Hello! I’m so excited to share these Halloween shaker cards with you today. Using one of my favorite things from Simon Says Stamp’s Stamptember release, the Friendly Ghosts stamp and die set, I made a trio of cards. I love the whimsical ghost images in this set and I thought the illustrations and the font used for the sentiments had sort of a vintage vibe, so I tried to reinforce that when designing these cards. I paired the ghost images with some of my favorite patterned paper, which has a bit of a distressed look to it. I used the patterned paper for the background of the shaker windows and a simple reverse scallop for the frame detail. And, instead of the usual white cardstock and white embossing powder, I chose ivory cardstock and cream embossing powder so things didn’t look so stark. I also included some classic sequins in my shaker material, to help add to the vintage vibe I wanted. These turned out to be my favorite Halloween cards this year and I hope you like them as much as I do. Thanks for stopping by my happy place!
STEPS
1.) Using ivory cardstock, I die cut frames using the two largest rectangles from Lawn Fawn’s Outside In Stitched Rectangles, three times. The frames measure 5 1/4 x 4″ on the outside edge. Then, with coordinating colored cardstock (orange, green and purple), I die cut three reverse scalloped windows to fit inside the frames and glued them in place. On the backside of the frames, I used strong double-sided tape to attach pieces of acetate and then attached foam strips from Waffle flower, also around the backsides of the frames. I filled the area inside the foam strips with my shaker material and used my Misti to help align the patterned paper backgrounds, cut to the same 5 1/4 x 4″ as the frames, onto the foam strips.
2.) I stamped the ghost images a few times before getting everything lined up correctly. Each ghost has a multi-step stamping process and I found that stamping the part 2 pieces before the part 1 pieces helped me align everything better. I also stamped sentiments and heat embossed at least one for each card before die cutting them. I attached everything to the front of the cards over the acetate windows so the shaker material moves around freely.
3.) Lastly, I adhered the cards to a black A2 card panel for a thin black frame around each card before attaching everything to an A2 side-fold card base. The only embellishments are a small heart for each of the ghosts. And the shaker cards are done!
SUPPLIES
Simon Says Stamps and Dies Friendly Ghosts
Lawn Fawn Reverse Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Windows
Lawn Fawn Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables
Pretty Pink Posh Halloween Sentiment Strips
Neenah 110# Classic Crest Cardstock Solar White
Lawn Fawn Vanilla Malt Cardstock
Versamark Clear Embossing and Watermark Ink
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Powder Cream Fine Detail
Hero Arts Intense Black Ink
Spellbinders Platinum Die Cutting And Embossing Machine
We R Makers Quickstik Precision Pickup and Placement Tool
Sizzix Curved Fine-Tip Tweezers
Tim Holtz Tonic Craft Mini Snips
Misti Precision Stamper Tool
Waffle Flower 6.5×8.5 Grip Mat
Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue
Lawn Fawn Bone Folder
Scotch 3M Post-It Masking Tape
Waffle Flower Foam Strips 1/8″
Simon Says Stamp White A2 Side Fold Scored Cards 120#
Concord and 9th Enamel Hearts
Trinity Stamps Ladybug Spots Confetti Mix
Hero Arts Charcoal Core Ink
Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks Colors:
*Cantaloupe
*Sherbet
*Heather
*Violet
*Field
*Pine
*Flannel
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