Halloween cards from the class

Finally got to post the halloween cards we made at the Halloween Card Class on October 13th.

The stamp set used in this one is Cookie Cutter Halloween. I heat embossed the skeleton with VersaMark and white embossing powder on Basic Black card stock, which was then mounted on a piece of Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper. The other pattern paper layers on this card are also from that same set. 


The 'swirly bits' are cut with Swirly Scribbles thinlits, and the bat is punched first with the Elegant Butterfly punch, and then the bottom of the butterfly is punched out with the Bitty Butterfly punch, to make it look like a bat.

The second card is also using the Swirly Scribbles thinlits. Here you can cut both pumpkins at the same time (the smaller circle fits inside the large circle centre, so you have no waste!. The leafs are stamped with Swirly Bird stamp set using Emerald Envy ink. The background splatter is from Swirly Bird stamp set and the sentiment is from Work of Art stamp set and I used Emerald Envy and Sahara Sand inks.

The third card uses again Cookie Cutter Halloween stamp set. The background smutch is painted with a paint brush and Crushed Curry ink refill. The leaves are cut out using Leaflets Framelits. The orange leaf is then embossed with Woodgrain embossing folder, and the Delightful Dijon maple leaf is texturized by breaking the card stock apart.

This creates a 'suede' feel and look to the card stock. This is how I did it:

1. cut out your shape
2. use a bone folder to break the paper fibres by 'curling' the piece in different directions. This curling motion will break the fibres, and you will see that the paper layers start to peel apart. Just be careful with your curling, specially smaller parts may break. Even my leaf had some tears, but I made sure those parts are covered with the other leaf.
3. once your layers start peeling, gently tear the layers apart.

And the last card uses the same Cookie Cutter Halloween stamp set and the Halloween Night Specialty Designer series paper. The sentiment is stamped with Labeler Alphabet stamp set, and the background behind the scarecrow is stamped with a stamp from Butterfly Basics.

Both scarecrows are coloured with Blender Pens.

You know how days sometimes just fly by....

Blushing Bride, Hearts a Flutter

Well that's the story of my life from the past couple of weeks. I have been creating and caseing several cards and had all the intentions to post them here gradually - well... here we are, several days overdue :-)

The first one is a case from Natasha Schwecke. I just loved this card. She used a different heart stamp and different colour card stock and some different embellishments, but the idea is from her. I tried it with different colours too.

I embossed the Hardwood background stamp with white craft ink and white embossing powder and then rubbed some Crumb Cake ink on top of it. I also inked the doilie with the same ink.

Here is a selection of different colour versions (both pictures are of the same cards - the lighting for my photos was not the best).

The top left is Pool Party with white embossing and the doiley is inked with Sahara Sand. It also has some Crisp Cantaloupe. The top right is Crisp Cantaloupe embossed with white and the doiley inked with Sahara Sand.

The bottom left is the same as the first picture on this page - blushing bride. The bottom right is Coastal Cabana embossed with white and Crumb Cake instead of Sahara Sand.

From left: Coastal Cabana,Crumb Cake / Blushing Bride,Crumb Cake / Pool Party, Sahara Sand, Crisp Cantaloupe / Crisp Cantaloupe, Sahara Sand, Pool Party