Bradley Spider

The Mister’s birthday is Halloween, so it’s fun to come up with all kinds of spooky greetings. I used the House Box die to make some windows on my card for this one, and colored the punkin and the cat with Copics. Borrowed the sentiment from Bear Ware 2 and the bunting is from the Parcel Box Die.

After spattering with black acrylic paint, I needed a spider to dangle from the little bunting, and thus, Bradley Spider was born. Punched a 1/16” hole, drew some legs and a web string and popped a mini brad in.

BTW, if you don’t have a brad the color you need, you can customize it with any color embossing powder you have on hand. Just grasp the prongs with tweezers (safety first!), and heat the head of the brad with your embossing gun. Dip it into embossing powder; the embossing powder should melt instantaneously and seal itself to the brad head. If there are any grains that happen not to melt, just pass the heat gun over those areas. Allow the brad to cool before using.

One of the great things about longer skinny clear stamps? They are bendy! So I could follow the curve with the little sentiment!

EEK!

MOD CHRISTMAS TREES

I love a single-layer card—this one is no exception. One like this just needs a great color combo to give it a lotta’ •pop•.

Oh, those teeny tiny black stars… •swoon•

MODERN CHRISTMAS IN GOLD

So… I hurt my back last week and it’s been taking some time to heal. :( It’s hard to concentrate on anything when you’re in pain so I haven’t been able to create much of anything lately.

I made this sample back when Modern Christmas was released and can’t remember if I ever shared it.

This set has always given me heart palpitations—so modern, so simple, so clean… If it appeals to you, get it now, while you can… It’s being retired. •sob•

I have another sample to share tomorrow.

LAST CHANCE SALE

Everybody loves a sale*, right?! There’s 3 pages of Essentials by Ellen items that are retiring at ellenhutson.com right —> HERE <— and 33 pages of (general) clearance items HERE.

I snagged a few pics of some projects I’d done way back when… Even tho these sets are old(er), it’s fun to revisit them and gosh, you may find a bargain among some of these old favorites! The sets are linked beneath the project photos.

(Pardon some of the papertrufflez.com watermarks; that was my old blog; it’s no longer being updated since I moved here.)

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Got Candy? Stamps / Got Candy Dies

This Halloween set is still my favorite, years later…

Oh, Frappé Stamps / Oh, Frappé Dies

Coffee’s always a good idea…

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Banner Cake Die

The sentiment die included in this die set is not shown on this sample, but it always cracks me up! Big cakes are always so handy to have around for last minute birthday designs, too!

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Rustic Botanicals Stamps / Rustic Botanicals Dies

This set was influenced by Scandinavian floral prints and patterns, which always give me heart palps!

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Bird Shapes Dies

The bird on this one is actually an ornament (faux chipboard). I love winged things…

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Modern Christmas Stamps / Modern Christmas Dies

This holiday set is probably one of the most versatile ever, with its mix of solid imagery + matching patterned overlays.

There’s a whole lotta bargains to be had so you best not hesitate!

Here’s a direct link to the —> “Last Chance Sale” page <— so you don’t have to scroll all the way back to the top of the page, LOL!

CHEERS!

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SKI HUMOR

Whaaaaat??? How he do dat?! •chortle• This idea, yes, this idea right here, was one of the reasons why I wanted a ski set so very badly. IT CRACKS ME!!!

Please disregard the spelling error; we corrected it before this set began to ship out and the correct version of the expression has been added to the set. I was making my samples ahead of release with the prototype, so my sample here is what it is.

I adore these ski peeps so much and can’t stop playing with them…

This dude is one heckuva skier—I mean, imagine the skillz!!! (I have those skillz… in my dreams… BAH HA HAAAA!!!)

I placed the die cut skier and trees temporarily on my card and used a pencil to lightly draw the ski trail how I wanted it. Moved the images out of the way and used a fine tip marker to go over my pencil lines, then again with a Quickie Glue Pen—when you need a fine line of glue, it’s the bestest!— and added sparkly glitter to enhance it all. Then I popped up the trees and the skier.

Every time I look at this, I chuckle…