Pretty Pink Posh – Boo

Hello everyone. Thanks for stopping by today. I’m sharing another card featuring some of the August release from Pretty Pink Posh plus some goodies from last year’s Halloween release too!

I was having so much fun with the new layering stencils that I just kept making backgrounds and came back later to turn them into cards. This time I used a white A2 piece of cardstock and light teal and yellow inks for my ghosts plus simple black faces so they weren’t totally lost.

Next, I die cut the new Boo Script die from black and silver glitter cardstocks. I glued 3 layers of black to the silver for dimension. Then I cut the middle Stitched Star from pearlescent vellum and adhered them together, to the stenciled panel.

I thought it looked a little sparse so that’s when I went digging and found these fun smaller images in the Halloween Wreath stamp set. I stamped and colored them with copics and used the coordinating dies to cut everything out.

I also stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in Halloween Wreath on black cardstock and trimmed it into strips. I added foam strips and squares to everything and started adhering them. Before adding the spider, I used a ruler to draw a line coming from under the sentiment strip so it looks like it’s hanging down from its web.

Then for finishing touches, I added stardust Stickles to each of the images for a little sparkle and interest. Last, I glued the whole panel to a white card base and my card is all finished!

Products used today:
Layered Ghosts stencils
Boo Script die
Halloween Wreath stamps and dies
Stitched Stars dies
Foam squares and strips
Stickles – stardust

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – Release Day Jack-‘o-Lantern Cards

Hello everyone! Today is release day for Newton’s Nook. It’s amazing and I hope you’ll take a chance to look at it all if you haven’t yet. It’s got fall and Halloween goodies that are sure to include something wonderful for everyone!

Through release week reveals, I didn’t want my posts to be longer than they already were so I missed out sharing these fun cards featuring the new Jack-o’-Lantern layering stencil set. But we can’t have that so release day seems like the perfect festive day to share them.

I’m totally smitten with layering stencils these days so it’s not surprise that I couldn’t stop at one card with this new set. They are perfectly designed and so fun to create with!

For this first card, I inked up the stencils using dye inks for the orange and green layers, then used distress oxide for the faces so the brown would really cover the pumpkins and show up well. Then I die cut the panel with the largest Frames & Flags die set and tied green organza ribbon around it. Next, I popped it up with foam tape on a brown card base.

Then, I die cut the label shape from the Slimline Frames & Windows die set and heat embossed a sentiment from the new Halloween Pile stamp set before adhering it with foam squares.

This was a quick and easy card to create but it’s so festive and fun. I love it! Next, I stepped up the stenciling just a bit.

For this card, I used a teal A2 panel for my jack-o-lantern inking with dye inks except for the faces. For that, I spread Thermoweb Transfer Gel Blanco through the stencil and then set it aside to try.

After it was dry, I ran the panel through my laminator with bronze Deco Foil transfer sheet and look at those spooky faces shine! This is so cool in person to play with! I love it!

After foiling, I die cut the panel with the largest Frames & Flags die and added foam tape to the back and adhered it to plaid paper from the new Autumn paper pad.

For my sentiments, I used the Essential Alphabet die set to cut BOO from kraft, brown and black cardstock. I used liquid glue to adhere the letters shifting them just a smidge to the right each time. Then I glued them to the pumpkin panel.

Next, I stamped and heat embossed Happy Haunting from the new Spiderweb Oval stamp set and cut the words apart into fun strips. I popped those up with foam strips and adhered the whole panel to a white card base.

I hope you enjoyed these extra projects today and are able to snag some fun fall goodies for yourself from the new release.

Products used today:
Jack-o’-Lanterns stencil set
Frames & Flags dies
Essential Alphabet dies
Spiderweb Oval stamps
Halloween Pile stamps
Slimline Frames & Windows dies
Autumn paper pad
Thermoweb Transfer Gel Blanco
Thermoweb Deco Foil – bronze
Thermoweb 3D foam tape
Thermoweb UltraBond liquid glue pen

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Miss Ink Stamps – SPOOKY

Hi there! I’m back today with some spooky fun inspiration using some more amazing Halloween goodies from Miss Ink Stamps. I didn’t get a chance to use this awesome Halloween Mandala stencil last year and forgot about it until this week, so I immediately pulled it out to play.

I started with an orange panel of cardstock and used pixie spray on my stencil to adhere the two together temporarily. Then I spread wild lilac glitz glitter gel through the stencil. After removing the stencil, I set the panel aside to dry and cleaned up immediately.

While digging through my Halloween stamp sets, I thought it would be so fun to pair the critters in Welcome Home with sentiments in Halloween Sentiments over this awesome stenciling. So I started stamping and coloring everything with my copics. I used the scan-n-cut to cut everything out and added foam squares to the back.

I didn’t want the sentiment to be a big obtrusive block on the bottom of the card so I stamped SPOOKY and heat embossed it on vellum, then trimmed it into a strip. These letters are so chunky, I was able to hide foam strips behind them to pop the sentiment up a bit. Next, I chose a second sentiment to trim into as trip and place on top of that.

When the glitz gel was dry, I added foam tape to the back and popped it up on an A2 black cardstock panel. Then removed the foam back papers and added the critters and sentiments to that. Finally, I used liquid glue to adhere the whole thing to a white card base.

For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the hedgehog’s hat band and pumpkin. Then stardust Stickles to the stars on the hat and the mouse’s candy costume. Last of all, I added black glaze pen to all of their eyes, let it dry and came in with a white gel pen highlight.

Isn’t this so much fun!?! I am still loving all things Halloween and fall right now. It feels like I’ll be in this mood well through Christmas at this point. Lol!

Products used:
Halloween Sentiments stamps
Welcome Home stamps
Halloween Mandala stencil
Glitz Glitter Gel – wild lilac
Stencil Pal
Foam squares and tape
Heat embossing powder, ink and anti-static brush
Glossy accents
Stickles- stardust

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – August Release Day 4

Continuing on with our final day of release reveals for the Newton’s Nook August Release, we have even more gorgeous fall goodies to share.

Harvest Haul stamps and dies

Newton’s Crate stamps and dies

Aren’t these images just amazing! I love them so much! Let’s start with a card I made with Harvest Haul.

I started, like usual, by stamping and coloring the image with copic markers. Then I used the coordinating die to cut it out. For my mini scene, I decided to use the oval frames dies for a different look. I cut one white oval and inked it up with the Sunscape stencil using orange and yellow ink. After removing the stencil I went over the whole panel lightly with the yellow ink still in my brush to take away the stark white areas. Then I cut another partial oval from kraft cardstock and used a Land Borders die to cut a hill from that.

I cut a scalloped oval using the Autumn paper pad and a smaller one from kraft for my sentiment. Next, I trimmed a piece of plaid down to fit an A2 card front and started adhering everything.

I added the plaid to a white card base with liquid glue, then the scalloped oval with foam squares and the scene oval with liquid glue. Finally, the truck and sentiment oval are adhered with foam squares too.

For finishing touches, I added white gel pen highlights to the image and glossy accents to the taillights. Last, I tied some brown twine around the top of the card and tied it in a bow.

I love how that last card turned out but let’s take a look at the adorable new Newton’s Crate stamp set too! This is extra fun because all of the sentiments can be stamped on the side of the crate if you want to! Isn’t that fun!?!

I stamped Newton and some extra leaves first, then colored them with my copics and cut them out with the coordinating dies. Next, I stamped my sentiment on the side of the crate. I try to do this after coloring to help with potential smearing and bleeding.

I thought this image was perfect for a square card so I pulled out the Frames Squared dies and cut a scalloped square from the Autumn paper pad and then a focal circle using the Circle Frames dies. Then adhered everything to a kraft card base measuring 4 1/4 inches square. This way it still mails in an invitation envelope with regular postage.

The scalloped square, circle and Newton are all added with foam tape, along with the accent leaves too. Then I finished the design off with orange twine I saved from older Newton’s Nook packages.

For finishing touches I added white gel pen highlights to the images and glossy accents to Newton’s nose.

Would you like to win the “Harvest Haul” or the “Newton’s Crate” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! Thewinner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday August 18th at 9pm ET to comment — winners will be announced on the blog post on Friday August 19th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox

Pink & Main – Spooktacular Sneak Peek

Hey friends! I’m over on the Pink & Main blog today with a sneak peek of the upcoming August release. It is packed with incredible fall and Halloween themed goodies and you’re going to love it all!

Today I chose images from the upcoming Cute Ghosts and Halloween Brew to create a little scene. I ink blended a white cardstock panel with distress oxide inks in wilted violet, blueprint sketch and chipped sapphire. After spritzing the panel with water and blotting it dry, I die cut it with a Large Fish Tail Banner. I glued the clouds directly to the panel and popped the moon and ghost up with foam squares.

Next, I used the Micro Dots embossing folder on a 4×5.25 inch black panel and lightly used an blending brush to add white pigment ink to the dots for a little texture. Then I added foam tape to the back of the panel, leaving space to wrap twine around it and the panel will still lay nicely. Then I adhered it to a white card base and popped the banner up with foam tape as well.

I stamped and die cut a sentiment from Cute Ghosts and popped it up with foam strips and added glossy accents and stardust Stickles for finishing touches on the ghost, balloon, moon and clouds.

Have you started Halloween and fall crafting yet? I started really early this year and it has made my heart so happy! You have no idea!

Products used today:
Cute Ghosts stamps and dies
Halloween Brew stamps and dies
Micro Dots embossing folder
Large Fish Tail Banner dies
Ergonomic Blending Brush
EZ Squeeze liquid glue
Foam tape
Distress Oxide Ink – wilted violet, blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire
Glossy accents
Stickles – stardust

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – August Release Day 3

For day 3 of the Newton’s Nook August Release reveals, we switch gears to gorgeous fall things!

Autumn Oval stamps (coordinates with Oval Frames dies)

Autumn Paper Pad

Aren’t these new products just wonderful! I’m totally obsessed with it all. It makes me want to decorate my whole house for fall immediately.

Today, I stamped and heat embossed the Autumn Oval with gold embossing powder on watercolor paper and watercolored it with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. These are my favorite for this technique. It’s so fun and relaxing. Once that was finished and dry, I die cut it with the largest scalloped oval die.

For my sentiment, I cut one of the smaller ovals using the same watercolor paper and heat embossed my sentiment in the same color. Then I took a green marker around the edge of the oval and drug the color inward with a wet paint brush.

Next, I chose 2 patterns from the Autumn paper pad and cut one with the largest oval die and the other was trimmed to A2 size. I adhered the plaid to a white card base and the large oval to that with liquid glue. Finally, I popped the watercolor ovals up with foam squares.

To finish off the design, I wrapped twine around the left side of the card and tied it in a bow. I absolutely LOVE how rustic this card feels. I just love it!

Would you like to win the “Autumn Oval” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox

Newton’s Nook – August Release Day 2

Welcome to day 2 of reveals for the amazing Newton’s Nook August release! Today we have even more super fun Halloween goodies in store for you!

Halloween Pile stamps and dies

Spiderweb Oval stamps (coordinates with Oval Frames dies)

I have two very fun cards to share with you today, featuring these new stamps! I had so much fun creating these. I hope you love them too!

First up, I had some embossing fun with the new Spiderweb Oval stamps. I had fun adding the extra spiders to my oval and sentiment to add to the creepy factor. Then I fussy cut it out and set it aside. I inked up a piece of white cardstock with seedless preserves distress oxide ink and spritzed it with water before die cutting the panel with the largest scalloped oval die.

To assemble my card, I cut a piece of patterned paper from Halloween Meows and adhered it to a white card base. Then I popped up both ovals with foam tape. For a little splash of extra color, I tied orange ribbon around the top third of the card front.

For my card featuring the adorable Halloween Pile stamp set, I thought it fit perfectly on a mini slimline, so that’s what I did. I stamped and colored those adorable critters with copic markers, plus a few extra bats and used coordinating dies to cut it all out. For the sentiment, I thought it would be fun if these cuties were talking to the recipient so I die cut a speech bubble and stamped my sentiment on that.

For the front of my card, I cut strips from the Halloween Woofs paper pad and adhered them to a mini slimline card base. These measure 3×6 inches and can mail with a regular stamp! Isn’t that fun!?!

Finally, I added my images and sentiment with foam squares and then came in for some simple finishing touches. A little glossy accents on toe beans and noses, then stardust Stickles on the witch hat for good measure.

Would you like to win the “Halloween Pile” or the “Spiderweb Oval” Stamp Set? We will choose ONE lucky winner for each stamp set!

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox

Pretty Pink Posh – August Release Instagram Hop Day 2

Hey crafty friends! Today I’m extra excited to be joining Pretty Pink Posh as a guest designer for their August Release Instagram Hop! Below will be all the details for my fun card but be sure to head to Instagram to comment and hop for chances to win a $30 gift certificate for each day of the hop!

I had so much fun stamping and coloring these adorable Halloween Critters! I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and when I was playing around with placement I thought it would be fun to create a shaker for them.

To create that part, I ink blended distress oxide ink in lucky clover, mowed lawn and twisted citron on an A2 panel and spritzed it with water. I blotted that dry and flicked black paint across the panel. While that was drying, I cut a wonky stitched rectangle from black cardstock and then used the next smallest size to cut from the center of that, creating a frame. I used the largest one again to cut an acetate window and adhered them together. I added foam tape to the back, sprinkled some Spooky Fun embellishment mix to my inked panel before sealing it all up.

I added the critters with foam squares across the arch of the window opening. Then for my sentiment, I pulled in the pink and purple from the embellishment mix by stamping and heat embossing my sentiment on those colors of cardstock. I used the coordinating die to cut out the script word and went digging for something to cut the smaller part. I found that the ruler die from Crafty Critters perfectly cuts out the “you are” sentiment in this set! I totally wrote that on a sticky note and put it in my packaging so I didn’t forget next time!

For finishing touches on my card, I added glossy accents to the pumpkin faces and critter noses. Then, black glaze pen to the bear’s eyes. Isn’t this card so fun and adorable!?! I just love these new critters!

Products used today:
Halloween Critters stamps and dies
Crafty Critters dies
Wonky Stitched Rectangles dies
*** embellishment mix
Foam tape
Glossy accents
Distress Oxide Ink – lucky clover, mowed lawn, twisted citron

I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

Newton’s Nook – August Release Day 1

Happy Monday everyone! It’s the beginning of reveals for the Newton’s Nook August release. It’s packed full of fun fall themed goodies and I can’t wait to share it all with you! Let’s have a look at today’s goodies, shall we?

Jack-O’-Lantern Stencil Set

Halloween Woofs Paper Pad

Halloween Meows Paper Pad

Franken-Newton Stamps and Dies

Isn’t this a huge array of amazingness to celebrate all things Halloween!?! I am absolutely in love with it all! I have a couple of cards to share with you today. I’ll start with this adorable Franken-Newton stamps set.

For this card, I chose that super cute Elvira-looking kitty and colored her with my copic markers. I used the coordinating die to cut her out and then chose a sentiment to heat emboss on a banner from the Banner Trio die set.

Next, I used Circle Frames dies to cut a silver scalloped and regular black circle to add my image and sentiment to. Then I switched gears to my background. For that, I ink blended distress oxide ink in mowed lawn, twisted citron and seedless preserves at an angle. Then I spritzed the panel with water and used the Bats stencil to spread glitz glitter gel through. I intentionally did this at an angle like the inking and faded imperfectly as I went down.

Once the glitz gel was dry, I die cut the panel with the largest Framework die and added foam tape to the back before adding it to the black polka dot paper in the Halloween Woofs paper pad. Next, I popped up my circle with foam squares.

For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the white streaks in the kitty’s hair and her nose and bolts. Then I added stardust Stickled to her belt for some sparkle.

For my next card, I used strips of paper from both of the new Halloween pads. I cut strips 3/4″ wide and adhered them to an A2 size piece of orange cardstock. Then I wrapped ribbon around the panel about 1 1/2 inches up and adhered that to a white card base.

I die cut the rounded banner from the Banner Trio dies and heat embossed a sentiment from Spooky Roundabout on it before popping it up with foam squares over the ribbon. Last, I cut stars from the Sky Scene Builder die set from gold glitter cardstock and popped those up across the card front with foam squares too.

Would you like to win the “Franken-Newton” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:

Newton’s Nook Designs
Donna Idlet
Ellen Haxelmans
Tina Herbeck
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Zsofia Molnar
Maria Russell
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich
Amanda Wilcox

Pretty Pink Posh – August Release Blog Hop Day 3

Hey friends! I’m so excited to be guest designing for the Pretty Pink Posh August release! This is day 3 of the release blog hop. So after you hop and comment along today’s designers, be sure to go back and do the same for day 1 and 2 to increase your chances of winning!

Now, on to some spooky fun inspiration for you!

I paired the adorable ghostie images from Ghost Friends with the new Layered Ghosts stencils! They’re all so much fun and definitely too cute to spook! I used white pigment ink with the stencil on black cardstock and then came in with glitz glitter gel for the faces and stars. I love the little bit of sparkle.

Then I stamped and colored the sweet witchy ghost with copic markers, stamped a sentiment in the set and used the coordinating dies to cut all of that out. To create a focal point for my ghost, I ink blended a scrap of white cardstock with distress oxide ink in seedless preserves and dusty concord, then spritzed it with water and blotted it dry. I used the smaller scalloped diamond tag to cut it out and started assembling my card.

First, I trimmed the stenciled panel down to 4×5.25 inches and popped it up on a card base with foam tape. Then I added the diamond with foam squares along with the sentiment. However, to take the fun factor of this card to the next level, I added that sweet ghost with an action wobbler! Sometimes I forget I have these in my stash but I immediately thought a flying ghost needed it!

For finishing touches, I added glossy accents to the witch hat and strip of the broom too.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Here is a list of the products I used.

Ghost Friends stamps and dies
Layered Ghosts stencils
Scalloped Diamond Tag dies
Foam tape and squares
Glitz glitter gel – black and gold

Don’t forget to comment for a chance to win 1 of 3 $30 gift certificates to the PPP Shop and then hop along to increase your chances. Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 8/17/2022. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

Pretty Pink Posh blog
Nichol Spohr
Dana Kirby
Amanda Wilcox
Carly Minner
Yoonsun Hur
Jeanne Jachna