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Spooky Halloween Card

By Allie Gower on October 20, 2013 in Holidays, Paper Crafts

I like Halloween, but I’m not super into the really frightful stuff, I’m more into delightful – so this is about as creepy as I get with this Spooky Halloween Card!

I’ve stamped my batty background and the Happy Halloween sentiment using Happy {OWL}oween Stamps from A Jillian Vance Design. I inked my stamp with a Tombow Marker in sort of an Olive Green, which went well with the Kraft Cardstock. I colored each bat with a few shades of Copic Gray Markers – T1, T4 and W3.

I cut my Ghost and lightly sponged Toffee Crunch Memento ink around the edges, leaving the parts that overlap plain.

The focal word on my Spooky Halloween Card was created using Lavanderia Script from from LOST TYPE. I have a tutorial on my blog if you have a Silhouette and haven’t made fun focal words like this. “Make Pretty Words on the Silhouette” – it’s easier than you think! Once the word was cut out, I lightly inked it with Cloud White VersaMagic Ink.

To bring a little attention to the gorgeous Tangerine Button, I tied some waxed linen thread through it. This thread is thick but not super bulky, and it holds its shape perfectly!

Tangerine Tango Buttons are perfect for Halloween. You get about 125 buttons in a reusable Pillow Box, and it’s such a fun assortment. They stay down well with Ultra Thin Glue Dots, also available from Buttons Galore & More.

I save a lot of money using Craft Glue to adhere all my paper. I find for the detailed titles, that painting the adhesive with a foam brush or a foam applicator works really well. It dries clear, without leaving a shiny finish, just in case I get a little sloppy.

Supplies for Spooky Halloween Card

Button – Tangerine Tango Assortment – Buttons Galore and More
Cardstock – DiscountCardstock.com
Stamps – A Jillian Vance Design
Ink – Tombow Markers; Cloud White VersaMagic Ink, Toffee Crunch Memento (Imagine Crafts)
Spooky – created using the Lavanderia Script font ( for a tutorial on creating your own cuttable words – please see my tutorial “Make Pretty Words on the Silhouette“
Ghost – Silhouette Online Store
Other – Silhouette Cameo, Silhouette Designer Software, Waxed Linen – Beadniks

Pumpkin Spice Latte Card

By Allie Gower on September 8, 2013 in Card Making

I wanted a cute Pumpkin Spice Latte Card to go with a batch of syrup I was making for a friend. I’ve included links to the recipes for a Latte that tastes just like Starbuck’s, and a recipe on making the syrup yourself.

Here’s a close up on the details.

Recipe to Make the Latte. Recipe to Make the Syrup.

Supplies for Pumpkin Spice Latte Card

Buttons – Latte Mix, of course!
Cardstock – Close To My Heart
Inks – Peanut Brittle Memento and Copic Markers (for shading on cup, pumpkins and foliage)
Twine – the Twinery
Stamp and matching Charming Circle Die – A Jillian Vance Design
Adhesive – Mini Glue Dots
Other – Pumpkins and Coffee Cup are svgs from the Silhouette Online Store – both files were modified to create the card using Silhouette Designer Software

Thanks for dropping by. Happy Fall, Y’all. See more of my projects at My Card Party.

Bugs and Kisses

By Allie Gower on June 30, 2013 in Card Making

Bugs and Kisses. What’s cuter than that?

Sharing a fun and easy summer card. Do you have paper that you love, that you’ve used and used til you just have scraps, and none of the fun embellishments left to go with it? When you have buttons in every color, you don’t have to be afraid of not having anything to match! I love kitschy old retro papers. This is paper from my “retro” stash, and of course, I was able to find matching embellies, and make a few too!

Supplies for Bugs and Kisses Card

Buttons Galore – Satin Finish buttons from Orange, Blue and Fire Engine Red Bulk Collections

Other – Papers – Cosmo Cricket, Dies – Spellbinders Paper Arts, Ink and Glitter Glue – Ranger, Bling – Want2Scrap

Notes and Tips

Use Spellbinders dies to cut, emboss and stencil. Tape dies in place with repositionable tape and run through machine, repeat and emboss, then daub on ink. This is done on the butterflies and the sentiment circle.

Thanks for stopping by. See more of my creations at My Card Party.

Keep celebrating your sweet life with creativity.