Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration: Family Halloween Fun!

I'm back!  There's so much fun with the Holiday I had to come back and share one more Halloween project.  Every holiday I like to send family and friends cards to let them know we're thinking of them so this is the card I made to send this year.  It was inspired by a card by Patty Bennett (loved how she created the tombstone using the Note Tag Punch).  Today over on the  Stylin' Stampin' INKspiration blog we're sharing Halloween projects and this was the second card I shared.

For this card I started with Sahara Sand for the cardbase.  Next I took a piece of Basic Black cardstock and used the Confetti Stars punch to punch the stars along the border and then added a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock behind the cardstock to create a starry sky.  I also added a piece of Motley Monsters Designers Series Paper along the bottom of the card.

I had lots of fun with punches and framelits to fill out this card.  I stated with the Note Tag Punch and punched out a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock and stamped the "fright night" and bat and stars from the Project Life Holiday Cheer stamp set before sponging around the edges with Basic Black Ink.  Next I used the Holiday Invitation stamp set to create the moon image by stamping the moon and stars on Crush Curry cardstock, punching it out with the 1" Circle Punch, and adding a small rhinestone for a little sparkle.

I love the little ghost and pumpkin and they are too cute, and super easy thanks to the Fun Fest Photopolymer stamp set and matching Fall Fun framelits.  I cut the ghost out of Whisper White cardstock and then used Momento Ink to stamp the ghost face.  For the pumpkin I used Stampin' Write Markers to color in the pumpkin before stamping it and then stamped the face in Black before cutting it out with the framelits.

The final touch was to add the greeting.  For this I used the Bite Me Photopolymer stamp set (love that this set is still available).  I stamped the greeting in Tangerine Tango ink on Sahara Sand cardstock before punching it out with the Modern Label Punch.  Of course I had to sponge around the edges with Basic Black ink before attaching the greeting to the cardfront.

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Have a wonderful Halloween and enjoy all the festivities!

Diana

Halloween Greetings!

Happy Halloween friends!  I hope you have a fun and safe day and all your little ghosts and goblins have a great time and don’t get too sick from all the candy and sweets that will be consumed.  Today I thought I would share my final Halloween card for the year, and this is the card that I made to send to our family and friends.  It’s pretty simple but has lots of fun elements.  The cardbase is Summer Starfruit and I added a layer of Basic Gray cardstock that was stamped with the large spiderweb image from the Bite Me Photopolymer stamp set.  I also added a piece of Witches Brew Designer Series Paper along the bottom and a piece of the cute Witches Brew Washi Tape along the center.  A couple of rhinestones were added to the washi tape for a little bling.

The main stamped image is from the Halloween Bash stamp set and I used Stampin’ Write markers in various colors to color directly on the rubber so I could stamp all the different colors at the same time (this was one of the first techniques I learned and it’s still one of my favorites).  This piece was cut out with the Big Shot and the Décor Label Framelits.  I created a mat for the stamped image by cutting a piece of Basic Black cardstock with the same framelits.  The stamped image was attached to the card with dimensionals so it’s raised off the card for dimension.

This card is so fun and great to send Halloween greetings.  I did use one of the stamps from the Bite Me stamp set to stamp “Happy Halloween” on the inside of the card. 

Enjoy and have a great day,

Diana

Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge: Bite Me

Happy Friday peeps!  What a crazy week (even worse than most in our house).  I'm so looking forward to spending some quality time at home this weekend, plus baseball season is wrapping up, we only have this weekend and next and then we're done until spring.  Today I have another fun Halloween card to share with you for this weeks Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge.   I was so excited last month when Stampin' Up! announced the new Photopolymer Stamp Set, Bite Me.  It has such great images, plus don't we all need a stamp that says "Bite Me"?  So awesome!!! 

This card starts with a cardbase of Tangerine Tango and added layers of Garden Green and Elegant Eggplant under the Smoky Slate layer.  On this I stamped the spider web in Basic Black ink and the splotches in Elegant Eggplant and Garden Green ink.  I added a piece of Tangerine Tango Designer Series Paper and stamped the cute little spiders directly on the DSP.  The fun little Ric-rack border was cut with the Big Shot and the Tasteful Trim XL Bigz Die.  I stamped another spider on Elegant Eggplant cardstock and punched it out with the Small Oval Punch, a small string of rhinestones was added to look like the spiders string.

 

I had to use the "Bite Me" image so it was stamped with Tangerine Tango ink, punched out with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch and then matted with Basic Black cardstock that was punched with the 1 3/8" Circle Punch.  The final touch was to stamp the greeting (love all the different images in this stamp set, there really is everything) on Smoky Slate cardstock with Elegant Eggplant ink and punched it out with the Modern Label Punch.  I used dimensionals for the oval spider and the greetings so there is lots of dimension.

 

You've got to check out some of the other great projects created for this weeks challenge, such great inspiration and you'll love the Bite Me stamp set, give the Photopolymer stamp sets a try, you'll like them.

 

Enjoy and have a great weekend,

 

Diana