Pumpkins

Autumn Thinking of You Card

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I needed an Autumn themed Thinking of You card and looked through my stash to find Spellbinders Pumpkin Patch 3D embossing folder and Studio Light’s Everlasting Autumn Scarecrow stamp set. This is the 5×7-inch card I made with these items.

Cardbase: (I used a purchased side-fold A7 cardbase and matching envelope.) Using Spellbinders Pumpkin Patch 3D embossing folder, mist the orange cardstock before running the folder and cardstock through a die cutting machine. Trim down embossed panel to 6.75x 4.625-inches. Adhere to front of card base with double-sided tape. Color sunflowers with yellow marker and flower centers and pumpkin stems with black.

Card Front: The Studio Light’s Everlasting Autumn Scarecrow images were stamped onto a piece of white cardstock, colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut and adhered to the front panel with 1mm thick foam tape.

Sentiment: The front sentiment “The colors of Autumn make my heart smile” comes from the Studio Light’s Everlasting Autumn Scarecrow stamp set, stamped on white cardstock and fussy cut. It was popped-up on the card front with 1mm tick foam tape.The inside of the card is blank.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A7 (5x 7-inches) size envelope stamped with the scarecrow image on the back.

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Materials Used:

Stamps

  • Studio Light – Clear Stamps – Everlasting Autumn Collection – Scarecrow

Embossing Folder

  • Spellbinders – 3D Embossing Folder of The Month – Pumpkin Patch– 3EOM-SEP24

Papers

  • My Colors – 12×12 Textured Metallic Cardstock – Carrot Stick
  • White Cardstock
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A7 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • OLO Markers – Marigold & Viridian
  • Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Stampin’ Blends – Markers – Dark Daffodil Delight, Light & Dark Copper Clay, Light Wild Wheat

Adhesives

Tools

Slimline Jack O’Lanterns Halloween Card

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In tidying up my stash, I came across this Trinity Stamps Pick of The Patch slimline stamp set and a side-fold 3.75×8.75-inch cardbase, orange cardstock scrap, black ink, green marker and a glitter gloss brush. With these items I made a quick and sweet Halloween card.

Card Front

Cardbase: I used a 3.75×9-inch piece of white 100lb cardstock, scored and fold to create a .25-inch tab at one end. This tab was glued to the back of a 3.75×8.75 rectangle of the same white cardstock.

Card Back

Jack O’Lanterns: The front image was stamped using the Trinity Stamps Pick of The Patch slimline stamp set with black ink on to an orange panel. The panel was trimmed down to 3.5×8.375-inches before being glued to the card front. The vines, stems and leaves were colored with a light green marker and the eyes, noses and mouths were brushed with a glitter gloss.

Sentiment: The inside and card back sentiments of “Happy Halloween” and “Hey, Pumpkin” come from the Trinity Stamps Pick of The Patch stamp set as does the small pumpkin on the back.

Envelope: The card fits into a #10 business size envelope stamped with jack o’lantern faces on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Stamps

  • Trinity Stamps – Clear Stamps – Pick of The Patch


Papers

  • Orange, White and Yellow Cardstock
  • #10 Business Envelope


Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Nuvo – Aqua Shimmer – Glitter Gloss
  • OLO Marker – Muscat Grape
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black


Adhesives



Tools

Pumpkin Thank You Card

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I needed a Halloween themed thank you card, and this is the 4.5×3.75-inch card I made using Scrapbook.com shape dies and retired stamps from Hero Arts and Pajama Crafter Stamps.

Cardbase: I folded an 4.25×11 sheet of orange cardstock at 4.5-inches and cut out pumpkin shaped card using the second largest die in the Scapbook.com Nested Pumpkins shape dies. The card is hinged at the top by placing the top edge of the die above the fold.

Card Front: From the remain orange cardstock, cut a full pumpkin for the card front. Using the Hero Arts Color Laying Pumpkin set, stamp the pumpkin on the card front. Use a lighter orange for the pumpkin base and a darker orange for the details. Do the same for the vining leaves with two shades of green. Die cut a green stem using the Scapbook.com Nested Pumpkins shape dies and glue in place. Glue card front onto the card base matching up the edges.Using a fine-tipped black pen, draw on the ridges in the pumpkin stem and on the pumpkin base.

Sentiments: “Thank You” is stamped using a dark brown ink and the Hero Arts Color Laying Pumpkin set.

Envelope:  The card fits into an A2 (4.25x 5.5-inches) size envelope with an orange cat on a pumpkin from Pajama Crafter Stamps.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Green and Orange Cardstock
  • Spellbinders Merry Moments Holiday Kit – A2 Cardbase and Envelope – White

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Espresso Truffle
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Ink Pad – Emerald Green, Pumpkin Pie, Shaped Spruce, Terracotta Tile
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

Pumpkin Shaker Halloween Card

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I recently purchased a Scrappy Tails Halloween die set to make a Jackolantern Shaped Card. This was my first go at making a shaker card with this die set.

Cardbase: I used an 11×4.25 rectangles of heavy black cardstock that was scored and folded to form a 4.25×5.5-inch top-fold card. Decorate the card front with glitter gloss as needed.

Jack O’lantern Shaker: The pumpkin was cut four times from heavy orange cardstock using the large pumpkin and mouth dies in the Scrappy Tails Jackolantern Shaped Card set. After weeding out the face and vertical ridge lines, a piece of acetate was sandwiched between the back of one pumpkin and the front of another with double-sided tape. The excess acetate was trimmed away. Next, the remaining two pumpkins were glued to the back of the other pumpkins. From black cardstock cut the stem, vines and the sentiment “Trick or Treat” using the same die set. Brush glitter gloss over the words and let dry before gluing onto the mouth opening. Position the pumpkin on card front and note where the mouth opening is. remove pumpkin and place a small quantity of shaker elements in the mouth area on the card front. Add glue to the back of the pumpkin and adhere to the card front trapping the shaker elements in the mouth section. Add a weight over the pumpkin until glue drys.

Sentiment: The inside sentiment uses my favorite Karen Burniston “Happy Halloween” from her Halloween Charms die set. (I cut a backing oval from yellow using an unknown die from my stash cut in yellow. Then I cut the charm die from orange and color the frame and bat black before gluing the pieces together.) The inside pumpkin (outlined in white gel pen) and the front “Trick or Treat” sentiment are from the Jackolantern Shaped Card die set.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 size envelope with the a Halloween themed sentiment stamped on the back flap using My Favorite Things Primitive Pumpkins stamp set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

  • My Favorite Things – Clear Stamps – Primitive Pumpkins


Papers

  • Grafix – 8.5×11 Dura-Lar Acetate .005 – Clear Film
  • Black, Orange and Yellow Cardstock


Ink


Adhesives



Tools

Miscellaneous

Autumn Leaves Accordion Card

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This card was made for CRAFT ROULETTE #287 whose parameters included “saying hi”, crisp colors, sun/sunny(ies) element, and pennants. Today’s card uses Karen Burniston dies and her new Fall Phrases stamps.

Watch the video below to see how this card was made.

Cardbase: (Watch the assembly video for this die set located at the bottom of the linked page.) Cut three of the Landscape Rectangle Accordion frames from brown cardstock. From one frame die cut two apertures in the pivot panel using the stitched rectangle die in the set. Decorate the panels first and then glue the frames together as shown in the assembly video.

Leaf Pennants: From the Tree Pop-Up die set cut two sets of oak leaves – once from yellow and one from brown. Daub the leaf edges with brown ink and then splatter with white paint and bronze ink to age them. Sandwich a piece 8-10-inches of black sewing thread between two leaves (of the same color) and glue in place. Repeat with remaining leaves. (Note: I lost one of my leave pairs, so I only added five dangling leaves to my card.) Using a thin sewing needle, piece a hole into the top of one of the window apertures panel and pull the thread through the hole, adjust length of leaf thread and tie off the thread. (Make sure to only wrap thread one the window frame below the hole as any thread above the hole will be seen and won’t be covered by the decorative frame.) Repeat with other leaves. Cut four picture frames from dark brown using the wood embossed picture frame die in the set. Glue picture frames over the openings to be centered on panel and cover the thread knots.

Gourds and Leaves: Cut two of each of the leaves and pumpkin dies in the Autumn Elements die set. Daub the edges with brown ink and then splatter with white and black paint to age them. (Note: I cut the yellow leaves from a scrap of paper I had inked with red to get that orange mottling effect.) Cut two tiny pumpkin gourds from orange or white with brown stem vines using the dies from the Haunted Tiny House Add-Ons set. Decorate the first and last panels on both sides using the leaves and pumpkins and gourds.

Sentiments: Using the new Karen Burniston Fall Phrases stamp set, stamp “Hello Gourd-geous!” “Warm Autumn Wishes” and “May your fall be crisp, cozy and colorful” onto white cardstock. Die cut using the last two phrases using the two smallest label dies in the Rectangles and Labels – Crosshatch set. Using a paper trimmer, cut the first phrase into a .8-inch wide stripe and cut a triangle from each end to make it into a fishtail banner. Using the Tropical Scene die set, cut the sun rays from orange and the circle from yellow and glue together to illustrate “Warm Autumn Wishes.”

Card Assembly: Line up the accordion frames in the order you desire after decorating the panels front and back. Train the folds on the frames and panels. Glue the large frames tabs first. Trim off the unused tab. Once the glue has set on the tabs, train the pivot panels movement. Decide which way the panels will move when open and closed. Glue the panels together having one connection behind the joining frames and the other connection going in front of the joining frames. Trim off unused panel tab.

Envelope: The card fits into a mini slimline envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Pumpkin Bread
  • Brown, Oranges, Red, White and Yellows Cardstock Scraps

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Hero Arts – Acrylic Spray – Opaque White
  • Hero Arts – Silk Ink – Bronze
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Vintage Photo
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Spellbinders – Splatter Effects – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Riley and Company – Pick & Poke Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • Sponge Dauber
  • Sewing Needle

Miscellaneous

  • Black Sewing Thread

Pumpkin Spice Coffee

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There’s a new mini release of five new stamp sets from Karen Burniston. For this card I’ve used the new Fall Phrases and Coffee Chat sentiment stamps along with previously released die sets – Fancy Label Accordion, Haunted Tiny House Add-Ons, Tea and Coffee Pop-Up and Fancy Solid Frame.

Cardbase: Cut three of the accordion frames from a plaid cardstock and followed the the assembly video for the Fancy Label Accordion die set. (Assembly video is at the bottom of the linked page for the die set.) Glue the frames together using the long tabs. Cut three sets of the Fancy Solid Frame and adhere to the back side of the accordion frames to hide the connecting tabs.

Card Front: Using the decorator dies in the Fancy Label Accordion set, cut a large plaid label and a smaller white label. Stamp on the white label “Let’s give ’em pumpkin to talk about” from the Fall Phrases stamp set. Glue the labels together and them on to the back of the lead pivot panel. From orange and green cardstock, cut and emboss the small pumpkin from the Haunted Tiny House Add-On die set. Glue to the label.

Coffee Mugs: Cut three of the mugs from white cardstock and two from the plaid cardstock using the Tea and Coffee Pop-Up die set. Stamp coffee sentiments onto the white mugs using the Coffee Chat stamp set. Adhere the mugs to the front and back of the pivot panels.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Stamps

Papers

  • Dress My Craft – 12×12 in Single-Sided Cardstock – Baby Brown Gingham Checks
  • Green, Orange and White Cardstock

Ink

  • Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stamping Platform
  • Stamping Blocks as Paper Weights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape
  • We R Memories – QuickStick

2025 ATC Calendar – October

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I started a new challenge for 2025 – the ATC calendar challenge. With a group of crafty friends, we are making a new image on a 4.25×5.5-inch calendar card for each month.

October’s card is made with Spellbinders Boo Crew by Simon Hurley dies and some light gray ink on the ghost.

To see other months’ calendars go to click here.

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Materials Used:


Dies
• Spellbinders – Cutting Dies – Simon Hurley’s Boo Crew


Press Plates
• Spellbinders – BetterPress Plates – 2025 DIY Calendar


Papers
•Black, Orange, Teal and White Cardstock
• Spellbinders – BetterPress – 5.5 x 4.25” (A2) Cotton Card Panels – Porcelain & Pebble


Ink
• Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink – Lost Shadow
• Spellbinders – BetterPress Ink – BetterPress Black


Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Scissors

• We R Memories – QuickStick
• Paper Masking Tape


A Halloween Pop-Up Fence Card

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This Halloween card is based off a pop-up picket fence card that Karen Burniston made for her design team challenge for April 2025. (You can see her video here.)

Watch the process video to see how I made this card.


Cardbase: Start with an 8.5 x 11-inch piece of patterned cardstock and fold in half to form a side-fold A9 (5.5×8.5-inch) card. Mark on the inside fold 4.75-inches up from the bottom edge.


Iron Fence: Cut two of the fence piece, using the Iron Fence Pop-Up die set, from heavy black cardstock. Watch the video below to see how to cut the two fence pieces into the gate, and the left and right fence pieces.


Pop-Up Mechanisms: Watch the assembly video above on how to cut-out, fold and attach the three mechanisms. Cut two of the Katherine Label Pop-Up L-shaped mechanism and one of the smallest angle pop-up from the Mini Pops Pop-Up die set.


Decorations: The Halloween Borders die set was use for all the outside decorative borders as well as the bats inside the card. The raven is from the Iron Fence Pop-Up die set. The hands are from the Halloween Elements die set.


Sentiments: “Boo!” on the card front is cut using the Halloween Elements die set while the “Happy Halloween” inside is from the Halloween Charms set.

Envelope: The card fits into a catalog (6×9-inch) size envelope stamped with sentiments from the Queen & Co. stamp set. The cobwebs are from the Tim Holtz stamp set and the dancing skeleton is from Riley & Company.


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Materials Used:
Dies
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Halloween Borders – 1247
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Fence Add-Ons – 1240
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Iron Fence Pop-Up – 1172
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Mini Pops Pop-Up – 1146
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Halloween Charms – 1058
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Halloween Elements – 1013
• Karen Burniston in cahoots with Riley and Company – Katherine Label Pop-Up – 1011

Stamps
• Queen & Co. – Clear Stamps – Fright Fest Kit
• Riley & Company – Funny Bones Red Rubber Stamp – RWD-492 Dancing Skeleton
• Stampers Anonymous – Tim Holtz Collection – Clear Stamps/Stencils – Halloween

Papers
• Martha Stewart Crafts – 12×12 inch Double-Sided Paper – Gothic Manor
• Black, Oranges and White Cardstock
• Catalog Envelope (6×9-inch) – White

Ink
• Memento – Fade Resistant Dye ink – Tuxedo Black
• Pigma – Mircon 05 Fine Tip Pen – Black
• Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White

Adhesives
• Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
• Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
• Double-Sided Tape – 1/4-inch wide

Tools
• Die Cutting Machine
• Paper Trimmer
• Bone Folder
• Score Board
• Stamping Platform
• Scissors
• Pencil
• Paper Masking Tape

A Haunted Chair In The Pumpkin Patch

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It’s time for the October 2024 Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge with the theme of a haunted location. I chosen an Adirondack chair in a pumpkin patch to be haunted.

Watch the process video to see how the card was assembled.

Cardbase: Cut two 5 1/2 x 11-inch rectangles from black cardstock. Fold each rectangle in half to form two 5 1/2-inch square top fold cards. Two pieces of patterned paper from Graphic 45 were used to cover the inside floor and front card cover.

Adirondack Chair: Watch the assembly video for the Adirondack Chair located at the bottom of the linked page.

Ghost Mechanism: Watch the assembly video for the Spinner Square Pop-Up located at the bottom of the linked page. The ghosts are from the Halloween Charms set and were cut once from white cardstock and had their eyes and mouth stenciled on using the die. They also were cut from glow-in-the-dark paper for their backs and to hide the black mechanism arm.

Decorations: The large pumpkins are from the Autumn Elements set and the smaller jack-o-lantern and green hands are from the Halloween Elements set. The background pumpkins were cut from the Graphic 45 papers. The black cat on the chair is from the Skeleton and Bat set. The Slim Pattern Plate – Spiders was cut from pearlescent vellum and the spiders colored black. Then it was placed on the diagonal on the card front.

Sentiments: The card front uses the “Happy Halloween” from the Halloween Charms set while the inside uses a Spellbinders BetterPress “Happy Haunting” sentiment. Other inside sentiments – “Boo!” “Sit for a spell” and “Hey Pumpkin” – are cut from the Graphic 45 papers.

Envelope: The card will fit into a 6×6-inch square envelope or a 6×9-inch catalog envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Press Plates

  • Spellbinders – BetterPress Letterpress System – Press Plate & Die Set – Halloween Icons

Papers

  • Graphic 45 – 8×8 Double-Sided Paper – Charmed
  • Lawn Fawn – 8.5×11 Lawn Fawndamentals – Pearlescent Vellum
  • Stampin’ Up – 6×6 Specialty Paper – Glow-In-The-Dark
  • Thin Clear Cello Packaging
  • Black, Orange, Purple, White Cardstock
  • 6×6 Brown Envelope

Ink

  • Spectrum Noir – Shimmer Gold Series Pearlescent Pigment – Peach Terracotta
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Gathered Twigs
  • Pigma – Mircon 005 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Chisel Tip – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Green
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Tweezers
  • Metal Ruler
  • T-Ruler
  • Glue Eraser
  • Craft Mat
  • Sponge Daubers
  • Blending Brush
  • Paper Masking Tape