Halloween on Main Cards for Catherine Pooler Designs

Hey friends, the new Halloween on Main collection from Catherine Pooler Designs is live today! I've got a pair of cards to share, featuring the Haunted Manor bundle, although you can purchase products individually. I love that there's a Halloween birthday sentiment included too. I know several folks born on Oct. 31st, how about you? Scroll down for creative details and click any of the highlighted links or my clickable supply list to browse or shop. This is such a fun release!

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There's also a new ink being released. Made Me Blush is a gorgeous new pink and I used it with both cards today.

For my first card, I did some ink blending with Made Me Blush, Sparkling Berry and Orange Twist. I actually wanted to use Mandarin Spice, but it disappeared in the vast void known as my craft room. I have since found it though, haha!

Next, I splattered lots of water on my inked cardstock. I like to spritz water in my hand and then fling my wet fingers at the paper. It gives a good, random splatter.

After drying my wet, splattered card panel, I proceed to stamp lots of images from the Haunted Corner stamp set (included in the Haunted Manor bundle) in CPD Midnight Ink. I also used a white gel pen to accent/highlight the images.

My ghosts were stamped with Sparkling Berry and for the moon, I took a waterbrush and painted a circle for the moon, painting water across the circle and blotted with a paper towel to remove the ink.

I also squeezed out a large drop of Lime Rickey Shimmer and also the Made Me Blush ink from the refill bottle, splattering those inks across my scene.

Lastly, I trimmed some patterned papers from the Moonlit Manor patterned paper as accents on my card panel. I also used that paper as backing to my card panel, along with my CPD Midnight cardstock.

In addition, I glued some pretty sequins from the new Stars Hallow sequin mix and tied a pretty bow and adhered it to my card. Perfect for the birthday girl who celebrates on Halloween!

The card above is larger than an A2 size card, as I created first and measured later, haha! 

The full dimensions are 4 3/4" x 5 3/4".

This next card came together quickly and this is an A2 size card. I started by taking an A2 size white card panel and swiping my Made Me Blush ink pad across the top half of the card. Isn't it pretty?

I also stamped stars from the Haunted Corner stamp set across my sky, but used the Sparkling Berry ink pad. Next, I hand trimmed some hillside slopes with the Moonlit Manor patterned paper, adhering that to my card panel.

For my die cut images, I stamped the haunted house in various CPD inks, using masking tape to block off the surrounding area. You really need a stamp positioner to pull off this technique.

The inks used were Midnight, Sparkling Berry, Mandarin Spice and Succulent. I also watercolored all the windows by pressing my Mandarin Spice ink pad on a craft mat, spritzing with water, and painting in with the inky mixture.

I have had the same CPD Midnight ink in my stash for years and never needed it replaced. However, it started drying out and I've got another on the way....plus a refill! In the meantime, I switched over to stamping my bats and the cat with Black Jack ink. Also, I stamped those pumpkins with CPD Apricot ink.

Lastly, I glued more Star Hallow sequins and stamped a sentiment from the Haunted Corner stamp set in Midnight and Made Me Blush, again using the masked tape technique.

Two contrasts in cardmaking. The first being very mixed media, and the second having more clean lines. Which one is your favorite? Let me know in the comments! I'll be sharing another card later in the week so stop back by. Happy Crafting!

Terri

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Halloween and Fall SBCfest Card Inspiration

Hey friends, I'm so excited to share some special projects today. SBCfest kicked off today and I'm sharing some card inspiration based on the class that Laura Evangeline taught. Laura is one of the instructors for this free event. You can always catch the replay here and stay up to date on Saturday's events too. SBC fest is hosted by Scrapbook.com in September each year and is free for everyone. You can watch and craft along in the comfort of your own home and the instructors are some of your favorite industry makers.

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I got a little sneak peek of the instructor inspo for their classes, as I'm an affiliate, and was really drawn to Laura's design. So when Scrapbookcom offered for me to CASE (copy) any of the instructor cards, I jumped on it! I mean, the design is fantastic! 

This is my first time doing somewhat of a side by side comparison on the similarities and differences with another designer's cards. Imitation is absolutely the best form of flattery!

I only had a couple days to create before the event, so I only have 2 cards to share, based on the first two cards in Laura's inspiration shot below. She created 3 seasonal cards: Halloween, Fall and Christmas.

 

I created 2 cards based on the Halloween and Fall inspiration cards that she taught in her class.

Like Laura did, I used the Scrapbook.com Bat Decorative dies. These are nesting dies that come in a variety of sizes. Both of us used mint tape to create the rectangle outline for this A2 sized card.

She went with blue and green inking, I went with blue and orange. Actually, I used Cotton Candy ink but I picked up the wrong blender brush that still had orange on it. Rather than toss what I had started, I just kept going. So, orange it is! I planned to have a pink outline for my bats and pink background cardstock, but as crafters do when something doesn't go as planned we roll with it!

Here's a cool tip. I didn't have the gemstones that Laura used so I decided to embellish with my Pops of Color liquid embellishment. When applied, I just dropped a small to medium amount. So why do they look like enamel dots? I'm so glad you asked.

But first, I need to mention that I placed tiny trimmed adhesive foam squares behind my vellum circle. These would be markers for where I wanted to place my Pops of Color and would also help stabilize my vellum for what I'm about to do next. 

Once I applied all my droplets, I picked up my card and slapped the edge of my card 2-3 times on my table. I did this for both ends of my card. This levels out your droplet and flattens it. When I say slap, I mean slap. Don't be super gentle, but don't get violent either, haha!

I discovered this quite by accident one day and it's one of my favorite tricks. No need to buy enamel dots when I can do this! Also, if your droplet is too small, it won't flatten out. If that happens, just add a little more. Let me also say, this may not always work. It depends on how thick your liquid is and even temperature may play a factor. I haven't tried it with glitter glue but I need to!

For both of my cards, I did some stenciling, using the same ink that I used for my inky background. For my bat card, I stenciled with the SBC Little Clouds stencil. My inks are Catherine Pooler Daydream and Cotton Candy (turned orange, haha). My background paper is from the SBC Playful paper pad.

For my Fall card below I used Catherine Pooler ink Catching Rays and Eucalyptus and the Market Bloom Spring Flowers 3 pc layered stencil set. I only used 2 of the stencils.

Laura's Fall card was created using the SBC Sunflower die set. I actually have that set but it has disappeared into the abyss of my craft room. Instead I chose similar flowers from the Sunny Lane Floral die set. I die cut my flower twice using a light yellow paper from my SBC Daybreak paper pad. My flower center is a darker bronze/orange paper from the same paper pad.

Laura used a lot of white paint splatter on her card and flower and I did the same. I used Spellbinders Splatter White mixed with a touch of water and splattered with a paint brush.

Before I splattered my flower though, I did some ink blending on my flower center with Catherine Pooler Macchiato ink and Ranger Distress oxide ink Vintage Photo for my flower center underneath.

All of my flower elements were popped up on adhesive foam strips, as was my vellum.

Laura added a string and bow accent to all of her cards and I love it. However, I really didn't have much string in my stash, so I opted to trim thin strips from my paper pads to place horizontally across my card. 

In place of the bow, I added small sentiments for both of my cards. For my Halloween card, I trimmed the wording from my SBC Spooky paper pad.

For my Fall card, I stamped a sentiment from the SBC Wordfetti Fa Lala stamp set. It has Christmas sentiments but also some really great all occasion sentiments. I also glued on some Pink and Main confetti to my inked panel. 

The background paper on my Fall card is from the Market Bloom paper pad. It's full of double sided patterned paper that also includes some solid papers. This golden yellow is just what I needed.

I absolutely love Laura's design that she incorporated in all 3 of her cards, which is why I accepted the challenge to CASE (copy) her cards. I will absolutely be using this design again in the future! Catch the replay on her SBCfest class if you missed it!

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Terri

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