Tasha here sharing a Halloween card featuring the new 6112-Pumpkin Parade Set. Fall and Halloween cards are so much fun to create, and I just love the little critters included in this set!
For my project, I used the sweet bunny trick-or-treater along with several candy corns. The coordinating dies made it super easy to cut out all the stamped images; and I really like that this set even includes dies for the sentiments!
For the background, I created a Halloween night scene with a purple sky, a lime green grassy border, and enamel stars. To bring in more color, I added a gold glitter frame layered with orange, yellow, and white cardstock (just like candy corn)! I also used a piece of candy corn patterned paper from the Halloween S2 Paper Pack for extra festive detail.
Lastly, I embossed the “Trick or Treat” greeting on black paper and matted it with orange cardstock to finish the design. I hope you enjoyed today’s card and are having a wonderful day! 🎃
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For the Keep It Contained Challenge, I created aHalloween gift card holder featuring the new 6112-Pumpkin Parade Set. This little holder is perfect for any occasion and so much fun to decorate!
Step 1: Cut a piece of purple cardstock to 4" x 8" and score it at 2" and 5-1/2".
Step 2: Cut two pieces of star pattern paper for the center panel (front and back). The center section is 4" x 3-1/2", so cut your papers slightly smaller for a border.
Step 3: On the inside lower panel, add strong tape only along the sides to create a pocket for the gift card. You can use either the shorter or longer flap for the bottom (I used the shorter one).
Step 4: Cut a white cardstock piece for the top front panel (2-1/2" x 4"), again trimming it slightly smaller for a border.
Step 5: Blend Distress Oxide Ink with a cloud stencil to make a soft purple sky.
Step 6: Die cut a grassy border from bright green paper.
Step 7: Cut another piece of the same green paper for the lower front panel (2" x 4") and ink the edges for extra color.
Step 8: Glue the grassy border to the bottom of the cloud panel. Attach the green piece to the front bottom panel.
Step 9: Use a small circle die to cut a notch from the bottom panel (do this before removing the score tape).
Step 10: Remove the tape backing and fold up the card to create the pocket.
Step 11: Stamp one of the cute Halloween critters and candy pieces from the Pumpkin Parade Set, then color them with Copic Markers. I added glitter to the candy for some sparkle!
Step 12: Attach the mouse with foam tape and glue the candy into the pumpkin wagon; it’s the perfect “container” for this challenge!
Step 13: Emboss the “Pumpkin Parade” greeting on black cardstock, then layer it on orange paper to match the Halloween colors.
Step 14 (Optional): Add enamel stars to the sky and use a small Velcro square to keep the holder closed.
I hope you enjoyed today’s project and feel inspired to join the Keep It Contained Challenge!
Thank you Tasha for the adorable Gift Card Holder idea and tutorial.
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Summer came and went soooo fast but I still want to play in the dirt. We are definitely headed into fall here but some of you may still have some great summer weather left so hopefully you feel inspired to go play for those of us that can't. 😀
I combined #5000 - Gotta Garden set and #5817 - Potting Garden Shed to create this interactive card. This is a larger than normal card but it's a fun size - 8 1/5 x 5.
I started out by stamping the images onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with copic markers listed below. I fussy cut the images. The garden shed is a watercolor stamp set and has a few garden pots at the base, so I just fussy cut them off and popped up the boots and garden hose over the cut area. I also cut an opening in the door and placed some tools and garden gloves inside. These accessories are from the #SC0650 - His & Hers Gardeners set. I also colored and cut some flowers from the #5935 - Fairytale Houses set.
I die cut a slider track into the dirt panel and placed the playful couple onto a disk that pops through both sides of the track to allow for the movement. I then popped up the dirt panel, making sure not to place pop dots or foam tape to close to the slider track. You could use a pull tab, but I chose to move the couple back and forth with my fingers.
Check out the video below to see the interactive movement.
That's it for me today. Hope you have a wonderful day!
I'm so happy to be showing you this brand-new Ai Spooktacular Set (6111) that includes a wonderful window, ghost, "mummy" frog, lamp post with spider and pumpkins, a bat, spider, spooky house, a sentiment, as well as the coordinating dies!
We are going to create two triangle fun fold cards today! These are so easy to create, and I will show you exactly how to create this card base in today's video. Just a few folds and you are all set to go!
Let's get started by stamping and coloring all of the images using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Tea Rose, Yellow, Orange, Ice Blue, Deep Red Grape, Sand, Beige, Mid Brown, Warm Gray 4, Lt Gray, Green Gray, Gray, Cool Gray 6, Platinum Brown, Ever Green. Now with the coordinating dies we can die-cut all of these images.
For each of our little vignettes let's start with a pretty scalloped glittery orange square using the Ai Scalloped Square Dies (6047). Then we can add a patterned paper background to each using the Ai Halloween Journal PP (5605) and Ai Halloween S2 PP (5849). And one more square layer using those same papers!
Let's layer these together and add a spattering of black acrylic paint for a spookier look! We can also add our images by popping them up using some 3D Foam Squares for a bit of added dimension.
We will also add a few sparkly sequins in green, orange, and purple to tie everything together.
Now we can add this to our triangle fold card base by applying tape to only half of the square panel so that it will pop up nicely. Again, I will show you this in the video as well.
For the inside of the card, let's add another patterned paper square and center it on the inside of the card and then we will stamp our sentiments from the Ai Halloween Sentiments Set (5603) and die-cut the sentiments from the Ai Scalloped Circle Die Set (6045). We will add a bit of black ink around the edges and pop the sentiment up on the inside of the card. This creates the easel for this design!
This card design is so easy and fun to create and can be used for any season or any stamp designs!
Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!
Last Tuesday I shared a card made with the new Frankenstein Puppet and I couldn't wait to share this one. The last one was a little more "serious" so I made this one a little cuter. I switched up a few things. On the first card I flipped the head upside down to give him a square jaw. This one, done the way it's supposed to be, is a little more rounded. I also left off the lapels on the jacket this time, making him a little more casual. I really like both looks and I think Frank is just the CUTEST puppet so far.
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It's October and fall is definitely in the air here! It's been quite chilly and it's starting to look like Halloween. I'm seeing all kinds of decorations going up outside! I don't do a lot inside the house for Halloween decorations, but I do like to set a few little things around to remind everyone that it is that time of year. This is one of those little pieces you can put anywhere because of the size. I started out by grabbing #5902 Scalloped Frame die set. I turned it into a shaker by adding a piece of acetate and adhering the top and bottom of the frame. Inside the shaker, I stamped and die cut a number of the cute candies from #6112 Pumpkin Parade set along with the adorable bunny dressed up like a witch! The paper I used is from #5849 Halloween Paper Pack. I thought those bats were perfect for the background. For the trees I grabbed #5934 Spooky Crew and only used the die. I also cut an extra scalloped piece and used a grass die cut on the front. I finished it off by adding three glow in the dark gems. The grandkids will have fun turning out the lights to see them glow. And that's what it's all about, isn't it? Bringing fun and joy to others?
That's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit, and you still have time to enter our "In the Navy" challenge. Hope to see your creation there! Until next time - stay crafty!!
I have one fall and one Christmas card to share with you today, let's start with my favourite season:
This is the 6066 - Classic Truck Foundation set. I went for the softer side of fall with this one. I stamped my image with #N45 onto some Canson XL Watercolour paper, and pulled out the colour with a damp brush. I used a wash of #177 with touches of #993 to paint in the hillsides, and shades of #992/969 for the dirt road, tree and fence. The truck was painted with a mixture of #565/249 to create the washed out aqua shade, and all the trim was done in layers of #N45. The interior of the truck was painted with #565 to give a shadowed look.
I wanted a white barn, so only painted light shades of #N45 on the shadowy sides of the barn, and a darker layer of grey on the roof. I used a pencil to add in the vertical barn boards. The doors were painted in #837, and #565 was used to shade in the windows and under the eaves. A wash of #493 was painted in the sky, leaving negative white space to suggest clouds, and I added in some areas of #N45 to add some shading to them. I drew in the trees along the hillside directly with my #177 and 933 markers, and even though I used a tiny foliage stamp for the tree in the foreground, I wasn't happy with the look so used the markers directly on my paper to add in the leaves.
The image was die cut with the stitched/rounded corner die from the 5809 - Decorative Journal Page 2 set which fits the Foundations perfectly! I added a blue mat underneath it, and mounted it onto this pretty plaid from the 5832 Gnome Paper Pack. I wanted to accent the barn door colour, so used the Fall word die from 5770 - Farm FB Fence Set, cut out three times from some warm pink cardstock, and layered on top of each other to create a nice thick word. I offset my panel slightly to the right of my card.
My second card is the start of my painted holiday cards!
I used the sweet little truck from 5823 - Christmas Cars set, and stamped it in #N45 onto some Canson XL Watercolour paper. After pulling out the colour, I painted the truck with several layers of #837 to build up the darker areas, leaving the rounded parts of the truck much lighter. I masked off the back of the truck, and used my stamp positioner to stamp the tree from 5826 - WC Large Tree Set 2 in #249. After touching it with a damp brush, I stamped it a second time to add some of the detail back in. I wanted a wreath on the front of the truck, and the little half wreath from 5830 - WC Mini Wreath Set worked perfectly! I used #249 and my stamp positioner to get it in the right spot.
I used #565 to paint in a wintry sky wash, and also added the 'suggestion' of a person in the truck, and added a shadow under it. I used white paint and a #1 brush to dab on some snow on my scene. I used my red Twintone marker to draw a bow on the wreath.
My image is small! So I made a busier background using the 5812 - Christmas S2 Paper Pack. I used the 5724 - Nested Rectangle Dies to cut it out, and matted it with black cardstock. I cut the 5132 - Tag Stitched Die from the woodgrain paper, and adhered it down to my background. The sentiment is from 5566 - Christmas Sentiments Set stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.
It's the time of the year when Art Impressions wows us once again with their newest sets for the season. This week's release does not disappoint! I've got a double feature here for you today. I couldn't just make one card with this Spooktacular Set.
Today I'm showing off a card which uses most of the many stamps included in the 6111-Spooktacular Set. I cannot believe all the goodness in this single set! Here's one card I made for the In The Navy blog challenge. Note the adorable ghost and how it stands out from the card surface. This is achieved thanks to scoring and folding lines that are part of the die set included. In the card above, I didn't use the fold lines but they are subtle enough not to be noticeable when you choose not to take advantage of that feature. You can make the ghost stand out like I did or you can put him under a flap or inside the card. He's made to collapse and comes out to full size when what he's underneath is open. How cool is that! The fun background is a pattern from the 5849 - Halloween S2 Paper Pack.
This card has a floating panel so that when you open the card, the ghost panel pops up and hovers. Can't get a more perfect treatment for a cute little ghost! I love all the dimension you can get by folding the score lines the die makes on the ghost. The panel is made even more interested by including stitch lines on the edge thanks to 5063 - Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies.
So let's get back to my first card. To make this, I started with an A2 sized white panel that I cut down once my ink blending was done. I stenciled in some colorful clouds and inked a dark bottom with Oxide inks. I stamped in the sidewalk and also cut a golden yellow moon using 5064 - Circle Double Stitched Dies. Last I die cut a few sprigs out of brown from my stash which just happen to double as bare trees in this card.
Next, I stamped and colored all the elements I needed for my card. Then I set about arranging the scene. I glued all the pieces down with Art Glitter Glue except for the light post image. I placed that on foam tape so that it appeared even closer to the front. The frog is certainly made to be a peeker so I positioned him behind the lamp post. I used my scissor to cut around his arm so I could keep it up front as if he was holding on to the post.I added two bats and a spider and it was complete! I mounted the panel on a black and cream card base to finish it off.
Thanks for joining me here today. As always, don't forget to find your favorite stamps, dies, papers, and accessories at the Ai Store! You'll always find something that calls to you.
