Day 6 | Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween

Hi friends!  I’m back to share my creation for Day 6 from the 2025 Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween kit. 

The supplies used were:

Spellbinders – 13 Days of Craftoween Box Kit, Day 6 Dies

Spellbinders – Mirrored Arch Labels Die Set

Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz – Sketch Manor Stamp Set

Spellbinders – Halloween Icons Press Plate & Die Set

Spellbinders – Brushed Black Cardstock

Spellbinders – Violet Cardstock

Spellbinders – Carrot Cardstock

Spellbinders – Saffron Cardstock

Spellbinders – Truffle Cardstock

Spellbinders – Opaque White Glimmer Foil

Gina K. Designs – Masking Magic

Ranger/Tim Holtz – Distress Crushed Olive Ink Pad

Ranger/Tim Holtz – Distress Peeled Paint Ink Pad

Ranger/Tim Holtz – Distress Black Soot Ink Pad

Ranger/Tim Holtz – Distress Antique Linen Ink Pad

White Cardstock from my Scrap Bin

Pinkfresh Studio – Magic Potion Drops Gems

Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue

Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foiling System

Misti Original Stamp Positioning Tool

Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

To begin today’s card, I used the largest die from the Spellbinders Mirrored Arch Labels die set and die cut one Spellbinders Brushed Black panel and one from heavy weight white cardstock.  I used my score board to score the white panel at 4-5/8” on one of the long ends since it will be serving as my card base.  Using the next to the largest die from the same Mirrored Arch Labels die set, I die cut another panel of white cardstock to use for ink blending and background stamping my card front. 

I stamped the moon, haunted house, and tree from the Stampers Anonymous “Sketch Manor” stamp set onto a piece of Gina K. Designs Masking Magic and fussy cut the images. I placed the smaller white cardstock panel into my stamp positioner and stamped the same three images where I would like them to be on my scene.  After that, I removed the backing paper from the fussy cut, masking magic stamped images and placed them over the images I had stamped onto the smaller, white cardstock panel.

Using the Crushed Olive Distress Ink pad and a small-ish ink blending brush, I ink blended heavily around the moon and lightly across the rest of the card front panel.   Then, I used the Peeled Paint Distress Ink and a larger blending brush and applied ink all over the background and avoiding the halo area around the moon.  Lastly, going back to using the smaller ink blending brush, I applied Distress Black Soot ink around the outer perimeter edges of the card front.  Once the ink blending was completed, I removed the Masking Magic pieces from the front of the card. 

Now for coloring the background images I had stamped.  For the moon, I simply used a small blending brush and Distress Antique Linen Ink and carefully applied the ink (aka, tried to stay in the lines!).   I used Copic markers to color the haunted house and tree – the markers I used were:

            Tree:  E55, E57

            Haunted House:  C7, C5, C2, E50

For the sentiment, I used the Spellbinders Halloween Icons Press Plate and Die Set and used Spellbinders Opaque White Glimmer Foil to hot foil all the sentiments in the set (it’s one press plate and die for all the sentiments) and after die cutting the sentiments with the coorindating die, I chose the Happy Halloween sentiment.

My final tasks were putting foam adhesive to the back side of the skeleton trick-or-treater and the sentiment and adhering both to the front of the card and adding five Pinkfresh Studio “Magic Potion Drops Gems near the sentiment.  Card completed!

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this Day 6 card showcasing the dies from the Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween boxed kit and found inspiration for some of your own card making projects! 

Until next time… happy making!

Day 5 | Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween

Hi friends!  I’m back to share my creation for Day 5 from the 2025 Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween kit. 

The supplies used were:

Spellbinders – 13 Days of Craftoween Box Kit, Day 5 Dies

Spellbinders – Spider Web Backgrounds Press Plate

Spellbinders – Copper Glimmer Foil

Crafty Critta 200 gsm DIY Foiling Paper

Spellbinders – Precision Layering A2 A Die Set

Lawn Fawn – Henry’s ABCs

Spellbinders – Welcome Fall Die Set (sign)

Spellbinders – Autumn Scarecrow (crow)

Cardstock Warehouse – Stardream Gold Cardstock

Black and White Cardstock from my Scrap Bin

Spellbinders – Blue Spruce Cardstock

Spellbinders – Oceanside Cardstock

Spellbinders – Teal Topaz Cardstock

Spellbinders – Onyx Brushed Metallic Treasured Cardstock

VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink

Catherine Pooler – Bronze Pigment Ink

Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue

Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foiling System

Misti Original Stamp Positioning Tool

Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

I started today’s card hot foiling my background.  I used the Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foiling System and their Spider Web Backgrounds Press Plate along with Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil in the color Copper.  After the foiling was completed, I used the largest die in the Spellbinders Precision Layering A2 A die set and cut the foiled panel.

For the spider:  I die cut the legs and eyes dies from Spellbinders Oceanside cardstock and the main body die from Spellbinders Blue Spruce cardstock.  The eyes die was simply cut out of a scrap of white cardstock from my stash.  The top hat was die cut from Spellbinders Onyx Brushed Metallic Treasured Cardstock and the hat band was cut from Spellbinders Teal Topaz cardstock and all the spider’s layers and the hat were glued together and set aside to dry.

While the spider’s glue was drying, I grabbed a piece of Cardstock Warehouse’s Stardream Gold cardstock, trimmed it to 4-1/4” x 2”, placed it into Spellbinders’ Geo Quilt embossing folder, and ran it through my die cutting machine.  I adhered the spiderweb foiled panel to the front of an A2 size card base and then glued the embossed strip of gold cardstock to the bottom of the card front.

Using the largest die from the Spellbinders Precision Layering A2 A dies, I die cut a piece of spider web patterned paper that was included in the Simple Stories 6x8 Spooky Things paper pad.  For the black cardstock panel, I die cut a black piece of cardstock to measure 3-3/4” x 5-1/2” and used liquid glue to adhere the black panel to the patterned paper panel.

For my sentiment, I die cut the letters “BOO” from the Lawn Fawn’s Henry’s ABCs die set twice from black cardstock and once from the Spellbinders Onyx Brushed Metallic Treasured cardstock and glued those layers together.  I ran a black Copic marker around the edges of the letters since the Treasured cardstock has a white backing – just to make it look nice.

Using the Spellbinders Welcome Fall die set, I die cut the two pieces that make the wooden sign from white cardstock and stamped the sentiment from the 13 Days of Craftoween kit onto the sign front.  Once the ink dried, I used a blending brush and ink blended Catherine Pooler Bronze Pigment Ink all over the surfaces of the sign and signpost. Once the ink dried, I glued the sign onto the front top of the signpost.  For the crow, I pulled out the Spellbinders Autumn Scarecrow die set and die cut the three pieces for the crow from black, white, and grey cardstock and glued the pieces together.

The only task left is to assemble the scene onto the card front with a combination of foam squares and Bearly Art Glue.

Now just to bring it all together!  I glued the little ghost directly to the card front and added foam squares to the back of the bottle to give it some dimension before adding it to the card front.  Lastly, I added five Pinkfresh Studio Amethyst Glitter Drops for my final embellishment.

That completes today’s card!  Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this Day 5 card showcasing the dies from the Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween boxed kit and found inspiration for some of your own card making projects! 

Until next time… happy making!

Days 3 & 4 | Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween

Hi friends!  I’m back to share my creation for Days 3 and 4 from the 2025 Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween kit. 

The supplies used were:

Spellbinders – 13 Days of Craftoween Box Kit, Days 3 and 4 Dies

Spellbinders – Precision Layering A2 A Dies

Kristina Werner – Kristina’s Finishing Touches Stencils

Sizzix/Tim Holtz – Vault Bunny + Chick (glasses die)

Ranger/Tim Holtz – Milled Lavender Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Spellbinders – Small Ink Blending Brush

Simple Stories – Spooky Things 6x8 Paper Pad

Spellbinders – Silver Matte and Glitter Metallic Treasured Cardstock

White and Black Cardstock from my Scrap Bin

Spellbinders – Lavender Cardstock

Spellbinders – Violet Cardstock

Spellbinders – Rainforest Cardstock

Therm O Web – Silver Glitter Dust Spray

Pinkfresh Studio – Amethyst Glitter Drops

VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink

Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue

Misti Original Stamp Positioning Tool

Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

Using the largest die from the Spellbinders Precision Layering A2 A dies, I die cut a piece of spider web patterned paper that was included in the Simple Stories 6x8 Spooky Things paper pad.  For the black cardstock panel, I die cut a black piece of cardstock to measure 3-3/4” x 5-1/2” and used liquid glue to adhere the black panel to the patterned paper panel.

Using a very small ink blending brush from Spellbinders, Distress Oxide Milled Lavender Ink, and Kristina Werner’s Kristina’s Finishing Touches Stencils, I ink blended a thin dashed line going dow the edge of both sides of the black cardstock panel on the card front.

For the poison bottle, I die cut the skull and cross bones from white scraps of cardstock and colored the eyes black with a Copic marker.  The bottle’s label and top band was cut from Spellbinders Violet cardstock.  The bottle was die cut from Spellbinders Lavender cardstock and the cork was die cut from Spellbinders Treasured Silver Glitter and Matte Metallic cardstock.  I glued the label die cuts together and misted it lightly with Therm O Web Silver Glitter Dust spray.  Once the label was dry, I continued assembling the bottle’s die cuts and glued the glittery label to the front of the bottle. 

Banner:  I die cut the string/base of the banner from a scrap piece of black cardstock and die cut the BOO letters from Spellbinders Rainforest cardstock and adhered the two with liquid glue.  After the banner’s glue dried, I added glue to the back of the banner and adhered it to hang diagonally across the base of the bottle’s neck.

I trimmed a piece of Ranger Distress Black Two-Tone Woodgrain cardstock to measure 3-3/4” x 1” and trimmed a scrap of gray cardstock to measure 3-3/4” x ¼” and glued the thin gray strip to the top of the woodgrain cardstock – this will serve as a landing place for the bottle to set on my card front.

For the sentiment, I chose the Trick or Treat one and used Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink and Brutus Monroe Alabaster White Embossing Powder to stamp and heat emboss it onto the card front.

Now just to bring it all together!  I glued the little ghost directly to the card front and added foam squares to the back of the bottle to give it some dimension before adding it to the card front.  Lastly, I added five Pinkfresh Studio Amethyst Glitter Drops for my final embellishment. 

That completes today’s card!  Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this Day 3 and 4 card using dies from the Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween boxed kit and found inspiration for some of your own card making projects! 

Until next time… happy making!