Interactive Halloween card

I’m always on the lookout for interactive cards to send to some young ones. One day a few weeks a reel came across my Instagram feed…it was a reel for a really cool double tab card called “Side Pop & Twist Card”.

And this is what I created using some Hallowe’en card stock and die cuts:

 

Here’s the card in action:

My thanks to Claire Ottaway  in the UK for the tutorial on how to create this wonderful card. If you’re curious to see the tutorial, I’ve included the YouTube link here: https://youtu.be/JnSrJOVw72Y?si=EiBH_GCX2U18EHTA

Matchbook Halloween Treat packages

Want to make a SIMPLE Hallowee’en treat wrapper? Here’s a perfect one if the treat is a flat-ish packet like this gummy packet from Trader Joes: a matchbook style treat holder!

Open the cover up and you see the treats:

To make this treat I measured the treat package: 3.75”h x 3”w x.25” deep

I cut the patterned card stock at 3.25”x 8” and created score lines at 3.5”, 3.75”  and  7.5”. Fold at each of the score lines. At the 1/2” score line fold, tuck one of the sealed edges of the treat and staple it in the middle - width wise and lengthwise. It’s actually important to staple the bottom with a little edge or lip so that the top flap can tuck in. 

On the cover I added a bow and simple “BOO” sentiment.

Change the themed candy packet and the patterned card stock and you can create a treat packet for any occasion!

Thanks for stopping by…hope the dimensions and how I figured out the sizing is helpful to you in your creations!

Halloween bubbling cauldron gatefold

I’ve been making a lot of cards this past year and donating them. Basically, I’m trying to use up my stash in a meaningful way LOL and I found three nonprofit organizations where I donate them to. Most cards are simple since they need a larger quantity of cards. So it’s   been a challenge for me to make simpler but *nice* cards as well as in quantity!! 

I had a stack of 8.5”x11” Halloween card stock so these made a nice card base with decent thickness. To show off the fun prints, I decided to make gatefold cards and each sheet was cut in half to make 2 cards! This card is one of the cards that I made eight of to donate. I really liked the way it turned out though, so I wanted to share it here.

The cauldron is from the Potions and Spells stamp set by Stampin’UP! and I die cut two Deckled Circles to showcase the wonderful stamped cauldron. I used a sponge dauber to quickly add some color to the cauldron then used water color pencils and a blender pen to soften the pencil marks without the need for water! The tops of the bubbles have a hint of purple too (Gorgeous Grape!)

I loved the sentiment “double double toil and trouble“ (from the Potions and Spells stamp set) so I stamped and fussy cut it onto the card front! 

Inside the card, I stamped “Happy Halloween” and I added the potions stamp from Frightfully Cute stamp set in the lower corner.

Here are the two stamp sets I used for this card:

Do you send Halloween cards out? I’ve been making interactive ones for my (growing quickly) great nieces and nephew (which I’ll post soon) and one or two friends, but admittedly it’s not a huge card sending holiday for me…😆

Thanks for stopping by…and have a wonderful day!

Sunflower 3D Embossing Folder

I still remember the first time I embossed a piece of plain white card stock…and the feeling of WOW this is amazing!! And the Sunflower 3D embossing folder is definitely a WOWer! I love that it’s a 6x6” folder so that you can place your A2 sized panel anywhere in the folder and get different angles of the flowers based on where you want your focal flower(s) to be. 

There are so many fun techniques you can use with this: coloring a white card stock panel with sponge daubers, markers, pencils, and brayers. You can tear the embossed panel and of course embossed a colored panel of card stock. For my first play with this folder I decided to use sponge daubers for a softer look:

I used the small sponge daubers that fit over your finger tip, and these ink colors: 

• Pecan Pie
• Daffodil Delight
• Garden Green
• Calypso Coral and 
• Poppy Parade

And I wanted to use a frame to focus on a particular sunflower — the Textured Notes Dies were perfect for that!

Tip: I attached two of the dies together using a post it note and ran the dies with Daffodil Delight card stock through the Cut & Emboss machine. That resulted in a perfect frame for the floral focal (and an extra inner rectangle which will be used on a future project💕) 

Tip: I attached the “frame” to the card base using Adhesive Strips (item#141825). These are thinner than the 6-sided Dimensionals foam stickers and come in a sheet of long strips that you can easily cut down to the size you need. These also make shaker cards so easy to make!!

Since you can never have too many birthday cards, I chose a simple die cut and Happy Birthday sentiment.  To finish off the front of the card, I added some opaque gems in colors that matched the card front. Here’s the full card front: 

The inside is always the last thing and  I try to embellish the inside of my cards somehow, with either a scrap  strip of patterned paper or a stamped image. I found the perfect sunflower-looking leaf from the Friendly Hello stamp set, a  Salebration freebie from a few years back, and stamped it in Garden Green:

That’s it for my first Sunflower Embossing Folder card! Plenty of future ideas but as always, so little time! Thanks for spending some time reading this blog & hope you’re  inspired to do something creative💕