Halloween Bewitching Cat Card

Recently bought the Bewitched die set from Simon Hurley with Spellbinders and that arrived this week:

Very easy cat to assemble since the dies not only cut the card stock but also emboss the pieces where to place the eyes and nose pieces. Here is my card:

Cut and scored the black card stock base at the top and cut a piece of light purple card stock for the card front. Used liquid glue to put the purple piece onto the black card stock base. For the crackle background on this card I used an older Darice embossing folder. I cut a piece of white card stock larger than what I needed for the card front and I inked the raised side of the embossing folder with black ink. Put the white card stock inside the folder, closed it, and ran a wallpaper seam roller over the closed embossing folder to transfer the inked design to my card stock. Here is the folder and the tool used:

I used this background for another Halloween card I recently made also:

For the "Happy Halloween" on the cat card the lettering is very thin so I used a tip I learned from NB Cards on YouTube to add my glue to the letters:

A silicone brush, trimmed close to the handle and even across, tap it into liquid glue on the craft mat and tap this on the back of the word/letters. This way when you put the word onto the shadow piece you will not have glue squishing out of the letters all over the place. Here is a photo of the "Happy" and the "Halloween" on the card:

I added clear Wink of Stella to the black part of the cat's eyes for some sparkle:

I also wanted to use a glitter purple card stock for the witch hat on my cat but the only glittered purple card stock I have in my stash has a white core so when I cut out the witch hat die you could see the white all around the edges of the hat piece. To fix that problem I used a purple Sharpie and ran it around all the edges of the hat so you will not see the white core. I wanted both of the cat ears to peek out of the witch hat so I put the front of the hat on the face and then put the back piece - the regular purple card stock that looks like the lining to the hat -on last on the back of the cat.  Very easy card to assemble as the cat goes together quickly. Cute kitty for Halloween.....

Hero Arts Spooky Season Letterpress/Foil Plates

Just hot foiled the new Hero Arts Spooky Season Letterpress/Foil plates for Halloween projects ahead. I hot foiled them on white card stock. black, and green. For the foil I used shiny gold foil, matte gold foil, silver foil, dark pink foil, and a few holographic foils. Here is a photo of the packaging for these new plates:

I have the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil machine and the platform fits tightly in that machine.  In the past I have tried taping the foil and card stock to the plates, tried the "binding" method, etc but still had over foiling or the plates would "jump" when I removed the platform from my machine. Luckily one day I saw a video on YouTube by Carissa Wiley and she was hot foiling something for her card and what she does is heat up the platform, with the plate on it, and then she removes the platform with plate from her machine. Then she puts the foil and her card stock on top of the plate and runs it through her machine. No over foiling and her plates do not jump. Decided to try her method and happy me it works and I have followed this ever since when hot foiling. On my machine I have a label I made:

This reminds me to pull the platform off the machine, place the foil and card stock on the plate, and then run it through the Big Shot. Have not had any over foiling or shadow images from the plate moving when I pull the platform off the machine.  To foil these new Hero Arts sentiments I put a few sentiments on my platform at a time for foiling:

With all the foiling done I used the matching dies in this set to cut out all my foiled sentiments:

Have lots of sentiments ready for projects ahead and happy this sentiment set has big sentiments and also sentiment strips for the Halloween holiday. Also happy different card stocks can be used for hot foiling so colours can be used and not just white card stock. 

Craftoween #7 Halloween - Spellbound Card

Used the #7 die set from the Spellbinders Craftoween Halloween kit for this next Halloween card. Here is the card:

The card base is black card stock cut and scored at the top. Then I cut a piece of light green card stock for the card front to go with the holographic spider web I hot foiled onto white card stock. That hot foil plate is also from Spellbinders and it is an older hot foil plate - Spider Web Background:

Once the white card stock was hot foiled I used the Spellbinders rectangle frames die set and cut out the spider web card front. Used liquid glue to put the white card stock on the green card stock and then put these onto the black card stock base. Set this aside.

Used the Craftoween #7 die set and using scrap card stocks I die cut all the books/pages, ribbon book marks, and candles/flames. Sponged edges of the books to add dimension and used liquid glue to put those together. For the banner in this die set, "Spellbound", I cut this out of black card stock. I used some silver metallique wax by Artalchemy and put a small dab on the craft mat. Tapped my finger in that and tapped it onto the banner piece:

I stacked the books on the card front using tear and tape and added the small ribbon book marks to the books. Used the Craftoween #2 die set and die cut out the skeleton die and black back piece from that set and put those together using liquid glue. Sponged the edges of that and put that next to the books on the card front. Die cut out the candles/wicks and assembled those. Put those on the top of the books using liquid glue and then foam tape behind the top of the candles and wicks for dimension. With those on the card front I added Diamond Stickles to those for some sparkle:

Added clear crystals to the card front. Used a small bug punch from the stash and punched out black mirror card stock and put the bugs on the card front using liquid glue. Here is a photo of the two die sets I used from the Craftoween kit:

Fun Halloween kit from Spellbinders. Each die set is already cut apart and easy to assemble. It does not take long to assemble these die sets for a card/project and great use of stash scraps!

Haul from Daiso store

Forgot to post this haul that I picked up at a Daiso store near the Duluth, GA convention center where I attended the stamp show in July. I had never shopped at a Daiso store before so I did not know if I would find any thing I would use for my craft room but happy me -- I did:

This photo is what I picked up -- two white plastic clear bins that snap close which will be great for in progress project. On top of those bins are two plastic zipper bags for die cuts and card fronts and anything else that I am working on..... also bought two of the small desk top organizers on top of the zipper bags and decided I would try them out and see if the ATG would fit in there:

This holder holds the ATC and the holder will help to keep the tape dust free when it is sitting on my table top. Happy to finally have been able to shop a Daiso store since I have seen a few shoppers share their finds from this store on YouTube.

Craftoween #4 Halloween - Styling Ghostie Card

I bought the Spellbinders "13 Days of Craftoween 2025" when it first came out. On YouTube a lot of crafters are making a card/project everyday using the different die sets in order from 1 to 13. I do not have the time to make a new card every day but work on them when I can.... This card uses the die set for day #4 and it is the ghost die set:

I wanted to use pink and black for my card so to show off the details of the ghost die set. Here is my card:

I wanted to use the Spellbinders BetterPress Plate Spiderwebs and I wanted to hot foil that onto black card stock. I looked through my foils and decided to use a medium pink foil on the black card stock. With that foiled I trimmed that piece to the size I wanted for my card front - 4 1/4 x 5. Using this frame die set from my stash I die cut a frame out of the center of the foiled card front piece:

With the frame shape cut out of the spider web black card stock I decided I wanted pink card stock to show around the spider web die cut opening. I cut a piece of light pink card stock to the size of the front of the card (4 1/4 x 5) and picked out a smaller frame die from that frame set and die cut an opening on the pink card stock piece. I laid the spider web piece over the pink piece and I used liquid glue to put them together. Cut and scored a black card stock base at the top. Set these all aside.

I die cut the ghost, layering skirt piece, and banner pieces and put them together. For her under skirt I used light pink vellum to add some pink to her. Put the "BOO" on the banner using liquid glue. Cut a piece of scrap black card stock to put behind her eyes and put that on the back using liquid glue. Decided she needed something else so I went through the Halloween die set stash and found this witch hat from an Elizabeth Craft die set:

Cut her hat out of glittered black card stock. Added a glittered pink band to the hat and a gold buckle and the hat was done. Wanted to make pumpkins for the bottom of the framed piece so I used another Elizabeth Craft die set for those, Hay Ride (no photo), and glittered/foil card stocks.  Wanted to dress her and her pumpkins up so I die cut the flowers from the Spellbinders Faux Embroidery die set by Nichol Spohr. I used glittered card stocks for those and added small pink crystals to those:

With pumpkins die cut, stems and flowers/leaves glued in place, everything was ready to assemble this card. At first I was not sure what I would use as the background for my ghost but then decided I wanted a white background with a soft image on it. Used the Splatter background stamp from Taylored Expressions and a light ink to make this background on a piece of white card stock:

With the white background stamped I trimmed that to size and used liquid glue to put that onto the black card stock base. Put the frames piece over that and the card front was ready for my ghostie. Put her on the card front using tear and tape. Added her witch hat with flower also with the tear and tape. Used liquid glue to add her "BOO" banner. Used tear and tape and put all the pumpkins on the card front at the lower corners to add some sparkle to the card front. 

The Spiderweb BetterPress plate I hot foiled with a medium pink foil and IRL you can see the webs have a pink tint to them but this did not show well in the photos:

This photo shows her light pink vellum underskirt as well as the sparkle on the pumpkins:

Fun card to put together and I will be making more Halloween cards using this Craftoween die set kit. I like the details on this ghost - the size, her underskirt, and her arms that can hold the banner or maybe a pumpkin bucket for her Halloween treats. Cute die set and easy to assemble. Here is another photo of this card laying flat and this shows the spiderwebs off:

Halloween Pops Card

Trying to make Halloween cards using products and card stocks in the stash..... until..... I saw the new Halloween Cake Pops Die Set from PrettyPinkPosh.com..... had to have one so I ordered mine from Scrapbook.com and it arrived this week...... cute die set and happy to be able to use more card stock scraps for my card... here is a photo of this die set:

Here is a photo of the card I made:

For the card base I looked through my basket of extra card bases I have made and found a black base so I used that. Layered a piece of pumpkin coloured card stock for the front of the card. For the background piece on the front I used white card stock and I used an embossing folder but did not emboss it.... The embossing folder is "Crackle" from Darice and this is an older embossing folder and I had bought it off Ebay a couple of years ago for a project I was working on. But when I was making this card I decided to use this folder again but this time I did not want to emboss with it but I did want the design..... so I cut a piece of white card stock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 for the card front. I laid the embossing folder on the work table and opened it up - ran a black ink pad over the raised side of the embossing folder and I laid the white card stock front on the inked side and closed the folder - used my hand to hold it closed and ran a wallpaper seam roller over the closed embossing folder and this transferred the ink to my card stock with the crackle design:

The design transferred to the white card stock and it looks "blotchy" on the white card stock but I think that adds to the Halloween look. I trimmed this piece to the size I needed and put it on the pumpkin coloured card stock piece for the card front. For the pumpkin, ghost, and Frankie I used all scraps for them. I sponged the edges of all of them and I also cut a piece of 110# black card stock to put behind them to make them sturdy. They measure between 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 tall. Pop dots are behind them for dimension on the card.

"Happy Halloween" is an older die from Kat Scrappiness that I have had for awhile. I die cut the shadow background piece for that out of black card stock and used glittered silver card stock for the words. Used liquid glue to put those two layers together and put pop dots behind that to put on the card front. Here is a photo to show the inked background:

The camera did not really capture the sparkle on the glittered silver card stock for the greeting but here is a better photo of that:

Although I really like the Halloween Cake Pops die set I wished the packaging had a photo to show all the icons it makes - I have seen crafters make a cat from this set so before I put it away I will have to use all the dies and make up all the icons to keep with the die set so I will know at a glance what icons this set makes. Happy to be able to use more card stock scraps in the stash and fun die set to assemble!

Spellbinders CRAFTOWEEN..... Yes, please!!

Happy I was able to get a set of the Spellbinders "13 Days of Craftoween" when it was first released.... This is a box filled with Halloween projects ahead having 13 holiday die sets, a clear stamp set, and a bag of holiday coloured sequins....... Here is the box it came in:

Each die set is in a clear envelope. The envelope holds a small folder with a holiday image on it. The image on the front of this folder though does not show the die set inside. Here is one of the dies:

Inside this folder is:

One the left side of the folder is the image the die set cuts out and the right side of this folder is a plastic piece that holds the die pieces on. The die pieces are also printed on the inside of the folder under this plastic piece. Very cute presentation but after you make your 13 days of Halloween and store away your Craftoween set how to know which die set is where?????  

I had some clear envelopes in the stash for other projects and these folders/die sets fit into these envelopes so I am using them for storage. For each die set I took it out of the plastic envelope it comes in and flipped the front of the folder to the back so I can see the photo of the die set image in the front of the envelope and by turning over the envelope I can see the die pieces:

and I did this to all the die sets in this collection:

Fun collection for Halloween and each image is very easy to die cut and assemble as there are not too many dies per image.... lots of projects coming soon I am sure!

Cocoa Greetings Santa Card

Used Spellbinders products for these two cards for Christmas. I made two cards and made changes to Santa's face so they are not the same:

For the Santa mug on the cards I used the Spellbinders Small Die of the Month, July 2025, "Cocoa Greetings":

The packaging for this die set only shows one of the three mugs you can make - a Penquin. But I put together an extra Santa to stash with the die set so in the future it will remind me this die set can also make a Santa:

I also used the Spellbinders Better Press Plate "Snowfall Shimmer" that I hot foiled in the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil machine using matte silver foil:

For the sentiment strips on the cards I used the Spellbinders Better Press Plate "Merry Messages" and foiled shiny silver hot foil onto black card stock. Here is the first card I made using the die set as it suggested:

***  The above card was chosen as a Fav of the Week this week on Splitcoast Stampers  ***  :0)

For this Santa I used scrap card stocks to die cut him out. This die set also embosses as it die cuts so you know where to place your die cut pieces. I cut out his red base and I sponged the edges of that. For my Santa I used pop dots behind his beard when I placed the beard on the red base (body piece). For the face, nose, and cheeks I die cut these out or a blush card stock and sponged the edges of the face and added ink over the nose and cheeks pieces using a dauber. Used liquid glue to add the black pieces that the die set cuts out behind the eye openings. I used liquid glue to add the mustache, nose, and cheek pieces to the face. Added liquid glue to the tab and buttons to the front of his coat. I added small black gems to the buttons piece for dimension. 

For the mug handle I die cut a red handle and layered the white piece over it so it looks like a peppermint handle using liquid glue. Set this aside. Die cut the brim of his hat out of glittered white card stock. Die cut the white hat piece and the white swirls on his hat I die cut those from white mirror card stock I had gotten years ago at AC Moore. Layered those together using liquid glue and used tear and tape to add these white pieces to the top of the Santa face. Used pop dots to put the glittered white hat brim on the white hat piece. With that done I used liquid glue and added the handle. 

Cut and scored a white card base at the top. Used the Spellbinders Layering Rectangle die set and I cut a piece of foil red and white stripe card stock in the stash from Hobby Lobby. Put that on the white card base using liquid glue. For the snowflake piece behind Santa I had hot foiled the snowflakes plate earlier and I cut it out to the size I wanted for my two cards using the Layering Rectangle die set. I put foam tape behind this foiled piece and put it on my card front. Then used both pop dots and tear and tape to put Santa on that. 

Hot foiled the Merry Messages Better Press plate using shiny silver foil and I used a piece of black card stock to foil these on. I wanted a black sentiment rather than a red one to break up all the red on the card front with the stripes and all. Used pop dots behind the sentiment strip. I also added a small candy cane to his whipped cream topping that the die set cuts out. 

This second Santa mug card:

After all pieces were die cut I decided to flip Santa's face piece upside down - this put the two little lines the face die cuts into the face for Santa's eyebrows under his eyes now. I also added white eyebrows to his face. For his red hat I used red card stock and the swirls piece is glittered red card stock. I layered those with liquid glue and put this at the top of the face piece and then added the glittered white brim piece to the base of the hat pieces.  

For the red stripes on the background of his card I used striped card stock, again in the stash but from Hobby Lobby and this is plain card stock. For his greeting I used "Merry Christmas".  Easy cards to assemble as I did it in steps - die cut and assembled Santa, did the hot foiling, and cut and scored the card stock base, and then cut the card striped pieces for the fronts of the cards.  Added small red crystals to the front of the cards for some sparkle. 

Christmas Mouse Bag Toppers

Had seen the video by Nichol Spohr on her YouTube channel showing the Lawn Fawn Tiny Gift Box Mouse Add On die set that she used for a bag topper for holiday treat bags. I did not have all the products she used but to start I have the Mouse Add On die set as well as the Lawn Fawn Cute Candy Canes die set. Looking through my stash I had enough to make my own bag toppers. Here is a photo of the toppers:

First I used the bag topper die set from Jaded Blossoms:

This die set has a layering die piece that you can cut out and put on the front of your bag topper. I used pink card stocks for the toppers and I used the Farmhouse Check stamp from HoneyBee Stamps to stamp my background on my layering pieces using a medium pink ink:

I cut out my bag toppers.  One of the bag toppers I die cut out is from a darker pink card stock and the second one is from a light pink card stock. I did not cut out my layering pieces until I stamped my background stamp onto both a light pink card stock and a dark pink card stock. With those stamped in a medium pink ink I laid the layering die on them at a diagonal so that my toppers have a diamond shaped stamped background and die cut those. Used liquid glue and put the stamped layering die pieces onto the front of the die cut bag toppers. I put the light pink stamped layering piece on the darker pink bag topper and the dark pink stamped layering piece on the light pink bag topper. Set these aside.

Using scraps I die cut out the mouse. Here is a photo of the Lawn Fawn die set this mouse is from:

 In this photo you can see I keep a cheat sheet with this die set that I had written down for the colours I use to make my mouse:

The sheet will help me remember what colours I used for my mice. For the face on my mice I gave them black eyes, a pink nose and mouth, and tiny pink cheeks. There is an oval die in the die set for the cheeks but I thought they were too big so I used a small circle punch and punched out my pink cheeks. I sponged the edges of the pink ears and also sponged the cheek pieces. I also sponged the edge of the mice using a dauber and brown ink. I assembled the mice and I added the tails with liquid glue. 

Assembled my candy canes with liquid glue and set those aside. Cut out the bows for the candy canes and I sponged the edges of those with pink ink. Tucked the candy cane into the hands of the mice and used liquid glue for those. Used this holly die for the holly pieces by Elizabeth Craft Designs:

Die cut those and added the red berries to the holly pieces using liquid glue. I also used clear Wink of Stella over the berry pieces for some sparkle. Used liquid glue to put the holly pieces onto the bag toppers. Added foam tape behind the mice for some dimension. 

For the greeting I used the Spellbinders BetterPress Merry Messages plate and I had hot foiled greetings in different colours of foil so I have plenty of these greetings foiled and die cut and ready for projects. I used the "Merry Christmas" greeting and I used foam tape to put those on the front of the bag toppers. The extra greenery pieces on the bag toppers were die cut using a die set from Divinity Designs. 

Here is a photo of the light pink topper:

and the dark pink topper:

This photo shows the stamped background:

and the mice:

Fun way to use a die cut that is meant for something else. Thanks to Nichol for her inspiration for this holiday project! Always happy to find other uses for stash items...... and also happy to be able to use more stash scrap card stocks up!