Hi, everyone! Halloween will be here before you know it! Teri here to show you how to make these Trick-or-Treat Bucket Halloween Cards – perfect for your favorite Trick-or-Treaters!
Create the Trick-or-Treat Buckets
Start by die-cutting several bucket shapes from white cardstock. Apply ink or markers to cut shapes. This gives you control over how you want to shade and color your elements.
Assemble the Buckets
Stack the two lids, and apply Dual Tip Glue Pen to adhere them together. Designer’s Tip: Squirt the glue on scratch paper. Then use a blending tool or sponge dauber to pick up the glue and lightly dab it on the elements. This will keep them from warping.
Add handles to your buckets. Use your scissors to cut down pieces of Crafty Foam Tape in White 54ft. and place them on the back of the front piece of each bucket. Be generous with the foam.
Secure the front of your buckets to the bases. Add more Crafty Foam Tape in White 54ft. to the top of each bucket. Lastly, add the lids.
Create a Background
With a stencil to ink the background of the white cardstock panels. For more interest, place strips of Premium Double-Sided Tape 1/2″ across the panels. Make sure to leave room at the bottom to add sentiment later. Mount the panels onto the white card bases and remove the top liners. Cover them with glitter, and press the glitter into the tape to secure. Tap off excess.
Add the Sentiment and Finishing Touches
Stamp a sentiment on each card with black ink. Add your buckets to them. I felt like my buckets were a little plain so I stamped a small sentiment on narrow strips of cardstock and cut them to look like tags. I hung them on the buckets’ handles with jute bows.
Complete your cards by adding a couple of Kraft color corners from the Creative Photo Corners Variety Pack to each card. It matches my jute bows.
I hope you are inspired by today’s Trick or Treat Bucket Card tutorial. Use the techniques in this post and apply them to your next card creation. Thanks so much for stopping by again!
Hello crafty friends! Tracy here, and today I have a pretty little summery layered layout to share with lots of dimensions. Here are all of the details on how I created it.
Let’s Get Crafty!
The first step in creating this Summery Layered Layout was to cut the basic layers for the background and to cut the white cardstock mat for the cropped 4×6 photo.
Attach the layered patterned paper to the Summery Layered Layout using Crafty Foam Tape Black. Then secure the matted photo to the middle of the layout using Crafty Foam Tape Black.
The next priority was to add the title to the Summery Layered Layout. These title pieces were also popped up with Crafty Foam Tape Black which adds so much dimension.
Hi, Ali here today! I am thrilled to share my debut layout as a design team member with this So Loved Cat Layout! Their adhesive is my absolute favorite, and I’ve been using it for years.
So Loved Cat Back Story
Teaming up with Doodlebug Design, I created this layout featuring Tessie, my friend April’s cat, using their adorable pet collection for cats and dogs. The designs are just too cute.
To make my title stand out, I used 3D Foam Squares White Mix. I also added them to other die cuts like the cat in the bed, treats, and yarn. The small foam squares from the 3D Foam Squares White Mix worked perfectly for popping the paw prints over the title.
So grateful for the 3D Foam Strips! They make scrapbooking much easier than cutting foam tape down the middle to get a thin strip. I used the strips for my banner and found it incredibly easy to add to my layout.
Thank you for stopping by to see my first project, So Loved Cat Layout. I can’t wait to share more with you next month!
Hi, Judy here today! I had fun using leftover Metallic Foil Sheets from Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Pastel Colors and 3D Foam Creative Sheets Small White to make a Grateful Tag with Metallic Panel. No two backgrounds turn out the same! A similar effect can also be created with fresh foil sheets by dabbing assorted foils in random areas until the panel is covered.
Grateful Tag Inked Background
Lightly apply Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo ink through a flourish stencil with a sponge applicator. Move the stencil and repeat until you get your desired look. Next, repeat the step in a few areas with Distress Oxide ink Victorian Velvet.
Remove the stencil and rub Distress Oxide Spun Sugar ink over the entire tag. Use a sponge applicator to apply Distress Picket Fence ink over areas of the tag. Lightly mist with water and set aside.
Make the Metallic Panel
Cut a piece of white cardstock to 1.875 x 4.25 inches. Next, cut a piece of 3D Foam Creative Sheets Small White to 1.625 X 3.875 inches, peel the liner off, and attach it centered on the white cardstock.
Stamp verse with black ink and die-cut into a strip with its coordinating die. Cut off points at the ends. Place the smaller squares from the Thin 3D Foam Squares White Mix on the back of the verse strip. At each end of the strip, stack two of the smaller squares from the Thin 3D Foam Squares White Mix. Peel off the liners and secure the verse across the foil background.
Add 3D Foam Heart Accents
Attach three small hearts from the 3D Foam Hearts vertically above the verse.
Peel off the liner from one heart and apply assorted colors from the leftover Metallic Foil. Repeat the same process for each of the hearts.
Prepping and Adding the Ribbons
Randomly sponge on Distress Oxide Spun Sugar ink on white seam binding (or ribbon), and mist with water. Crumple and roll in your hands. Allow to dry or dry with a heating tool. Also, use a heating tool to make sheer ribbons crinkle. Loop the ribbons and thread through the opening of the tag. Trim ends.
Hi everyone, Yvonne here. With a new school year coming, I made this Hello New School Year Card. It’s always super exciting and maybe a bit scary to enter school or a new school year, so let’s show some support and encouragement. And… what better way than a handmade card?
This one is super easy to create and suitable for beginner cardmakers. Wanna join me?
New School Year Card Panel
Start by trimming a piece of patterned paper to a rectangular size for the card panel. Now cut a label from a patterned paper, cut or punch a hole, and thread ribbon through it. Adhere the label to the center of the card panel. For a subtle lift, I used the Thin 3D Foam Squares Black Mix.
Place stickers on a piece of white cardstock and fuzzy cut the images. Adhere them to the card panel using 3D Foam Squares Black Mix for dimension and interest.
Create and Layer the Card Base
Mat the card panel on a sea green card panel using the E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser. Next, adhere to a white card base with the same tape dispenser. Let’s add a fun element to the New School Year Card.
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside
Shiny star elements will be added by using the Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside technique. It takes the adhesives from under the layers of paper and brings them out to make them as embellishments! Start with randomly adding some 3D Foam Stars onto the card.
Remove the top liner and place a piece of blue foil from the Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Pastel Colors over the exposed adhesive (make sure the shiny blue color is facing you). Gently rub the foil color to the stars to transfer the color. If there are any missed areas, simply reapply the foil.
What a great way to show your child or grandchild that he or she is a star!
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and wish you happy crafting!
Other: Patterned Papers: Simple Stories™ (School Life: Collector’s Essential Kit); Scissors; Craft Knife; Tweezers; Paper Trimmer; Bone Folder; White and Sea Green Cardstock
Fall season is right around the corner so I wanted to create a seasonal seed packet for the occasion. Featuring the 3D Foam Circle Frames White, I couldn’t resist a wreath design! Hi, Margie here with my process on how to create this. Come join me!
Die-cut a seed packet in cream cardstock. There is no need to assemble yet. Center the fifth largest ring from the 3D Foam Circle Frames White on the front of the packet.
Embellish the Packet Front
I am using the pumpkin and sunflower cluster. Place behind it a strip of 3D Foam Strips toward the bottom. Remove the top liner at the bottom part of the foam ring and place the cluster. With the top liner still intact, I can determine my smaller accent before committing. LOL!
Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside with 3D Foam Circle Frames and Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets
Cut a piece of brown foil from the Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Nature Colors and crumple it to create wrinkles. Next, flatten it out, place it over the exposed adhesive (color side facing you) and rub to transfer the design to the foam. The white wrinkles are exposed adhesive so take a piece of contrasting color like orange/copper from the same foil pack and apply it over the wreath. No need to crumple it. The result is beautiful!
Stamping the Sentiments and Packet Assembly
Since it is a seed packet, I stamped the related information on the back of the packet. I wanted a sentiment strip to go across the wreath and found one in the same stamp set. With a 3D Foam Strip, I place the sentiment on the packet front. Next, I assembled the packet with the E-Z Runner® Micro Refillable Dispenser.
The Finishing Touch
I used the smallest heart from the 3D Foam Hearts and centered it between the sprigs. Then foil with the same copper foil on the heart. Makes the perfect accent for my wreath 😊
I hope you enjoyed my Happy Fall Wreath Seed Packet tutorial! Till next time, I wish you a wonderful crafty day!
Other: Stamps & Craft Dies: The Ton Stamps (Garden Goddess Stamp Set, Autumn Coloring Bits and Coordinating Dies, and Seed Envelope Die); Watercolor: Ranger Ink (Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils); Ink: Hero Arts (Intens-ified Ink in Black); Stamp Positioner; Bone Folder; White and Cream Cardstock
Hi, Jingle here today and I have a super fun card idea to share with you today! How do we feel about foiling a frog? I feel like it’s a good thing in this case with my Hoppin’ Hello Foiled Frog Card, and I think you are going to love it!
Foiled Frog Design Inspiration
Who knew the leftover pieces from my package of 3D Foam Circle Frames would turn into the most adorable frog ever?! After creating a recent card, Hooray Rainbow Card actually, I had a bit left over and all my eyes could see was a cute little frog face. I simply HAD to pull out some foil to bring it to life!
Wear Your Adhesives on the Outside with 3D Foam Circle Frames
I began with the green foil, covering the bulk of the piece with the green to become the head of the frog. I left the release paper over the circle bits, as I wanted to add additional colors (pale purple and black) for those. I then did each eye area individually.
Creating the Card Front Panel
After adding the foil to each piece, I gently lifted the entire ‘frog head’ all together from the release paper. This allowed me to simply align the head onto the top of the cardstock panel and stick right on! Easy peasy, folks!
This next big might be the trickiest part for some of you! It was for me, but I’ll offer some tips of you don’t have confidence with a pen. I used a wider-tipped black pen to add the mouth of the frog. If you don’t love the hand drawn look or don’t feel confident with it, you can mask half of a circle outline stamp to create a similar look. You may even have a ‘smile’ stamp in your stash that you can use! It is totally up to you.
Layering the Layers
After adding the mouth, I mounted the panel onto a black panel, and then onto a white card base, adding some depth to the look. My E-Z Runner® Grand Permanent Dots Refillable Dispenser is my go-to for panels, as you get a strong hold and can easily apply full coverage.
Adding the Sentiment
Finally, I used my E-Z Runner® Permanent Fine Adhesive Dispenser to adhere the Hello sentiment to the card. I chose a nice large sentiment to keep with the playful feel of the frog. You could also choose to go with a fun pun like Hoppy Birthday or something along those lines.
This is a SUPER fun card to create and I hope you give it a try! Remember, sometimes those little leftovers don’t belong in the bin. They belong on a Hoppin’ Hello Foiled Frog Card! Sometimes a design will JUMP right out at you! Happy Creating!
Hello crafty friends! Tracy here, and today I have a fun little seasonal card inspired by hot summer days and ice-cold iced tea breaks. Here are the details on how I created this Iced Tea Birthday Shaker Card.
Let’s Get Crafty!
First I dug this cute chipboard frame out of my stash of crafty goodies and added the acetate to the back using the E-Z Runner® Micro Refillable Dispenser. Once the front of the Iced Tea Birthday Shaker is ready, add the 3D Foam Strips to create the pocket for all of the lovely shaker bits to live.
The next step is to cut a piece of the orange cardstock to fit it behind the shaker frame. Add the desired shaker bits into the frame you’ve created using the 3D Foam Strips, then add the cardstock piece to the back.
Add Stickles to the stamped image for a little extra sparkle. Then I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment onto the frame using black ink. This finishes off the perfect Iced Tea Themed Shaker Card.
Hi, everyone! Do you love the look of dry embossing? Teri here to show you a fun way to pull off the look without using an embossing folder. Check out my Faux Embossed Cards!
All you need to pull off this fabulous faux embossed look is a cutting die, cardstock, ink, and, of course, adhesive!
Faux Embossed Cards Design
Use a die to cut several shapes from white cardstock. They can be all the same or different. It’s up to you!
Adhere your shapes onto a panel of cardstock. Stack two shapes on top of each other as you go! You can save time as you go by using a Dual Glue Tip Pen to do the work! Simply squirt some glue on scratch paper and use an ink blending tool with a sponge pad on it or a sponge dauber to apply the glue. You don’t need a lot of glue for this process. Just a tiny amount that fully covers each die-cut. If your panel is warped from using too much glue, let it sit for a while under a book to flatten it out.
Adding Color
Trim any excess off your cardstock panel and apply ink. Use a water-friendly dye ink to do this. Keep applying ink to your panel until it’s completely covered.
Spritz or splatter some water onto your panel. Use a paper towel to pat off any excess water. Let the panel dry completely. You can let it air dry or speed up the process with a heat gun.
Making Your Card Panel
Add a sentiment to your panel and mount it onto your card. Consider placing some white Creative Photo Corners under the panel, allowing them to peek out just a little to give the card some extra visual interest.
Finish your card by adding a sentiment to it, as well as a few small embellishments.
Final Tips
Remember, if you decide to try this technique out, have fun and play! Try mixing different die-cut shapes to make your faux embossed background! Use fewer or more colors than I did.
You can also go without stacking any of your die-cuts. That’s right! You can use just one layer’s worth like I did here. The results are just as stunning!
I hope you enjoyed today’s tutorial! Happy Creating! Teri Anderson
Happy Birthday! Celebrate with a Three-Tier Birthday Cake and the best part? No calories! LOL! Hi, Margie here today and I am sharing a cake embellished full of Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L products. This year marks the company’s 20th year so why not make a cake? Let me show you how!
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Base Layer Birthday Cake
Using a nesting round paper mache box set, I primed with Gesso and painted all the layers with white acrylic. Let’s start from the bottom layer…
Using the Wear Your Adhesive on the Outside technique, I removed the top liner of a 3D Foam Circle White, took a small piece of foil, placed it over the exposed adhesive, and gently rubbed it to transfer the color to the circle. Do this one by one until you get your desired look.
Creative Photo Corner Cake Border
I wanted to add a cake border to each layer to make an elegant accent. So, I created different sizes of wreaths with Creative Photo Corners Gold, and Creative Photo Corners White. I used craft dies to cut rings as bases and tuck photo corners to create a ring. See the Joy Wreath tutorial for details. I placed the largest white corner wreath on the top of the base cake layer, securing it with Adhesive Lines.
Middle Layer Birthday Cake
The sides of the middle layer of the birthday cake were covered with Adhesive Sheets 6 x 12in.Designer’s Note: use the rounded tip of the bone folder to help apply the Adhesive Sheets. Next, use the foiling steps to cover the sides with the chunky gold foil from the Metallic Transfer Foil Sheets Holographic Colors (remember the color side facing you!).
Place 14 3D Foam Strips on the sides of the top layer. First, I placed strips in quarter areas of the layer and then worked my way until I got my desired design. Next, take the liners off and cover them with pink glitter. Press into the foam to secure, and tap off the excess. Designer’s Tip: if the glitter doesn’t want to come off, brush it off with a soft paintbrush.
Secure the smaller white wreaths on the top with Adhesive Lines. Center the small heart from the 3D Foam Hearts on the smallest photo corner wreath. I used a small circle shape to create this wreath. Foil it with purple foil. Add a large foam circle from the 3D Foam Circles White Mix to the foiled heart.
Foil the foam circle with the chunky gold foil. Add two large foam circles on the back of the smallest wreath…but…when I placed the wreath on the top, it looked too small. I replaced it with a large heart from the 3D Foam Hearts. Foiled in pink and added the purple heart. Now it’s done!
I hope you enjoyed my “no calorie” Three-Tier Birthday Cake Tutorial. LOL! Happy 20th, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L!! Thanks for coming by 🙂 Margie Higuchi
Creative Time: 2 hrs and 15 mins Skill Level: Intermediate
Other: Gesso: Faber-Castell; White Acrylic Paint; Craft Dies: Lawn Fawn and Spellbinders Paper Arts; Pink Glitter; Paper Mache Nesting Round Box Set; White Cardstock
