Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a Spooktacular Halloween Card. I used products from the Monster Bash Suite in the 2019 Holiday Catalog which goes live on September 4th. I picked this suite of products to create my card because it's just so darn cute and fun to color. And, the Spooktacular Bash Bundle comes with the Spooktacular Bash Stamp Set and the Ornate Frames Dies. These super cute dies can be used for so many more things than just matching this stamp set. Here's a look at my spooky little card.
Halloween will be here before you know it and little ghouls will be inviting you to all types of Spooktacular Bashes, and you will be ready to create not so spooky projects with these sweet monsters and sweet sentiments in the cute Spooktacular Bash Stamp Set. When paired with the other products in the suite you will sink your teeth into creating.
You can see with the Monster Bash Designer Series Paper has a fresh spin on classic Halloween images. I used a piece here to add a little more of a spooky touch. I used another little strip right above the Basic Black scalloped ribbon. To add just a little more spookiness to the card I added one of the Monster Bash Enamel Shapes to the sentiment. I added it with the adhesive on the back plus one of the mini black stampin' dimensionals. I also added some of the regular size black dimensional under the vampire. Now you have seen me mention Black Stampin' Dimensionals a couple times now, yes they are a real thing that will be available in the Holiday Catalog. These little cushions of goodness will be perfect for all your Halloween projects.
Thanks for dropping by today I hope that you have enjoyed my little sneak peek of the new Monster Bash Suite. I have a little tutorial that I have created for you featuring this card you can click here to download the PDF.
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Rick
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Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you a card that I CASEd from the 2019 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog. CASE means Copy and Share Everything or Copy and Selectively Edit. Casing a design is a great way to learn new techniques, and skills as well. Casing is also a great way to improve skills. The card that I cased came from page 83. Here's a look at my card.
This is the image I CASEd and was inspired by.
image by Stampin' Up!
My Version:
I tried to make my version of this card as close as I could. I started out with a Smoky Slate card base. The card base in the picture above is a side folding card 5 1/2 x 8 1/2. I created mine as a top folding card 4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2.
I then took a piece of Pool Party cut at 4 x 5 1/4 and used the High Seas 3D embossing folder and attached it to the card front. I then used a piece of the Fluid 100 Watercolor paper and the Stitched Rectangle dies to cut out the image that will be placed on front. I stamped all the images in Stazon Jet Black ink and let it dry. Once it was dry I could watercolor the images. I used a aqua painter and water colored the images using Smoky Slate, Balmy blue, Pool Party, Blueberry Bushel, Pumpkin Pie and Poppy Parade. I just squeezed my ink pads to put ink in the top to use as a pallet. Once I had everything colored and it had died I wrapped the Poppy Parade twine around and secured to the card front using dimensionals. I then took about four inches or so of extra twine and tied a knot around the one that I wrapped I let a few inches hang down. I added a knot on the other end and pulled the twine apart so it was just the threads hanging.
I added a little of the stripped Washi tape from the Follow your art washi tape collection. I stamped the sentiment in Basic Gray ink and created a little banner and added it to the card front with dimensionals. I then added a piece of whisper white to the inside.
Thanks for dropping by today, I hope that you have a wonderful day. You can find a full list of all the supplies used in the Shopping List below.
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Rick
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Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the next Episode of Rick's Saturday Simple Stamping. In this Episode I am going to share with you how to create a Fall themed Birthday card using products from the 2019 Stampin' Up! Annual Catalog and the upcoming Holiday Catalog. I created this card using the Here's A Card Stamp Set (from the Annual Catalog) and Gather Together Stamp Set (from the 2019 Holiday Catalog). I have given you both the A2 size measurements for the US and Canada and the A4 measurements for everywhere else in the blog post. Here's a look at my card for today.
I started off today's card by cutting a piece of Merry Merlot Cardstock (146979) in half to make a portrait style card (4 1/4 x 11 scored at 5 1/2 the finished size is 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 or 14.9 cm x 21 cm) so cut your cardstock according to your top folding card measurements. I then stamped the large leaf image from the Gather Together Stamp Set (150589) in Merry Merlot Classic ink (147112) around the card. Once this was complete, I stamped the pumpkins from the same set on a piece of Whisper White Cardstock (100730) that measured 2 5/8 x 4 1/8 (11.8 cm x 6.3 cm) using Smoky Slate Classic Ink (147113). I then stamped Happy Birthday from the Here's a Card Cling Stamp Set (149438) in the same Smoky Slate ink close to the bottom. I added a little of the 1/4" Mint Macaron Textile Ribbon (149480) to this layer at the top and added a knot. I then adhered this to a Night of Navy Cardstock (100867) mat cut at 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 (12 cm x 6.5 cm). The Whisper White layer was added to the Night of Navy mat with Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755). Once I had everything mounted I added it to the card base on Stampin' Dimensionals (104430).
To finish off the card I added a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to the inside of the card cut at 4 x 5 1/4 (14.4 cm x 10 cm). I stamped the large leaf in the bottom corner of the Whisper White layer in Merry Merlot ink and adhered it to the card base. I then decorated the Whisper White Medium Envelope (107301) flap with the same images on the card with the same two colors. This allowed everything to tie in. On front of the envelope I just stamped the pumpkins in the bottom left hand corner with Smoky Slate ink. That way I have the perfect coordination all the way around the card to give me a perfect presentation when sent to the recipient.
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Thanks for dropping by for another episode of Rick's Saturday Simple Stamping. I hope that you are finding this series very helpful and it's helping you along your stamping journey. If you need any of the supplies you can order them in my online store by clicking on the item in the shopping list below.
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Hello and welcome to my blog; today I am going to share with you the Random Act of Kindness card I received back in June from Victoria Hevener. Victoria created this really fabulous card and and sent out. I was super happy to open this little gift in the mail. Here's a look at her card.
I am not quite sure how she created this lovely card but I have my thoughts on how I would create it. To recreate her card I would first stamp all the images on a piece of whisper white cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black around the card. Next I would add a piece of post it tape to the section I wanted the first line. I would then use my Stampin' Blends to color up to that line and around all the images. I think the top color is the light Night of Navy blend, and the other two colors was Seaside Spray light and dark. Going down to the next section the above steps was repeated and then again. in the lightest color.
To finish off the card the card front was added to a basic black card base. The sentiment was stamped on whisper white and then cut out using the stitched label dies. She cut one of the flowers out either from the designer series paper or after coloring it. She added a vellum strip made into fish tail banners.
Thanks for dropping by today. I hope that you have enjoyed Victoria's card as much as I did.
