Monday, August 24, 2026

Spellbinders City Halloween

 

I loved this background I made so much I had to cut down the image to show off more of it! The apartment building is Spellbinders City Holiday Dieset, they have made add-ons to take it from Christmas to all year long. I used the Halloween add-on set for my card today. 

I made an alcohol inked background on Yupo paper. Yupo is a plastic paper that can take alcohol and allow it to move around when you use Isopropyl alcohol or blending solution. I added a bunch of colors of Ranger alcohol ink in yellow, orange, red, a bit of purple at the bottom and added just a few drops of black around the edges. I then took a tiny spray bottle filled with the Isopropyl and sprayed it lightly. It added the spatters. It was so pretty but when I went to add the apartment building to my 5x7 inch card, it covered most of the background. So I chopped off the top floor. 

Next I took tiny brick embossing folder and rubbed a white pigment ink pad over the inside. It added the white to the brick outline. Do this before attaching the window, doors and roof piece or everything will look like brick!

I diecut the windows and inked them with Distress Oxide inks in Mustard Seed and Ripe Persimmon. I took the window sill pieces and boarded up the doors, took some white pigment ink and blended the door a bit to hightlight the boards.

Aren't the Halloween City pieces fun? I took one of the windows and cut it from grey cardstock added a bit of shading and it looks like a tombstone. Everything else is cut from scraps.

Supplies are listed below with direct links to the stores that carry them. If you use my link to make a purchase, I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for using my links, it really helps and encourages me to continue providing creative content.

Halloween City Add-On Set
----  https://tinyurl.com/z8jx96fd  [Spellbinders]

Holiday City Apartment
----  https://tinyurl.com/ddtyhhwh  [Spellbinders]
----  http://shrsl.com/4xkqs  [Scrapbookcom]
----  http://shrsl.com/4xkqt  [Simon Says Stamp]



Brick Embossing Folder
----  https://tinyurl.com/4e9hatma  [Spellbinders]


5x7 Yupo Paper
----  https://tidd.ly/4g5n6CW  [Scrapbookcom]
----  https://tidd.ly/4gzd9fX  [Simon Says Stamp]


----  https://tidd.ly/4yjuBwf  [Scrapbookcom]
----  https://tidd.ly/4iwADEK  [Simon Says Stamp]

Mini Misting Bottle
----  https://tidd.ly/49Ks0S1  [Scrapbookcom]
----  https://tidd.ly/4y4AVHL  [Simon Says Stamp]

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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Spellbinders Buzzy Pup!

 

I always buy the Halloween dog from Spellbinders. I have a little dog, so I love to send these cards out to my fellow dog lovers. I try to make them the color of the dog they have. My dog is a little black dog, I'm not sure what breed, she's from a shelter. And yes, I dressed her up like a bee one Halloween:

                                    

The printed paper is from Scrapbookcom called Willow Lane. There's quite a few cute Halloween prints but also some nice basics in the pad.

Supplies are listed below with direct links to the stores that carry them. If you use my link to make a purchase, I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for using my links, it really helps and encourages me to continue providing creative content.

 ----  https://tinyurl.com/4kk5n7yf  [Spellbinders]






                                

     

----  http://shrsl.com/4ony5  [Scrapbookcom]


Here are the dogs from the last 2 years:
----  http://shrsl.com/4onyb  [Scrapbookcom]



----  https://tinyurl.com/mwweuevx  [Spellbinders]

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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Spellbinders August All-Clubs Crate Bonus Items!

 

Today I used the Spellbinders August Bonus die from the All-Clubs Crate.
You can learn more about the Spellbinders Clubs and the benefits of membership by clicking HERE.

Here's the August All-Clubs Crate Bonus Items, the cat dieset, a monster face dieset and a fun pack of colored cardstock:

I made a 2 second video showing the eye spinning!



I used the eye dies, there are several sizes in the set. The candy corn are made from the teeth, I just cut them from white cardstock and then used markers to color them orange and yellow. The eyes are all popped up with foam dots, the center eye has a spinner underneath the eye. 

The bag is from the August 2025 Large Die, Splash Tales. It's now available for a single purchase. I cut it once from orange cardstock, once from vellum and layered them together. Adhesive can show through the vellum, so I hid the glue by placing it only under the eyes and knot. The ric rac trim is old, from Michaels.

The background is black cardstock, I took a blending brush and some white pigment ink and softly blended it to look like smoke.

The second card I made uses the same monster face dieset. I used the 3D Embossing Folder of the Month, it's a large folder, 1/2 of it will emboss an A2 sized panel. I used black cardstock and rubbed a white ink pad over it. I used the eye die to make the spider. I used some older dies to cut the zigzag for the eyeballs to fit into, the spider legs and the spider's web.

Here's the card I made using the the other Bonus Item:

 

Supplies are listed below with direct links to the stores that carry them. If you use my link to make a purchase, I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for using my links, it really helps and encourages me to continue providing creative content.

Here's the August All-Clubs Crate Bonus Items, the cat dieset, a monster face dieset and a fun pack of colored cardstock:

----  https://tinyurl.com/b6jdue49  [Spellbinders]

3D Embossing Folder
----  https://tinyurl.com/ecp9dt38  [Spellbinders]

Splash Tales

----  https://tinyurl.com/45k774vw  [Spellbinders]


Tangled Threads Dies
----  https://tinyurl.com/y86ebakt  [Spellbinders]
----  https://tidd.ly/4iiyYmd  [Scrapbookcom]



Spinners

----  https://tinyurl.com/24ydt4uw  [Spellbinders]
----  https://tidd.ly/4f7TiU2  [Scrapbookcom]
----  https://tidd.ly/4wBXx14  [Simon Says Stamp]

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Sunday, August 16, 2026

Slider Card Using the August Spellbinders Press + Foil Club









Today I'm sharing a tutorial for a slider card using the Spellbinders August Press + Foil Club called Boo Humbug.

On heavy black cardstock, I used a sentiment die to cut a channel for my slider strip. I wasn't quite long enough so I had to cut it once, then move it over to cut it again. The channel has to be long enough to fit the sentiment. I also didn't want the ghost to go off the right side of the card when it was moved over, so I stopped the channel there.

I then positioned where I wanted the foiled ghost to be and taped it in place. I placed it on the Glimmer machine and put the holographic hot foil between the plate and card, with the pretty side facing the plate.

After I hot foiled the ghost, I used the plate to make a quick outline on some scrap paper. I cut it out to make a mask to place over the foiled ghost. I wanted to spray some Distress Mica Spray Stains onto the background but didn't want it to get on the ghost. I used Distress Mica Spray Stains in Hocus Pocus (purple), Burning Ember (orange) and Flickering Candle (yellow). Let it dry thouroughly! I smeared mine a bit.

I used some black fun foam to pop up the panel. I just cut it to fit, leaving a space for the slider strip to move freely but not jiggle. I buy fun foam sheets from Michaels, they are less than $2. You can also buy adhesive sheets to fit A2 cards, but that is much more expensive. I cut a tiny piece of fun foam and adhered it to the left edge of the channel, this will stop the strip from moving off the card on the left side.

I hot foiled the sentiment, Boo Humbug on a small piece of black cardstock. I positioned it under the panel on a black card, flipped it over and put glue down. If you leave it face down on the table and take the card and place that on top, you should get it in the right spot. I thought this was much easier than trying to hot foil the sentiment onto the card itself. Positioning it just right so it can be seen is hard.

Next, I adhered the panel to the card. Everything was in place! I put the slider strip in place, then put a foam pop dot behind the diecut ghost, be sure it doesn't cover the sentiment when it's fully open on the right. I can't remember where I got the foam dots, maybe Amazon?

I trimmed down the slider strip so that it still showed on the right side of the card but wasn't TOO long. That's it! Supplies are listed below.

You can learn more about the Spellbinders Clubs and the benefits of membership by clicking HERE. Remember, you can join for one month and cancel anytime after that and still receive the discounted price!

Supplies are listed below with direct links to the stores that carry them. If you use my link to make a purchase, I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Thank you for using my links, it really helps and encourages me to continue providing creative content.

Here's the August All-Clubs Crate Bonus Items, the cat dieset, a monster face dieset and a fun pack of colored cardstock:

              

             ----  https://tinyurl.com/b6jdue49  [Spellbinders]


                    Press + Foil Plate (includes foil)

                       

                    ----  https://tinyurl.com/3w577dtz  [Spellbinders]

                    


                                    Glimmer Hot Foil 

----  https://tinyurl.com/2p2e8zu2  [Spellbinders]

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