Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am doing a cardmaking series using the Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween which was released last year. This is the third card I created in this series.
For today's card, I used dies from Days #2, #9 and #12. The crow is from Day #2 set. The Halloween treat basket and the cauldron accent is from Day #9. The cauldron is from Day #12.
I die cut the crow without using its accessories. I die cut the crow's beak and tallons on orange patterned paper. The crow's beak has a score line that I partially cut through which I slid the handle of the Halloween treat basket. This made it look like the crow's beak is holding the treat basket.
Day #2 set has the crow stepping on a skull. I substituted the skull with a cauldron from Day #12 set. I die cut this on an embossed dark brown vellum from my stash. The other cauldron pieces were cut on brown cardstock. Instead of the witch's legs which is part of the cauldron set, I die cut the piece that serves as the backing of the witch's legs and made this into the cauldron's feet. I adhered this to the back of the cauldron with just a little bit showing. I added highlights to the cauldron feet and the cauldron ring holder using a black Wink of Stella.
The cauldron die made a curved impression on the left side which to me looked like a highlight. I am not sure if there is a die that cuts this piece since I can't find it in this set. I looked at the other sets and found a similar shaped die in the Day #9 set. I die cut this on brown cardstock but I decided to color it with black Wink of Stella.
I die cut the cauldron foam on several green cardstocks. I added extra pieces to create some depth. I die cut the stick and bone on white cardstock. I double this to make it sturdy. For the striped stick, I colored the impressions created by the die with a red-orange pen. I don't think there is a die for these accents.
I die cut the frame on Hollographic cardstock using a die from Altenew. I embossed this die cut using the matching die. This is my first time to use thes matching die and embossing folder and the result is very impressive. I hope you can appreciate its beauty on the photos.
I die cut an oval window on a purple cardstock using a die. I adhered a webbed patterned paper on the back to cover the oval window. I adhered the frame to the window. I adhered the crow and the cauldron.
I splattered black mica ink on the purple panel. In the process, I made a blob that made me cringe. I covered this with a sentiment stamped and embossed on vellum. This sentiment is part of the stamp set included in the box. I fussy cut the sentiment leaving a small border around it. Now, I can't see the blob anymore which made me happy.
The width of the purple panel is 1/2" short of the width of an A2 sized card. I trimmed strips of gray cardstock and ran this through a crimper. (Yeah, I still am holding on to my crimper.) I adhered this to the back of the purple panel on the sides to make the panel 4 1/4" wide. I trimmed off the excess.
I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am doing a cardmaking series using the Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween which was released last year. This is the second card in this cardmaking series. Please click the 'older post' button at the end to go to the first card post if you are interested.
I used dies from Day #10 of the kit. I created a floral bunch using the floral die included in this set. The skull face is supposed to be the center of the flower. I substituted this with an oval die cut.
I die cut the flowers and the oval centers on three different colored cardstocks. The ovals were cut on darker cardstock. I stamped the ovals using the same color dye inks for a tone on tone effect. The stamps I used are from an old My Mind's Eye Halloween stamp set.
I die cut a mason jar mug on white cardstock using a die from My Favorite Things. I die cut the skeleton face and the eyes on white cardstock. I inked the mug with gray ink to add some depth. I adhered the skeleton face die cut to the mug.
I die cut the stems on a green cardstock. I die cut the bat wing leaves on green and gray cardstock.
This panel fits an A2 size card. I had to make it into this size to accomodate the flowers.
I trimmed a plaid patterned paper at 4 1/4" x 6". I used a die to add the torn edge on the sides. I adhered this to a 4 1/2" x 6 1/4" gray gardstock. I adhered the mug then arranged the flowers and stams to create the floral bunch. I zhushed the ends of the flower and the leaves.
I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Do you remember last year's Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween? I won this as a giveaway last year post-Halloween. I was able to create a Christmas themed card last year using one of the dies (A Crow for Christmas Card). Now that Halloween is upon us, my prompt is to create Halloween cards using products from this box. Initially, I was aiming for 13 cards but the demands of life got in the way. I will try to create as my time permits.
For today's card, I used the skull mug die from Day #8 of the Halloween box.
I die cut the mug on different colored cardstocks, cutting one on a lighter shade and the other one on a darker shade. This set came with a die that will cut the ripples of the drink that can be adhered to the mug. I used this die to cut the mug opening on the lighter shade mug die cut. I matched the die with the indention created by the mug die. There is a chance that it might not match but on my card, this was hardly noticeable since it was covered by the mug on top of it.
I adhered the dark colored mug to the back of the mug with the opening.
I die cut the eyes and nose on black mirrored cardstock. I adhered this to the mugs. There are indentions created as a guide where to adhere these pieces.
I stacked the mugs on top of each other.
I stamped a text background on a kraft cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I trimmed a brown patterned paper. I adhered the mugs to this wide strip of patterned paper. I adhered this to the kraft cardstock. I stamped the sentiment on top of the text background using dark brown dye ink. This stamp is a part of the Craftoween Box.
I hope you like today's card. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day! Please come back to my blog for another Craftoween Rewind card.
Hello! I am on the Blank Page Muse Blog with this card. I am into Halloween themed cards this month. This is the second card I created for BPM with this theme.
If you follow me and read my earlier post re: struggling with a card, this is that card. Walking away and going back to an unfinished design somehow does the trick for me. Walking away allowed myself to reset and give the design another look. I was getting ready to ditch this card but I am glad I did not. What made me lean against throwing it is when I saw it glowing in the dark. The look is just magically wicked as you can see on the photo above. Do you agree?
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card is a part of the card set that I was commissioned to make. My prompt for this card is to use an item from my craft stash that I have been keeping for a long time. I chose a vellum speech bubble which I don't even remember how I cut it and when. All of the other items that I used on this card are also from my old craft stash.
I stamped the bear and the gifts on a white cardstock panel to create my scene. This will be my guide on where to adhere the patterned paper pieces which I will further explain on the next step.
I stamped the images on patterned papers from Lawn Fawn. This is where the tedious job begins since I have to selectively stamp the image on the patterned papers. I did not want to waste a lot of paper that is why I did the piecing technique this way. I could have stamped all the images on each patterned paper then cut it or I could have stamped it on a white cardstock and create the patterns using markers and/or pens. There are lots of options to create the look that I am going for.
I used black Memento Tuxedo Black ink in stamping the images. I fussy cut the images making sure I cut it on the stamped line.
I stamped the bear portion of the image on white cardstock. I colored the bear with color pencils.
For the background, I used a Heidi Swapp stencil. I lightly blended inks following a rainbow order. I made some of the colors overlap each other.
I trimmed a light gray strip of cardstock. I embossed diagonal stripes to this strip. This will serve as the ground for the stamped images. I adhered this to the edge of the ink blended panel. I adhered the fussy cut pieces.
I stamped the sentiment on the yellow patterned paper. I cut it into strips and adhered it to the vellum speech bubble. I adhered this to the panel.
I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Belated Happy World Cardmaking Day! This is an annual holiday for cardmakers like me celebrated every first Saturday of October. I always look forward to this occasion especially the cardmaking events and challenges. My most favorite is the Doodlebug challenges. I always make it a point to join.
The first card I created is for the sketch challenge.
I added an interactive feature to the sketch.
I fussy cut the camera from a Doodlebug cut apart sheet. I used a craft knife to create the opening.
For the pull out photo, I used a die from Mama Elephant that cuts a 6 pane window. I cut the squares created by the die to create 4 square frames. I adhered a Doodlebug vellum on one of the frames. I die cut a tab on white cardstock and adhered it to one of the frames. I also cut a thin strip of cardstock from the left over window die cut. This skinny strip is longer than the width of the photo frame. It will act as a stopper for the photo frame so it will stay in the camera.
I stacked the frames to give it stability sandwiching the vellum and the tab.
I die cut a small heart and die cut the face on pearl gray cardstock. The smiley face was cut using the snowman's face from the Doodlebug Snow Cute Doodle Cuts. I adhered the heart over the vellum.
To allow the pull-out to move freely, I adhered thin strips of foam adhesive on the top and bottom edges of the camera.
I added stitching to the large sentiment on the cut apart sheet.
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For the second card, I was inspired by the mood board challenge specifically the party hat and its colors.
I recreated this part of the mood board by adding a pop-up party hat feature. I created the party hat by lightly tracing a triangle die with a pencil on a white cardstock. I moved this triangle die to the right side of this triangle and lightly traced it again with a pencil. I repeated this on the left side of the first traced triangle. I cut the this joined triangles following the traced outer line of the three touching triangles. I scored the party hat using the inner lines as guide. I trimmed a bit off the left & right edges.
I added Doodlebug chevron washi tapes on the front of the party hat to create a stripe design.
For the party hat topper, I die cut a circle on a white crepe paper and snipped it from the edges towards the center without cutting it all the way. I die cut a strip of blue crepe paper using a fringe die. I adhered this to a small circle die cut. I adhered the white crepe paper on top of it. I added an additional layer on the back with another circle white crepe paper. I adhered this on the top of the party hat. I added a Doodlebug Sprinkle on the center of the hat.
I adhered a blue trim on the bottom of the party hat using a hot glue.
I trimmed a green cardstock to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I embossed this with a 3D embossing folder. I flicked gold mica paint on this panel.
For the sentiment, I prepped a gold matte cardstock with anti-static powder tool. I inked the sentiment stamp with black pigment ink. I poured black embossing powder over the sticky ink then heat set it. I fussy cut the sentiment leaving a small border around it.
I adhered the party hat to the green cardstock panel, applying glue on the center only. I adhered a strip of foam inside the party hat to keep the hat popped out.
I adhered the fussy cut strip over the party hat. This party hat does not lay flat so it will need a 3D envelope.
I hope you like my Happy World Cardmaking Day makes. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Hello! I am on the Blank Page Muse Blog with this card. For this month, I am creating Halloween themed projects. The BPM products I used on this card are:
I had a bit of struggle creating my project. I keep going back and forth designs, getting distracted and diverted in between. This is my second attempt on creating for this post. My first one did not turn out the way I wanted it to but I think I can tweak it to my liking. For this one, I was aiming to stamp over the stencil to keep the criss cross lines clean but no matter how much pressure I applied to transfer the inked image over the stenciled cardstock panel, it was a no go. I removed the stencil and stamped over the stenciled bacgkround. Good thing that I used the Misti Stamping Tool during this process. The look is not bad at all. I was just hoping for a different look.
I rarely create Halloween cards after my kids have grown. But I still love the Halloween icons and the fall colors. I am always drawn to it.
The details of how I created this card is on the BPM blog.
I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
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