Good morning!  Jessica here with a cute Halloween card featuring an adorable kitty from The Greeting Farm against a spooky night sky!

The expression on the cat makes me laugh everytime I look at him…he’s so cute!  To create my card I started by stamping the cat from Scaredy Cats onto Neenah Solar White cardstock with Versafine and heat-embossing him with clear embossing powder.  Then I colored him with copic markers and die-cut him with the coordinating dies.  I decided to cut out the little area between his tail and his body with a craft knife so there wouldn’t be so much white space.  I went over his hat with the spectrum noir clear sparkle marker for a little extra sparkle.  Next I die-cut the stitched fishtail banner from black cardstock, stamped the sentiment from Scaredy Cats with versamark and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.

Then it was time to work on my night sky.  I started by blending Mustard Seed, Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, and Peacock Feathers distress ink onto watercolor paper in a random pattern.  It looks pretty awful at this point but just wait! 😉

Once it dried I flicked water over it, waited 15 seconds and then blotted it off.  Then I repeated the process but waited a minute before blotting off the water which results in lighter spots.  I also flicked white and silver paint across the panel to create lots of stars in my sky.  I let it dry overnight and then die-cut it with a stitched square die from Lawn Fawn.  Doesn’t it look better now! 🙂

Then I adhered the watercolor panel to a black cardbase, added the sentiment banner, and adhered my kitty with foam mounting tape for a little dimension.  Finally I scattered a few onyx sequins across my card!

I hope you liked my “so cute it’s scary” Halloween card!  Thanks so much for visiting today and have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies:

The Greeting Farm Clear Stamp Set – Scaredy Cats	The Greeting Farm Die Set – Scaredy Cats	Lawn Fawn Cut Set – Large Stiched Square	Peacock Feathers Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)	Peacock Feathers MINI Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)
Seedless Preserves Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)	Seedless Preserves MINI Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)	Mustard Seed Distress Ink Pad (Ranger)	Mustard Seed MINI Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)	Dusty Concord Distress Ink Pad (Ranger Tim Holtz)
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pads – Dusty Concord	Ink Blending Tool 1″ Round (Ranger)	Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Pen Set Of 3 – Clear Overlay	Onyx 4mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)	Onyx 6mm Cupped Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)
Copic Sketch Marker R22-S Light Prawn	Copic Sketch Marker Y17-S Golden Yellow	Copic Sketch Marker Y19-S Napoli Yellow	Copic Sketch Marker E33-S Sand	Copic Sketch Marker E35-S Chamois
Copic Sketch Marker BV02-S Prune	Copic Sketch Marker BV13-S Hydrangea Blue	Copic Sketch Marker N5-S Neutral Gray No. 5	Copic Sketch Marker N7-S Neutral Gray No. 7	Copic Sketch Marker N8-S Neutral Gray No. 8
Copic Sketch Marker N10-S Neutral Gray No. 10	Kuretake Gansai Tambi Set of 6 – Starry Colors	Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Sets	Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 8.5	Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock 8.5
Licorice Twist Card Shoppe Paper (Bazzill)	Inkadinkado Embossing Magic	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad	VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad – Onyx Black (Tsukineko)	Embossing Powder – Clear (Ranger)
Ranger Heat It Craft Tool

Good morning!  Jess here with a magical shaker card!  When I was in elementary school I was OBSESSED with unicorns.  I remember that there was always at least one unicorn poster for sale at every school bookfair and I bought every single one I could get my hands on.  I had unicorn notebooks, figurines, stuffed animals…unicorns everywhere! 😉 So I am personally thrilled about the resurgence of unicorns in everyday life, particularly papercrafting!  And I do not discriminate against unicorns…I’ll buy any unicorn stamp I can find.  Though, after making today’s card, this adorable unicorn might just be my favorite!

Seriously, is that not the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?!?  I’m in love.  And here’s what I created with my sparkly teal unicorn:

As is my preference, I combined a few different companies to make my shaker card!  I started by stamping the unicorn from Avery Elle’s Be a Unicorn onto white cardstock with versafine before heat-embossing it with clear embossing powder.  Then I colored him with copic markers.  I used N0 and N1 for shadows; R21 and R32 for his ear; BG10, BG11, and BG32 for his horn; and BG32, BG15, and BG49 for his mane, hooves, and nose.  Finally I added a layer of spectrum noir clear sparkle to his mane, hooves, and nose before die-cutting him with the coordinating dies.

Next I die-cut the Lawn Fawn Rainbow using a variety of colored cardstock.  I listed similar colors below because I wasn’t quite sure the name of some of the cardstocks I used.  I aimed for a softer rainbow palette.  I also die-cut one from a piece of white cardstock for my background panel.  Then I stamped the sentiment from Be a Unicorn onto a second piece of white cardstock with versafine and heat-embossed it with clear embossing powder before die-cutting the cloud edge from the top of the cardstock.  I adhered a piece of acetate to the back of the background panel and then added a double-layer of foam mounting tape all around the back before filling it with sparkling clear sequins and beads.

I applied adhesive to the back of my cardstock rainbow, carefully placed it over the back of the shaker making sure to line it up with the opening of the shaker, and pressed lightly to adhere it to the foam mounting tape.  Then I added a piece of white cardstock cut down to 4″ by 5.25″ to fully seal the shaker and secure my rainbow.  I turned it over, adhered my unicorn with a little foam mounting tape, and then added a few more sequins to finish the card!

So that’s my magical little unicorn shaker!  I hope you like him as much as I do!  Yesterday was my birthday and I think I might keep him as my birthday card to myself! 😉 Thanks so much for visiting and have a wonderful weekend!

Supplies:

Be A Unicorn Stamp Set (Avery Elle)	Be A Unicorn Die Set (Avery Elle)	Rainbow Die (Lawn Fawn)	My Favorite Things Die-namic Set – Stitched Cloud Edges	Copic Sketch Marker N0-S Neutral Gray No. 0
Copic Sketch Marker N1-S Neutral Gray No. 1	Copic Sketch Marker BG10-S Cool Shadow	Copic Sketch Marker BG11-S Moon White	Copic Sketch Marker BG32-S Aqua Mint	Copic Sketch Marker BG15-S Aqua
Copic Sketch Marker BG49-S Duck Blue	Copic Sketch Marker R21-S Sardonyx	Copic Sketch Marker R32-S Peach	Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Pen Set Of 3 – Clear Overlay	Neenah Classic Crest Cardstock – 8.5
Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Candy Hearts 8.5	Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Citrus Slice 8.5	Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Sour Lemon 8.5	Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – French Mints 8.5	Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Gumball 8.5
Bazzill Card Shoppe Paper – Sour Grape 8.5	Lawn Fawn Cardstock 8.5	Pretty Pink Posh Mixed Cupped Sequins – Sparkling Clear Mix	Pretty Pink Posh Solid Cupped Sequins 3mm – Sparkling Clear	Pretty Pink Posh Solid Cupped Sequins 4mm – Sparkling Clear
Pretty Pink Posh Solid Cupped Sequins – 6mm Sparkling Clear	Pretty Pink Posh Solid Cupped Sequins – 10mm Sparkling Clear	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents 2oz	Double-Sided Foam Mounting Tape .5″ (Scotch)	Advanced Tape Glider and Tape – Pink (Scotch)
Embossing Magic Pad (Inkadinkado)	VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad – Onyx Black (Tsukineko)	Embossing Powder – Clear (Ranger)	Ranger Heat It Craft Tool

Good morning, Jess here!  I wanted to create a CAS card using primarily stamping with ink pads but with a little extra details from copic markers and I’m really pleased with how it turned out.  Concord & 9th is one of the newest companies that MarkerPop is carrying and I wanted to show you how easy it is to create a bunch of really pretty cards with nothing but a handful of ink pads and copics!

That little bit of copic shading at the base of each bottle tree really adds depth to the card!  So I started by stamping the trees from Concord & 9th’s O Christmas Tree across my card base using a variety of dye inks.  I also used my MISTI to make sure my trees lined up correctly.

Next I added shading using two copic markers for each tree.  I left the color lighter in the middle of the curve to give it a little depth.  Then I added clear spectrum noir sparkle and trimmed the panel down to 4″ by 5.25″.  Once it dried I prepped it with my powder tool and then stamped the sentiment across the card with versamark before  I heat-embossing it with gold embossing powder.  Finally I covered the edge of another piece of white cardstock with versamark and heat-embossed it with gold embossing powder to create a frame.  I adhered the tree panel to the gold frame and that was it!

These would be fun and easy cards to mass produce for a holiday card.  You could use different color palettes or do an ombre look using varying shades of one color.  Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a wonderful day.

Supplies:

Concord & 9th Stamp Set – O Christmas Tree	Copic Sketch Marker BG32-S Aqua Mint	Copic Sketch Marker BG15-S Aqua	Copic Sketch Marker RV14-S Begonia Pink	Copic Sketch Marker RV19-S Red Violet
Copic Sketch Marker R05-S Salmon Red	Copic Sketch Marker R37-S Carmine	Copic Sketch Marker V12-S Pale Lilac	Copic Sketch Marker V17-S Amethyst	Copic Sketch Marker B34-S Manganese Blue
Copic Sketch Marker B99-S Agate	Hero Arts Midtone Shadow Ink Pad – Grape Juice	Hero Arts Color Layering Mini Ink Set – Clare’s Soft Flowers	Hero Arts Color Layering Mini Ink Set – Jayne’s Blush	Hero Arts Color Layering Mini Ink Set – Kelly’s Flowers
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Pen Set Of 3 – Clear Overlay	Embossing Magic Pad (Inkadinkado)	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad	Heat It Craft Tool (Ranger)	Mini MISTI Laser Etched Stamp Tool Kit

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