Welcome to the Stampin’ Pretty Pals’ Blog Hop! This month, the theme is “My Happiest Season”. We really hope that you enjoy and will be inspired by them! As you hop from blog to blog, don’t forget to leave comments because we love hearing from you. You will find the lineup at the end of my post to help you “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
Instead of MY favorite season, I chose my 28 year old daughter’s favorite season. While we both enjoy the holidays, Halloween is hands-down my daughter’s favorite! She’s actually ready to start decorating now. I think this card will start her off in style!
Here’s my card:
This isn’t the first card I created for this blog hop. When I stumbled across Jan B.’s video for this side step card, I immediately decided to start over. Her video is very easy to follow, and she has all the measurements in the comment section.
HOWEVER, if you follow her directions for the cardstock base, your finished card will not fit in the envelope! I found that out too late, but all is well, life is good. It might just be a miscalculation going from metric to standard measurements. I started creating a second side-step card and trimmed the cardstock base to 4-1/8 inches by 10-1/2 inches. That solved the problem without having to change any scoring measurements.
You WILL have to adjust the cardstock/DSP layers for the background of the base.
Using my card as an example, you need to trim the black cardstock under the polka dot DSP to 5-3/8 inches by 4 inches.
The polka dot DSP measures 5-1/4 inches by 3-7/8 inches.
What I Did:
- All the DSP papers can be found in the Cute Halloween 6 x 6 inch DSP.
- I used the Painted Labels die set for both the black swirly circle thingy and the white sentiment shape.
- The sentiment comes from the Frightfully Cute stamp set.
- All the rest of the elements can be found in the Frightful Tags die set. Cuteness galore!!!
- I cropped the witch hat from black cardstock. Then, I used the gold Wink of Stella for the witch trim and the embossed little pieces on the hat. It did take a few layers to get enough of the gold on the black cardstock.
- I also cropped the trees from black cardstock. Since each tree needed an extended trunk, I cropped an extra trunk for each. Then, I added the extra trunk piece to the original tree. Does that make sense? I hope so!
- The most adorable owl ever started on white cardstock. After I cropped it, I used the blending brush and Basic Gray ink to color the owl. Then, I used the clear Wink of Stella to color the owl. Next, I pulled out the gold Wink of Stella and colored just the eye dots. I wasn’t happy with just that little bit of gold, so I added tiny clear epoxy dots over the gold. So stinking cute!
- The fence pieces took the longest time to put together. I knew I would not be able to use dimensionals under the fence pieces. Therefore, I cropped 4 black fence pieces for each. After very, very carefully adhered the layers of the black cardstock I realized I needed something to have the fence pop. So, I cropped two pieces of the fence from white cardstock. I very, very slightly offset the white cardstock so it just peeks out from the black layers.
- I used dimensionals under the witch’s hat, the owl, the sentiment, and the white sentiment circle.
Back to the Pals’ Blog Hop:
More inspiration awaits, so use the lineup below to visit the rest of the Design Team. The Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Then, please mark your calendars for our next blog hop on September 8th. Our theme will be “Focus on the Sentiment” when our Design Team creates a project showcasing a sentiment as the focal point of their project. Until then, have fun in your craft space.
Stampin’ Pretty Pals Blog Hop
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty
- Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
- Amanda Howard at Papercrafting With Amanda
- Rosanne Mulhern at Heartfelt Stamping
- Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
- Windy Ellard at Windy’s Wonderful Creations
- Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
- Rae Harper Burnet at Wild West Paper Arts
- Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
- Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
- Debbie Crowley at expressively deb…
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Michelle Quinno at Shell Stamps
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Megan Cooper at Lazy Daze Stampin’
- Melissa Seplowitz at The Stamping Ninja
- Deb Walker at Deb Stamps Life
- Lori Webb at Clever Copies
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
Thank you very much for stopping by my blog. I appreciate every visit and comment.
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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Wow! So much creativity in this card! I loved how you played with each element to get the desired effect.
Thanks so much Amanda. This is not at all the idea I had in mind when I started out.
Great fun to see how you put your own stamp on our hop Pal!
Thanks, Deb!
This card is adorable!
Thank you so much! It was fun!
Wow! Love this super cute halloween card.
This is such an adorable Halloween scene! Love the funfold and the layout!
Thanks, Mary! Jan B. always has great fun folds and clear directions.
Great halloween card, Sue! Fun that it’s your daughter’s favorite holiday!
Thank you, Su!
Awesome fun fold Sue! love the owl!
Thank you, Windy. The epoxy dots really make the eyes pop.
Super hauntingly spooky creation you have. Thank you for hopping with us!
Thanks so much Rae!
Such a cute Halloween card, Sue! Love all the fun details. I’m sure your daughter loves it, too!
Thank you so much! She’ll be getting a few Halloween things in the mail as soon as I finish them all.
This card made me do a happy dance! TFS!
Glad I could bring a smile to your day. Thanks!
I love how your directions ‘keep it real’. You do not disappoint with your Halloween card. It is spooky and cute.
You just pushed me over the edge to get that bundle and dsp! Awesome card! Thanks for the measurement corrections too.
This is such a cool card, Sue! I love Halloween too!
Super-cute card Sue! I love the fun fold and I’m sure your daughter will love it too!
Sue, I love this great Fun Fold. Your design is absolutely perfect. not to mention, Frightfully Cute!
Wonderful card ~ love this fold! Thank you!
Such a great Halloween card, Sue! I love the fun fold you used – one of my favorites! Thank you for joining the hop this month!
Sue, I hope this awesome card is for your daughter! She will love it!