Happy Haunting ~ Lawnscaping Challenge No. 112 ~ Embossing

Good morning crafters!  I wanted to start my Halloween cards early this year so when I checked my emails and received a notification for another Lawnscaping Challenge, I just couldn’t resist.

For my card today, I am using the Lawn Fawn Spooktacular stamp set, Sweater Weather stampset and their coordinating dies, Grass Border and Stitched Rectangle dies. These stamp sets and dies are so much fun and so versatile; you can mix and match them for any occasion.

Happy Haunting
Happy Haunting

I first stamped all the images that I needed for the card on white card stock and colored them using my copic markers. Then I cut my card base, and black card stock as well as the vellum using the stitched rectangle die. I didn’t really have any design in mind at this point. I knew I wanted a round moon, so I cut it using my circle die, and dry-embossed it with my dots embossing folder. I then sponged the edges of my moon using my yellow inkpad to add a little bit of color. I proceeded to die-cut the trees with black card stock using the sweater weather dies, then went ahead to die-cut the rest of the stamped images and the grass border. I also used my bridge dies to create a cute little scene for my cat. Now that I had everything laid out in front of me, I started to create my card. The last thing that I did was to stamp the sentiment “happy haunting” using my white embossing powder on some dark purple card stock, then I adhered it to the front of my card. Oh, of course I had to use my wink of stella to give the moon some glittery effect, as well as the pumpkins, the witch’s hat and the leaves.

What do you guys think? I hope you like my card today.  Happy Crafting and Happy Haunting!

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Easy Side Step Card Tutorial

This is a very easy tutorial to follow to create a simple Side Step Card. Using an A2 size card (5 ½ by 8 ½)

  1. On the 5 ½ side of the card stock (portrait), line it up on your trimmer on the 3 inches mark.
  2. Using your side ruler, cut the cardstock using your trimming blade from the 1 inch mark up to 6 ½ inches down.
  3. Turn your cardstock clockwise (now we are on the 81/2 inch side), start scoring up to the cut line. Score at 2”, 4”, 5 ¼”, 6 ½” and 7 ½”
  4. Turn your cardstock on the other side, and score at 4 ¼”
  5. Fold your card stock as shown the video.

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Spooky Halloween Easel Card

I wanted to make a card that does not involve using a Big Shot. Since I still don’t have a Big Shot (not getting it until this Christmas), I thought of making this card by just using a punch and vellum to create a “window”. It turned out really cute! This card is so unique that the person you give it to will absolutely be thrilled! I gave it to a friend and she was so pleased that she wanted me to film a video tutorial so she can make a couple for her son’s teachers, and use it to decorate her table. I found my LED tea light from the Dollar store. You can get two pieces for a dollar and this card will be a great gift and pretty inexpensive. You can make these for any occasion just by changing the image, the color of the card stock and the sentiment.

Materials used:

(All measurements in “Inches”)

Card Base:

Basic Black Cardstock – Item No. 121045
(Size used here on this video is: 5 ½ x 4 1/4)

Frame:

Whisper White Card Stock – Item No. 100730
(Cut at 5 3/8 x 4 1/8)

Basic Black Card Stock – (cut at 5 ¼ X 4)

Vellum Card Stock for the Window: cut at 2 ½ X 4 inches (you can trim this later)

Inside of the Card – Witches Brew Designer Series Paper (Pack comes 12 sheets in 12 x 12 – double-sided print – it’s really beautiful!) – Item No. 132185

Best of Halloween Stamp Set – Item No. 134381 (used the Owl and the trick-or-treat stamps)

Decorative Label Punch – Item No. 120907

Stampin Dimensionals – 104430

Spooky Halloween Card

I recently just got a Cricut Expression 2 and while looking at the Happy Haunting cartridge, I was just inspired to create this card using my Stampin’ Up!’s Witches Brew Designer Series Paper, Basic Black and pumpkin pie card stock, Halloween Hello and Halloween Bash stamp sets and it turned out really cute! If you’d like the tutorial, please watch the video.