Hello everyone and welcome back to my blog. I am excited to showcase the new Monster Hugs stamp set. This stamp set features the sweetest monsters, and a couple of humans. ever that you’ve come to know and love. There are coordinating dies available here.
I created a total a 5 cards for this 6×8 stamp set including a larger A7 card. All my images were stamped out and I fussy cut them as well. I used Copic Markers to color the images.
All 4 of these cards uses A2 panels cut from the largest die in the Card Basics die set. This die set also includes a square die that helped me create a card sized polaroid. More details to follow.
For my A7 sized card, I wanted it to look like these characters are saying hello from the hotel windows. I first took an A7 sized die and cut it out of white cardstock. I blended it with Pumice Stone Distress Oxides and then took the Distressed Brick Stencil and blended it with Weathered Wood and Hickory Smoke Distress Oxides.
I then took a dome shaped die and cut it out of the panel 4 times to create the windows. I took another panel and blended it with Mustard Seed and Scattered Straw. I splattered this background piece with white watercolor to give it some interest. I took the Spiderweb Craft die and cut it out of black cardstock.
I then stamped the sentiment out onto teal cardstock with Embossing Ink pad and heat embossed it with Snowfall Embossing powder. I trimmed it down to size. With a tiny bat die that I had in my stash, I cut it out of black cardstock. I then assembled my card using liquid adhesive.
For my next card, I wanted to feature the wolf. I first cut out a circle mask using a circle die and taped it onto an A2 panel so I can start working on my moon. Once taped on, I took Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers and Uncharted Mariner and blended it around the mask. I splattered it with white watercolor once complete. I then removed the mask and took the Blood Splatter stencil and blended it with Hickory Smoke and Pumice Stone Distress Oxide.
I cut an A2 panel out of black cardstock and used the Grass Scene craft die to create my grass piece. I heat embossed the sentiment directly onto this piece. Using another piece of black cardstock, I cut out the Spooky Tree die.
I assembled my card using liquid adhesive and foam tape.
For my next card, I really liked the sentiment and wanted to create a Polaroid card to symbolize the “memories.” The Polaroid frame was very easy to make. I just took an A2 Panel and die cut out a square using the die included in the die set. I stamped the sentiment directly onto the polaroid and set it to the side.
To create my background, I took a black A2 panel and cut out two hill pieces using the Grass Scene craft die. I then cut out the Spooky Fence die and Haunted House die from black cardstock. I trimmed down a piece of white cardstock to fit the back of the house and blended it with Scattered Straw and Mustard Seed Distress Oxides.
To create my background, I took an A2 panel and blended the top half with Uncharted Mariner, Villainous Potion and Seedless Preserves. I splattered it with white watercolor once complete. I assembled my card using liquid adhesive. Because the girl is a vampire, I decided to position “outside” of the frame as I believe they can’t be photographed.
For my next card, I wanted to highlight the vampire father and the the batty sentiment. I took an A2 panel and an older, retired spiral stencil and blended it with Candied Apple and Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxides.
Using a bat stencil that I had in my stash, I blended it with Weathered Wood and Black Soot Distress Oxides. I heat embossed my sentiment onto teal cardstock and trimmed it down to size.
I completed my card by adhering both the vampire and the sentiment using foam tape.
For my last card, I wanted to create a scene where the monsters were bursting out of a closet in one of the hotel rooms. Either to give you a cute spook or to wonderful hello! I first took an A2 panel and blended it with Pumice Stone. I then took an older stencil and blended it with Weathered Wood and Hickory Smoke. On the bottom portion of the card, I blended it with Uncharted Mariner.
I took the Closet craft die and cut it out of white cardstock. I blended it with Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Gathered Twigs. I also trimmed down a piece of cardstock to fit the back of the closet and blended it as well.
I stamped the sentiment directly onto the card panel and used a mixture of liquid adhesive and foam tape to complete my card.
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