I got on a real roll when I jumped into Halloween cardmaking. This is the card I sent to my sister that year. Once again, Cricut DS to the rescue for the images. I also used stitched slimline dies for the background papers. The lettering was not the easiest to get on there, but I did. I used gems as final embellishments to round out the card.
My first year of cards will be the next several posts. This card went to my lifelong best friend. I loved how it turned out so much I put a note in it to ask her to let me have it back if she decided to throw it away. Her words, " I never throw away your cards". These little trick or treaters are from a spellbinders small die of the month kit. I'm looking forward to trying out different "costumes" with them in the future. Maybe this year?? I cut the house and fence from Cricut DS. The moon I cut with a stitched circle die. I made a matching envelope and glossy accents on the pumpkins and clay hearts on the kids finish the look. Such a fun little scene card.
I have two friends that I meet up with once a month. They always get a halloween card. The first year, 2020, I made these cards for them. I used a die set from Spellbinders which as the time were the only halloween supplies I owned. I used DS to create the background and sentiments. I even made matching envelopes.
I have always loved wiener dogs. I have had this card designed in DS for years. I finally made it and I love how it turned out. I ink blended the background and used two of the moon stencils from Spellbinders. There is lots of sparkle in this card, which I can't capture in the picture. I used a stardust glitter pen on the sentiment to give it some shine and the tiny clay bats were in a shaker mix I had in my stash. Inside the card reads, "let's pawty" Adorable if I do say so myself!
This is my fourth year creating halloween cards. I only make them for a handful of friends and family and I just have the best time of it. The next several posts will be sharing my past cards and some current ones too. Several of my 2023 cards are actually cards I designed in past years in Cricut DS but never got around to making. This is one. I'm not even close to being done with my list, but I had such a great relaxing time crafting today. The last couple weeks have been brutal with the loss of my 91 year old grandmother. Once I got my work orders finished, it was time for me to just have fun. I am LOVING being able to create sentiments in DS and bubble cut them. It is tricky as it doesn't always work, but when it does, it looks so great. The stockings are all out of glitter cardstock and the little black cats on the shoes were in my stash. I used stitched slimline dies to create the backgound papers.
I'm not sure if anyone reads here, but if you do, I got behind on posts due to the face that my grandmother had spent ten days in the hospital until her death. One of my kids had a car wreck in the midst of that as well, so lots of trips a good hour + away from my home. I'm sharing this card as it was one I made for her many years ago. She loved flowers and since I couldn't buy her real ones, I made her a card of potted flowers in one of her favorite colors. Life will be different. I will miss her terribly, but was so fortunate to have her so many years.
I have a friend who recently lost her husband. I can't imagine what is like to lose a spouse after 50+ years. I wanted to create a special card to send her. I started pulling out small cardstock stacks that I've had for years and remembering how much I love them. I was able to put together this card with some spellbinders dies (simply layered blooms), my current favorite pinkfresh studio cutting dies, and embellished with a gems from stash that were recently gifted to me. I added the sentiment from a hero arts stamp and die combo that I go to again and again. I used craft foam to give dimension to the sentiment. I added pops of color in white on the branches (which in hindsight was not the best idea). I heat embossed the sub sentiment in gold detail powder and painted the bottom of the prayers die with a gold glitter pen. I added a butterfly from my stash and that seemed to finish up the card.
