Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you. In my quest to use up the Designer Series Paper (DSP) in the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package, I am getting close. From what I can figure I think there's about 4 more cards to make and then I'm just down to some cutouts left but I'm probably not going to do much with them. Perhaps put them in my parts envelope and use them another season! So onto today's card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

On the front I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of DSP and taped it to the front. On top of that is a 4-1/2" x 3-1/4" piece of DSP and that was taped to the front of the card with equal spacing all around, as much as you eye thinks it looks good. 

I cut three strips of DSP that measure 4" x 3/4" each. The center one was supposed to be 1" x 4" but I didn't have enough scraps left so I used what I had. I taped them on the front. I taped the ends ones first and then the center one.

The tree was a cutout and was fussy cut and glued in place. I glued it across the bottom and up the main part of the trunk plus up the three other branches off the trunk. I left the thinner branches to be free.

The character and candy corn were from the cutouts. I set them in place using Dimensionals. 

The circle is was made from a piece of Basic White card stock and the second smallest circle in the "Stylish Shapes" die set. Using my Blending Brush I scrubbed on some Pumpkin Pie ink on the edges and then without reinking the brush I lightly scrubbed on the rest of the circle. I set that piece in place using tape.

The bat was a die cut from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle and was cut using the die in that bundle. I set it in place using a small Dimensional. 

I took my Wink of Stella pen and colored over the bat, the candy corn, the crown and the character's clothing. And the card was done.

This was a very fun and quick card to make. I'm excited to be almost done with that package of DSP. It will be a first for me. I don't ever recall using up a package of DSP in all the years I've been stamping.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you.  Yup, I'm almost out of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. YAY!  I've been making SO many Halloween cards trying to reach my goal of actually using up a package of DSP! Please read on to see how I made today's card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White and taped it to the inside. 

The background on the front is from a sheet of DSP in the package. There's several little background scenes. This was cut at 4" x 5-1/4" and was taped to the front of the card.

The cat was stamped from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. I cut it out with the coordinating die. I used my Blends pens to color it in. I used all light Blends in Pumpkin Pie, Granny Apple Green, Berry Burst and Pecan Pie (on the nose). 

The elements on the front are all from the same package of DSP. I set the broom on first, then the cat and then the other character, that I have yet to figure out what it is. Any ideas? The candies were taped down on the bottom part of the card and the bat was cut using a die from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle. I set it in place using a small Dimensional.

I added Wink of Stella to the bat, the candies, the pumpkins in the background and the candy buckets.

This was such a quick and easy card to make. I love these pre-cut pieces!

Thank you SO much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Painterly Pears, Simply Said, Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a birthday card to share with you. I found this card on Pinterest. You can see it by clicking here. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of the card is a folded half-sheet of Secret Sea card stock. If you don't have Secret Sea you can always use Basic Black. My card opens on the right and the fold is on the left. 

A 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) was cut for the large layer. It's from the "Painterly Pears" 12" x 12" package and was taped to the front of the card.

Next I cut the Secret Sea layer that measures 3-1/4" x 4-1/4". On top of that is a 3" x 4" piece of Basic White card stock. A 3/4" x 4" strip of DSP was added to the left side. It's actually the backside of the large piece of DSP. I taped this piece to front of the card, giving equal space all around (I just eyed it. I always figure that if it looks centered by my eyes, it's close enough).

The pears are from the same package of DSP and were fussy cut. I sat in front of the tv one night and cut up a whole sheet of DSP so they are ready when I want to make a card. I'm hoping to use up this package of DSP too, especially since I fussy cut all of those pieces!

The stem was glued to the largest pear. Then that piece was set on top of the card, along with the other two pieces. I just set them there for placement of the words. The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Mossy Meadow ink. Secret Sea can be used there too or Basic Black. 

Once the word were stamped I added the pears using Dimensionals. The double pears were added using tape on the left and a Dimensional on the right.

The Petal Pink flowers were added using tape.

I had some green pearls so I added those. I don't always have the embellishments on cards I see so I just use what I have. Maybe someday I'll use up all of that stuff too! (wishful thinking)

This was a fun card to make and I know my friend will love it because she's mentioned before how much she likes that package of DSP.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's birthday card,
Wanda

Painterly Pears, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a friendship card to share with you. Please read on to see how it's made. 

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the 12" x 12" "Painterly Pears" package. I taped it to the front of the card.

Using the "Spotlight on Nature" die set I cut the larger one from a piece of Mossy Meadow card stock and the next size smaller was cut from a piece of Basic White card stock. 

I stamped the "hello" from the "Simply Said" set using Mossy Meadow ink.

The pears and other pieces were fussy cut from another piece of DSP in the package. I glued the stem on the large pear. I took a piece of linen thread and tied a bow around the stem.

I taped the circles together and then added the large pear using Dimensionals. The small pears were added using a Dimensional were it touches the white circle and glue where it touches the large pear. Before pressing down on the double pears I added a little glue to the petal pink flowers and slipped it under the little pear. The brighter flower was glued in place and I slipped it under the leaf of the little pears.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the Mossy Meadow circle and it was set in place on the front of the card.  And that was it.

This was a fun card to make and I just love the colors on it. That background piece was such a busy one and I was glad I was able to use it in such a pretty way on this card.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have an easy Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. It opens in the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic Black card stock for the large layer.

The Designer Series Paper (DSP) is from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. My piece was a scrap and it was an odd size so I had trimmed it down to 3-1/3" x 4-3/4". I taped that to the Basic Black piece. I trimmed it so I could get both ghosts in the scene.

This card is filled with cut-outs. I popped out the hippo, the tree, the bat, the tree and the other trick or treater character. I just can't figure out what it is dressed up as something! LOL

The first thing I did was I fussy cut around the tree branches. It had too white of a border and would have taken away from more of the scene. I added some tape to the trunk and then little dots of glue to the branches. I set the piece in place lining the trunk on on the edge of the sidewalk. 

The hippo, trick or treater character and bat were set in place using Dimensionals. I added some Wink of Stella to the little bat, and all the orange on the card. And that was it, the card was done.

This was such a super quick and easy card to make. The fussy cutting took a little bit of time but it wasn't that bad. It was worth it and I was glad I was able to use it. I'm still trying to use up this package of DSP!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Autumn Toile, Simply Said, Masculine Birthday Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I took a break from Halloween cards to play with some new Designer Series Paper (DSP) that I bought. I saw a card on the internet that used this paper and I thought I'd give it a try. You can see the original card by clicking here. Please read on to see how the card was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. If I were to make this card again (and I just might) I would use Early Expresso instead. This card opens on the right and the fold is on the left. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Very Vanilla and taped it to the inside.

Next I cut the DSP from the "Autumn Toile" 12" x 12" package. It measures 4" x 5-1/4".  I cut the piece on the short side at 1-1/2". This piece is flipped over and both were taped to the front of the card. SO simple!

The words are from the "Simply Said" set and were stamped using Early Espresso ink (see, this is why Early Espresso would be better for the card base). It was stamped on a scrap piece of Very Vanilla card stock and was cut using the "Labeled with Love" die or you can use the "Labeled with Love" punch. I bought the set of dies. I die cut a scrap piece of Early Expresso card stock at the same time. I cut the Early Espresso piece in half. I added tape to the top and bottom of the word piece. I lined up the Early Espresso pieces and affixed them to the word piece. Dimensionals were added to the back of the word piece and it was set in place on the front of the card about 1-1/2" from the top and about 7/8" from the sides.

I had some (retired) "Candy Dots" but they weren't dark enough so I colored them using my dark Basic Black Blends pen. I set them in place on the front of the card and the card was done.

I was going to make an "Autumn Wishes" card. I didn't have the stamps but I did have the "Words for the Season" dies. The words ended up being just too large for the orientation of this card. I put it in my stash to maybe use it sometime in the near future. I need to remember to write on the back of the piece the name of the dies so I don't forget because I know I will forget. UGH!

Anyway, this was a very fun card to make and I love the simplicity of it. It's a great masculine birthday card. Excellent DSP for that!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's masculine birthday card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweets, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you that I found on Pinterest. I changed the background and elements but for the most part it looks like the original. You can see the original card by clicking here. Please read on to see how it was made.

For the base of my card I used a half-sheet of Basic White card stock and folded it in half. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Subtles" 6" x 6" stack. The color I used is Fresh Freesia. I taped it to the front of the card.

Using the largest circle die in the "Stylish Shapes" set I cut one from Basic White card stock. I took my blending brush and scrubbed on some Fresh Freesia ink in the center of the circle.

The precut shapes are in the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package of DSP. I punched out two bats, a broom, the cauldron, the green stuff for inside the cauldron, the bottle and the spider. I taped the spider piece to the bottle. The green stuff for inside the cauldron was taped in place. 

I taped the bottle to the circle. The cauldron was added next using Dimensionals. The broom was taped across that. Don't add tape to the whole broom, just where it touches the cauldron. 

I laid the circle on top of the card front to see where to add the words. The words are from the "Spooky Halloween bundle and were stamped using black Memento ink.

Tape was added to the back of the circle and it was set in place on the front of the card about 5/8" from the top and side edges.

The bats were added next using Dimensionals. I got out some black sequins I had and set them in place using small glue dots and the card was done.

This was such a quick and easy card to make and I was able to use a lot of those pre-cut pieces. I still have quite a few of them left. 

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another Halloween card to share with you. The pieces in my "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package of DSP is getting down there. A few more cards and it's used up! It will be a first! Please read on to see how I made today's card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and I taped it to the inside.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of DSP from the "Spooky Sweet" package and taped it to the front.

One of the rectangle tag type pieces was used for the focal piece. It measures 2" x 3-5/8".  I cut a 2-1/4" x 3-7/8" piece of Basic Black card stock and taped the two pieces together. 

I set the focal piece on top of the card so I could see where to stamp the words. They are from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle and were stamped on the front of the card 5 times using black Memento ink.

Next I die cut the house from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle. Basic Black card stock was used for that. At the same time I cut a bat. 

A piece of Daffodil Delight card stock was trimmed up and taped to the back of the house. 

The moon was made using the smallest circle die in the "Stylish Shapes" set and it was cut from a scrap piece of Daffodil Delight card stock.

Dimensionals were added to the back of the house and it was set in place on the front of the focal piece. 

The moon was taped in place and a bat was added using a small Dimensional. 

Dimensionals were added to the back of the panel and it was set in place on the front of the card about 1/2" from the right and bottom edge of the card. And the card was done.

This was such a quick and easy card to make. I like being able to use those tag shaped pieces. The package has quite a few of them! Hope I can work more into fun cards.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Painterly Pears, Simply Said, Friendship Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I thought I'd make a friendship card instead of a Halloween card. Though I am going to be making a few more Halloween cards, so stay tuned! I found this card on Pinterest and I just loved the simple layout. You can see the original card here. I made it with the products that I had on hand. Please read on to see how I made this card.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card. I'm sure the original card used the Secret Sea card stock, which is SO close to black. My card opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut the Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the "Painterly Pears" 12' x 12" package. I cut the bottom piece at 4" x 4" and the top piece at 4" x 3".  I cut the bottom piece at an angle. I started at the upper right corner and cut down to 2-1/4".  I didn't cut the top piece, I just taped it to the top of the card and then added the angled one over it. I wasn't concerned if I had any small gaps because I covered it with a 1/2" wide and 5" long strip of Basic Black card stock. I had to trim the ends. I found that a little difficult since I had already taped the DSP down. I just a little line with my fingernail across the strip where it needed to be cut. I taped that strip over the area where the two pieces of DSP overlaped.

The circles are from the ""Spotlight on Nature" die set. I cut the 3-1/4" one of Basic Black card stock and the Basic White one is 2-3/4". 

I stamped the "hello" from the "Simply Said" set using Mossy Meadow ink. 

The pears and flowers were fussy cut from a piece of DSP in the pack. The pears were set in place on the white piece using Dimensionals and the flowers were set in place with a little dot of glue.

The white circle was taped to the black circle. Dimensionals were added to the back and it was set in place on the front of the card. It's about 3/8" from either side and 1" from the top.

I used some retired Candy Dots on the front and a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock was added to the front and the card was done. After I looked at the picture of the card on here I decided to add tiny pearls to the little yellow flowers, they just looked like they needed something.

This was a very fun card to make and the fussy cutting doesn't take long, just "fussy". Especially those little flowers. But it's SO worth it.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's friendship card,
Wanda

spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have another Halloween card to share with you. It's one made with a few scraps. It was a happy accident. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the right and the fold is on the left.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Designer Series Paper (DPS) from the  "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package and taped it to the front of the card.

The little squares were added next. The DSP was leftover pieces from a previous card. I'm not sure which one but I think it was one that had strips of DSP. These squares of DSP measure 1-1/4" x 1-1/4" and the Basic Black squares measure 1-1/2" x 1-1/2".  I taped the pieces together. Then I set them in place on the front of the card. I added the top and bottom one first. They are about 1/4" from the top edge, bottom edge and fold. They were taped in place. The center one was set in place using Dimensionals.

The little character is from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle and was stamped using black Memento ink on a piece of Basic White card stock. I cut it out using the matching die. He was colored using both light and dark Blends pens. I used Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight. And for the pants I sued Petunia Pop and my Blending pen because I didn't by the in color Blends pens. I set the piece in place using Dimensinals.

The words were stamped next. They are from the same "Spooky Halloween" bundle. I used black Memento ink to stamp them.

I had also cut a Basic Black bat using the die from the "Spooky Halloween" bundle. I set it in place using Dimensionals.

The bat needed a bit of sparkle so I colored over it with my Wink of Stella pen. I also colored the lollypop and shirt.  I thought it could use a little more sparkle so I colored over the DSP on each square. 

This was a fun card to make and SO easy too.

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a fun Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic Black card stock. It opens on the bottom and the fold is on the top. I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and taped it to the inside.

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic Gray card stock and textured it using the "So Swirly" embossing folder. I glued that to the front of the card.

Next I cut a 3" x 4-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock and scrubbed on some color using my Blending brush and ink pads. First I took the second smallest circle die in the "Stylish Shapes" set and cut a circle from the center of a scrap piece of card stock. 

I used removable tape and set the circle where I wanted the moon to go. I scrubbed on some Pumpkin Pie ink. Then I scrubbed on some Mossy Meadow on the "grassy" area. And using that piece I cut the circle from, I laid it over the moon so only the moon was showing and I scrubbed on some Daffodil Delight ink. Then I took the same brush with the Pumpkin Pie ink on it and without adding more ink I scrubbed it over the moon to tone it down a bit.

Then I die cut the fence, house and bat using Basic Black card stock. I set them aside.

The cat was stamped on a piece of Basic White card stock using black Memento ink. I colored it in using my light Blends pens in Pumpkin Pie, Berry Burst, Pecan Pie and Granny Apple Green. Then I die cut it with the matching die in the "Spooky Halloween" bundle. Dimensionals were added to the back and the piece was set aside. 

I cut the fence in half. I glued one piece to the right, then the house and then the other half of the fence. 

I stamped the "Spooky" from the same bundle using black Memento ink. 

The piece was then glued to the Basic Gray piece about 3/8" from the bottom and right of the Basic Gray piece.

The cat was then set in place. I added the bat using a small Dimensional. 

Using my Wink of Stella I colored the bat, the hat and the treat bucket.  And the card was done.

This was such a fun card and it did not allow me to use one single piece of Designer Series Paper from my package to help fulfill my goal of using up all the pieces in the package. UGH!  Maybe tomorrow!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda

Spooky Halloween, Spooky Sweet, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a fun layered Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made.

The base of my card is a folded half-sheet of Basic White card stock. On top of that are some fun layered strips. They are made using scrap Designer Series Paper (DSP) pieces from the "Spooky Sweet" 12" x 12" package. The two strips on the side measure 3-3/4" x 1-1/4" and the center piece measures 3-3/4" x 1-3/4". The Basic Black layers behind the little strips measure 4" x 1-1/2" and the larger piece measures 4" x 2". I taped the pieces together and then I taped them to the front of the card. I started with the two smaller strips and when I got them in place I added the middle piece. I like to lay them on the piece without tape first to make sure how much space I need to add to them. There should be 1/4" between the strips and 1/4" from the edges.

Once the strips were in place I die cut the house, fence and bat. I took a piece of Lemon Lolly card stock and after trimming it a bit I taped it to the back of the house. Dimensionals were added to the back of the house and I set it aside.

The dog from the "Spooky Halloween" was stamped using black Memento ink on Basic White card stock. I colored him in using both light and dark Blends pens. I used Daffodil Delight, Granny Apple Green, Pumpkin Pie and for the pants I used my Blending pen and Petunia Pop ink since I don't have the Blends pens in the in colors. I die cut the dog, added Dimensionals to the back and set it aside.

The words are from the same "Spooky Halloween" and were stamped using black Memento ink on a scrap piece of DSP.  The piece measured 1-1/4" x 2-1/4". The Basic Black layer behind it measures 1-1/2" x 2-1/2". I taped the two layers together. Dimensionals were added to the back.

I was now ready to assemble it. I added the house first about 7/8" from the bottom edge and 1/2" from the left side. The fence was glued in place and then the character was added/

The words were added last. I fit them in between the house and dog with just enough space so they wouldn't all be touching. 

The bat was glued to the word piece. I thought the card was done but I just had to add some Wink of Stella to the lollypop, house windows and the bat.

This was a very fun card to make. It's getting me closer to my goal of using up that package of DSP. There's lots of scraps in there too!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda