Justin combined the bright colors of Summer with cute spooky stamps for his darling Summerween card. He used OLO Markers to color the stamps and Catherine Pooler ink pads to ink blend the different backgrounds behind each section of the die cut frame. Find a link to his video tutorial in his Scrapbook.com gallery.
Hurray, it’s Summerween!! That’s the time many of the paper crafting companies begin to release their fun and spooky Halloween products and that really make this Halloween girlie so happy. Some of us even make cards that combine Summer and Spooky, which is where this term comes from. There’s so much new and amazing pattern papers, stamps, dies and stencils that have just come out it’s hard to take it all in but let’s give it a try by checking out some brand new handmade card samples from designers and get ready to dive into Summerween!
Tasha’ darling design has a stamped bunny rabbit going trick or treating, colored with Copic Markers. The background is a stary stencil with glitter paste for lots of shimmer, along with gold glitter paper and layers of Halloween colored cardstocks and ghost pattern paper. Learn more at the Art Impressions blog.
Tina’s cute set of cards have ghosties enjoying the beach with beautiful stenciled sunsets, stamped palm trees and ink blended waves and sand. I love the different pink colors of ghosts almost like they turn pink the more they are in the sun? Find a link to her tutorial on her Cards and Coffee Time blog.
Caly’s delicious drinks card have die cut mugs with Frankie and a Ghost in soft pastel colors with candy and a stamped sentiment on the front of her shaker design. Behind the acetate pouch are stenciled clouds and inside are fun Halloween beads. Find more info at the Pretty Pink Posh blog.
I’m in love with Candice’s creative idea, she removed the tops of die cut flowers and added stamped pumpkins instead, putting them in a large die cut pot, so smart! Along with bottom is a border of more pumpkins, sunflowers and a cute Mummy bunny. Take a closer look at the Mama Elephant blog.
Monica’s fun interactive card has cute stamped Halloween trick or treaters, a stenciled firework background and die cut spider webs. But the best part is the flying bat, he spins and move across the top of the card with the help of an arched die cut opening. I spotted her idea on the Whimsy Stamps Instagram page.
Jennifer created a sweet shaker card with a die cut ghost girlie with a glittery bow in her hair. She’s holding a potion bottle filled with silver glitter and tied with a vellum tag. And she’s on a stitched and scalloped panel with a glittery black on black stenciled spiderweb background. Find more details at the Lawn Fawn blog.
These loveable stamped monsters are here to brighten someone’s day with bouquets of Halloween balloons, sitting on a stenciled grassy hill. The card base has fun dry embossed Jack O Lantern faces for added texture. Take a closer peek at the Spellbinders blog.
Amy’s sweet card captures popular trends with a faux postage theme and a teal, pink and orange color combination. The die cut mailbox is bursting with stamped cards and the large sentiment has fun Halloween themed postage stamps, all inside a grey die cut frame. Take a closer look at the Taylored Expressions blog.
Heejung’s Summerween card has a nod to the 60’s with bold colors and funky flowers, using products from Hero Arts. One of these ghost besties has stamped flowers, the other is die cut from colored cardstocks on a pastel blue card base with a heat embossed sentiment. Learn more at the H Made Boutique blog.
Amanda created a fantastic card background with a ghost stencil and pastel colors of Solar Paste and tied with black twine. The bottom border of dark cardstock has a heat embossed white sentiment and a row of charming stamped Halloween mugs. Find more details at the Newton’s Nook blog.
Lia’s soft and sweet little ghost was created using vellum. She stamped the ghost on a piece of vellum and again on a pattern paper, cutting it out and slipping it beneath the vellum. There’s a die cut scalloped border with twine along the top which hides the adhesive for the vellum. She breaks it all down at the Dahlhouse Designs blog.
Rachel perfectly combined Summer and Halloween with this popsicle ghosts card. She used inking to add color and dimension to the die cut pink popsicles with ghosts over top, adding pink cheeks, splashes and shine marks with a white gel pen. There’s also a pink and white die cut sentiment for a frosty treat of a card. Find all the details at the Rachel Alvarado Designs blog.
I hope you found these sweet Summerween cards a refreshing dip into Halloween!
-Heather
