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Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Kit – Eek-A-Boo

Hello and happy September! With fall in the air, I’m making Halloween projects! It’s one of my favorite holidays, in fact, I’m fond of fall in general.

Today, I am sharing two projects created with the September Small Die of the Month kit from Spellbinders – “Eek-A-Boo.” This adorable die set is perfect for all sorts of Halloween crafting – cards, treat toppers, scrapbook page elements ..!

My first card features two trick-or-treaters – the ghost and skeleton boy.

I triple-cut the letters in the sentiment for extra depth and added the centers to the letters, cut from Whip Cream cardstock, for better visibility on the teal patterned paper background. Have you noticed how teal has snuck into the Halloween color palette?

On my second card I paired the devil with two ghosts on a vertical card. For one of my very first Halloweens, I dressed as the devil.

I used the ghost die to cut the ghosts and then I lined the die along the bottoms of the die-cut ghosts and trimmed off a little bit. I felt that the slightly shorter ghosts looked better on the vertical card. Again, I triple-cut the letters in the sentiment for extra depth.

For the background, I paired a dry-embossed panel with patterned paper.

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Freshly Made Sketches Challenge #400

Hello! Eek – it’s almost September and that means Halloween cards! I’m a big fan of Halloween. I loved trick-or-treating as a child, and I loved Halloween when my sons were young. I’m playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge this week.

I die-cut the hat and cauldron with the SugarPea Designs Hocus Pocus set. This set isn’t new, but it is new to me. I added bats, cut with dies in the Spellbinders Haunted Manor set. I used three pieces of patterned paper (I broke down and bought a pad!) from the DCVW Happy Halloween stack. The purple cardstock is SU Gorgeous Grape and the screaming green is SU Lemon-Lime Twist (now retired). The sentiment is from the SU Ghoulish Greetings (now retired). I use this set at least once every Halloween!

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Penny Black Fall Scene

Hello! With fall in the air (although today it’s warm here in the PNW), I am turning to richer colors in my papercrafting projects. Navy and orange is one of my favorite color combinations for fall, and that was my starting point for this card created with Penny Black supplies.

I pulled out a number of different Penny Black die sets that I’ve collected over the years. For example, the fence behind the grass is from a Halloween set.

The Trio of Trees set cuts one-piece trees. I cut the trees from the foliage color and then fussy cut the foliage from the trunks and added the foliage pieces to trees cut in the trunk color.

I’ve listed all of the supplies below, including SU cardstock colors. The one exception is the gold house that I cut from SU More Mustard, which appears to be a retired cardstock color (truth be told this may be the first time I’ve ever used it!).

Supplies: Penny Black Trio of Trees die sets; TE Sweet Potato Pie cardstock; Memento Gray Flannel ink

Spellbinders Sharyn Sowell Holiday 2019

Hello! I am on the Spellbinders blog today sharing two CAS Christmas cards created with die sets from the Sharyn Sowell Holiday Collection. I share tips and tricks in the blog post. I’d love for you to head over and take a look!

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Penny Black – Window Flower Box Die-cut Scene

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS die-cut card featuring Penny Black supplies – old and new. I added a flower window box, cut with the A Garden die set, to the Ironwork Window.

To create the card base, I dry-embossed SU Smoky Slate cardstock with a Taylored Expressions embossing folder.
I stamped the Penny Black Stitched Flowers sentiment in Gray Flannel ink on white cardstock. Then I die cut the window and trimmed the panel down. The window die cuts the top, bottom, and center, and it scores the sides so that the window could be opened.
I backed the window panel with SU So Saffron cardstock and attached it to the card base.
I die-cut the box, foliage, and blooms, with dies in the A Garden set, from SU Bermuda Bay, SU Granny Apple Green, and SU Poppy Parade.
Once the window box and flowers were attached to the window, the upper part of the card seemed too empty. I found heart dies in older PB sets – What’s in Your Cup? and Little Ornaments – and cut a few to add above the window box.

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