Let's Eat Candy -- Big Mouth Jack-O-Lantern Interactive Halloween Card

Hello friends!  Today I am sharing this fun card I made that features Hero Arts Big Mouth Jack-O-Lantern die set!

The Big Mouth Jack-O-Lantern dies, when used with the Big Mouth Slider dies, creates such a fun and interactive slider card!  And, if you don't have these slider dies, the Big Mouth Jack-O-Lantern dies make a wonderful card without them!

Check out this next photo!

By pulling the slider tab it reveals your sentiment inside the big mouth!

I started with the Big Mouth Slider dies and cut white cardstock with the dies.  You can search YouTube and find several videos that show you how to easily assemble this.  The one I watched is by Mindy Egan, on Spellbinders channel.

I die cut several different colors of cardstock with the Big Mouth Jack-O-Lantern dies.  Before I glued the pieces together, I added shading with coordinating ink and a blending brush.  (All of my supplies are linked in the list below.)

The sentiment is another one in the August Clear Stamp+Die Club Kit.  (Yes, I have used this one a lot--it's a keeper!)  I added the Jack-O-Lantern to some dark indigo cardstock that I inked with Black Soot Distress ink and then added white splatters.

If you like this one, be sure to check out all of the other available Big Mouth die sets!

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope your day is a good one with lots of crafting time!

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Hello, Sweet Friend -- Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, crafty friends!   Today I'm sharing my card that features the Picked With Love stamps, Honey Cuts, and coordinating stencils.  I love strawberry lemonade drinks with crushed ice and that was my inspiration for my card.  It is incredibly hot here in Texas (106º today) and I wish I had a nice delicious and cold one right now!

First I started with the Picked With Love stencil set.  I chose a few red ink shades, and some greens and yellow inks.  This set is a seven-stencil set and is filled with awesome details to add to your images!

I used ink blending brushes to add my colors through each of the stencils.  I decided to also make a few of the small blueberry clusters.  I was very happy at how I achieved the bluish/purple color for the berries.  First I blended a fairly dark blue for the berries.  Before I removed that stencil, I also blended a dark reddish purple over it.  Perfect color!  I used the dark purple ink to finish the two other layers of the berries.

Before I die cut any of the images, I needed to stamp the Picked With Love stamp for each one.  Using my MISTI, I put the stamps over each stenciled image, carefully lining it up.  I almost always stencil first, then stamp the images.  You can double check your stamp alignment by placing acetate over the stenciled piece.  I inked up my stamps with Intense Black ink and stamped them onto the acetate.  If you are satisfied with the alignment, remove the acetate and stamp again onto the stenciled panel.

I cut the images out with the coordinating Picked With Love Honey Cuts.  I set these aside to create my card base and layers.

I started with a white cardstock A2 card base.  Then I chose paper from the Summer Picnic paper pad, trimmed it to 4" x 5-¼".  Before I used glue to adhere it to the card, I wrapped a piece of yellow gingham ribbon around the panel and tied it into a bow.

Next I die cut white cardstock with the largest Stacking Art Deco Labels die, and embossed it with the Wood Planks embossing folder.

The white-cardstock die-cut heart is from the Lace Heart Layering Frames.  I used Bee Creative Foam Tape to adhere it and the remaining images to the card.

I stamped a sentiment from the Picked With Love stamp set in black pigment ink. After I cut it out with the coordinating Picked With Love die, I glued it to the heart.

I love this fun summery and so very cheerful card!  Now I need to go get me some strawberry lemonade!!  LOL!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  If you are also in this awful heat wave, I hope you stay cool, stay inside, and craft your heart out!

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Buzzy Pup-Bee Halloween Card

Happy Saturday, friends!  Today I'm sharing this adorable Halloween card that features Spellbinders new Buzzy Pup-Bee die set!

This adorable little Buzzy Pup-Bee is so cute dressed up in his bee costume!  I die cut the dies from white, black, and yellow cardstock.  The wings are die cut from vellum.

I used Copic markers for the eyes and ears of the pup.  For his candy bucket, I colored green and pink Copic colors onto a scrap piece of white cardstock.  I trimmed it to fit behind the top layer of the bucket and used glue to adhere the two layers together.

The Buzzy Pup-Bee is easy to assemble, and if you need a bit of help, there's a guide you can see in the photos on the product page.

For the layers of the A2 card base, I first die cut black cardstock with the second largest die from the Playful Stitched Panels die set.  Then I placed the die cut panel into the Spooky Web 3D embossing folder.  This is from the August 3D embossing folder club kit, and is still available!  This folder has two different embossing patterns perfectly sized for your A2 card layers.

I glued the die cut and embossed piece to some yellow cardstock that I trimmed to 4" x 5-¼".

The sentiment is from the Birthday Bear die set.  After I die cut it from white cardstock, I glued a piece of black cardstock to the back and popped it up with foam squares.

Next I popped up the Buzzy Pup-Bee with foam squares for more fun dimension.

I think this turned out super cute!  I hope you do too!  Thanks for stopping by.  I hope you are having a great weekend with lots of crafty time!

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Hope Your Day Is Stacked With Joy -- Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, crafty friends!  Do you make clean and simple cards?  If you are here regularly, you most likely know that I do not!  Haha!  But I think I've succeeded today with this card that features Honey Bee Stamps awesome Lovely Layers: Sub Sandwich Honey Cuts!  Check it out!

I started out with the Lovely Layers: Sub Sandwich dies.  First I chose the items I wanted to layer in my sub sandwiches.  Next I chose various colored cardstocks for the pieces.  I die cut the meat and onion layers from white cardstock.

Once you have the dies and cardstocks planned out, it's super easy to have a die cutting session and cut out enough pieces for three sub sandwiches!  To add some dimension and depth of color to the pieces I used either inks with blending brushes or my Copic markers.

If you'd like to see some of this process, check out my Instagram later this morning to watch my reel!  I particularly like how the bread for the Subs turned out after I added shading to the pieces!

With all of the goodies shaded or colored, I used Bee Creative glue to adhere layers together and then layered them into the sandwiches.

To keep the card background simple and give a place to "ground" the three sandwiches, I ink blended a rectangle onto the A2 card front.  This was super easy!  I used my paper trimmer to cut four ½" strips of masking paper.  I placed the strips around the edges of the card base, then used a neutral blue ink and a large blending brush to color in the space.

I removed the masking paper to reveal this pretty inked rectangle!  I used glue and foam strips to adhere each Sub Sandwich into the rectangle.

The sentiments are from the Stacked With Joy stamp set.  After I stamped each sentiment with black pigment ink, I cut them out with the coordinating Stacked With Joy die.  To match the height of the Sub Sandwiches, I used a double layer of foam strips to adhere each sentiment to the card.

I really like my version of this clean and simple card with the Lovely Layers: Sub Sandwich!  I hope you like it too!  Thank you so much for stopping by today.  I hope your day is a good one!

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The Spirits Made Me Do It! -- Spellbinders August Club Kits

 Hey, friends!  Today I'm sharing this card I made that features three of Spellbinders August Club Kits.  This is also a fun and interactive card with the ghost on a new Card Spinner!  That potion made the ghost a little wacky!  LOL!  These spinners are so easy to add to a card and spin so smoothly!

These are the August Card Kits featured on this card:

• Spooky Web, 3D Embossing Folder of The Month

• Boo Crew, Small Die

• Trick Or Snark, Clear Stamp + Die

First I created my spooky background panel.  I used some Distress Spray Stains in these colors: Carved Pumpkin, Twisted Citron, and Villainous Potion.  I sprayed these onto Bristol smooth cardstock.  I just repeated a few colors, drying in between spraying until I was happy.  Then I used a blending brush to add Black Soot Distress ink around the edges.

My thought was to make it look as if the potion had a bright glow around it!  Next I used the Spooky Web embossing folder (August's 3D embossing folder) to emboss the inked panel.  This folder is great in that it has two A2 panels in two different patterns!

I trimmed the panel to 4" x 5-¼" and adhered it to black cardstock.  I glued these to an A2 card base.

Next I die cut white cardstock with the dies in the Boo Crew Lab, the Small Die of The Month.  There are several more dies in this set that I didn't use.

After coloring the die cut pieces with my Copic markers, I used glue to adhere the layers together.  Then I added foam adhesive to the books and potion to adhere them to the card.

Before I adhered the ghost, I placed a small Card Spinner to the back of it.  A glue dot will hold it securely to the ghost and the card base.

If you'd like to see the ghost in action, please check out my Instagram post!

Next I stamped one of the sentiments from the Trick Or Snark stamp set onto black cardstock with clear embossing ink.  I poured white embossing powder over it and used my heat tool to set it.  This set not only has eight sentiments with coordinating dies, there's also a cute not spooky Halloween image to stamp and color!

I used some black foam squares to pop the die cut sentiment up on the card.

I hope you've enjoyed my not-too-spooky and interactive Halloween card!  Get all of the details of Spellbinders Club Kits here!  Thank you for stopping by!

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Peace, Love, & Joy -- Altenew Winterberry Poinsettias

Hey, friends!  I haven't shared this card because it was another of Altenew's July 2026 release that sold out so fast!  However, this gorgeous Winterberry Poinsettias Botanical 3D embossing folder is back in stock!!

I love creating holiday cards in pink!!  First I embossed white cardstock with the Winterberry Poinsettias 3D embossing folder.

Then I used the following Fresh Dye Inks (linked below):  Pink Diamond, Pinkalicious, Firefly, and Grass Field and Mini Blending Brushes to add the colors through the gorgeous Winterberry Poinsettias stencils.

To add a touch of gold to the flowers I used a gold pen to color the centers of each flower.

You can get each of these products by themselves, or get both in a bundle!  I highly recommend that!! 

For the sentiment, I used one from the Holiday Essentials Die Set.  I die cut one layer from Citrine cardstock from the Gilded Glitter Cardstock Set.  I die cut three more layers and the shadow layer from white cardstock.  I adhered the layers together with glue, then to the card with thin foam adhesive.

I totally love this Winterberry Poinsettia 3D embossing folder and the Coloring Stencil!  I think I will be using this for my mass-produced Christmas cards!

Thanks for stopping by.  Have a wonderful and crafty weekend!

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Alex Syberia Designs August Release: Happy Cuties and Peony Corners | Blog Hop & Giveaway

 Hello, crafty friends!  Today is Alex Syberia Designs' August Release day!  We are celebrating with a blog hop filled with lots of inspiration for this wonderful new release!  You can check out all of the wonderful products in the Happy Cuties and Peony Corners release over in the Alex Syberia Designs shop.

Of course, there are prizes!  Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a $15 or £15 gift card to three lucky winners.

This giveaway is open internationally.  All three winners will be selected from entrants who take part in the blog hop by 11:59 BST on August 16, 2026.  The winners will be announced on the 'Giveaway Winners' page of the Alex Syberia Designs blog on August 17, 2026.

The blog hop order is below. Be sure to at each stop for more fabulous inspiration and leave comments for more chances to win.

Now on to my card that features the new Mermaid Kitties stamp set and coordinating dies!

First I created the underwater background for my Mermaid Kitties images.  I started out with the new Glistening Water stencil and white cardstock.  I used two shades of blue ink and blending brushes to color through the stencil.

I replaced the Glistening Water stencil with the Sun Rays stencil.  I turned it so the rays appeared to be coming from above the water and were shining down through the water.  I used a palette tool to spread some transparent glossy texture paste through the stencil.  I removed the stencil and used my fingers to lightly sprinkle some clear glitter onto the wet paste.  Then I set the panel aside to dry.

Next I stamped three of these cute Mermaid Kitties and the shells and sea grass with Copic marker safe black ink.  After I finished coloring the images I cut them all out with the coordinating dies.

Once the stencil and textured panel was dry, I wanted to make the sun rays stand out more.  I placed the Sun Rays stencil over the panel again and used blending brushes to add more of the same ink colors.  Then I glued the panel to an A2 card base.

I used foam adhesive and glue to adhere the Mermaid Kitties images to the card.  There are two small bubble stamps in the Mermaid Kitties stamp set and I placed them, one at a time, onto a small stamp block and stamped them around the images with two shades of the blue inks.

The sentiments are three of the seven included in the Mermaid Kitties stamp set.  I stamped them with black pigment ink and cut them out with the Mermaid Kitties dies.

This was so fun to make!  There are also six more adorable Mermaid Kitties included in this set.  If you want to see more of this release, check out all of the goodies in Alex Syberia Designs' shop!

Here is the blog hop order!  Stop by to see more and comment for chances to win on of the three gift cards!

Blog Hop Order:

Alex Syberia Designs

Bobbi

Brenda

Carol <<<that's me!

Hanh

Keisha

Lea

Martin

Mona

Nicoletta
Samantha

Sylvie

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