BEWITCHING SPELL WITH STAIR STEP DIMENSION; A STAMP HAPPY HOLIDAYS POST

Hi Stampers!

Welcome! Today I have a Halloween card to share. I enjoy Halloween. I grew up in a close knit rural community back in the day when trick or treating meant wearing homemade costumes and receiving homemade popcorn balls, caramel apples, cookies, and sometimes cupcakes as opposed to candy.  Halloween parties meant bobbing for apples, hayrides, and wiener roasts. Fun times! Creating Halloween cards brings back all those great memories!

Today’s card uses the BEWITCHING BUNDLE (Bewitching stamp set and Witch Hat Builder punch) and help from a couple more stamp sets, plus a technique I call stair step dimension. Sometimes I want different levels of dimension. In my sample cards you will see the stamped feet / legs that is the basic layer of dimension. It is simply stamped right onto the focal panel.  The next level of dimension is the sign. The dimension for this is achieved by adhering two same sized die cut squares together. This adds just a tad bit of dimension. The final level of dimension is achieved with dimensionals (witch hat).  That is my stair step dimension technique! Let’s look at the cards!

As you can see the two cards are similar. I used the Witch Hat Builder Punch and Basic Black cardstock to create the hat. When using cardstock for the hat it is easy to switch the direction of the hat. To create the hat band I covered the punched band with Highland Heather washi tape, and trimmed the tape with paper snips.

BEWITCHING STAMP SET

BEST WITCHES & SCARY CUTE STAMP SETS

SUPPLIES FOR THE CARD

* Witch Hat Builder Punch

* Inks - Memento Tuxedo Black, Daffodil Delight

* Stampin’ Blends - Parakeet Party (light & dark), Highland Heather (dark), Daffodil Delight (dark), Smoky Slate (light), Color Lifter

* Matte Black Dots -3

* Glitter Washi Tape - Highland Heather

* Stylish Shapes Dies - square (2” x 2”)

* Adhesives & dimensionals

* Card base - Parakeet Party 4 1/4” x 11” scored & folded at 5 1/2”

* Larger scraps of Basic Black and Parakeet Party cardstock for die cutting

* Basic White cardstock for focal panel and for inside panel cut at 4 3/4” x 5”

* DSP - Celebrate Everything, Black with Crushed Curry stars. Cut 2 at 5 1/4” x 4”

TO MAKE THE CARD

* DIE CUT & PUNCH

* Punch out the witch hat and band from Basic Black cardstock. Use the die to cut two squares from the Parakeet Party scrap.

* Cover the hat band with the Highland Heather Glitter Washi Tape, and trim away access tape.

* Adhere the band to the hat.

STAMP

* Stamp the witch feet (Bewitching) and frog on focal panel, stamp the greeting (from Best Witches) in the center of one of the Parakeet Party die cut squares, stamp the inside sentiment ( Scary Cute), and witch hat with the Memento Black ink. Stamp the stars (Bewitching) on the inside panel with Daffodil Delight. Once the focal panel is assembled use the Daffodil Delight ink to stamp a few star images around the witch. Waiting until after adding the witch gives you some wiggle room for placement of the sign and witch hat.

* Use the Stampin’ Blends to add color to the feet, the frog, and the stamped witch hat. Use the Smoky Slate Stampin’ Blend and color lifter to add a bit of shadow and to ground the images.

ASSEMBLING

* Adhere the 2 Parakeet Party die cuts together.

* Adhere the sign to the focal panel along the top of the witch legs, the use dimensionals to adhere the witch hat above the sign.

* Adhere the focal panel to the DSP and adhere this piece to the card front.

* Adhere the inside panel to the DSP, and adhere this piece to the inside of the card.

* Add the Matte Black Dot to the sign.

The stair step dimension is not the only demensional elements on the card. The placement of the frog makes it appear to be behind the witch, The shadowing under the frog and witch not only “ground” the images, but also creates the illusion of the shadow being 2 dimensional under a 3 dimensional object. The hat band being adhered to the hat adds dimension. The Matte Black Dots add one more touch of dimension to the card. Finally, the card layers add dimension as well! What other ways can you think of to add dimensional interest to your cards? 

Thanks you so much for stopping by for this edition of my Stamp Happy Holiday series. Until next time… 

Stamp Happy!

Kim

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