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Penny Black Halloween Scene

Hello! Today, I am sharing a card in which I’ve combined several Penny Black supplies in a Halloween scene.

I die-cut the #51-571 Vintage Truck and assembled it. (This die set includes an evergreen tree die for a Christmas scene, which I plan to create in a few weeks.)

I stamped, colored with Copic marker, and fussy-cut the costumed hedgehog from the #30-592 Critter Costumes set and placed him (her?) into the assembled truck. The witch is off to a Halloween event.

The background was stamped with the Penny Black #40-254 Decadence background stamp (a stamp I’ve had for several years). I really like the feel the background gives to the scene. The sentiment was cut with a die in the #51-077 Eeek! die set.

What I like about this card: I really like transportation-themed dies and look for ways to use them in imaginative ways; I like the pairing of the elegant, formal background with the truck; I am particularly drawn to fall colors at the moment (more so than in previous falls, it seems) and like the gold, orange, and gray combination.

Penny Black Golden Delight Fall Wreath – Two Versions

Hello! Today I am sharing two versions of a CAS fall-themed design that showcases the #30-601 Golden Delight stamp set from Penny Black’s Autumn Bliss release.

On one card, I heat-embossed the wreath with gold powder.

On the other, I stamped with Versafine ink.

On both cards, I watercolored the leaves with Distress Inks – Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, and Wild Honey.

I masked the sentiment to stamp the three words separately choosing cardstock colors that coordinated with the Distress Inks I used to watercolor.

A die (#51-589 Golden Delight Cut Out) can be purchased that cuts out the wreath; for these cards, I cut the wreath with a 4″ square die and added the watercolored image to a 4 1/4″ card base. The sentiment strips were added to the center of the wreath with foam adhesive.

What I like about these cards: I like the look of watercolor and the watercoloring on this image was straightforward; I like creating different versions of the same design; even though it took a little longer, I like the idea of breaking up sentiments in the manner I did on these cards; I enjoyed tying the Distress Ink colors I used for the watercoloring with cardstock colors I used for the sentiment strips.

Freshly Made Sketches #403

Hello! I am sharing a card created for the Freshly Made Sketches #403 Challenge.

I mulled this design over and over and considered Christmas- and fall-themed approaches. However, I really wanted to make more Halloween cards and remembered the Candy Shoppe die set from Taylored Expressions.

The sentiment is from the SU Ghoulish Greetings (now retired). I dry-embossed the SU Lemon-Lime Twist (now retired) background for visual interest.

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My Favorite Things – Fall-themed Bird House

Hello! Today I am sharing a fall-themed card featuring the Birds of a Feather and Birdhouse die sets from My Favorite Things. I have previously created cards with this same design and same two die sets: a spring-themed Congratulations card and one for the Fourth-of-July.

I die-cut the birds, birdhouse, and floral pieces from solid cardstock and patterned paper in my stash.
I assembled the pieces with Tonic Nuvo glue and added them to a panel cut from SU Old Olive with a now-retired MFT Blueprints set. I dry-embossed the panel with the Wood Grain folder.
I stamped the sentiment from Sweater Weather in the Woods with Night of Navy ink on an off-white rectangular panel.

What I like about this card: the bird and birdhouse scene; the color combination of orange, olive green, navy, and gold; the dry-embossed, wood grain background.

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Spellbinders Trick-or-Treat Die-cut Scene

Hello! I am sharing a die-cut Halloween scene on which I combined several Spellbinders/FSJ die sets – “Eek-A-Boo” (this month’s Small Die of the Month), Haunted Manor, and Sweet Home Accents.

For this card, I wanted to capture a trick-or-treat scene. While there are a number of different trick-or-treaters that can be made with the “Eek-A-Boo” set, I crafted a devil. I liked the punch of red the devil provides. (See my first set of cards with the “Eek-A-Boo” set here.)

I also tucked the ghost, cut with a die in the “Eek-A-Boo” set, behind the door – the “Eek” being that it was a ghost who answered the door!

What I like about this card: the Halloween theme; the bold colors; the whimsy of it – a black cat in the window, a ghost at the door; it includes a home scene, which is one of my favorite types of scenes to make; and it’s made entirely from die-cuts.

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