Today’s card introduces the Spooky Sweets stamp set and coordinating Spooky Bat Punch. Both will be available to purchase Sept. 5, when the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Catalog begins. To keep the card fresh, fun and simple, I used a rainbow of Stampin’ Up! colors to stamp the bats.
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Create a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 card base using the Stampin’ Trimmer and Thick Whisper White card stock.
Adhere a 3 3/4 x 5 piece of Lemon Lime Twist card stock to a 4 x 5 1/4 piece of Basic Black using Snail Adhesive. Adhere this layer to the card base with Snail Adhesive.
Stamp the texture stamp from Spooky Sweets twice on a 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 piece of Whisper White card stock. Adhere with Snail Adhesive to card base.
Stamp bats (Spooky Sweets) in a variety of splashy Stampin’ Up! colors. I used Poppy Parade, Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Pumpkin Pie and Lemon Lime Twist ink pads. The Stamparatus stamp positioning tool (details here) was a fabulous help in getting solid bat images! Crop bats using the Spooky Bat Punch.
Heat emboss the sentiment (Spooky Sweets) using White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Basic Black card stock and a heat tool. Trim to 2 1/2 x 1 1/8, using the Tailored Tag Punch to crop the flagged end on the left side. Wrap with Whisper White Solid Baker’s Twine and tie in a bow. Adhere to card with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (or standard Stampin’ Dimensionals).
Adhere bats on card and sentiment with Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals (the perfect size). Adhere three self-adhesive black gems from Stampin’ Up! Faceted Gems for a bit of bling.
LOVE THIS! Crop an approximately 1 3/4 high Rich Razzleberry polka dot pattern (Regals 6 x 6 Designer Series Paper) using the envelope liner die from Beautiful Bouquet Thinlits Dies, the Big Shot Die-Cutting Machine and the Magnetic Platform. Adhere to the envelope flap using Snail Adhesive (or adhesive of your choice).
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What a fun and refreshing Halloween card. I love the non-traditional colors for the bats. They take things to a whole new level.
Nicely done Mary. Thanks!
Thanks, Linda. I thought the rainbow of color was a batty fun twist!
Your use of color for the bats totally redefines this set for me. My grandchildren would love Halloween cards like this. Thanks for the idea!
And you get to play with so many colors . . . the sky is the limit! Thanks, Cindy!
Ohh!! I’ve never seen bats this colorful and fabulous, what a great idea to give them color like this Mary!!!
Love your perfect layers and details.
Thank you for sharing.
Off to pin this beautiful Halloween card.
XO
Maria.
Thanks, Maria. It gave me a chance to play with lots of splashy Stampin’ Up! colors!
Your rainbow of bats is SO FUN and SO YOU! You created a playfulness with this bundle that is thinking right outside the box. Thanks for sharing this cute card with us.
Thanks, Kadie. Your comments make my day even happier!
Love the rainbow colors for the bats. It really lightens the feel of this card and is very pretty. Have a great day!
I was in the mood for color and I think this style keeps the “spooky” element to a fun level, HJ.
Never mind. Just went back over it and I see now. Love this card. SO cute!!
What did you use the tailored tag punch for on this card? What’d I miss? 😀
Happy to help, Laura. I used the Tailored Tag Punch to cropped the flagged end on the sentiment. I believe you found that as well 🙂
love the colorful bats and the way that lemon lime twist layer makes the whole thing “pop”, thanks for sharing!
It feels funny to say “this is a beautiful bat-filled card, Mary” – but the statement is true. I love the softness you’ve added by stamping these bats with such vibrant colors. <3
Thanks, Jan. Lemon Lime Twist is such a happy and bold color. One of my favorites!
Thanks, BK . . . this is what happened after my discussion with you yesterday about producing a “rainbow” of bats!