Pumpkin Fall - Partial Inlaid Die cutting Technique

I thought I would try a new technique today - Inlaid Die Cutting Technique.  The pumpkins and their leaves were done using this technique. This video outlines this technique from beginning to end.

• I used the Hardwood background stamp with Soft Suede ink on Very Vanilla cardstock for the background
• The stamp set "Fall Fest" and its coordinating framelits was used to inlay the pumpkins and the leaves.
• The leaves were die cut in Very Vanilla, coloured with various ink colours, scrunched up and adhered to a linene thread swag at the top of the card.
• The grass was made using the scallop border punch.

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Halloween Stepper Box (aka Fantasy Box)

This box is easy to make and really has a wow factor when sold at a craft show or given as a gift.  I have made many of these boxes so I could probably make them in my sleep.  But for those of you who have never made one, and would like to, here is a link to a tutorial  
The tutorial indicates to cut the paper for the cover at 6 by 6".  That's too small.  Cut it at 7 by 7"

Last night I made a box for Christmas, and one for Halloween.  This is the box for Halloween.  The box is not only fun to make, but fun to decorate.

This is a close up of the decoration on the lid of the box.

The inside of the box reveals a tier of 4 decorated boxes.  The images were cut from the designer paper and adhered to the inside.  The sentiment on the front of the boxes is from a retired Halloween stamp set and so are the googly eyes.

Stamps: Fall Fest, Googly Ghouls (retired)
Inks: Tangerine Tango, Basic Black
Papers: Motley Monsters DSP, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango
Accessories: Fall Fest framelits, 3/4" circle punch, 1" circle punch, Scoring plate, Bitty Banners framelit, Googly eyes (retired), orange stampin glitter, glue gun.

Wondrous Wreath Halloween

I'm now having fun with the wreath and am thinking of all sorts of applications.  My first thought was Halloween, so that's what I did.  But not before taking a nap.  I was so tired as I had been up during the night with back pain, and then was up at 5:30 this morning.  My creative juices dry up when I am tired.
So, here's Wondrous Wreath at Halloween.

I had a lot of fun with this card.
I started by using the Woodgrain background stamp, stamping it with Soft Suede onto Very Vanilla cardstock.  Then using the lines I cut it into boards and made a fence.  The edges of each board was sponged with Soft Suede and the top of the boards were rounded with the corner rounder punch.

The wreath which is hanging on the fence, was stamped in Early Espresso, with the ribbon and flowers in Tangerine Tango.  These I covered with Crystal Effects.

Aren't the pumpkins cute?  They're from Fall Fest - you can even stamp the faces on them.  The edges were sponged with Tangerine Tangelo after I die cut them using the framelits that go with the Fall Fest stamp set.

To make it more Halloweeny, a spider from "Googly Ghouls" (retired) and a bat from "Tee-Hee-Hee" were stamped in the top corners.

The sentiment is from  "Howl-o-ween Creeps"

Stamps:  Wondrous Wreath, Fall Fest, Tee-Hee-Hee, Googly Ghouls, Howl-o-ween Creeps, Woodgrain
Inks: Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Tangerine Tango, Basic black, Tangelo Twist
Papers: Tangerine Tango, Whisper White, Very Vanilla
Accessories: Wonderful Wreath framelits, Fall Fest framelits, dimensionals