Month: October 2024

Autumn, Cards, Window Cards

Using Up Scraps to Create A Background feat. Catherine Pooler Designs Count to Six Cover Plate

kittieslovecrafting

Hello friends. For this card, I thought I’d use up some of my patterned paper scraps. You can easily make a quick and impactful background using strips of cardstock and pattern papers. I used the Catherine Pooler Designs Count to Six Cover Plate to create my focal image but as you’ll see I did a little something different to it to make it work for this card!

For this card, I cut a piece of Lawn Fawn Paper Bag 100lb Cardstock to 5-1/2 x 8-1/2″ and scored at 4-1/4″. I cut strips of pattern paper from Catherine Pooler Designs Sunflower Fields Forever 6 x 6 Patterned Paper and Bushel and a Peck 6 x 6 Patterned Paper and adhered them on a diagonal onto the card base, trimming off any excess.

I die cut the Catherine Pooler Designs Count to Six Cover Plate (included in the Boo Box) 3x from Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ and cut off about half of each panel to create my window strip. Behind the panel I cut a piece of Lawn Fawn Paper Bag 100lb Cardstock and ran it through my die cut machine with the Darice Woodgrain Embossing Folder Background. I also used some CP Spiced Ink to add some color over the raised areas of the panel.

I stamped the several leaves from the Stampin’ up! Colorful Seasons Stampset (retired) onto Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with CP It’s a Girl, Samba, Sauna, Spiced, Green Tea, Eucalyptus, and Wintergreen inks. And cut them using the coordinating dies.

I stamped the sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Scripty Autumn Sentiments onto Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with CP Spiced Ink. I used the coordinating dies for the ‘autumn’ and hand trimmed the ‘hello’. I also die cut a banner from the Lawn Fawn Fancy Wavy Banner set (I think this may get discontinued soon) from Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ and colored the border with Eucalyptus ink.

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 two pieces of Catherine Pooler Designs Bushel and a Peck 6 x 6 Patterned Paper to 1 x 4″ and 1-1/4 x 4″. I stamped a sentiment from the Lawn Fawn Scripty Autumn Sentiments with CP Spiced and Eucalyptus Inks and some more leaves.

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Thanks for reading this post. I hope I’ve inspired you to give this technique a try and your own faux embossed background! Leave comments or questions below or feel free to email.

Autumn, Cards, Watercolor techniques

How to Elevate a Watercolored Background feat. Catherine Pooler Designs Halloween Mug Shots

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Hello friends. The Catherine Pooler Designs Halloween Mug Shot Stampset (included in the Boo Box) is adorable for Halloween but also can be used to create Fall cards. For this card I took a simple watercolor background and elevated it by adding stamped images.

For this 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″ to create an A2 card base, a piece of watercolor paper to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 (this panel will be die cut later).

I used Color Burst Powder Brights 6 Pack to color the background and add splatters. Once dried I stamped images from the Catherine Pooler Designs Autumn Blessings Stampset (discontinued) with CP Sauna Ink. Then cut some strips of pattern paper from the CP Sunflower Fields Forever 6 x 6 Patterned Paper. I die cut the panel using the CP Dots & Scallops Dies.

I stamped the owl mug from the Catherine Pooler Designs Halloween Mug Shots Stampset (included in the Boo Box) onto some Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with Memento Tuxedo Ink. I used Copic markers to color some of the image. I used C1, C3, C5, & C7 and Y17 & Y06.

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from Catherine Pooler Designs Boo Day Stampset (included in the Boo Box) onto Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with CP S’mores Ink, fussycut it and adhered it to the card panel.

On the inside of the card, I cut two pieces of CP Sunflower Fields Forever 6 x 6 Patterned Paper to 1 x 4-1/4″ and 1-1/4 x 4-1/4″ and stamped a sentiment from the Catherine Pooler Designs Autumn Blessings Stampset (discontinued) with CP Sauna and CP S’mores Inks.

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Thanks for reading this post. I hope I’ve inspired you to give this card a try and make your own elevated watercolored background! Leave comments or questions below or feel free to email.

Cards, Halloween, interactive, Shaker

Tombstone Shaker Halloween Card feat. Simply Made Crafts

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Hello friends. Here’s a quick Halloween shaker card featuring Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting collection products. In case you are not familiar with this company, it is the creation of Helen Griffin from the UK. Go check out her blog. She has lots of cool dies and stamps.

For this card, I cut a piece of Lawn Fawn Black Licorice Cardstock to 5-1/2 x 8-1/2″ and scored at 4-1/4″ to create an A2 card base, a piece of pattern paper from the Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting Digital Papers to 4 x 5-1/4 and another to 1-1/4 x 4″.

I glued those two pieces of pattern paper together and die cut a window using the largest tombstone in the Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting Spell Book Elements Die Set. I backed it with a piece of acetate scut to a litlle bit smaller than 4 x 5-1/4. Then added foam tape to the back. I used a variety of green, purple, black and orange sequins from my stash. And backed it with a piece of Doodlebug Happy Haunting 12 x 12 Petite Print Paper (discontinued).

To the front panel, I added some decorations by die cutting the ornate corner embellishments from the Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting Spell Book Elements Die Set from green metallic cardstock from the Tim Holtz idea-ology 8 x 8 Paper Stash Metallic Jewels Kraft Stock and an orange spider using the same carstock pack. For the sentiment I used one of the large spider web sentiments from the Simply Made Crafts A5 Ephemera Pack Spooky Specials Halloween Spooky Webs. I love these sentiment diescuts because they really create a great focal point.

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″, added a strip of Doodlebug Happy Haunting 12 x 12 Petite Print Paper (discontinued) to 1-1/4 x 4″ and a piece of Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting Digital Papers to 1 x 4-1/4″. I added a white web and black metallic spider die cut from the Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting Spell Book Elements Die Set.

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

Autumn, Cards, interactive, Shaker

Fall Shaker Card feat. Catherine Pooler Designs Halloween Mug Shots

kittieslovecrafting

Hello friends. Here’s another Autumn inspired card featuring the cute pumpkin mug from Catherine Pooler Designs Halloween Mug Shots (incl. in the Boo Box). This time I created a shaker card using the Haunted Tags & Charms Dies (also incl. in the Boo Box).

For this 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″ to create an A2 card base, and a piece of pattern paper from the CP Sunflower Fields Forever 6 x 6 Patterned Paper to 4 x 5-1/4″.

I die cut the shaker window from the pattern paper panel using the tag in the Haunted Tags & Charms Dies (incl. in the Boo Box). I added a piece of acetate with double-sided tape and added foam tape to the back. For the backer panel I cut a piece of Lawn Fawn Paper Bag 100 lb Cardstock to 4 x 5-1/4″ and used the Taylored Expressions Burlap Embossing Folder to add texture. For the shaker bits, I used some orange, red, brown and green sequins from my stash.

I stamped the pumpkin mug and foam images from the Catherine Pooler Designs Halloween Mug Shots (incl. in the Boo Box) onto some Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I used Copic markers to color the images. I used YR04, YR09, YR14, , E23, E29, YG25, & YG67 for the mug; and W0 & 0, YG25, and E23 for the foam and straw.

I stamped the sentiment from Catherine Pooler Designs Boo Day Stampset (included in the Boo Box) onto Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with CP Eucalyptus Ink, fussycut it and adhered it to the card.

On the inside of the card, I cut a piece of CP Sunflower Fields Forever 6 x 6 Patterned Paper to 1 x 4-1/4″ and stamped a sentiment from the stampset included in the Queen and Company Happy Harvest Fall Kit with CP Orange Peel Ink.

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Thanks for reading this post. I hope I’ve inspired you to create your own fall shaker card using this cute stampset! Leave comments or questions below or feel free to email.

Cards, Faux Embossing, Halloween

Halloween Cards: Faux Embossed Background Using Dies feat. Catherine Pooler Designs

kittieslovecrafting

Hello friends. So for this card, I thought I’d use a technique that I love to use to create dimensional backgrounds without having to have an embossing folder. You can use your dies to create faux embossed backgrounds. It’s super easy and fun to do!

For this 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″ to create an A2 card base, and another piece to 3-3/4 x 5″, and a piece of pattern paper from the Catherine Pooler Designs Eerie-sistible 6 x 6 Paper (included in the Boo Box) to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2″.

I die cut several words from the Catherine Pooler Designs Made You Eek Die Set (included in the Boo Box) from Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ and adhered to the background panel to create a pattern, creating an embossed look.

I stamped the several images from the Catherine Pooler Designs Fright Night Stampset (included in the Boo Box) onto Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with CP Midnight, Orange Twist, Bellini, Catching Rays, Martini, Bellini, Catching Rays and Pixie Dust inks.

I used Copic markers to color some of the images. I used C0, 0, & R20 for the ghosts; and BG000, 0, C1, YR04, YR09, Y17 & Y06 for the candy corn jar.

Lastly, I stamped the sentiment from Catherine Pooler Designs Fright Night Stampset (included in the Boo Box) onto Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with CP Midnight Ink, fussycut it and popped it up with Foam Tape.

On the inside of the card, I cut a piece of Catherine Pooler Designs Eerie-sistible 6 x 6 Paper (included in the Boo Box) to 1 x 5-1/4″, stamped a sentiment from the Catherine Pooler Designs Fright Night Stampset with CP Martini Ink and just added a purple witch hat.

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Thanks for reading this post. I hope I’ve inspired you to give this technique a try and your own faux embossed background! Leave comments or questions below or feel free to email.

Cards, Halloween

Quick and Easy Halloween Card feat. Simply Made Crafts

kittieslovecrafting

Hello friends. Today I am bringing you a card featuring Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting collection products. This one is a quick and easy card to make.

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 an A2 card base, another piece of pattern paper from the Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting Digital Papers to 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 and a piece of Scrapbook Customs 12 x 12 Halloween Paper Pack to 4 x 5-1/4″.

I die cut the small tombstone from the Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting Spell Book Elements Die Set using the Happy Haunting Digital Papers and stamped a sentiment from the Simply Made Crafts Stamp & Die Set Happy Haunting Sentiments with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

I stamped the bat, spider, cat and hand from the Simply Made Crafts Stamp & Die Set Happy Haunting Sentiments onto some Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″ with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and Catherine Pooler Designs Grape Crush Ink. I colored the hand with Copic Markers. I used YG13, Y17, R14, and E23. I die cut the spider web from the Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting Spell Book Elements Die Set from some Neenah 100lb Classic Crest Cardstock 8.5 X 11″.

I finished off the card by adding some Nuvo Crushed Grapes Gloss Drops.

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 strip of Simply Made Crafts Happy Haunting Digital Papers to 1 x 4-1/4″. I stamped a sentiment from the Simply Made Crafts Stamp & Die Set Happy Haunting Sentiments with Catherine Pooler Designs Orange Peel Ink and added a witch hat.

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