Hey crafty peeps! Happy Monday! I hope you’ve been following the crafty shenanigans of my weekly Facebook live and can’t wait to see how I finish up the Halloween disc-bound flip scrapbook. That was a fun project! If you missed it, head over to the Facebook page and catch up, all previous videos are up. You can get to the Facebook page here:
‘Tis the season! The Pinterest page has been stocked up with all kinds of inspiration for the upcoming holiday season. Great color palettes, smart new designs, great for decorating too, head over and check out the Winter 2023 folder:
Check out the sales going on with Altenew this week!
Woo hoo!! Going to be finishing that cool Halloween flip book tonight!! Grab your scrap stash and join me over on the Facebook page Stamp The Fun Up tonight at 7:30 pm EST!!!
Just got to finally playing with last month’s Altenew Mini-Delight subscription set. There’s a new video up on the You Tube channel showing a super cool ink kissing technique using this set. It’s also my first official spliced and set to music You Tube video, so, show it some love 🙂
Ok, stay tuned…. dropping a “golden” nugget from Altenew in a couple days, so check back soon. I’ll post any new retailer info on the 17th.
Also, I am proud to say I have been working and learning to make condensed videos with voiceovers!! So, stay tuned to the You Tube channel…. fingers crossed I can nail it this week, because I have a handful of super cool videos of techniques to share!!
Happy Sunday! Another weekend gone in a flash, and I hope you all took part in World Card Making Day in some form or another!! If you did any projects for this day, tag me on IG @scrapptstampthefunup, I’d love to see your projects! I did not have time to participate in the festivities on Saturday as we attended a family Oktoberfest party that was absolutely phenomenal!!
So, let’s get ready for a crafty week! I’m posting updates, promo’s sales info, etc… for Altenew, Tombow and Stampin’ Up!
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Gah!!! This card was so fun to make!!! (tutorial photos are pending a technical error and will be up later today, fingers crossed, but in the meantime, I will still walk you through the steps to make this card).
This is a 5 x 7 pop up card. I cut a 5″ wide strip off of a sheet of 12″ purple cardstock and scored and folded it in half at 7″. This made a top folding easel card with one side at 7″ and the other side at 5″.
I then cut a 5 x 7″ panel from some purple Halloween cardstock that had a picture of a wrought iron fence on it.
Taking inspiration from, believe it or not, the white pegboard behind the people in the inspiration photo, I adhered some black on white polka dot cardstock to the “inside” of the card base on the 5 x 7″ side. I mean, it’s a Halloween card, so there has to be something unexpected lol.
I folded the 5″ length of the panel in half and glued that portion to the back of the Halloween cardstock.
This allows the decorative Halloween layer to lay flat, but also pop up because it’s not glued down completely to the top of the card base.
The cluster of pumpkins that acts as a brake for the pop-up is from an old 1960’s learning toy and it actually already had foam on the back.
I stamped the “HAPPY HALLOWEEN” on top of it with Stampin’ Up! ink in Blackberry Bliss. You can head over to the Stampin’ Up! store by clicking on “shopping links” at the top of this page–this color ink is my new gothic, spooky go-too color, it’s fabulous! It’s the new black as far as I’m concerned. The couple on the card are from Tim Holtz’s paper dolls. I used some Jack-o-lantern head stickers over their own faces. Pro tip: because the Jack-o-lantern faces are stickers and I didn’t want them sticking to everything-just the heads of the paper dolls, I used my static bag for embossing over the backs of them, after I had stuck them to the paper dolls. This takes down the sticky backs. The black cat was from the same sticker pack as the Jack-o-lantern faces.
The bats are stamped in Staz-On black ink, and they are just a super old wood block stamp I have. “night of fright” is also stamped with the Blackberry Bliss ink. The two sentiments on this card are from an old Stamper’s Anonymous stamp set.
I hope you like this card!! I love pop-ups!! If you are inspired to create your own pop-up card with this theme, don’t forget to tag me @scrappystampthefunup and leave me a comment here on the blog. I would love to see your creations!
First let’s discuss colors. If you know me, you know I LOVE color! To get an idea of my love for color in projects, check out my previous blog over at:
My autumn palette this year is from the Altenew Crisp Dye inks in Ruby Red, Canyon Clay, Limeade, Lime, Desert Night, Deep Iris, and Rhodalite. Check out other perfect seasonal palettes I’ve curated over at my Pinterest.
This Autumn card project is made on a 5 x7 card base from Classic Crest solar white 80lb cardstock in a standard book fold. The panel is 4 x 5 3/4 cardstock from 110lb Classic Crest solar white cardstock (It was trimmed down to the finished size after I did the blending.) I love how the Stampwheel is the third hand I always needed for crafting: it holds cardstock perfectly for working!
Now, rainbows aren’t only for April showers when done with different tones of color. So, I knew I wanted to make this background a blended Autumn rainbow. But, to give it a meadow like feel, I cut a stencil out of scrap cardstock and, flipping it over and around as I added every color, I was able to get some pretty perfect rolling meadow hills.
To make your own stencils out of cardstock, use 110lb or heavier cardstock.
When I’m using the bed of the Stampwheel to hold a panel I’m working on, I use the top plate as a palette. I’m a painter by trade so this is awesome for blending and inking like I do with paint on a traditional palette.
Next, using the BOLD PRINTS Flower Garden 6 x 6 cling stamp from Hero Arts, I inked it up with the Rhodalite ink and pressed it over the blended meadow background. The stamp comes on a large sheet of acrylic so I left that on it so I could press it down with my breyer.
That was it for this quick, simple yet effective art panel for the front of the card. I adhered it to the card base with liquid glue.
The bed of the Stampwheel cleans up easily-I used just a spritz of water to clean up the crisp dye ink mess from blending and stamping.
Next, for the embellishment, I used the Florals Mum STAMP & CUT set from Hero Arts, stamping the mum on 110lb classic crest cardstock with Versamark embossing ink.
Now, I love combining opposites with my artwork, so I thought it would be a cool contrast to the bold background if I had a subtle centerpiece embellishment. However, I thought it would be even cooler to do an ombre metallic look to a subtle flower, so I layered Altenew embossing powder in Platinum and Antique Gold over the image and heat it with the heat gun.
It’s interesting how, individually, these powders are bold and attention grabbing, but when layered next to each other, they kind of tone each other town and create a more subtle, natural shine.
I layered the inks on the stamp to get an ombre finish of colors to the flower.
And then cut it out with the matching die.
The Stampwheel holds the base of your project firmly for perfect placement of embellishments.
Finally, using scraps of Altenew Brushed Gold card stock I added the sentiments, stamped in the Rhodalite ink.
The Stampwheel is amazing for holding small scraps for layering up sentiments.
I hope you like this project! These techniques would be great for standalone looks as well! I can’t wait to see how this project and these items inspired you, so please tag me on Instagram @scrappystampthefunup.
Giveaway Prizes
$400 in total prizes! To celebrate this collaboration, Altenew is giving away FOUR $50 gift certificates and Hero Arts will be giving TWO $100 gift certificates! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by 10/03/2023 for a chance to win. Altenew and Hero Arts will draw 6 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on 10/06/2023. And head over to the Altenew shop (main site www.altenew.com or the Stampwheel product page – https://altenew.com/products/stampwheel For more info on this amazing product! Literally, it’s the third hand you need for your artwork and paper crafting.
I hope you have fun on this hop and get loads of inspiration! Also, while you’re here, create an account with your email address so you can keep updated on all the crafty fun happening here at Stamp The Fun Up! See you soon!
Woohoo!! I’m officially back Live on Facebook!! Wednesday’s will be the “Smash Your Stash” crafting hour (or so). Join me tonight at 7:30pm EST over at the Facebook page! Below the link is the list of things you might wanna find in your stash if you want to craft along!!
I am officially opening up the Fall-O-We’en supply box tonight!! Check your stashes out there, if you have pumpkin dies with coordinating stamps, speckled, or dotted or patterned embossing folders, scraps of plain cardstock in Halloween colors, an A2 and or 5×7 card base in white or Halloween colors, and some coordinating ink colors in the colors of your scrap cardstock. Woohoo!!! let’s hit it!
Hi everyone!! Here’s how my social media schedule looks so you can mark your calendars!
Mondays: I’ll be actively posting on the Facebook page and Instagram
Tuesdays: I’ll be posting a reel on Instagram
Wednesdays: “Smash Your Stash Day!” I’ll be listing what supplies you’ll need from your stash for the craft-a-long at 7:30pm EST on the Facebook page.
Thursdays: I’ll be posting a reel on Instagram
Fridays: I’ll be actively posting on the Facebook page and Instagram
Saturdays: A new video will be up on the You Tube channel
Sundays: I’ll be updating the blog with product info, helpful info, class info and any other info you need for your crafty week.
Create an account so you can add your email address to the blog to get updates immediately as they happen, so you don’t miss any crafty goodness or info!
Below are the links to You Tube, Facebook and Instagram, I’ll see you there!
