Month: October 2023

Distress Ink Techniques, Halloween

Spooky Distressed Background feat. Lawn Fawn Spooky Village

kittieslovecrafting

Hello friends. It’s time for another cute Halloween card featuring Lawn Fawn dies and stamps. This one features the Lawn Fawn Spooky Forest Backdrop and Lawn Fawn Spooky Village Stamps dies. It’s really easy to create fun or spooky dimensional cards with these dies. I’m truly loving this backdrop dieset! Stay tuned for some Christmas/Winter cards using this dieset coming up soon.

For this card, I cut a piece of Simon Says Stamp 100lb Black Cardstock to 5-1/2 x 8-1/2″ and scored at 4-1/4″ to create a card base and a piece of Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ to 4 x 5-1/4″ for the background. I used Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Villainous Potion Distress Oxide Inks to color the background panel. I added some splatters with Black Acrylic Paint and Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi STARRY COLORS Watercolors.

Next I die cut the forest from Simon Says Stamp 100lb Black Cardstock with the Lawn Fawn Spooky Forest Backdrop 2x, the grass from Stampin’ Up! Old Olive 8-1/2 x 11″ Cardstock with the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders and inked it with Stampin’ Up! Old Olive Ink.

I stamped the images from the Lawn Fawn Spooky Village Stamps onto some Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers. I used YG25 & YG67 for the pumpkins; C1 & C3, and YG25 & YG67 for the stones; C1 & 0 and R20 for the ghosts; Y15 & Y17 for the house windows; V04, V25, & BV08, YG25 & YG67, C1, C3, C5 & C9, YR04 & YR06 for the houses; W3, W5, & W7 for the trees; and E21, V04 & V25, YG25 & YG67, C5 & C9, YR04 & YR09 for the trick or treaters.

I stamped the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Spooky Village Stampset onto Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink . I trimmed it down to 1/2 x 4″.

On the inside of the card, I cut a piece of Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ to 4 x 5-1/4″ and stamped a sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Spooky Village Stampset with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I also added some more images from the Spooky Village.

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Thanks for reading this post. I hope I’ve inspired you to give this cute Halloween card a try for yourself. Leave comments or questions below or feel free to email.

Card Kits, Christmas, Stenciled Background

Stretch Your Dies: Create a Stenciled Background feat. Catherine Pooler Designs

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Hello friends. For this card, I decided to try using one of the dies included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit Box (from Catherine Pooler Designs) to stencil a background. I die cut baking rack from the CP Cookie Sheet Dies (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) from Acetate to create a reusable stencil.

For the first card, I cut a piece of Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ to 5-1/2 x 8-1/2″ and scored at 4-1/4″. I also cut a piece of CP From the Kitchen 6 x 6 Paper (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) to 4 x 5-1/4″, and a piece of Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ to 3-3/4 x 5″.

I stenciled the background on the top panel with CP Cotton Candy Ink and the CP Cookie Sheet Dies (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit). I stamped the cookies from the CP Baking Spirits Bright Stampset using Gingerbread Ink and die cut all them using the dies in the stampset (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit). Then stamped the detail with Versamark Ink and embossed with WOW Bright White Embossing Powder. I embellished them with Sparkling Sugar Sparkles Glitter by WOW.

I stamped the sentiment from the CP Sweet Holiday Sentiments (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) onto a piece of Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with CP Midnight Ink then cut it to 1 x 5-1/2″ and also cut a piece of CP From the Kitchen 6 x 6 Paper 1-1/4 x 5-1/2″. I popped it up by adding some Foam Tape.

On the inside of the card I cut a piece of pattern paper to 1 x 5-1/2″ and another to 1-1/4 x 5-1/2″. I stamped a sentiment from the CP Sweet Holiday Sentiments Stampset with CP Rouge Ink and added a cookie.

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Thanks for reading this post. I hope I’ve inspired you to give this cute and sweet holiday card a try for yourself. Leave comments or questions below or feel free to email.

Card Kits, Christmas, Stenciled Background

Another Fun Cookie Holiday Card feat. Catherine Pooler Designs Baking Spirits Bright

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Hello friends. Here’s another card using the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit Box (from Catherine Pooler Designs). I used the CP Baking Sheet Dies (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) in a slightly different way this time.

For the first card, I cut a piece of Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ to 5-1/2 x 8-1/2″ and scored at 4-1/4″. I also cut a piece of CP From the Kitchen 6 x 6 Paper (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2″, and a piece of Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ to 3-7/8 x 5-1/8″.

I stamped the sprinkles from the Baking Spirits Bright stampset in CP Wintergreen Ink onto the front panel then die cut a baking sheet from Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ using the CP Cookie Sheet Dies (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit). I stenciled it with CP Cotton Candy Ink and the baking rack from the CP Cookie Sheet Dies. I die cut all the cookies using the dies in the CP Baking Spirits Bright stampset (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit), used direct-to paper with Gingerbread Ink for the cookie base. Then stamped the frosting with CP Rouge Ink for the candy cane and CP Wintergreen Ink for the tree and the details with CP Tranquil Ink for the snowflake, Versamark Ink and embossed with WOW Bright White Embossing Powder for the candy cane and added Sparkling Sugar Sparkles Glitter by WOW to the tree.

I die cut the rolling pin CP From the Kitchen 6 x 6 Paper using the Mix & Bake dies and stamped the sentiment from the CP Sweet Holiday Sentiments (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) with CP Midnight Ink. I popped it up by adding some Foam Tape.

On the inside of the card I cut a piece of pattern paper to 1 x 4-1/4″ and another to 1-1/4 x 4-1/4″. I stamped a sentiment from the CP Baking Spirits Bright stampset with CP Sea Glass Ink and added a cookie.

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Thanks for reading this post. I hope I’ve inspired you to give this sweet holiday card a try for yourself. Leave comments or questions below or feel free to email.

Card Kits, Christmas, Stenciled Background

A Holiday Card feat. Catherine Pooler Designs Hobnob Cover Plate and Fall Frames Dies

kittieslovecrafting

Hello friends. Here’s another fun card using the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit Box from Catherine Pooler Designs. For this one I’m combining the Hobnob Coverplate with the Fall Frames Dies (previously released) as well as the Mix & Bake set.

For the first card, I cut a piece of Stampin’ Up! Cherry Cobbler 8.5 x 11″ Cardstock to 5-1/2 x 8-1/2″ and scored at 4-1/4″. I die cut the front panel from some CP From the Kitchen 6 x 6 Paper (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) using the CP Hobnob Cover Plate (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit). And I cut a piece of Simon Says Stamp Silver Glitter Cardstock to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2″.

Next, I die cut the frame from Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ using the CP Fall Frames Dies and the inside (negative) piece from Vellum. I stamped the sentiment from the CP Sweet Holiday Sentiments Stampset (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) with Tsukineko Stazon MIDI JET BLACK Ink.

I die cut the spatula and rolling pin from both Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ and CP From the Kitchen 6 x 6 Paper (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) and inked the rolling pin with CP Gingerbread Ink (to be released at a later date) and the spatula with CP Cotton Candy Ink.

For the cookie, I ink blended the cookie with CP Gingerbread Ink on Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ and then stamped the snowman icing part with CP Rouge, Midnight and Tiki Torch Inks.

I finished off the card by adding some CP Bavaria Sequin Mix.

On the inside of the card I cut a piece of Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ to 4 x 5-1/4″ and a piece of CP From the Kitchen 6 x 6 Paper to 1 x 4″. I also stamped a sentiment from the CP Sweet Holiday Sentiments Stampset with CP Rouge Ink.

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Thanks for reading this post. I hope I’ve inspired you to give this cute holiday card a try for yourself. Leave comments or questions below or feel free to email.

Card Kits, Christmas, Interactive, Shaker, Stenciled Background

Creating a Holiday Shaker Card feat. Catherine Pooler Designs Cookie Sheet Dies

kittieslovecrafting

Hello friends. I recently received my Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit Box from Catherine Pooler Designs and am having so much fun making cards. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, in July she released a card kit box that is remeniscent of her old Stamp of Approval boxes that were released quarterly years ago. The theme of the box is holiday baking so it has alot of super cute images and dies. This box also came with a virtual retreat packed full of classes. For my first card I knew I needed to make a shaker card using the cute baking rack in the kit.

For the first card, I cut a piece of Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ to 5-1/4 x 10-1/2″ and scored at 5-1/4″ to create a card base and another piece to 5 x 5″. I stenciled the backgound using the Catherine Pooler Designs Ditsy Holly Layering Stencil (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) along with Simon Hurley Later Gator Lunar Paste for the leaves and CP Rouge Ink mixed with Modeling Paste for the berries.

For the shaker I die cut the cookie sheet from Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with the CP Cookie Sheet Dies (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) as well as several of the baking rack (I cut off the grid part so it gave me several borders to stack). I used the direct-to-paper technique with CP Rouge Ink to color the cookie sheet.

I added a piece of acetate behind the baking rack before adding all the stacked frame pieces. I used the CP Bavaria Sequin Mix and Sparkling Sugar Sparkles Glitter by WOW for the shaker bits.

I stamped the cookies using CP Cotton Candy, Gingerbread, and Rouge inks and heat embossed the gingerbread man’s details with White Embossing Powder. For the rolling pin I used CP Grass Skirt Ink and a woodgrain paper from the From the Kitchen 6 x 6 Paper Pack (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) with the Mix & Bake (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) dies.

I stamped the sentiment from the CP Baking Spirits Bright Stampset (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) onto Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with CP Midnight Ink and fussycut it before adding it to the card,

I finished off the card by adding some CP Bavaria Sequin Mix.

On the inside of the card I stamped a sentiment from the CP Sweet Holiday Sentiments Stampset (included in the Baking Spirits Bright Card Kit) with CP Rouge Ink and added another gingerbread man.

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Thanks for reading this post. I hope I’ve inspired you to give this fun holiday shaker card a try for yourself. Leave comments or questions below or feel free to email.

Distress Ink Techniques, Emboss Resist, Halloween, Stenciled Background

Halloween Card Using Only Dies feat. Lawn Fawn

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Hello friends. It’s been a few weeks since I posted a Halloween card so it’s time for some new ones. Here is one using only Lawn Fawn dies and stencils. It features the Lawn Fawn Spooky Forest Backdrop and Spooky Gate dies. It’s really easy to create fun or spooky dimensional cards with these dies.

For this card, I cut a piece of Simon Says Stamp 100lb Black Cardstock to 5-1/2 x 8-1/2″ and scored at 4-1/4″ to create a card base and a piece of Lawn Fawn Spiffier Speckles 6×6 Paper to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2″ for the background. I used the Lawn Fawn Nighttime Sky Stencil with Tim Holtz Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord, Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks, and Scattered Straw Distress Oxide Ink.

Next I die cut the forest from Simon Says Stamp 100lb Black Cardstock with the Lawn Fawn Spooky Forest Backdrop 3x, the grass from Stampin’ Up! Mossy Meadow Cardstock (retired) with the Lawn Fawn Simple Grassy Hillsides and inked it with Stampin’ Up! Mossy Meadow Ink (retired), and the gate from Simon Says Stamp Slate 100lb Gray Cardstock with the Spooky Gate and inked it with Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink to add some dimension. I die cut tombstones, ghosts, stones, and owl from Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ and colored with Copic Markers. I used R20, C00, 0, & 110 for the ghosts; C3, C5, C9 & 110 for the owl; N1 & N4 for the tombstones; and W3 & W5 for the stones.

I stamped the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Spooky Village Stampset onto Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with Catherine Pooler Midnight Ink. I trimmed it down to 1/2 x 4″.

I finished off the card by adding some sparkle to the ghosts and the owl with a Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Sparkle Pen.

On the inside of the card, I cut a piece of Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ to 4 x 5-1/4″ and stamped a sentiment and ghosts from the Lawn Fawn Spooky Village Stampset with Catherine Pooler Midnight Ink.

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Thanks for reading this post. I hope I’ve inspired you to give this cute Halloween card a try for yourself. Leave comments or questions below or feel free to email.