A scary Halloween card made using the Sweetest Star stamp set and the Sweetest Star Punch for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

A Scary Boo card – Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop. Our theme this month is ‘Ghosts and Goblins’ which is always a bit of a challenge for me as Halloween is not a big deal in the UK so I don’t have any Halloween stamp set. After a bit of thought I settled on using the Sweetest Star stamp set to make my card.

Colours used in this card are:

 

To recreate the scary boo card, you will need:

Peach Pie card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Old Olive card – 5¼” by 1¾”
Basic White card – 4” by 3¼”
Gorgeous Grape card – 3⅞” by 3⅛”
Basic White card – 3¾” by 3”
Old Olive card – 3” by 2½”
Basic White card – 5½” by 3¾” – for the inside
Scrap Gorgeous Grape and Basic Black card

 

The ‘gingerbread’ stamp from the Sweetest Star stamp set was stamped all over the Peach Pie card front with Peach Pie ink. I flagged the end of the strip of Old Olive card and added it to the card front with Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive.

 

A scary Halloween card made using the Sweetest Star stamp set and the Sweetest Star Punch for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Sweetest Star stamp set and the Sweetest Star Punch used to make a scary Halloween card

Using the So Swirly Embossing Folder I embossed the 3¾” by 3” piece of Basic White card. I swiped the Peach Pie ink pad over the debossed side to add colour to the panel before adhering it to the Gorgeous Grape panel and then to the 4” by 3¼” piece of Basic White card. This was then glued to the card front.

 

A scary Halloween card made using the Sweetest Star stamp set and the Sweetest Star Punch for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Sweetest Star stamp set and the Sweetest Star Punch used to make a scary Halloween card

I stamped the ‘gingerbread’ image with Versamark ink onto the piece of Old Olive card, covered it with White Embossing Powder before setting it with Heat Tool. The image was then punched out using the Sweetest Star Punch. Using a Blending Brush, I added Old Olive ink to the edges of the punched-out image before adding the image to the card front on Dimensionals.

 

A scary Halloween card made using the Sweetest Star stamp set and the Sweetest Star Punch for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Sweetest Star stamp set and the Sweetest Star Punch used to make a scary Halloween card

From scrap Gorgeous Grape and Basic Black card, I die the letters BOO. I glued the Gorgeous Grape letters onto the Basic Black letters, slightly off set to give a shadow. The word was then added to the card front.

A scary Halloween card made using the Sweetest Star stamp set and the Sweetest Star Punch for the Stamping Dreams Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.com – The Sweetest Star stamp set and the Sweetest Star Punch used to make a scary Halloween card

A trio of Glossy Dots completed the card.

 

 

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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

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The Mini Alphabet Dies from Stampin' Up! and bold colours used to make a fun 'hello' card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

Hello card – Crafty Challenge Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Crafty Challenge Blog Hop where we are sharing projects inspired by a sketch. I found this sketch a bit of a struggle but eventually came up with a card made using the Mini Alphabet Dies.

 

Challenges crafty colaberators – Feb sketch

 

Colours in this card are:

 

To recreate the hello card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Real Red card – 5⅞” by 1⅜”
Basic Black – 4” by 1½” x 4
Gold Foil – 5⅞” by ⅜” x 2
Scrap Basic White, Real Red & Gold Foil

 

The strip of Real Red card was embossed using the Softly Sophisticated Embossing Folder.

 

The Mini Alphabet Dies from Stampin' Up! and bold colours used to make a fun 'hello' card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A fun ‘hello’ card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop and made using the Mini Alphabet Dies and bold colours

I glued the strips of Gold Foil either side of the embossed panel and then glued the whole piece to the front of the Thick Basic White card front.

 

The Mini Alphabet Dies from Stampin' Up! and bold colours used to make a fun 'hello' card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A fun ‘hello’ card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop and made using the Mini Alphabet Dies and bold colours

Using the Stylish Shapes dies, I die cut 4 banners from the pieces of Basic Black card and set them to one ide.

 

The Mini Alphabet Dies from Stampin' Up! and bold colours used to make a fun 'hello' card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A fun ‘hello’ card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop and made using the Mini Alphabet Dies and bold colours

The Mini Alphabet dies were use with, Basic White, Real Red and Gold Foil to cut out the word HELLO multiple times.

 

The Mini Alphabet Dies from Stampin' Up! and bold colours used to make a fun 'hello' card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A fun ‘hello’ card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop and made using the Mini Alphabet Dies and bold colours

I arranged the letters and glued them to the Basic Black banners. These were then added to the card front on Black Dimensionals.

 

The Mini Alphabet Dies from Stampin' Up! and bold colours used to make a fun 'hello' card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – A fun ‘hello’ card made for the Crafty Sketch Challenge Blog Hop and made using the Mini Alphabet Dies and bold colours

White Classic Matte Dots were added to the end of each banner to complete the card.

Please hop along to see what my crafty  have made with this sketch.

 

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Cards made for the World Languages Blog Hop using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies from Stampin' Up!

German/French Inspiration card – World Languages Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the World Languages Blog Hop where we are – not surprisingly – sharing projects featuring a language not our own. Sadly I don’t have an ear for languages, much to my children’s disgust when they had German or French homework. I have chosen to make a card with a German sentiment using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set.

Colours in this card are:

 

To recreate the German Inspirations card, you will need:

Thick Basic White card base – 8¼” by 5⅞” – scored at 4⅛”
Basic Black card – 4⅛” by 3”
Berry Burst card – 4¼” by 3⅛”
Basic White card – 4⅜” by 3¼”
Scrap Basic Black card

Using Berry Burst ink, I randomly stamped the pretty floral image all over the panel of Basic White card.

 

Cards made for the World Languages Blog Hop using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies to make cards for the World Languages Blog Hop

I used the Mini Alphabet Dies to die cut the letters I needed from scrap Basic Black card. The word DANKE was added to the card front using Multipurpose Liquid Adhesive. If I had had my wits about me I would have added some Adhesive Sheet to the back of the scrap card .

 

Cards made for the World Languages Blog Hop using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies to make cards for the World Languages Blog Hop

The stamped panel was added to the Berry Burst layer using the same liquid glue.

 

Cards made for the World Languages Blog Hop using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies to make cards for the World Languages Blog Hop

A length of Black Baker’s Twine was wrapped around the panel and secured on the back with Sellotape. The whole piece was mounted onto the Basic Black layer with Dimensionals,

 

Cards made for the World Languages Blog Hop using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies to make cards for the World Languages Blog Hop

The whole piece was added to the Thick Basic White card base with liquid glue. A bow and a trio of Matte Black Dots completed the card.

 

Cards made for the World Languages Blog Hop using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies to make cards for the World Languages Blog Hop

I stepped it up and made a stepped up version in French using Azure Afternoon. Which is your favourite?

 

Cards made for the World Languages Blog Hop using the Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies from Stampin' Up!

www.crafty-rootes.co.uk – The Inspirational Sketches stamp set used with the Mini Alphabet dies to make cards for the World Languages Blog Hop

Please hop along to share the inspiration provided by my crafty friends.


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Details of the products I used for this project can be found below.

Mo x

Supplies used: