Hello Friends! Tracy here and today I am thrilled to share with you how to get this grungy background perfect for a Halloween card or even just the everyday grunge lover!
Tracy
Skill: Intermediate Time: 60 Minutes
Video Tutorial
Art Supplies • Acrylic stamping block • Stencil of your choice • Scrap paper for stamping off • Mixed media paper • Black Paper • Embossing powder • A2 Card base • Stamps of your choice • Blending brushes • Glue • Die cuts of your choice
Other Products Used • Embossing Powder • Spider and Web Die Set-Whimsy Stamps • Word Die Set – Tim Holtz • Various Halloween stamps from Tim Holtz and Simon Hurley • Mixed Media Paper – Ranger • Distress Black Heavy Stock – Ranger • PVA Adhesive
ALTERNATIVE PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE USED TO RECREATE SOMETHING SIMILAR
Any Inks any combination of background stamps, dies, and feature stamps
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– Hi everyone! It’s Jessica here. Halloween is right around the corner and today I have a really quick & easy treat box idea for you. If you are interested in making mini treat boxes and dressing them up for Halloween, Christmas, or Easter, just keep reading!
Step 1: Die cut a piece of Mint Macaron cardstock with Design a Treatbox die from Stampin’ Up. Fold along the score lines to create a mini treat box.
Step 2: Die cut a piece of black cardstock with the bat wing die from the same set. Then spritzed it with a generous layer of Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray in Frost. The shimmer spray really adds a whimsical touch to the bat wings! You can compare it with the die cut in the back without the Sheer Shimmer Spray. Doesn’t it look so different?
Step 3: Then I added a smiley face to the tab of the treat box with irRESISTible Pico Embellisher. The fine-tip nozzle was so easy to use to create fine details.
Step 4: Die cut the box labels with mint patterned paper and white cardstock. The “trick or treat” sentiment is from Mama Elephant’s Meowlloween Extras set. I stamped it with Brilliance Starlite Black ink pad.
Step 5: Since this is a mini treat box (holds 2 Hershey kisses), no tape or glue is required for the box assembly. Simply fold along the crease lines and hold it together with the flaps’ openings. This no-glue project is ideal for mass production and you could create many party favors in a short time!
Once the box is assembled, adhere the label dies to the front and slide the bat wings die between the top tabs. You could also create Christmas or Easter treat boxes with the other dies in this set.
Halloween is the time of the year when the veil is the thinnest and people seek out spooky experiences. Here’s a card with NO stamping that uses both the old and new VersaFine Clair Inks with stencils and die-cuts!
Skill Level: Intermediate Time: 1.5 hours
Instructions:
Step 1: Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Sand Dune VersaFine Clair ink to a piece of white cardstock.
Step 2: Use low-tack tape to secure the inked cardstock to the back of a wood-grain stencil. Use a sponge dauber to apply Sand Dune VersaFine Clair over the stencil onto the cardstock to create a subtle wood grained look. Remove the stencil and heat set the cardstock.
Steps 3A through 3E: Use low-tack tape to secure the image panel to the back of the Ouija Board Stencil. Different colors of VersaFine Clair Inks and Moonlight White Brilliance ink will be applied to various areas of the stencil. I ended up adding Starlite Silver over the Moonlight White to add more contrast. Sorry there’s no photo.
Place Post-It Notes to protect areas of the stencil and keep a paper towel at hand to wipe excess ink off of the stencil to avoid unwanted ink transfer.
Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Cheerful VersaFine Clair to the sun area of the stencil. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Moonlight White Brilliance Ink to the moon and the clouds area of the stencil (3A).
Use Sponge Daubers to apply Grass Green and Strawberry VersaFine Clair Inks to the “Yes” and “No” words on the stencil (3B)
Use Sponge Daubers to apply Purple Delight and Monarch VersaFine Clair Inks to the the alphabet on the stencil (3C). Remember to use a paper towel to wipe away excess ink.
Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Summertime VersaFine Clair Ink to the numbers on the stencil (3D).
Use Fantastix to apply Lilac Bloom, Bali Blue, Summertime, and Cheerful VersaFine Inks to the stars on the stencil (3E)
Remove the stencil and thoroughly heat set the image panel.
Step 4: Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Ink to a piece of Mixed Media paper to create the background panel. Heat set.
Steps 5A and 5B: Use low-tack tape to secure the Lilac Bloom inked paper to the back of the Dynamic Stencil.
Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Purple Delight VersaFine Clair Ink randomly over the stencil (5A) onto the background panel. Use a separate Sponge Dauber to apply Monarch VersaFine Clair Ink over the the rest of the stencil (5B) onto the background panel. Remove the stencil and heat set the panel.
Step 6: Use the skeletal hand cutting die to cut three hands from white cardstock.
Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Wheat VersaMagic Ink to the edges of the hands, fingers, and wrist bones. You can use the pointed edge of the DewDrop Inkpad to reach between the fingers! When the bones are aged to your liking, heat set all three hands then set them aside.
Step 7: Cut a piece of white cardstock to 5.25” x 3.875”. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Summertime VersaFine Clair Ink to the outer .5” of the panel. Heat set. Use this panel to mat the Ouija Board Panel, then adhere the matted Ouija Board panel to the stenciled background panel. Sorry that there’s no photo.
Steps 8A and B: Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Bali Blue VersaFine Clair Ink to a sentiment sticker (8A). Heat set.
Use a Flag Die to cut white cardstock. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Ink to the die-cut. Heat set.
Adhere the sticker onto the die-cut flag. Set aside.
Step 9: Press the plastic planchette facedown onto the Pumpkin StazOn Inkpad. Smoosh it around.Carefully remove and allow to dry.
Steps 10A and 10B: Place dimensional foam adhesive to the back of all three skeletal hands. Fold all the fingers, except the index fingers, backwards at the second joint, and press them onto the adhesive foam. You can add a piece of Tear It! Tape over them to keep them in place. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Sand Dune VersaFine Clair Ink to the backs of the fingers and the joints to further “age” them (10A).
Use On Point Glue to attach the Planchette so that it’s pointing at the “H” for Halloween. Apply On Point Glue to the back of index fingertips, remove the tape backing, and adhere the skeletal hands as shown (10B).
Step 11: Create a 5” x 7” card from white textured cardstock. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Monarch VersaFine Clair Ink to the outer .5” of the card. Heat set.
Step 12: Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the layers of the card.
Hello crafty friends! October is here and Halloween is just right around the corner. Today, we are going to make these Halloween treat bags. It is easy and fun to make for giving away treats on Trick-or-Treat day.
Let’s get crafting!
Skill: Intermediate Time: 15 minutes
Direction:
Step 1 We are going to make the paper ribbon pinwheel. It is better using double-sided pattern scrapbook paper, but one-sided paper will work too. First, cut out some pattern papers into 1.25 inch x 12 inch paper strips. For a smaller size, you can cut your paper into 1 inch x 12 inch.
After cutting your paper strips, score the paper in ½ inch using the scoring board.
Step 2 Fold the paper strips following the scoring lines. You can use a scoring folder tool to make the folded part crisper.
Snip off the last folded strip (one of the ends is okay).
Added a piece of Tear It! Tape on the last folded strip and connect it to the other end of the paper.
Step 3 Punch a black cardstock (or any matching color cardstock) using a 1 inch punch tool or you can cut using any circle die set.
Add some of the On Point Glue on the circle cardstock and add it to one of the sides of the pinwheel. Firmly press it down for a few seconds to make sure the glue dries well. Or you can put a couple stamping blocks on it while you are working on the next one. This is the back of the pinwheel.
Step 4 On a piece of orange cardstock (or any matching color cardstock to your patterned paper), stamp the images.
Use the 1 inch punch to punch each of those stamped images.
Add some of the On Point Glue on the back of the circle and add it to the front of the pinwheel in the middle. Firmly press it down for a few seconds to make sure the glue dries well. Or you can put a couple stamping blocks on it, then do the same thing to the other pinwheels.
Step 5 On a piece of gray cardstock (or any matching color cardstock to your patterned paper), stamp the sentiments with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad.
Use the scissors to trim the sentiments.
Step 6 Cut a couple of black cardstocks into 4.25 inch x 5.5 inch
Using the scoring board, score the cardstock at 1.5 inch and 4 inch, and then score the bottom at ¼ inch.
Step 7 Use the scoring bone folder to fold the cardstock.
Cut on the scoring line at the bottom of the 2 sides only, leave the center, and fold the bottom flap.
Add some of the Tear It! Tape at the left side and also at the bottom flap. Remove the tape backing off.
Fold the right side first, and then the left side, press firmly to make sure the tape adheres well. And then fold up the bottom flap to close the bottom, press firmly.
Step 8 Add some of the On Point Glue on the back of the sentiment strips and then add them to the pinwheels.
And then add some of the On Point Glue on the back of the pinwheels and add them to the front of those treat bags. Wait a few minutes until the glue to dry well before you fill them up with candies.
Aren’t those treat bags cute for giving away some candies on Trick-or-Treat Day? You can make them for your kids’ classmates also. They are big enough for 3 or 4 candies. Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a fabulous day!
In today’s card, I used many of the new VersaFine Clair Ink colors to make another Halloween card.
Skill: Intermediate Time: 1.5 hours
Directions:
Step 1: Die cut leaves and stems out of watercolor paper. Ink blend the fern-y shaped leaf with Baby Pink VersaFine Clair ink and the individual leaves with Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair ink. I pressed the stem die cut into the Sand Dune VersaFine Clair ink pad and the leaf cluster die cut into the Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair ink pad. These were all set aside.
Step 2: A sparkly piece of rose colored cardstock was die cut with a bow die cut.
Step 3: Two bats and a crow were die cut out of watercolor paper. The crow die cut was pressed into the Portobello VersaFine Clair ink pad and the two bats were pressed into the Very Peri VersaFine Clair ink pad.
Step 4: Press a die cut leaf cluster and boo sentiment die cuts into the Hawthorn Rose VersaFine Clair ink pad.
Not pictured: die cut a piece of sparkly white cardstock with the same boo sentiment. If desired, also die cut scrap cardstock twice with the same sentiment. Glue the sparkly white cardstock behind the boo sentiment so that the white sparkly cardstock peeks out on the side (like a shadow).
If adding the two layers of scrap cardstock layers behind the sentiment, trim the second o (the one on the right side) off both layers so that when it gets glued onto the wreath, it lays flat.
Step 5: Die cut the wreath twice–once out of watercolor paper and once with more of the white sparkly cardstock. Spray the watercolor paper wreath with Angel Pink Fireworks! Shimmery Craft Spray and the white sparkly cardstock wreath with Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. Set aside to dry.
Step 6: Die cut another piece of watercolor paper with a smaller panel die cut. Roughly ink blend the panel with more of the Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair ink. Then swipe the panel with the ink pad in a variety of directions and the edges of the panel. Add Clear Mboss embossing powder to the edges fo the panel and heat emboss.
Step 7: Add a piece of patterned washi tape to a piece of scrap cardstock and die cut with a larger panel die cut. (If you don’t have washi tape, use patterned paper or a colored piece of cardstock.)
Step 8: Run the smaller card panel through the die cutting machine with the plate die to add some additional texture.
Step 9: Glue all of the die cut elements together. Start with the two wreaths, with the pink layer underneath the rose gold sparkly wreath on the top, making sure they are off set. Then glue the leaves, the crow and the bats along the wreath. The bow is glued down on the lower left part of the wreath. Glue the wreath onto the purple panel. The sentiment was glued down next. Gle the whole panel onto the larger, washi tape panel. Then splatter the whole thing with more of the Rose Gold Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray. Let dry.
Step 10: Glue the frame gems on the lower left and upper right parts of the panel.
Step 11: Glue the whole thing onto an A2-sized gray cardbase.
Hello crafty friends! Today, we are going to make this Halloween theme card using color blending techniques with VersaFine Clair ink pads and stamping with Staz-On Pigment ink pad. Let’s get crafting!
Skill: Intermediate Time: 15-20 minutes
Direction:
Step 1
Cut out a piece of white cardstock into 4.25 inch x 5.5 inch.
Cut a piece of masking paper using 1 inch circle punch or any circle die. Peel off the backing of the masking paper and add it to the cardstock.
Start adding each color on the cardstock using a blending brush one by one. Colors I used for this background are VersaFine Clair: Medieval Blue, Monarch, Purple Delight, and Summertime. You can repeat adding colors until you are happy with the blended colors.
Step 2
Next step is randomly stamping the small star images on the background using the Snowflake Staz-On Pigment Ink Pad. This white pigment ink is opaque and the white ink sits on top of other colors.
Remove the masking paper of the cardstock.
Step 3
On another piece of white cardstock, stamp the bat outline stamp with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad.
Put the bat solid stamp in the stamping block and add some VersaFine Clair Morning Mist ink pad on it, line up the bat solid stamp on top of the stamped bat image, and stamp.
Stamp the sentiment and banner image with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink pad on a white cardstock.
Cut them with the matching die set, or fussy cut them with scissors.
Step 4
Add the background mat to the card base with some of the On Point Glue. Press firmly for a few seconds until the glue dries.
Add the bats and sentiment banner to the card with On Point Glue.
Optional, you can add some extra sequins to the card, or just leave as it is.
Step 5
For extra shimmer, I added some Sheer Shimmer Sparkle spray on the card with small flat brush.
Aren’t those bats too cute to spook? I hope this Halloween card can put a smile on your face, too. Thank you for stopping by our blog today. Have a fabulous day!
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