Spooky Greetings

07/29/2014

Halloween Greetings

I love the new Poppystamps - Scary Background [1078] die.  Background die cuts are great for a quick card.  Just add a few stickers/embellishments or other die cuts and you have a quick haunting greeting.  What is even better is that you have all the letters from the die to use as a greeting on other cards.  

For my post today, I used some spooky embellishments [stickers] to make it appear as if something was lurking behind the letters.  Bats and googlie eyeballs are watching you. Open the card if you dare...

Supplies

Poppystamps Scary Background [1078]

Embellishments

Adhesive

Cardstock

Thanks for stopping by. 

[1078] DIES- Scary Background

Welcome to the Poppystamps & Twinery Blog Hop! July 24-26, 2014.

Welcome to my blog!  You probably arrived here from Christine Meyer's blog.  I hope you are enjoying your blog hopping today.  There is a lot of great inspiration yet to come and a few prizes are up for grabs from courtesy of Poppystamps and The Twinery!  

For my post today, I am jazzing up a gift container.  You can use any container from tin (even an empty tin from mints if you do not want to purchase a tin or a glass jar/bottle).  I used Maraschino Twine from The Twinery to give it a festive holiday feel.  Then I turned to the [1097] Poppystamps Stocking Garland die from Poppystamps' recent release.

Supplies you will need: 

Poppystamps dies, I used 1097 Stocking Garland
Twinery Twine, I used Maraschino Stripe Twine
Embellishments (I used gold star brads)
Adhesive (glue works best to adhere twine to the container)
Container to decorate
Foam adhesives
Card stock

How I did it:
I used a tin that I had on hand.  To give you an idea of size of the tin that I used,  I was able to put a variety of items inside. I tested it by filling it with gourmet tea bags or truffles or small wrapped gourmet chocolate squares, hard candies, etc.

Another fabulous use of a small tin is to surprise your favorite crafting buddy with some Poppystamps dies!  I was able to put in a couple dies even with a little bit of padding.  Some ideas? Well the Christmas Baubles [1040], the Lyndon Butterfly [1059] or even the Theo Butterfly  [1060].

I used a glue adhesive circle to hold the end of the twine and then I used glue lightly to keep the twine on the tin.

As you wrap you may need to push the twine down to keep any gaps from forming.  You can also vary the colors of twine or twist the twine to create a pattern.

Next, I wrapped the sides of the lid.

While the glue was drying, I cut and heavily glittered paper.  Then I added some gold star brads and finished with the 1097 Stocking Garland from Poppystamps.  To adhere it, I used a slightly larger piece of paper and the foam adhesive squares to give the scene a little depth.

Want More?  Maybe even a chance to win a prize?  

Go to the Poppystamps blog and The Twinery blog to find out how you could win a great prize during the July 24-July26, 2014 Poppystamps and The Twinery blog hop!  Before you go, feel free to leave me a comment, a suggestion or a question.

Your next stop on the hop is the blog of DoBea Alberts.  

If my blog is the first you have "hopped to" here is the full list of talented crafters and the generous companies who have made this hop possible!  Check them out!

Blog Hop for July 25th, 2014

Poppystamps  

The Twinery 

Monika Wright 

Tifany DeGough 

Ira Huberts                

Christine Meyer                            

DoBea Alberts

Mary McMillan 

Tobi Crawford 

Michele Henderson 

Anita Mulcahey 

Yvonne Dunlop   

Spooky Fireplace

07/05/2014

Spooky Fireplace

Welcome to Poppystamps Blog Blitz!

I hope everyone [in the USA] had a great 4th of July celebration.  While most of the country was thinking of traditional American summer food, I was thinking toward cool temps and Halloween.

This card leverages some wonderful new dies from Poppystamps latest release.  The first of which is the Classic Brick Fireplace.  This versatile die can be used for a Christmas Fireplace awaiting Santa or, in this case, a spooky fireplace awaiting a cauldron of wicked potions.

I love the new Spider Web Border die.  I placed it on the top of the card and trimmed the rightmost edge off.  This was perfect to put in the corner of the fireplace.  

Next,  I ran the Fireplace logs die through in a dark brown color for the logs.  Then I built the fire by running the Warm and Cozy fire through red, orange and yellow cardstock.  I stacked several layers of the flames to provide a big fire.  

Then I cut two cats and placed them on top of the mantel.  To spice it up a little bit, I added rhinestones in the center of the webs and as a collar on one of the cats.  I only had clear rhinestones so I used an orange marker and colored them to make it more along the color theme of Halloween.

I finished the card by using Boo from the Scary Background die.  I hope you enjoy this card and find a couple of Poppystamps dies from the new release that will make your Halloween extra spooky!

Supplies:

Classic Brick Fireplace [1041]

Spider Web Border [1085]

Scary Background [1078]

Warm and Cozy Fire [1070]

Fireplace Logs [1072]

Sitting Cat [860]

Walking Cat [859]

Adhesives [glue pen, foam adhesives]

Embellishments [rhinestones]

Markers

Scissors

Cardstock

Christmas Cottage in July

07/01/2014

Christmas In July!

Welcome to Poppystamps Blog Blitz!

Poppystamps has an amazing new release launching today so get ready for an exciting two weeks as we, the Poppystamps Design Team, will be presenting some of the many wonderful versatile dies.

For my first contribution, I chose the new Cute Cottage [1089] to create a Christmas In July card.

I created the snowy background from white chalk ink and Q-tips.  Just dab and dot and continue until you are happy with the background.  It is okay if some are light and some are smudgy.  

Next, I used the dies to do all my cutting before assembling the card.  I ran the cottage through twice so I could use a lighter shade of brown for the windows.  As my cats love to sit in the window and watch outside, especially when it snows, I took some of the Baby Kittens to place in the windows. 

I traced the outline of the cottage on a yellow sheet of paper.  Then I cut off the chimney and cut the cottage out with scissors.  Then I used foam adhesives to attach the front of the cottage [brown] to the background in order to give it a bit of depth.   I wanted to make it look like there was light inside and white seemed to wash it out a bit so I chose yellow as the background shape to the cottage.

I wanted to add a couple of trees to the card so I ran the Large Flourish Tree [1088] through twice.  Before attaching the cottage to the card, I lined up each tree, one slightly taller than the other, and then glued them on.  Next I trimmed off the bottoms of the trees.  Finally, I glued the cottage layers.  

I finished the cottage by attaching the Frosted Roof and Ledges [1095] that I ran through my Big Shot with glitter paper and added a red heart embellishment.  Lastly, I added Christmas [from the Merry Christmas background #1065] to the top of the card.

Supplies:

Cute Cottage [1089 ]

Large Flourish Tree [1088]

Merry Christmas Backgroud [1065]

Frosted Roof and Ledges [1095]

Baby Kittens [982]

Adhesives [glue pen, foam adhesives]

Embellishment 

Scissors

Card Stock