Thursday, September 3, 2026

Halloween Ghostly Diorama Card

Greetings! 

Today's card features the adorably spooky Oh My Fright stamp & die bundle on a diorama card.  Even though it's a 3D item, it folds flat to the standard card size of 5-1/2 x 4-1/4 for easy mailing.


The background is courtesy of a print from the Garden Poetry Designer Series Papers, and the print along the bands are from the Nature Walk Designer Series Papers, giving this card a twilight feeling.

Techniques include a diorama fun fold and die cutting.

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Beverly's Tip of the Day

This project demonstrates the versatility of uses for prints from various packs of Designer Series Papers.  Even though both packs of DSP have a decidedly botanical theme, they work beautifully to create the spooky, twilight coloring needed for this project. With a little imagination, it's quite easy to look at prints in a whole new light and see how you can make them work for an idea that's floating around in your head.

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Gather Your Supplies:

  • Oh My Fright bundle (Save 10% when you purchase stamp set & die with bundle item#)
  • Basic Black cardstock 
    • card base  4-1/4 x 5-1/2, scored at 3/4 & 4-3/4 
    • 7 x 1-1/4 (2) scored at 3/4, 2-1/2, 4-1/2 & 6-1/4
    • 4-1/4 x 2-3/4 for tree die cut
  • Basic White cardstock
    • 3 x 1-1/4 for ghost die cuts
    • 3-3/4 x 3-3/4 for backside panel
  • Garden Poetry Designer Series Paper (DSP) 
    • 4h x 3-7/8w for center panel - shades of purple print
    • 4 x 5/8 (2) for 2 side strips - shades of purple print
  • Nature Walk Designer Series Paper (DSP)
    • 12 x 1-1/8 strip, cut (4) 1-5/8" long pieces and (2) 1-7/8" long pieces - deep blue/black print
  • Black Ink Pad
  • Multipurpose liquid glue
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Bone Folder
  • Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
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Here's How It's Made:

Ink stars stamp with black, stamp a few times in upper left area of DSP panel.  Ink "Boo to you" with black, stamp at right side of DSP panel.  Adhere to card base between score lines.


The bands that create the front part of this card are the two 7 x 1-1/4 pieces, which are scored at 3/4, 2-1/2, 4-1/2 & 6-1/4.  This gives a 3/4 piece at each end, which I call the tab.  These are the parts that will be adhered to the 3/4" sides of the base.  The 1-1/8" x ---- pieces are to fill in each section between score lines on the two bands.


Adhere the 1-1/8 x --- pieces to the sections of the bands.  Adhere left tabs of bands at top and bottom of left side of card base.  Adhere DSP 4 x 5/8 strip over left side of card base, covering the band edges.  Adhere die cut tree to DSP panel.


Apply adhesive to right side tabs, fold over and adhere to right side of card base at top and bottom.  Apply adhesive to remaining 4 x 5/8" strip, carefully slide into place and press down over tab ends.


This is how it should look from an overhead view.


Die cut two small ghosts (with eye and mouth cut outs).  Use bone folder to press cut edges flat of ghost that will be flipped to reverse side.  Apply liquid glue to top of ghost facing right, adhere to bottom left edge of upper center band.  Apply liquid glue to bottom tail part of second ghost (flipped so facing left), adhere to top right edge of lower center band. 



Card should press flat for mailing:


Ink Happy Halloween, stamp on Basic White panel.  Ink stars and stamp a couple times onto panel.  Adhere to back center of card base.


The space in between the front band and back panel is deep enough to easily accommodate a small LED tealight candle and should give off a cute shadow image in low light.

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Monday, August 31, 2026

Glow of Harvest Delicate Whispers Thankful For You Card

Greetings! 

Today's card features the shimmery Glow of Harvest Designer Series Papers (DSP) as the background for a simple message of gratitude.  With the fall season fast approaching, these papers are just the thing to use again and again for your fall cards or scrapbook pages.  The subtle shimmer on them is gorgeous, and the prints really do capture all the elements of fall.


This beautiful pack of paper is the current Product of the Month (POM).  The POM is available for purchase once your cart has reached $75 or more in product, then it's yours for only $5!  Once it's gone, it's gone, so don't wait. 

Techniques include two step die cutting.

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Beverly's Tip of the Day

I often use a DSP print as inspiration for colors when designing a card.  Since this DSP is not part of any collection, it took me a little while to find a set of dies that I felt would compliment the images on the paper.  Having an assortment of dies with various images is advantageous to giving you a better chance of finding something that coordinates with the images on printed papers.  As with having an assortment of dies, messages are just as important.  To pull this all together took just the right message, and the Thankful For You from the Fern & Flora stamp set completes the fall theme.

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Gather Your Supplies:

  • Fern & Flora stamp set
  • Delicate Whispers dies (Last Chance item, only available while supplies last)
  • Pecan Pie cardstock 
    • card base  5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored & folded at 4-1/4
    • 2-3/4 x 1-1/8
  • Basic White cardstock
    • 2-1/2 x 7/8
  • Early Espresso cardstock
    • 3 x 1-3/8
    • scraps for flowers
  • Crumb Cake cardstock
    • 2-3/4 x 2 for branch die cut w/adhesive sheet
  • Golden Glow cardstock
    • 1-1/4  x 3/4 for flowers
  • Glow of Harvest Designer Series Paper (DSP)
    • 5-1/4  x 4 scattered pumpkins print
  • Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad
  • Linen Thread
  • Mini Glue Dots
  • Adhesive sheets
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
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Here's How It's Made:

Adhere DSP panel to folded card front.  Ink message with Early Espresso, stamp onto Basic White cardstock, adhere to Pecan Pie cardstock, adhere to Early Espresso cardstock.  Adhere to card front.  (I positioned the message label in a way to cover up the least amount of the pumpkins)


Die cut branch from Crumb Cake, larger flowers from Golden Glow, and small flowers from Early Espresso.  Adhere flowers together with mini glue dots.


Adhere flowers in upper left corner of message, branch along right and lower part of message.  Tie linen thread into bow, adhere at stems of branch.



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Thursday, August 27, 2026

Frightfully Fun Boo To You Tag Card

Greetings! 

Today's card features products from the Frightfully Fun Suite Collection. This sweet spooky collection has adorable images to stamp, fabulous supporting images to die cut to enhance your projects, and papers in an assortment of prints to give you so many options.  Such a fun collection!  



Techniques include altering a die cut and coloring & shading with blending brushes.

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Beverly's Tip of the Day

I shortened the tag for this card as it is quite long.  To shorten a tag die like this, first run it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine so the top part of the tag detail is cut.  Then, place tag on the cutting plate with the top part of the tag extending over the edge of the plates.  The bottom part of the tag die is placed to length desired, lined up along the sides of die cut piece, secured with repositionable tape, and run through the die cut machine for the second time.


This technique works for any die when you wish to modify the length or width.  Just remember to always have the part that was cut first extending beyond the cutting plates to maintain it's original shape.

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Gather Your Supplies:

  • Oh My Fright bundle (Save 10% when you purchase stamp set & die with bundle item#)
  • Lemon Lime Twist cardstock 
    • card base  5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored & folded at 4-1/4
  • Gorgeous Grape cardstock
    • 5-3/8 x 4-1/8 panel
  • Basic White cardstock
    • 3-3/4 x 2-1/2 tag die cut
    • 1-3/4 x 1-3/4 for swirls & stars die cuts
  • Frightfully Fun Designer Series Paper (DSP)
    • 5-1/4 x 4  ghosts and cats on lt. gray background
  • Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad
  • Lemon Lime Twist Classic Stampin' Pad
  • Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad
  • Black 3/8" Iridescent ribbon
  • Black Baker's Twine
  • Small Blending Brushes
  • Paper Trimmer
  • Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine
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Here's How It's Made:

Adhere DSP ghosts & cats print to Gorgeous Grape cardstock, adhere to folded card front.

Die cut tag, shortening to approximately 3-1/4 - 3-1/2", by die cutting tag top edge first, then positioning die bottom at length desired, with sides lined up along die cut edges.  With top of die cut piece and top of die extending beyond edge of plates, die cut.  


Ink ghost stamp with Basic Gray, stamp ghost near bottom of tag.  Ink multiple bats stamp with Basic Gray, stamp off once, stamp in upper left area of tag.  Ink "Boo to you" with Lemon Lime Twist, stamp in upper right of tag.  Rub small blending brush onto Highland Heather ink pad to ink, rub lightly over ghost to give slight shading.


Rub small blending brush onto Lemon Lime Twist ink pad to ink, rub very lightly around edges of tag to give slight shading.  Thread ribbon through hole at tag top, snip to length, fold ends together, wrap black Baker's Twine around ribbon, tie into bow.  


Rub small blending brush with Lemon Lime Twist ink onto ink pad to gather more color, brush onto small square of Basic White cardstock.  Die cut swirls and stars from piece.


Adhere tag to card front, angling.  Adhere swirls at bottom left edge of tag, adhere stars scattered around card front.



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