Good morning everyone!  Today I have another Halloween card for you featuring some new Fall products.

I began by ink blending a white cardstock panel using Distress inks, and embossing it with the new Spiral Delight 3D embossing folder.  I lightly rubbed across the embossed panel with a black ink pad.  Next I spattered the background with plain water and orange paint.  When this was dry I adhered the background to a white card base.

I die cut a piece of white cardstock with the Vintage Tray Frame die and used 3 of the cutouts from the frame.

I masked around the outside edge of the blocks with Gina K's Masking Magic 1/8" strips.  

I used the same color Distress Inks that I used for the background to fill in the blocks.  Before I removed the masking strips I spattered the backgrounds with white ink.

Colors used: Carved Pumpkin, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Wilted Violet, Gathered Twigs and Black Soot (these colors were also used for the die cut images).

All the images were die cut from white cardstock and colored with Distress Inks.

I glued the orange block to the card and adhered the ghosts to the block.  I did the same with the spider block.  I used foam tape to adhere the pumpkin block to the card.

The words "Boo to You" were die cut from orange cardstock and glued to a black cardstock shadow die cut.  I used foam tape to adhere it to the card.

That's it for today!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

EF1033 Spiral Delight 3D Embossing Folder

EF1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

94692 Haunting Ghosts

94846 Eerie Spiders

94848 Carving Pumpkin

SH44017 Orange Peel Paper Pack

The Haunting Ghosts are back again - posing as little witches for today's card.  Hi, Jean here with a die that won't quit!  The ghosts needed a spooky, abstract background and found three perfect shapes.

Cut three shades of orange cardstock from the Sunrise 6x6 paper pack with the 3 greeting background dies from the new Magical Halloween Clear Stamp and Die Set.  Cut them again from black cardstock.  Shade the orange diecut edges with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair.  It's great for stenciling and shading - and it dries quickly.  Assemble the background blocks, slightly offset for dimension. 

Cut Haunting Ghosts from watercolor paper.  Attach scraps of black glittered cardstock from the 6x6 Glitzy Glitter Pad behind the eye cutouts.

Cut the cauldron - from the new Cauldron Witch set - from Black Glossy Paper.  Cut the bubbles from the chartreuse Graceful Garden Glitte Pad 6x6.  Cut the boiling goo from the chartreuse Rainbow Reflections 6x6.

Cut three witch hats from the Cauldron Witch set from black cardstock.  The top right ghost's hat is reversed just so everything isn't too matchy.  Run that diecut through your machine to smooth the cut edges.  Cut three hatbands from the dark turquoise Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  Assemble the hat.

Stamp the greeting - from the Magical Halloween Clear Stamp and Die Set - on another orange 6x6 from the Sunrise Collection with Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair.   Quickly emboss it with detail clear powder.

Cut the dark blue print - from the Yuletide Cheer 6x6 set - with the 2-½" wide Fringed Scalloped Frame Set die.  

Attach the diecuts and greeting to a top-folded light recycled Kraft A2 card - use foam tape near the top of the ghosts' heads and their hats.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the cardfront for mailing. 

Discover new ways to use your Memory Box dies - they're great for stenciling too!

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

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94692 Haunting Ghosts

94849 Cauldron Witch

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

cl5284D Magical Halloween Clear Stamp Set and Dies

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

sh44004

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

Welcome October! It is time for a new card challenge. Thank you to everyone who participated in the "fall foliage" challenge. We are always love to see what you create and to gain new inspiration.

The winner of the blog badge was Greta H from the GG Creations blog. We loved her wintry tree scene. Beautiful:

The random winner of the September challenge and the prize pack was Jenny Martin from the My Paper Epiphany blog.

Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prize.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation.

 

Memory Box has a new Fall Cornucopia release that has items for fall and Halloween. With that in mind, we are doing a Halloween themed challenge for October. How are you inspired to make Halloween cards? Are they funny? Scary? Do they have spooky backgrounds? If you don't make Halloween themed cards normally, you could challenge yourself to make a card with Halloween themed colors such as black/orange or purple/lime green. There are so many possibilities, and we would love to see your creations and interpretation of the theme. All we ask is that you use at least one Memory Box product in your project. The rest is up to you.

Here are some samples to help inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge112 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Wednesday, October 30th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

 

Supplies

 

94692 Haunting Ghosts

94848 Carving Pumpkin

94847 Potion Bottles

 

Greetings friends. Today I want to share a couple of ornament ideas with you. I find that I often start too late to make ornaments, so this year I am starting earlier. Memory Box dies make really beautiful ornaments, but they are a bit easier to use. All you need to do is cut out your dies, adhere them to an ornament blank and add some Mod Podge to the top to seal them. Stamping can be a bit more difficult, so I wanted to walk you through my thought process. Perhaps that will save you some trial and error time.

For both samples, I am using the Limited Edition between Memory Box and Simon Says Stamp. It was released for the Simon Says Stamp Stamptember event. When it is gone, it will be gone. I would give it a look because it has lots of cute holiday characters to color.

For the first ornament with Santa, I used a metal blank I got at Michaels. Because the ornament is metal, my stamping didn't really show up well on top of it. It is also not porous, so it is hard to get a good look with it. You could emboss on top of the blank, but you need to be very careful. It will heat up very fast, and there is a chance you could burn yourself.

To avoid all of this, I stamped my Santa and trees onto Copic XPress It paper with black Memento ink and then colored them with Copic markers. Next, I cut out the images and glued them onto the blank. I let the metal of the ornament blank show through in the background to act as a sky.

What about stamping on an ornament blank? Let's look at the second sample:

For the second ornament, I stamped directly on top of a ceramic blank ornament. I had to be a bit of trial and error. My first thought was to stamp my penguin in Memento ink and use Copic markers for coloring. However, the ink really didn't show. Instead, I needed to stamp it in black Versafine ink and then emboss it in black embossing powder. I made to use a talc anti-static pad under the Versamark ink so that my embossing powder didn't the ornament. The powder stuck only to the ink. The ceramic disc got very hot when embossing so I made sure to hold it with some heat-resistant tongs. I then set it down on a heat-resistant mat to completely cool.

Next, I colored the penguin with Copic markers. I found it worked best to dab the color onto the surface rather than draw along the surface. I learned that with a big, open area such as the sky, the marker looked really streaky. I avoided that look by first laying down some B02 marker and then dabbing on top of it with a B00 marker. It gave the sky a mottled look, much like an alcohol ink background. To finish the ornament, I added some fake snow and Stickles to the ground.

Do you have some tips for stamping on different surfaces? I would love to hear them.

Hello everyone! It’s Theary here back on the blog. Today I am sharing a Christmas inspired card using the exclusive collaboration release with Simon Says Stamp called, So Very Merry.

I stamped out the adorable snowman using a black dye ink onto an alcohol friendly cardstock. I used my alcohol markers to color the image. Then, I used the trees and stamped that onto SH44011 Powder Blue cardstock with a clear embossing ink. I poured white embossing powder over the ink and heat set that with my heat tool. To add a little more interest to the scene, I used a light blue ink and blended that over the edges of the card panel. I also trimmed down the panel to 2.75 inches by 5.5 inches.

For the background panel, I used the beautiful snowflakes border stamp included in the So Very Merry set and stamped that onto white cardstock with the same ink that was used for the blending.

I then stamped the sentiment with a black pigment ink on the lower right of the card panel.

I popped the blended panel and snowman over the background panel with foam squares to give it dimension.

Then, added gems from GEM102 Winter Fantasy Fairy onto the center of the snowflakes.

Finally, I adhered that to a side folding card base.

I hope you found some inspiration and get crafty!

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

gem102 Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones

SH44011 Powder Blue Paper Pack

Hello everyone.  I have a spooky cute 👻 Halloween card to share today featuring these Haunting Ghosts from the 2024 Fall Cornucopia release. 

 

Stretched the Vintage Tray die and partial die cut it twice from white cardstock, then stacked them to create the window frame.  The ghosts were also die cut from white cardstock and their eyes backed with Black Glossy paper.  Depending on how the light hits them, the eyes “twinkle”… a pretty cool effect IRL (in real life).

For the background, a moon mask was die cut from masking paper using a Circle Basics die.  A Bristol panel was trimmed to the frame size next.  Adhered the moon mask off the top edge of the panel then ink blended gradient colors of teal dye inks using blending brushes.  Splattered with water and blot with a paper towel for some texture.  Used Copic Sketch markers to add shading to the moon (C0/1/2) and ghosts (BG10/11, 0).  White heat embossed the sentiment on a black panel then assembled onto a white card base to finish. 

That does it for my card.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful day.

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Supplies

 

94692 Haunting Ghosts

cl5284 Magical Halloween

CL5284D Magical Halloween Clear Stamp Set and Dies

EF1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

SH44004 Black Glossy Paper

30087 Circle Basics Set

 

Intricate Mini Pumpkins join the Eerie Spiders and a trio of candycorn-colored Haunting Ghosts today.  There's a lot happening on this card...because it's Halloween!  Hi, Jean here with more ways to combine the great designs from our 2024 Fall Cornucopia release with items from previous collections. 

Cut Haunting Ghosts from white cardstock.  Save the 4th ghost for another project.  Tear the adhesive edge of a Post-it Note in a slight curve.  Cover the top of the ghosts with the torn edge - and brush, daub or sponge Summertime VeraFine Clair away from the Post-it, down towards the middle of the ghosts.  Blend Cheerful VersaFine Clair over the rest of each ghost.  Attach a scrap of black cardstock behind the eye cutouts.

Cut heavyweight black cardstock (or two medium-weight layers glued together) with the 2-½" wide Nested Globes die.  Spritz both sides of the globe with a light mist of water, then emboss it with the Spiral Delight 3D Embossing Folder.

Cut Intricate Mini Pumpkins from the new Orange Peel and Summer Squash 8.5x11" Cardstock.  Create wonky stems from the legs of the largest Eerie Spider and Leaf Sprout 8.5x11" Cardstock.  Sounds creepy, but it works!

Cut Eerie Spiders from the copper Rainbow Reflections 6x6 sheet.  

Stamp Boo - from a previous release of the Halloween Pumpkin Clear Stamp Set - on Key Lime 8.5x11" Cardstock with Nocturne VersaFine Clair.  Quickly emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut it with the ¾" Circle Basics die.  Cut another circle from black cardstock and layer it for dimension.  Attach it over the Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tab...Happy Boo Day!

Attach everything to a top-folded textured gray A2-card.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the cardfront for mailing.

Thanks for visiting - hope you'll have time to create a few fun Halloween cards this weekend!

 

Supplies

 

94692 Haunting Ghosts

94846 Eerie Spiders

94532 Nested Globes

94845 Intricate Mini Pumpkins

sh44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack

sh44005 Key Lime Paper Pack

sh44017 Orange Peel Paper Pack

sh44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

st010

cl5264 Halloween Pumpkin

ef1033 Spiral Delight 3D Embossing Folder

30087 Circle Basics Set

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Hello everyone!  Today is the release of the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember collaboration with Memory Box.  This cute stamp set is available now at Simon Says Stamp.  It is a limited release and when it's gone it's gone.

For the Santa card, I started by ink blending green inks on a white cardstock panel and 3D embossing it using the Frosted Trees embossing folder.  Make sure the inked side of the cardstock is face down in the folder so the trees are debossed.

Next rub across the paper with a black dye based ink pad.  This will leave the trees green on the background.

I die cut a circle from white cardstock for the moon and lightly inked the edges with Mustard Seed Distress ink.  I glued this above the trees.

I hand cut a hill from white cardstock, inked the edges with Lost Shadow Distress ink and glued it to the bottom of the card front.

The Santa was stamped with black ink onto white cardstock, colored with pencils and fussy cut.  Foam tape was used to adhere it to the card.

Next I spattered the card with white ink and glued it to a white card base.  To finish the card, I glued a Foil Greeting Strip to the card and added a pom pom to Santa's hat.

That's it for the Santa card.  I will do a blog post for the snowman card at a later date!

Enjoy your day!

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

ST019 Holiday Wishes Foil Greetings Black Tabs

EF1045 Frosted Trees 3D Embossing Folder

Hi everyone.  I have a Halloween card feature the Potion Bottles and the Magical Halloween stamp set.

Background:

Trim Lavender Bloom paper to 4" x 5 1/4".  Lightly spray with water and emboss using the Spiral Delight 3D Embossing folder.  On the debossed side lightly apply VersaFine Clair in Monarch to the tops of the embossed paper. 

Focal Image:

Die cut the Potion Bottles and the cauldron from the Cauldron and Witch die sets from white and stock.  Ink blend with Oxide inks using Twisted Citron, Carved Pumpkin, Dusty Concord, Squeezed Lemonade and Black Soot.  Adhere the die cuts using the envelopes as a guide.  Apply Glossy Accents to the bubbling potion and all over the bottles except the tops.  Let dry.  Add an additional layer of Glossy Accents to just the drippy part of the potion bottles.  Let dry.

Assembly:

Trim 2 panels from black card stock to A2 size and then to. 1/4" larger then the 3rd die from Wrapped Stitch Rectangles.  Die cut the 3rd die from Wrapped Stitched Rectanles from Cilantro paper.  Adhere the die cut to the smaller black panel.  For the stamping use LET'S carve out SOME GOOD TIMES and BOO to You FROM OUR CREW to create the sentiment "Brew SOME GOOD TIMES".  Use a sticky note to cover up the area of the stamp not using and ink up with black ink.  Remove the sticky note before stamping on the die cut panel.  Use the B from Boo and the REW from Crew covering up the areas with the sticky note. Once stamped use a small tip black pen to complete the outline around "BREW".  Adhere to the 3D embossed background and then to the A2 size black penal then to a card base.  Add the bottles and cauldron to the bottom of the sentiment.

Supplies

 

94847 Potion Bottles

94849 Cauldron Witch

cl5284 Magical Halloween

EF1033 Spiral Delight 3D Embossing Folder

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

SH44007 Cilantro Paper Pack

SH44013 Lavender Bloom Paper Pack

Candycorn-colored Haunting Ghosts replace the typical white diecuts on today's card.  Hi, Jean here after a  series of Typepad photo-rejections and draft-saving issues, the bouncy new puppy and big tree challenges.  That called for something sunny, bright and happy...nothing scary!

Cut Haunting Ghosts from white cardstock and the bright yellow and orange Sunrise Collection 6x6 sheets.  Tried to keep the color proportions and sequence similar to real candycorn...details, details!  Attach scraps of black cardstock behind their eye cutouts.

Cut a pearlescent white vellum moon with the 1" Circle Basics die.

Cut the yellow/mustard Gladiola Plaid 6x6 diagonally with the 2-½" wide Nested Globes die.  Cut the new Orange Peel 8.5 x 11" Cardstock with the 2" Nested Globes die.  Cut the mustard/white Glimmering Gladiola leafy branch 6x6 with the 1-½" wide Nested Globes die.

Cut 3 new Eerie Spiders from Black Glossy Paper (cardstock).

Stamp the greeting - from the new Magical Halloween Clear Stamp and Die Set - on mustard cardstock with Nocturne VersaFine Clair.  Quickly emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut it with the set's coordinating die.  Cut an extra greeting shape from black cardstock and layer it for dimension.

 

Trim the top corners of a yellow/orange A2 notecard with a rounding punch.  Attach the diecuts - use foam tape for the yellow ghost and behind the heads of the orange and white ghosts.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Working on another candycorn Haunting Ghosts design for my next post - here's a peek - see you on Friday!

Supplies

 

94692 Haunting Ghosts

94846 Eerie Spiders

94532 Nested Globes

30087 Circle Basics Set

pp1027 Gladiola Plaid 6x6 pack

pp1028 Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 pack

sh44017 Orange Peel Paper Pack

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

cl5284d

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper