊

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Lawn Fawn – Photopolymer Clear Stamps – Push Here

Papers

  • Kraft Brown and Dark Brown Cardstock
  • Orange and White Striped Cardstock
  • Black, Green and Orange Cardstock Scraps
  • Ully Cat Designs – Digital 8.5×11 Cardstock – Blue Awning Stripes

Pens/Gels

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Vintage Photo
  • Memento – Fad Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Point– Green
  • Pigma – Mircon 03 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • White Gel Pen

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Quickstik Tool
  • Scissors
  • Tweezers
  • Metal Ruler
  • Craft Knife
  • Pencil
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Craft Mat
  • Stamping Block

Bling

A Modern Halloween

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Casting a spell of delight is this Halloween card depicting a modern-day witch cooking up a green bubbling brew on her shiny new stove.

The card uses dies from Karen Burniston’s September 2023 release including Oven Extras, Oven Pop-Up, Witch and Cauldron, Halloween Borders and Small Script – Halloween, a word set. A few other die sets from Karen Burniston were also used.

Cardbase: I started with a rectangle of white cardstock 10×6.5 inches that was folded in half to form a 5-inch tall by 6.5-inch wide, top fold card. The outside two panels were covered with black and white night sky paper. The inside top panel with a pumpkin wallpaper and a green grid cardstock.

Card Front: I used the Swirl Pattern Plate to create green, wispy steam swirls that encircle a witch’s face and elements of a spell casting brew – all of which come from the Witch and Cauldron die set. (I cut the swirl pattern and then used pressed the piece onto Sticky Specks, an adhesive sheet that can be applied after die-cutting.) I used the stencil features of the witch’s face die to color in the eyes and mouth. The nose can be folded out to ink the edges with green ink. The bubbles, eyeball and frog legs also have stencil features. With the exceptions of the face, bone, eyeball and broom, all other elements have been brushed with a glitter gloss to give them some subtle sparkle.

Standing Witch: Using the Witch and Cauldron die set; I used all the witch dies except the hat dies to create this long-legged witch with bangs.  Because she is seen both the front and the back, I cut two sets of her dress and sleeves. Her legs are two strips of 3/8-inch by 1-inch that I drew stripes on with a black marker. After I glued her head to her hair, I used an ultra-fine tipped black marker to draw in her bangs. She is adhered to a piece of clear plastic packaging with doubled sided tape so that she appears to be standing on the large bam box. When positioning the bam box, make sure that in the closed position the witch is within the closed card. (An assembly video of the bam box is located at near the bottom of the linked bam box page.)

Oven/Stove: I was genuinely surprised at how easy the pop-up oven is assembled. It has just two pieces -the outer shell which I cut from black mirror cardstock and the inner platform which I cut from 100 lb. black cardstock.

The platform attaches much like the Little Labels Pop-Up with the front tabs gluing to the floor of the card and the back tab gluing to the wall of the card. Before I attached the outer shell, I added a 1 3/8-inch square of clear plastic packaging to the back of the oven door with double-sided tape.

Then I cut another oven door from black cardstock trimming the bottom 1/8-inch shy of the fold line. Using a black marker, I colored the space around the oven door fold on the back (to hide the white) and the edges of the mirrored cardstock. I also cut a 2-inch square of black cardstock and glued it to the back wall just above the pop-up platform. This will be the inside wall of the oven. It is easier to add the items inside the oven before the outer shell is attached, but you can still add the two pop-up cubes – one for the oven rack and then the other for the pan. The pan cube is adhered to the rack cube sandwiching the rack in place. (I ended up using a foam square between the two cubes to get a strong bond.)

To attach the oven shell, glue the bottom to the center of the platform and then fold the oven flat and add adhesive to the back of the stove knob panel. Close the card and the top panel will be positioned on the card wall so that it forms the stove. On the tabs that come off the sides of the stove top add glue. Now position the cabinet pieces’ small squares onto the tabs. Glue cabinet bottoms to the top edge of the platform, so that there is a toe kick below the cabinets.

Cabinets: Once the stove is attached; you can add the side cabinets of drawers. I cut the cabinets from some embossed wood grain cardstock and then inked them with brown ink to bring out the grain. The drawer panels and knobs are part of the Oven Pop-Up set. Decorative paper was used for the countertops. The upper cabinets are cut using the larger rectangles dies in the Oven Extras set. For the cabinet doors over the vent hood (also in the Oven Extras set) I turned the rectangle on its side and cut the smaller decorative panel in half. Setting these small doors slightly apart, creates the illusion of two doors with silver knobs. The three upper cabinets were joined together with a strip of cardstock glued to their backs. They then were adhered to the card with foam tape.

Decorations: Between the two oven sets are lots of fun pieces that add dimension and realism to the pop-up scene. The Oven Pop-Up set includes the stove burners and knobs, oven rack and handle. The Oven Extras set includes the pan in the oven and pot on the stove as well as three pop-up cube strips that I used to pop-up the oven rack, pan inside the oven and pot on the stove. For the green bubbles in the pot, I used the hearts in the Oven Pop-Up set glued to the back of the pot which has its lid cut off. The bubbles are covered with green Nuvo Drops for dimension and slime factor. The orange canisters are the pot cut narrower and the lid glued on. They are adhered with foam squares to the wall. The orange rugs are from the Rectangle Crosshatch set. The brooms are from the Witch and Cauldron set and attached to the wall with foam squares as is the woodgrain scrap with silver knobs. The cooking utensil in the witch’s hand is from the Oven Pop-Up set. From the Halloween Borders set, I used the skulls and bones on the back of the card as well as two skulls inside the oven in a pan.

Sentiments: The new Small Script Halloween word set has the “hocus pocus” used on the card front as well as the “happy halloween” used inside on the kitchen rugs. The larger rug has space to add a personal message.

Envelope: “Cast A Spell” and a bubbling cauldron are stamped in black on the back of the envelope to set the tone for the card inside.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope this inspires you and makes you smile. Please like and leave comments 😊

Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Fun Stampers Journey – Rubber Stamps – Witches Brew – SS-0388

Papers

  • Bazzill – 12×12 Raised Dot Cardstock – Berry Pretty
  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Textured Cardstock – Tiara -18-1002
  • American Crafts – 12×12 Patterned Paper – Pumpkin Wallpaper – 320459
  • American Crafts – 12×12 Patterned Paper – Night Sky – 320409
  • American Crafts – 12×12 Embossed Wood Grain Cardstock – Dark Kraft
  • The Paper Studio – 12×12 Textured Paper – Football – 5241435
  • Keep It Simple – 12×12 Double-Sided Cardstock
  • Silver and Black Mirror Cardstock
  • Woodgrain Embossed 12
  • White, Black, Kraft, Orange, Green and Yellow Cardstock
  • Clear Plastic Packaging
  • A7 envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Gathered Twigs and Mowed Lawn
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black and Red
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker –Fine Tip – Black
  • Farber-Castell – Pitt Artist Pen – 1.5 Bullet Nib – White-101 Marker – Snow
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Bone Folder
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Craft Mat
  • Scissors
  • Kat Scrappiness – Anti-Static Tool
  • Tweezers
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Cloth

Miscellaneous

Macbeth’s Witches – A Halloween Card

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Welcome to our Karen Burniston Products – KB Riley LLC September 2023 Release Blog Hop. (See details at the end of this post for blog list.) The Design Team have come together with Karen today for a fun blog hop to celebrate the release of 9 new dies. Sneak peeks of the new release started last week, and the dies are available to order NOW!

“Double, double, toil and trouble. Fire burn and cauldron bubble…. Eye of newt, and toe of frog,” The infamous words of Shakespeare’s trio of witches casting a spell over Macbeth are the inspiration for this Halloween card.

This card uses a new pop-up mechanism in Karen Burniston’s September 2023 release – Stocking Pop-Up as well as her new Witch and Cauldron and Small Script- Halloween die sets.

(Before starting to make a card, I recommend watching the assembly views for all of Karen Burniston’s interactive die sets. The videos are located near the bottom of any linked page in this blog post.)

Cardbase: I started with a purchased A7 (5 x 7 inches) cardbase and matching envelope. The outer panels were covered with a spider’s web paper and the inner panels with a coordinating pumpkin patch paper. The front panel also uses a border panel from the paper collection that says, “There’s magic in the air.” The back panel has a pumpkin fussy cut from the papers.

Cauldron Pop-Up: The Stocking Pop-Up is a versatile mechanism that can be used for more than Christmas cards. I doubled the mechanism which means placing the lower pop-up mechanisms moving in opposite directions and cutting two upper covering pieces joined to form a platform.

Adding pop-stands from either the Christmas Tree Pop-up or Barn Pop-Stand sets, to the decorative stitched rectangles, allows for a cauldron to set atop the platform with witches attached. Add fussy cut pumpkins to the pop-out tombstone pieces. (I ink blended the white frog paper with a gray ink to make it sooty from the fire.)

In the Witches and Cauldron die set are a strip of bubbles that a white pen can add highlights to as well as an eyeball, frog legs and a bone. The fire is the witch’s hair turned upside and stenciled flames with an orange maker.

Spiders: For the spiders crawling out of the cauldron, I cut four spiders from the Witch and Cauldron set from black mirror cardstock. A 12-inch piece of white polyester thread was threaded with two circles (eyeball center circles from Witch and Cauldron) and knotted to the cauldron. The circles were glued to the underside of the pop-out mechanisms from under the platform. Adjust the thread tension to be loosely taunt and test for catchpoints when opening and closing card before gluing spiders to the threads. (I found the best spots for the spiders were near the ends of the threads.)

Witches: I used the stencil features of the witch’s face die to color in the eyes and mouth. The nose can be folded out to ink the edges with green ink. I cut extra dress and hat pieces so that the backs of the witches would look complete. The blond witch has silver pieces from the hat buckle on her shoes. The cauldron witches’ hats have red hat bands cut from red cardstock covered with clear packing tape.

Sentiments: The card front sentiments are stamped sentiments fussy cut into tombstones and a bat shaped banner. Inside the “hocus pocus” on the platform ends are from the new Small Script- Halloween die set and the “Happy Halloween” is from the Halloween Charms set. A white oval for a personal message is cut using the Crosshatch Ovals.

Envelope: The A7 white envelope has fussy cut pumpkins from the paper collection glued to its back flap.

Thank you for reading this blog post. I hope this inspires you and makes you smile. Please like and leave comments 😊

Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • Fun Stampers Journey – Witches Brew – SS-0388

Papers

  • Graphic 45 – 8×8 Double-Sided Papers – Midnight Tales Collection – Abracadabra &Pumpkin Patch
  • Stampin’ Up – 12×12 Double-Sided Designer Series Papers – Toil & Trouble
  • Paper Lane Paperie – Holographic Cardstock – Silver
  • Black Mirror Cardstock
  • White, Orange, Green, Red, Yellow and Black Cardstock
  • Paper Lane Paperie – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Mowed Lawn
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxide – Lost Shadow
  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker –Fine Tip – Black, Red and Orange
  • Farber-Castell – Pitt Artist Pen – 1.5 Bullet Nib – White-101 Marker – Snow
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Cloth
  • Songe Dauber
  • Blending Brush
  • Bone Folder
  • T-Ruler
  • Scissors
  • Needle
  • Thimble
  • Stamping Blocks for Paper Weights
  • Tweezers
  • Craft Clip

Miscellaneous

  • White Polyester Thread

This release includes:

  • 2 new Script Sentiment Die Sets
  • 3 new Border Die Sets
  • 2 new Pop-up Die Sets
  • 1 new Add-on Die Sets
  • 1 stand alone Die Set

Dies are available to order now on the website.

GIVEAWAY:

To celebrate the release Karen Burniston and each of the Karen Burniston – KB Riley LLC Design Team members will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to some lucky person who comments on our blog posts, so make sure you join the hop and comment on everyone’s blog post. Winners will be randomly chosen from ALL of the blog hop comments received on our blog posts by Monday, 25th September 2023. Lots of chances to win some goodies, so just leave a comment on this post or any other blog hop posts to enter!

Don’t forget to leave some way for us to contact you, in case you are a lucky winner!

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Jennifer Webster

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Sandy Diller

Nicky Foden

Being Cool is My Costume

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Halloween means so many different things to different people, but my favorite person to make Halloween cards for is a cat lover, likes to see children in their Halloween costumes, but hates to dress-up for the day. So, this vintage pumpkin card is perfect for them.

The pumpkin easel card is a die set by Anna Griffin. It is super easy to make with decorative papers.

I used two different stamp sets that were on my worktable to stamp the card and envelope.

The card fits into a 6”x9” envelope which has been stamped with designs by Miss Ink Stamps and colored with fine-tipped makers.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Inks & Pigments

  • Memento Fade-resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Craft Smart – White Ink Cube
  • Sharpie Permanent Marker – Fine Point – Black
  • American Crafts – Metallic Marker – Silver
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss
  • Fine-tipped makers

Papers

  • American Crafts – Peebles – Spooky – 12 x12 Double-sided – Candy Toss – 736981
  • Heavy Black Cardstock
  • Brown and Green Cardstock Scraps
  • Shiny Holographic Sparkle Cardstock – Orange (maker unknown)
  • 6” x 9” Envelope – White

Miscellaneous