Hello Fellow Stampers ~
It's Monday ~~ time to kick off our creative juices for the week. And we're on Week 2 of our 4 Weeks of Halloween fun!! And I have a VERY adorable set of cards to share with you today ~~ I'm sooooo excited!!! LOL
It's fabulous when you get excited about creating and sharing with others!! One of the number of things I LOVE about being a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator! So let's play . . . .
Today's Halloween designs use the Clever Cats photopolymer stamp set. Adorable!!!
I created a set of three 5" x 5" square cards to showcase each of my cute Halloween motifs.
Let's take a closer look at each design!!
Don't mess with the Grumpy Halloween Cat!! -- LOL
All of today's card designs are on a 10" x 5", scored @ 5", Thick Basic White cardbase. You'll have to create a special envelope for these if mailing 😉😉
For this card, I chose to mat with Pale Papaya (rather than the traditional Pumpkin Pie) cardstock - I love the softer feel around the edges. Then I chose this adorable fun design out of the Cute Halloween DSP pack.
The finished layering is wrapped with the 3/8" Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon, and a lovely bow to finish it all off.
I decided the Stitched Rectangle Dies worked best for a popped up center panel on this card due to the broom image fit best on this sized rectangle.
The Broom image is stamped in Soft Suede ink; Grumpy Cat (that's what I'm calling him -- LOL), is in Memento Tuxedo Black; and I stamped the hat image on a scrap piece of Basic White paper in Pumpkin Pie ink, then fussy cut it out, after adding the hat band and the cute polka-dots using my Dark Basic Black Stampin' Blend marker. The hat has Clear Wink of Stella on it for some nice "wink wink" - and is attached with glue dots.
It's all finished off with the Cute Stars Adhesive-Backed Sequins.
If you ink up just the cat body (not the tail), you can create an adorable inside panel for your card!!
Our next card showcases the adorable jack-o-lantern image from the stamp set.
For this card, I did use the darker Pumpkin Pie cardstock; then I used this wonderful black & white design out of the paper pack, and colored just the center stripe on the scattered candy corns with my Dark Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blend. It's the perfect 'pop' in the background. This is what is so wonderful about black & white paper images -- you can do all sorts of things with them and make them your own!!!
On this card I am showcasing a little technique I taught my virtual Coffee & a Card class last month -- how to color your White 3/8" Glittered Organdy Ribbon to create any color ribbon you want or need. Tip: Color your "glittered" ribbon from the back side of the ribbon, with the side of your wide-tip brush end of your Stampin' Blends marker. This keeps from damaging both the tip of your marker AND the marker as a whole (you don't want to run that marker over the glitter on the front side of the ribbon).
Now we have the perfect Pumpkin Pie Glittered Organdy Ribbon!!! Yeah!!
I snuck out those "retired" Layering Squares Dies!! -- this is why we keep I stash I tell myself -- LOL
So if you have this wonderful set of dies, pull them out and use them!!!
Mister Jack-o-Lantern is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends.
Once again, the hat was stamped separately, and then fussy cut - with plenty of Clear Wink of Stella added!!! heehee
The last card design incorporates several elements from the previous designs (the broomstick, hat and sentiment); but adds several other cute images from the stamp set we hadn't played with yet. Don't you just adore that cute spider?! LOL
This time I went with the "lime green" color scheme - using Granny Apple Green with this fun stripe print from the designer series paper pack.
I returned to our Stitched Rectangle to accommodate the broom image, which I turned the opposite direction this time from the kitty card.
And once the fussy cut hat was popped in place with dimensionals (don't forget your Wink 😉), I added the cute spider and spider "thread"; and our bat trio!
This time I went with the Gray Granite 1/4" Shimmer Ribbon for my ribbon accent. And as with the other cards, it's all finished off with those fabulous Cute Stars Adhesive-Backed Sequins.
How about another simple, cute idea for the inside of your card!!??!!
And there you have it!!
An adorable card set, all dressed and ready for Halloween!!
I hope today's card designs have inspired you; and that you're ready to go crafting!!!
Join me tomorrow as we check out what Stampin' Up! has for us for deals and steals this week!
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