Today on my blog, I am sharing a fall themed slimline card that I made using products from The Stamps of Life.
I ink blended the background with distress inks. I used the Squirrels2Love, Wheelbarrow2Stamp, and Pinecones2Stamp stamp and die sets on this card. I colored the images with Copic markers. Other Stamps of Life products are listed below.
For a complete video tutorial, watch my YouTube video here:
Boy Squirrel: E31, E33, E37, E39/E50, E51, 553/N2, N6 Girl Squirrel: E21, E23, E25/R24, R27, R29/N2, N6 Wheelbarrow: Since I colored this one a long time ago, I don’t have the colors to share.
Hello! Today on my blog I am sharing three Halloween cards that I made.
To see the YouTube video, click the video below or read below for a detailed description of each card.
For two of the cards, I used the Stamp Anniething Sofia – Viva la Vida stamp. I stamped the image onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Card Stock and colored with alcohol markers and then fussy cut the image. The card base is a back slimline card (4 x 9 inches). I cut a piece of Bristol Smooth paper slightly smaller than the card base to do the ink blending. The distress ink colors I used for the blended background are Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Festive Berries, Carved Pumpkin, and Scattered Straw. After ink blending the background, I used a paintbrush to flick some water onto the background and then padded the paper with a power towel to dry up the water. This added a speckled look to the background. I stamped the sentiment “Have a Very Frightful & Delightful Halloween” using Versafine Onyx Black Ink onto the blended background and then covered it with black embossing powder. I used a heat gun to emboss the background. I added the images as shown. The fence die cuts are from the Doodlebug Pumpkin Party Odds and Ends pack and were adhered using Tombow Liquid Glue.
For the next card, I used a piece of black card stock to make the A2 size card base (4.25″ x 5.5″). The paper is from the Recollections Boo Paper Pad. I cut down the newspaper pattered paper slightly smaller than the A2 size card base and distressed the edges. I also applied Black Soot distress ink to the edges. The scalloped frame is a Lawn Fawn die – Scalloped Rectangle Frames. I used this die to die cut the spiderweb paper on the inside of the frame as well as the black card stock (scallops on the outside of the frame). I adhered the scallops to the A2 card base and then added the spider web paper to the middle. I used foam adhesive to adhere the stamped image. I added two spiderweb stickers to the front of the card.
For the inside, I cut a piece of gray card stock just slightly smaller than the A2 size, distressed the edges, and added Black Soot ink to the edges. I stamped the sentiments as shown with black and purple ink. The sentiments are from Queen and Company’s Hocus Pocus Shaker Kit.
For the third card, I used the Polkadoodles Winnie Magic and Winnie Broomstick stamps which I stamped onto the Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth card stock and colored with alcohol markers. I then fussy cut the images and set them aside.
I used another slimline card base and the Bristol Smooth paper to do the ink blending. The colors I used for the ink blended background are Black Soot, Wilted Violet, and Carved Pumpkin. After ink blending the background, I used a paintbrush to flick some water onto the background and then padded the paper with a power towel to dry up the water. This added a speckled look to the background.
The witch pot is a shaker piece from Queen and Company’s Fright Fest shaker kit. It is actually the pumpkin basket shaker piece, but for this card I am using it as a witch pot. I cut two small pieces for the legs of the pot with black card stock and adhered them as shown. The shaker bits are also from Queen and Company and linked below. I used liquid glue to adhere some the shaker pieces to the front of the card.
I stamped the sentiment using Versafine Onyx Black Ink onto the blended background and then covered it with black embossing powder. I used a heat gun to emboss the background. I added the images as shown.
I am so excited to share the September 2019 release of The Stamps of Life card kit and stamp called Reindeer2Stamp. The card kit comes with a holiday-themed 6 x 6 paper pad, large storage envelope, sentiment stamp set, chipboard Christmas trees, white twine, mint chip ribbon, strawberry ribbon, felt flower embellishments, Joyful word die with shadow, blue bling, and 11 solid color 8 1/2 x 11 card stock sheets.
The video below shows the unboxing of the card kit as well as the stamp and die set. There is also a tutorial of how I made the seven cards shown. The card kit is available through The Stamps of Life website if you join their card kit club before October 15, 2019 (while supplies last). After that time, if there are any available, they usually put them up for purchase on their website several months afterwards. The reindeer2stamp stamps and dies are currently available.
I just love Halloween and the new stamp set by Lawn Fawn fits right into the Halloween season. The Spooky Village stamp set comes with 25 stamps from haunted houses to tombstones to pumpkins. This set is perfect for Halloween!
The images were stamped onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth card stock and colored with Copic markers. The background was blended with distress inks onto Bristol Smooth paper. All supplies are listed below and details are shown and explained in my YouTube video below.
Here’s another card using a beautiful stamp from the Paper Nest Dolls. This one is called “Ballgown Avery.” My son asked me to make him a card for his friend’s Quinceañera and I immediately knew this stamp would be perfect since Avery is dressed in a ballgown. I tried to replicate my son’s friend as best as I could, coloring her dress red and hair brown. After all, red was the color of her actual dress.
Here’s a look at the inside of the card.
For a tutorial on how I made this card, watch my YouTube video here:
Echo Park Sweet Summertime 6 x 6 Paper Pad (Red Paper) – I used the 6 x 6 paper pad. I could only find a link to the 12 x 12 paper – https://amzn.to/2SMxp2c
White Doily – Recollections – Purchased at Michaels
Anna Griffin Perfect Palette II in Everyday Colors (yellow card stock) – This item is sold out on HSN. Any yellow card stock will suffice.
The Stamps of Life Punch Number dies – HSN (for the number “15” on the inside of the card) – These are sold out on HSN. At this time, they cannot be purchased on the Stamps of Life website.
Tim Holtz Thinlits 662685 (for the word “happy” on the inside of the card) – https://amzn.to/30VBvbc
Anna Griffin’s Wishful Thinking dies (for the “th” on the inside of the card) – I could not find a link to this item. I purchased it on HSN. I believe it is out of stock.
Lisa Mears Designs 