Halloween Popup Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone!  I have an easy Halloween scene card featuring the new Ghost in the Forest die as a frame to highlight a spooky sky. 

Frame:

Die cut the Ghosts in the Forest frame die from an A2 size black paper panel.  Die cut the ghosts from the same set out of white card stock. Cut 2 strips of black card stock to 1" x 5/1/2".  Score each strip at the 1/4" make, flip over and score at the 1/2" mark  and flip back over again and score at the 3/4" mark. Fold the strips with the score marks like an accordion. Glue the 2 strips on either side of the frame, setting something heavy so they stay in place while the glue dries.

Background:

Ink blend Distress Oxide ink Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, and Dusty Concord on a white A2 size panel.  Splatter with water and dry off with a towel. Die cut the Rickety House die out of Kraft Woodgrain Paper. For the roof and door die cut again out of black card stock.  Use your finger to rub on Distress Oxide Walnut Stain ink over the Woodgrain house die cut.  Glue on the roof to the house.  Trim down the lightest yellow from the Sunny Orange paper pad to fit behind the house and adhere.  Glue on the door over the yellow paper. Line up the house on the background panel with the frame. Draw in a path to the door using a black color pencil.  Adhere the house to the background panel.

Sentiments:

Die cut Happy Halloween Posh Scrip bottom die from a matching purple from the Twilight Purple pack and the top from matching orange form the Sunny Orange pack and adhere together.  Die cut the word BOO from the same paper combo using the Twiggy Alphabet die set.  Adhere together.  

Assembly:

Adhere the background panel to an A2 top fold card.  Adhere the frame panel by folding down the paper "springs" and add glue.  Adhere to the front of the card.  Set the same heavy object on it until the glue dries.  Adhere the Happy Halloween sentiment to the inside of the card and BOO to the top of the opening of the woods.

 

Supplies

 

94622 Ghosts in the Forest

94585 Happy Halloween Posh Script

94632 Rickety House

94581 Twiggy Alphabet

SH44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

sp1002 Sunny Orange

sp1008 Twilight Purple

Happy Ghosts on a Forest Path by Jean Okimoto

The new Forest Path from our Christmas 2022 Collection is quickly becoming a Design Team favorite.  It's great for frosty winter scenes like Sara's and Trina's.  Add wide-eyed ghosts from the Ghosts in the Forest set - and it's a Halloween card too!  Hi, Jean Okimoto here sharing a fall scene with a combo from our Fall and Christmas Collections.

Prep the Forest Path die by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper to help release the tiny offcuts around the treetops.  Cut it from black cardstock.

Cut a piece of the dark gray/brown Earth Neutral 6x6 to fit behind the black diecut and attach it.  It's either an old country road winding thru the woods - or a muddy stream after a fall rainstorm.   Attach it to a top-folded dark orange A2 card.

Cut the ghosts from the Ghosts in the Forest set.  Love their faces!  Attach them to the background with foam tape.

Cut Boo Posh Script from black cardstock and the bright yellow-green Lush Green Collection 6x6.

Use a hard rubber brayer and frayed burlap Distress Oxide ink to highlight the texture of Kraft Woodgrain Paper.  Dry the ink and diecut Rickety House - just the main section, not the roof section.  Cut the roof from the dark brown Earth Neutral 6x6.  Cut a scrap of the yellow glittered Twinkling Jewel 6x6 for a sparkly door and windows.

Thanks for visiting our blog - hope you enjoyed this little detour from our Christmas designs.  Halloween cards are always fun to send - and receive - before the Christmas rush.

See you in October...

Supplies

 

94702 Forest Path

94632 Rickety House

94587 Boo Posh Script

sp1003 Lush Green

sp1009 Earth Neutral

gp1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

94622 Ghosts in the Forest

sh44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

Ghostly Garden Greetings by Jean Okimoto

 

Transition from late summer to fall - and Halloween - with ghosts and the new Creepy Cabin.  The floral background from the Garland 6x6 set is perfect for summer, fall and winter projects.  Hi, happy weekend - Jean Okimoto here with another idea featuring a die from our Fall '22 Collection.

Cut the Garland 6x6 floral print with the largest Nested Globe die.  

Cut the Creepy Cabin die from Kraft Woodgrain Paper - leave an extra ⅓" above and below the bottom of the design.  Cut it with a portion of the 3" wide Nested Globe die.  Attach a scrap of the yellow Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad sheet behind the house to illuminate the windows and double-door.

The ghosts and bats are from the popular Haunted Entrance Dome Layer set - a favorite for Halloween cards.  Cut them from heavy white cardstock and Black Glossy Paper (it's very sturdy cardstock that's great for scored and embossed designs).

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded green A2 card.  Add the large Clear Fairy Drops.  Cut an A2-sized rectangle of cardstock to protect the Fairy Drops and card for mailing.

Thanks for visiting the blog...have a great weekend!

Supplies

 

94634

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer

gp1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

pp1010 Garland 6x6 pack

94532 Nested Globes

sh44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

cld101 Clear Fairy Drops

Double-Window Creepy Cabin Slimline by Jean Okimoto

Window cutouts, layered diecuts and the new Creepy Cabin create a Halloween slimline with little ghostly accents.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with two great new designs from our Fall 2022 Collection.  There's a lot happening on this card  - here's my attempt to prettify (is that a word?) Halloween in soft peachy colors.

Cut, score and fold a black slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-½").  Prep the new Creepy Cabin die by rubbing it briskly with scrunched wax paper to help release the tiny and detailed pieces. Cut the card with Creepy Cabin and the solid Happy Halloween Posh Script background die.  Trim the 2 pointy pieces from the sides of the 'A' to make it easier to open and close the card.

Pressure-emboss the greeting background with the detailed Happy Halloween Posh Script die.  Cut the detailed greeting from a darker shade of peach cardstock in the Berry Red Collection.  Assemble the greeting.

Diecut a 3" x 8" rectangle of light peach cardstock with the Rectangle Basics die.  Attach it to the inside of the card.  

Cut the ghosts - from the Haunted Entrance Dome Layer Set - from heavy white cardstock.  Define the eyes using a skewer or pushpin.  Attach a scrap of the bright orange 6x6 from the Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad behind the mouth.

Cut the small pumpkins from the Haunted Entrance Dome Layer with the dark orange 6x6 from the Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad. 

Add turquoise Christmas Fairy Dewdrops. Cut a slimline-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.  

 

Thanks for visiting our blog -see you again on Friday...

 

Supplies

 

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer

94634 Creepy Cabin

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers

94585 Happy Halloween Posh Script

gp1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

sp1001 Berry Red

ddp101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

Distressed, Glossy and Ghosty by Jean Okimoto

Add distressed spookyness to the trees from the new Ghosts in the Forest set.  The friendly ghosts and a glossy black Rickety House create a fun Halloween scene.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a fall design that's easy - and fun!

Pressure emboss the smoother side of Open Studio Watercolor Paper with the Ghosts in the Forest trees.  Place the diecut on a smooth, hard surface and brayer Onyx Black VersaFine over the raised sections - including some of the surrounding areas.  Heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Once it's cooled, diecut it.  This techique lets you keep a little bit of the original cardstock color along the edges of each section.

Trim it with the 3-½" wide Nested Globes die.  Cut a dark orange 6x6 from the Sunny Orange Collection with the same die.  Attach the orange diecut behind the trees.

Cut the ghosts from heavy white cardstock.  Attach black cardstock scraps behind them for the facial features.

Cut Rickety House from Glossy Black Paper.  Attach scraps of yellow cardstock - from the Sunny Orange Collection - behind the windows.

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded black A2 card - use foamdots for the ghosts.  Add dark amber Fairy Crystals.

Hope you're liking the fall and Halloween ideas from our Fall 2022 Collection.  They're perfect for mixing and matching and combining with seasonal designs from last year's Halloween release.

Thanks for visiting our blog...have a great weekend!

Supplies

 

94632 Rickety House

94622 Ghosts in the Forest

94532 Nested Globes

SP1002 Sunny Orange

CRY101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

SH44004 Black Glossy Paper

WP101 Watercolor Paper

Puppy Love by Jean Okimoto

Here's a Valentine design for dog people - and a bit of pink-spiration for February's Tickled Pink Challenge.  Hello, Jean Okimoto here, let's build a woodgrained doghouse for the Poppystamps Whittle Scottie.  

The Poppystamps Whittle Scottie and Word Balloons were bought to make card kits  - they're great with Memory Box designs too!

Cut House Frame Background fron a pink 6x6 in the Berry Red Collection.  Prep the Wood Grain Planks die by rubbing it briskly with a scrunched waxed paper for easier removal.  Cut pink background with the Wood Grain Planks die - leave the pieces in the die.  Tape the pieces together with Scotch Tape or Magic Tape for easier removal as a single background piece vs. separate planks.

Cut the woodgrain background with the door die.  Cut the door again with a taupe 6x6 from the Earth Neutral Collection.  Cut the House frame including one scored section at the bottom from the same taupe 6x6 - keep the tiny piece at the top and tape it in place.  

Cut the streamer sections of the Heart Streamer Globe from a bright pink 6x6 in the Berry Red Collection.  Sbnip the streamers from the globe frame - keep the "string" attached to the hearts at the ends.  Attach the streamers behind the edges of the taupe frame - and between the streamers

Attach the pink woodgrain background.

Cut 2 fence pieces - from the House Frame set - from natural cardstock.  Trim one right and one left side.  

Cut the Poppystamps Whittle Scottie from a dark brown Earth Neutral 6x6.  Cut another Scottie from black cardstock and layer it for dimension.  Color the nose with a black marker.  Attach three pink jewels from the Bright Jewels set.

Cut the word bubble from the Poppystamps Word Balloons set. Stamp the greeting - from the Big and Little Valentine Words Clear Stamps - with Charming Pink VersaFine Clair.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder,

Attach the diecuts to a Cream Woodgrain Paper (cardstock) A-2 card - use foamtape behind the top of the house and the Scottie's head.

Lots of little details on this design - but they'll be appreciated by the recipient! Thanks for visiting - see you again on Friday...

Supplies

 

94606 House Frame Background craft die

94601 House Frame craft die

94558 Heart Streamer Globe craft die

SH44002 Woodgrain Paper Pack Cream

94565 Wood Grain Planks craft die

SP1009 Earth Neutral 6x6 pack

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

JWL003 Bright Jewels

2383 Whittle Scottie craft die

2380 Word Balloons craft die

CL5252

Minty Woodgrain Gingerbread House by Jean Okimoto

Favorite holiday flavors - minty, sweet and spicy - decorate a snow-topped gingerbread house. Add shaded Kraft Woodgrain trim and shuttters - and glitter, of course!  Hi -  Jean Okimoto here on the busy weekend-before-Christmas - but there's still time for holiday traditions.

Cut Gingerbread House Frame from Kraft Woodgrain Paper.  Cut the shutters and trim pieces for the door and window too.  Sponge or brush the frame, shutters and trim with Pearlescent Chocolate Brilliance. It's easier to ink the cardstock before cutting these pieces - but inking  after cutting adds more definition along the diecut edges.

 

Cut the roof and window snow from the whitest Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad sheet.  Cut 2 fences and a gate from the House Frame set too.  Cut the Mistletoe Bundle bow too.

 

Create the glossy paneled door - first, attach packing tape or a clear laminate strip to a piece of the pink sheet from the Berry Red Collection.  Pressure-emboss the door using the rubber embossing mat and plate(s) required for your diecut machine.  Attach the door behind the opening.  Attach the surrounding trim.

 

Add a glassy look to the windows  - attach packing tape or laminate to a piece of the light yellow sheet from the Sunny Orange Collection and diecut the 4 panes. Place a wide piece of tape behind the window opening and attach the crossbars - officially called muntins*. (*A funny word, I promise I didn't make it up!) Add the panes.  Attach the surrounding trim.  Attach the shutters with foamtape.

 

Cut the candycanes and round mints from white cardstock and the red Festive Glitter Pad sheet.  Cut the spearmint gumdrops from the green Glitzy Glitter Pad sheet.   

 

Assemble the fence and trim the ends.  Attach the diecuts to a pink A-6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - curve the fence for a natural, wonky look.

 

Thanks for visiting - hope you like gingerbread and mint!  See you next week...

Supplies

 

94603 Gingerbread House Frame craft die

94601 House Frame craft die

94484 Mistletoe Bundle craft die

GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

SH44003 Woodgrain Paper Pack Kraft

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

Sparkling Nativity Scene by Jean Okimoto

A strip of Madras Plaid updates a traditional holiday scene in shades of blue. Specks of gold and Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones balance the frosty colors and add some warmth.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with more holiday ideas from our newest release.  

Cut and assemble the new Nativity House Frame and truss from the blue 6x6 in the Frosted Glitter Pad. Cut the nativity figures from the smoother side of Open Studio Watercolor Paper.

I diecut an ink-blended scrap from my stash for the background and added specks of Imagine's Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz.  Dry the ink, then attach the background behind the frame.  Tie a gold cord at the top and curl the ends with the side of a bonefolder or the plastic flower burnishing tool.  For best results follow the natural curl of the cord.

Diecut a pale blue 6x6 from the Ocean Blue Collection with the smallest Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangle.  Cut a a ¾" x 5" strip of the Madras Plaid Blue and Violet sheet.

Cut the smallest Banner Sentiment Trio strip from a slightly darker blue 6x6.  Stamp the greeting -  from the Festive Christmas Greetings Clear Stamp and Die Set - with Paradise VersaFine Clair.  

Attach everything to an off-white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foam tape for the greeting.  Add Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones.  Cut an A6-sized sheet of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Hope you like this mix of a plaid and a nativity scene - it's the first time I've ever designed a card with a nativity scene.    Thanks for visiting -see you next week.

 

 

Supplies

 

94602 Nativity House Frame craft die

94580 Banner Sentiment Trio craft die

94554 Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles craft die

PP1014 Madras Plaid Blue and Violet 6x6 pack

WP101 Watercolor Paper

SP1005 Ocean Blue 6x6 pack

GP1004 Frosted Glitter Pad

CL5273D Festive Christmas Greetings clear stamp and die set

GEM102 Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones

New House Frames and the Serene Bird by Jean Okimoto

Black felt and Majestic Hues black glittered cardstock transform the new Serene Bird and Branch from sweet to spooky.  Build a Madras Plaid birdhouse and add some ghostly visitors and colorful Halloween candies. Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a few more ways to use the great new designs from our 2021 Holiday Collection.

Cut the solid House Frame Background from a Madras Plaid Coral and Green sheet, then cut the circle out.  Cut the circle frame from a brown sheet in the Earth Neutrals 6x6.

Cut it with the Gingerbread House Frame.  Assemble the house and tie the frame with gold cord.  Curl the cord using the side of a bonefolder or the plastic flower burnishing tool.

Attach adhesive lable paper or a sticker sheet to black felt and cut the Serene Bird.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and keeps adhesives from soaking thru the fabric.  Cut the wings from the black 6x6 in the Majestic Hues Glitter Pad.  Cut the beak from orange cardstock in the Sunny Orange 6x6.

Cut 2 branches from Serene Bird set from the brown Earth Neutrals sheet.  

Cut the ghosts - from the Haunted Entrance Dome Layer set - from White Woodgrain Paper.  Define and eyes with a paper piercing tool. Attach scraps of black cardstock behind the faces.

Cut the candies - from the Gingerbread House Frame set - from pink and orange cardstock in the Berry Red and Sunny Orange 6x6's.  Cut the candies again from the black glittered cardstock. Assemble the candies.

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded A2 card of Kraft Woodgrain paper.  

Big thanks to everyone who ordered the BOO! Halloween cards + treat wrapper kit from Impress!  Kits are also on their way to Stamps and Memories!

Thanks for visiting - see you this weekend...

Supplies

 

SH44003 Woodgrain Paper Pack Kraft

94620 Serene Bird and Branch craft die

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer craft die

94606 House Frame Background craft die

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

94603 Gingerbread House Frame craft die

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

PP1013 Madras Plaid Coral and Green 6x6 pack

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

SP1009 Earth Neutral 6x6 pack

SH44001 Woodgrain Paper Pack White

Bird House Holiday Greetings Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a holiday card using the House Frame dies to create a bird house for the Serene Bird.  I use the branch die to hang the bird house in this snowy scene.

 

Bird House:

Die cut the House Frame from Memory Box Kraft Woodgrain card stock and the fence from the Cream Woodgrain card stock.  Die cut the House Frame Background from cream card stock and the heart from both the same cream card stock and then from the Kraft Woodgrain card stock.  Trim the House Frame die at the first score line to create a frame.  Take the Distress Oxide Antique Line ink pad and run it at an angle with the grain of the paper. Use your finger or small blending tool to blend the ink and add extra ink as needed.  Make sure to ink the edges to create depth.  Take the Kraft Woodgrain heart frame and do the same but with Distress Oxide ink in Crackling Campfire and then Barn Door.  Ink blend the inside of the cream card stock die cut heart with Distress Oxide Antique Line ink and then use Ground Espresso making the outside darker then the center.  Make sure the ink the edges.  This helps to create depth. Take the Distress Oxide Weathered Wood ink pad and run it at an angle on the fence and the House Frame background die cuts. Center the Heart frame die in the center of the House Frame Background die cut and run through the die cut machine.  Keep the heart frame die and glue it behind the red woodgrain die cut.  Ink the edges with Distress Oxide Ground Espresso.  Glue the inked wood House Frame on tope of the background.  Tie some cream colored twine to the top of the house.  Keep the end long to tie to the branch.

Serene Bird and Branch:

Die cut the bird dies from heavy weight cream card stock.  Die cut the wings twice.  Die cut the branch from the same cream card stock.  Take a small bending tool, like a eyeshadow brush, and ink blend Distress Oxide Iced Spruce on the leaves.  Then ink blend the branch with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo.  Make sure to ink the edges of the die cuts.  Ink blend the bird body in Distress Oxide Abandon Coral, stay light towards the bottom center of the bird and heavier on the tail and top of the head.  Ink blend with Crackling Campfire.  Ink blend the wing first with Crackling Campfire and then around the edges with Barn Door.  Take the second wing die cut and trim just the top portion, following the cut lines.  Heavily ink blend with Barn Door.  Ink blend the beak with Mustard Seed.  Add a dot with a fine tip black marker to the eye.  Glue the beak and wings on the bird.  Glue just the main branches, just a few drops, on top of each other, off setting the die cuts to make a longer branch.  Tie the twine from the bird house in the center of the branch, only hanging about 1/4".

Background:

Take cream card stock and trim to 4" x 5 1/4".  Ink blend with Distress Oxide inks from the center out staring with Stormy Sky and then Weathered Wood.  Heavily spray with water and bleach solutions.  I have a spray bottle that I keep with just about 1/10 of the bottle of bleach and the rest with water.  Let the water set for a minute and take a towel and bot off the excess.  Heat dry.  I repeated the process a few times until I had the effect I wanted.  I thought I had to start over but it turned out perfect.

Sentiment:

Die cut the middle sized die from the Banner Sentiment Trio set from cream card stock.  Stamp Holiday Greetings from the Festive Christmas Greetings stamp set with Distress Oxide Barn Door ink in the center.  Take a small blending tool and ink the edges up to the stitching with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo. 

Assembly:

Adhere the bird house to the bottom center of the background panel.  Glue the heart frame in the cut out.  Glue the fence along the bottom center of the house.  Glue the branch over the bird house, adding glue only to the main branch.  Arrange and glue down some of the branches leading to the leaves to make the branch look more full.  Add some white ink platers with thinned out gesso or a white spray ink. Let dry. Adhere the bird on top of the branch with foam tape, tucking it behind some of the leaves.  Adhere the hear die cut in the bird house, tucking it behind the fence.  Add the sentiment banner with foam tape to the bird house.  Adhere to background to an A2 size brown panel and then to a A2 size cream side folded card.  Add some Clear Fairy Drops around the card. 

Supplies

 

94601 House Frame craft die

94606 House Frame Background craft die

94620 Serene Bird and Branch craft die

94580 Banner Sentiment Trio craft die

CL5273 Festive Christmas Greetings clear stamp set

CLD101 Clear Fairy Drops

SH44002 Woodgrain Paper Pack Cream

SH44003 Woodgrain Paper Pack Kraft