Monday, September 2, 2019

Have a Spooktacular Halloween!

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a Spooktacular Halloween Card. I used products from the Monster Bash Suite in the 2019 Holiday Catalog which goes live on September 4th. I picked this suite of products to create my card because it's just so darn cute and fun to color. And, the Spooktacular Bash Bundle comes with the Spooktacular Bash Stamp Set and the Ornate Frames Dies. These super cute dies can be used for so many more things than just matching this stamp set. Here's a look at my spooky little card.

Halloween will be here before you know it and little ghouls will be inviting you to all types of Spooktacular Bashes, and you will be ready to create not so spooky projects with these sweet monsters and sweet sentiments in the cute Spooktacular Bash Stamp Set. When paired with the other products in the suite you will sink your teeth into creating.

You can see with the Monster Bash Designer Series Paper has a fresh spin on classic Halloween images. I used a piece here to add a little more of a spooky touch. I used another little strip right above the Basic Black scalloped ribbon. To add just a little more spookiness to the card I added one of the Monster Bash Enamel Shapes to the sentiment. I added it with the adhesive on the back plus one of the mini black stampin' dimensionals. I also added some of the regular size black dimensional under the vampire. Now you have seen me mention Black Stampin' Dimensionals a couple times now, yes they are a real thing that will be available in the Holiday Catalog. These little cushions of goodness will be perfect for all your Halloween projects.

Thanks for dropping by today I hope that you have enjoyed my little sneak peek of the new Monster Bash Suite. I have a little tutorial that I have created for you featuring this card you can click here to download the PDF.

Happy Stampin'

Rick

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Stampin' Up! Shopping List

Spooktacular Bash Cling Stamp Set [150544] $20.00	Spooktacular Bash Bundle [153040] $48.50	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $8.75	Terracotta Tile 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [150884] $8.75
Very Vanilla 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [101650] $9.75	Monster Bash Designer Series Paper [150447] $11.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad [150086] $7.50
2019-2021 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [150079] $15.00	Regals Stampin' Write Markers [147155] $30.00	Soft Sea Light Foam Stampin' Blends Marker [148057] $4.50	Basic Black Light Stampin' Blends [147940] $4.50
Layering Circles Dies [141705] $35.00	Basic Black 3/8" (1 Cm) Scalloped Edge Ribbon [150449] $8.00	Monster Bash Enamel Shapes [150448] $7.00	Black Stampin' Dimensionals Combo Pack [150893] $6.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $7.00

Sunday, September 1, 2019

We'll Walrus Be Friends CASE the Catalog

Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card that I CASEd from the 2019 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog. CASE means Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit. Casing a design is a great way to learn new techniques, and skills as well. Casing is also a great way to improve skills. The card that I cased came from page 83. Here's a look at my card.

This is the image I CASEd and was inspired by.

image by Stampin' Up!

My Version:

I tried to make my version of this card as close as I could. I started out with a Smoky Slate card base. The card base in the picture above is a side folding card 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. I created mine as a top folding card 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2.

I then took a piece of Pool Party cut at 4 x 5 1/4 and used the High Seas 3D embossing folder and attached it to the card front. I then used a piece of the Fluid 100 Watercolor paper and the Stitched Rectangle dies to cut out the image that will be placed on front. I stamped all the images in Stazon Jet Black ink and let it dry. Once it was dry I could watercolor the images. I used a aqua painter and water colored the images using Smoky Slate, Balmy blue, Pool Party, Blueberry Bushel, Pumpkin Pie and Poppy Parade. I just squeezed my ink pads to put ink in the top to use as a pallet. Once I had everything colored and it had died I wrapped the Poppy Parade twine around and secured to the card front using dimensionals. I then took about four inches or so of extra twine and tied a knot around the one that I wrapped I let a few inches hang down. I added a knot on the other end and pulled the twine apart so it was just the threads hanging.

I added a little of the stripped Washi tape from the Follow your art washi tape collection. I stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray ink and created a little banner and added it to the card front with dimensionals. I then added a piece of whisper white to the inside.

Thanks for dropping by today, I hope that you have a wonderful day. You can find a full list of all the supplies used in the Shopping List below.