Gatefold Wedding Card

 Craft Roulette Episode #335 provided the perfect inspiration for this 

5½-inch square gatefold card featuring products from 

Pajama Crafter Stamps. 

The elegant design combines the beautiful Bound By Love Stamps with 

a sentiment from Mix & Match Celebration Sentiments. 

For the focal point, I used the Circle Peek A Boo Die to 

frame the stamped image and add visual interest to the front of the card. 

Patterned paper from the Emerald Isle Paper Pad brings 

a touch of color and sophistication while 

complementing the stamped elements beautifully.

To add a little sparkle I finished up with

Ballet Slipper Confetti Embellishments.

To keep the gatefold card securely closed, I created 

a coordinating belly band that slides off easily, revealing the interactive opening. 

The layered details, elegant imagery and thoughtful design 

make this card a wonderful way to celebrate life's special moments while

 showcasing some of my favorite Pajama Crafter Stamps products.

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Little Red Wagon - Use a Stamp

Word Art Wednesday - ATG

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

Ally's Angels - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG/ Use Die Cuts Twist

Love to Craft Challenge - ATG

Love to Scrap Challenge - ATG

Hearts Quest Celebration of Love - Wedding

Spooky Die Cut Halloween Card

 Halloween is the perfect time to have a little fun with spooky images, classic colors, and texture! Judy here with a Spooky Die Cut Halloween Card project created for CutCardStock. I combined die-cut Halloween characters with an embossed spider web background to create this playful card.

Die Cutting Focal Pieces

Cut a pumpkin, witch hat, ghost, spooky eye with bat wings and banner sentiment pieces with the following cardstock:

Lessebo Brick Orange
Lessebo Pitch Black
Pop Tone Grape Jelly
Classic Crest Solar White 80 lb

Assemble the die cuts.

Focal Background

Die cut a frame from Lessebo Pitch Black cardstock.

Cut a piece of Lessebo Aubergine cardstock to fit inside the frame. Emboss with a spider web embossing folder. Ink the raised portion of the embossing with a white ink pad.

Card Base

Prepare a 5 x 6 1/2 card base by cutting a piece of Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb cardstock to 10 x 6 1/2 inches. Score and fold at 5 inches along the 10 inch side.

Cut a 5 x 6 1/2 inch piece of Lessebo Aubergine cardstock to cover card base. a piece of Lessebo Brick Orangecardstock is cut to 4 1/2 x 5 3/4 inches for matting.

Completing the Design

Adhere the frame to card. Insert and adhere the embossed panel.

Adhere the focal pieces.

Cut a piece of Lessebo Brick Orange and a strip of Lessebo Aubergine and adhere to the bottom of the frame. The sentiment pieces go on to complete.

A Fun Halloween Card

This card is a great reminder that you don’t need complicated techniques to create a fun seasonal design. A textured embossed background, a few die cuts, and a classic color palette can come together to create a card that is full of personality.

Whether you’re creating Halloween cards for friends and family or simply looking for inspiration for your next seasonal project, try combining embossed texture with layered die cuts. It’s an easy way to add dimension and make your Halloween cards stand out!A Fun Halloween Card

For more inspiration join us over on the CutCardStock Facebook Page and the Facebook Group Creating with CutCardStock. 

Fall Foliage at Crafty Gals Corner

Happy Wednesday!

And, it's the 2nd Wednesday of the month which means

a new challenge at Crafty Gals Corner!

The theme for this challenge is: 

~ Anything Goes w/optional twist "Fall Foliage" ~

My DT inspiration card was created with the twist in mind.

 I did a really simple card design with just a colored image and die cut sentiment.

The image, which contains fall leaves, is from Sonam Art Designs. 

I colored with Prismacolor Pencils, trimmed down and matted before

adding to a 5 x 6 1/2 inch card base.

The sentiment die used is from Crafter's Companion.

Won't you join in the challenge this month?

We'd love to see what you create!

Create a Cohesive Card with Multiple Stamp Sets

 One of my favorite ways to get more versatility from my stamp collection is to look beyond the obvious combinations within a single stamp set. By mixing images from multiple sets, you can create a completely new scene with a cohesive look and feel. For this fall-themed card, I combined three Pajama Crafter Stamps sets to create a charming pumpkin-season design.

Mixing Stamp Sets for a Coordinated Scene

The key to combining images from different stamp sets is finding a common theme, color palette, or scale that ties everything together. For this card, I started by stamping, coloring and fussy cutting the wreath of leaves from the In Our Hearts Always Stamps. The wreath will provide the perfect foundation for my fall scene and immediately establish the autumn theme.

Next, I stamp the adorable bear with the leaf garland and his cup, of what I’m calling pumpkin latte, from the Woodland Christmas Eve Stamps. Although this image comes from a Christmas-themed stamp set, the bear works beautifully in a fall design. The leaf garland makes it especially easy to transition the image from winter to autumn.

I’ll incorporate pumpkins from the Where My Ghouls At? Stamps. The pumpkins add another layer of seasonal detail while reinforcing the fall and pumpkin-season theme.

Every pumpkin-season card needs a fun sentiment! I stamped “Oh my gourd pumpkin season is here” from the Where My Ghouls At? Stamps onto a banner die cut using the Banner Die Set. The banner adds a finished look to the sentiment while also helping balance the composition of the card.

I cut circles to layer beneath the bear image.

Prepare the Card Base

Cut white 110 lb card stock to 10 x 6 1/2 inches, score and fold at 5 inches along the 10 inch side. Two layering panels are cut along with a patterned background panel from the Autumn Whispers Paper Pack.

Making Different Images Look Like They Belong Together

When combining images from multiple stamp sets, placement is important. I first arranged the wreath near the top of the card. The die cut circles are layered and placed slightly overlapping part of the wreath.

The bear, pumpkins and sentiment banner go on next to complete.

Overlapping or clustering images helps make them feel like they are part of the same scene rather than separate stamped elements.

Think Outside the Stamp Set

This card is a great reminder that stamp sets don’t have to stay within their original themes. A Christmas bear can become part of a fall scene, pumpkins can work alongside woodland images, and a leafy wreath can tie everything together.

The next time you are creating, take a look through your stamp collection and challenge yourself to combine images from sets that you might not normally pair together. Look for common elements such as leaves, seasonal accessories, animals, flowers, or sentiments. You may discover an entirely new way to use some of your favorite stamps!

With a little creative thinking, three different stamp sets can become one cohesive fall scene—and a whole new card design!

Until next time –

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Linking up to:

613 Avenue Create - ATG / Bright & Breezy Twist

We Love Stamping - Trees & Leaves

Creative Fingers Challenge - ATG

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamps

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

Ally's Angels - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG /Use Die Cuts Twist

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie - Sweater Weather

The Four Seasons Challenge - ATG Fall

{PIN}spirational Challenges - Color Combo from photo prompt

Super Spooky Season Inspiration Hop

 The Pajama Crafter Stamps Super Spooky Season Inspiration Hop is officially live! 

Join the PCS Design Team for spooky, Halloween, magical, mysterious and 

superhero-inspired projects featuring Pajama Crafter Stamps products. 

Start the hop here: @pajamacrafterstamps

It is also New Release Day!

Lots of new products to check out including

4 new stamp sets and 2 paper packs.

Check them all out at Pajama Crafter Stamps.

My inspiration card for the hop was created with previously released products.

My focal image is from All American Girl Stamps.

I colored her with a combination of glitter gels pens and Prismacolor pencils.

She was fussy cut before popping onto the background comprised of

pattern papers from the Spooky Sorbet Halloween Paper Pack.

I also used one of the flashcards from Spooky Season Flash Cards, which was inked.

The ghost, pumpkins and sentiment are from Where My Ghouls At? Stamps.

Follow the complete hop lineup below to see how each designer interpreted this month's Super Spooky Season theme. As a thank-you for celebrating with us, one hop participant will be randomly selected to receive a $15 Pajama Crafter Stamps store credit. The winner will be announced on the PCS Instagram account. This giveaway is not sponsored, endorsed, administered by, or associated with Meta, Instagram, or Facebook.

There's another chance to WIN! Some of our team has created videos over on YouTube as part of our Super Spooky Season YouTube Hop! Head over to the Pajama Crafter Stamps YouTube channel and follow the playlist to see even more spooky inspiration. One lucky participant in the YouTube Hop will also be randomly selected to receive a $15 Pajama Crafter Stamps store credit! So be sure to watch, comment, and visit the participating videos for another chance to win!

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Linking up to:

Creative Inspiration Challenges - ATG

A Perfect Time to Craft - ATG

Ally's Angels - ATG

Classic Design Challenge - ATG

Crafts Galore Encore - ATG

Love to Craft - ATG

Love to Scrap - ATG

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - ATG Halloween

The Creative Crafters - ATG

A Place to Start - playing ATG

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It

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CHALLENGE RECOGNITION

Pajama Crafter Stamps Halloween Hugs

Hello all!

Well, here we are at the beginning of another month!

How can that be?

The holidays will be here before we know it.

Are we doing any holiday crafting?

I've done a few Christmas cards so far, but

Halloween is coming up so I'm getting in a few of those cards.

I've started with a cute one here created with products from

Pajama Crafter Stamps.

 Inspiration for this cutie is drawn from parameters from the latest

episode #334 of Craft Roulette.

I'm sure you've probably figured out by now that

I've become obsessed with creating using ideas from this challenge.

So, here's how I put those parameters to use.

My little mummy from one of the Spooky Season Flash Cards was

colored with alcohol markers, fussy cut and added to an ATC.

The background is also from the same set of flashcards.

It was inked. I added a moon by using the

 "sun" part of the Sunburst Stencil. I trimmed down slightly and 

added to a black A2 card base.

Colors used on the project represent grapes, blueberries and 

bananas from the produce aisle.

There are trees on the background.

My 3 circles include 2 eyes and the moon.

In my opinion all parameters met!

I added the sentiment, which was cut from the flashcard the cute mummy was on.

It was trimmed and matted.

Do you get inspiration from joining in on challenges?

Swing Strong, Stand Out: A Sketch-Inspired Baseball Card

 Sometimes a great card starts with a great sketch! For this project created for Pajama Crafter Stamps, I used a card sketch as inspiration and turned it into a fun baseball-themed design featuring the Champion In the Making Stamps.

I often use sketches as the starting point for my card designs, especially if I’m stuck for an idea or have “crafter’s block”.

Pinterest is a great place to find sketches, which is where this one comes from. Not sure who the creator is or I would give credit. It may be Dawn Griffith.

Preparing Materials

Once I found the sketch I pulled out my materials.

I knew that the Champion in the Making Stamps set would work great for this sketch.

And, since this set contains baseball images, I will go with papers from the Let’s Play Ball Paper Pack. These papers are red, white and blue. So that’s what my color palette will be.

A navy blue card base will make for a great card base and for matting the solid red, red stripe and white papers.

I cut 3 pieces of navy card stock. One piece at 4 1/4 x 11 inches for an A2 card base. The second piece is approximately 3 5/8 inches square. And, a third piece about 2 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches.

Cut solid red paper from the paper pack to 4 x 5 1/4 inches for the background. I cut the red stripe with a square die which measures about 3 1/2 inches. Cut white card stock to 
2 x 2 3/4 inches.

Stamping & Die Cutting

I stamp the girl image from the stamp set, color with Prismacolor Pencils and fussy cut.

Navy card stock is cut with the Scalloped Circle Die and the longest banner from the Banner Die Set.

Die cut a white circle and stamp the sentiment “Swing Strong, Stand Out”.

Building the Design

To build the card design, adhere the red paper panel to the card base. Add the 2 square pieces on a slight tilt. Fancy Corners on the stripe paper add a little something extra.

Layer on the scallop circle and banner, which is cut down slightly. 
Mat the white panel onto the small navy panel.

Complete by adding the girl image and sentiment circle.Complete by adding the girl image and sentiment circle.

Using a card sketch is a great when you’re feeling a little stuck creatively. You don’t have to follow the sketch exactly—use it as a jumping-off point and adapt the layout, images and embellishments to fit your project.

Products Used

• Champion In the Making Stamps
• Banner Die Set
• Scalloped Circle Die
• Let’s Play Ball Paper Pack
• Fancy Corners

Whether you’re creating a card for a baseball fan, a player, or simply someone who deserves a little encouragement, this sketch-inspired design is a fun way to let them know to Swing Strong and Stand Out!

Thanks for taking a look at my project! I hope you’ll give card sketches a try!

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Linking up to:

Ally's Angels - ATG

The Creative Crafters - ATG

A Place to Start - playing ATG

613 Avenue Create - Play Time

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - ATG