Too Hot To Haunt

My goodness, this summer has been so hauntingly hot that even the Halloween crew had to float in for a little cool-down! I created this adorably spooky Summerween card with the Whimsy Stamps Limited Edition Summerween Collection. These little ghostly cuties are drifting around, sipping their ghoul drinks, and serving up the sweetest splash of spooky-summer fun!

I used the following Copic marker colors to bring these boo-tiful little beachy haunts to life:

•  C1, C3, C5
• E000, E00, E11
• BVO1-ghost shading
• B63, B66, B79
• RV21, RV13, RV14
• YG23, YG05, G05
• BG10, BG23, BG45
• YR31, Y38, YR16
• Y00, Y04, Y08

Thanks so much for floating by today! I hope you were able to snag this limited edition collection before it vanished, because it is bursting with frightfully fun, sun-soaked Summerween magic!

Sandy

Adventure Awaits

 

Ahoy, matey! Today I’m sharing an encouragement card I made with Adventure Awaits, a newer stamp set from Pajama Crafters Stamps. I love the ship with its pirate flag—it suggests strength and resilience. I chose sentiments that encourage the recipient to stay strong and keep going.

I wanted some dimension for this card, but I didn't want to just pop up the ship on foam dots and the image seam appropriate for a shake card, so I decided to frame the ship and sentiment.  I used an older die by My Favorite Things that cut two openings with the larger square opening up top.  

To keep the construction of this card "clean", I used the die to cut out 8 layers of 110lb cardstock.  I glued the layers together to create "wells".  I used the die to cut the patterned paper for the front and inner areas.

I used Copic markers to color the ship.  I matched to colors to the patterned paper as best as I could.  Once it was colored, I cut it out, applied 1mm foam squares to the back and centered it in the square openings.

This is a very quick and easy card to make.  I have a video up on my YouTube Channel if you would like to follow along:

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Sandy

  

Hello Sunshine!

Summer is in full swing, so it's the perfect time to celebrate with this oversized beach ball card made with a new Trinity Stamps summer release. And if the beach ball doesn’t have you dreaming of the shore, the palm trees and sandy scene just might.

This card would work beautifully for all kinds of occasions.

For the background on this card, I cut a piece of white cardstock to 5.25" x 4.0" and used the Puffy Clouds Layers Stencil with Salty Ocean Distress Oxide. I ink blended a little Tea Dye Distress Oxide Ink on the bottom inch of the cardstock to give it the illusion of sand.  

I used the new Tiny Island Die Set to cut out the sandy hill and the two palm trees.  I used Distress Oxide Ink to dust up the edges to give them a little dimension.

The beach ball was cut out using two different colors of cardstock using the new Beach Ball Circle Card Add On Die Set.  I dusted the edges of the ball pieces with Distress Oxide Ink.

The "hello" is cut from white and hot pink cardstock using the Simply Sentimental: Hello Coordinating Die Set.  I like to layer die cut lettering to give them a little dimension - it's a small detail that really makes the lettering pop!  The word "sunshine" is from the Sunshine Die Cut Set.  I layered those also.  

To add a little summer sparkle to my card, I added a few bits of confetti from the Electric Parade Confetti embellishment mix.  

Doesn't this card just make you want to go to the beach or maybe the pool?  

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Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope your summer is absolutely amazing!

Sandy

Betta Believe It

Isn't this a fun card? Well, you Betta Believe it is!  I created this card with a couple of new goodies from Trinity Stamps.

This die set is called, Fish Bowl Circle Card Add On Die Set, and it comes with the Betta fish die along with the fishbowl decorations. This die was created to fit on a circle shaped card that is created with the Circle Shaped Card Die Set. Of course you could always use it as a focal point on any card such as and A-2.

I used the Funfetti Alphabetti Die Set for the sentiment.  To give my letters a little dimension, I layered two letters together using a dark blue cardstock and a hot pink card stock.

For the inside sentiment on this card, I used an older Trinity Stamp Set that is now retired, but you could use anything you want or leave it blank for your own personal sentiment.  

The supplies used for this card are:

• Fish Bowl Circle Card Add On Die Set
• Funfetti Alphabetti Die Set
• Circle Shaped Card Die Set
• Clean Cut Layers-Circles Set A Die Set
• Rip & Stick 6x9 Adhesive Sheets

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Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have and amazing day!

Sandy