Halloween inspired card from KCS Design images

Today I am making a card using images from KCS Designs over on Etsy.  I used the same collection (different images) last month for a dimensional art journal page.  This time I am using the collections for a quick and easy card to show how versatile her images are to create with.

This card came together so fast and just goes to show you don't have to spend all day in your craft room to make one card (why yes, yes I have done that)!  I will leave links below for all the items I used for making this quick card.

I started out with 2 images from KCS Designs and since the ghost is a PNG I was able to layer them onto one another in my PAGES (you can do it in WORD as well). I resized them how I wanted and then I added a text box to the top (adding a gradient to the box and picked a font I wanted).  I found the saying on line and loved it so I typed it into the text box, sized it and lined it up to where I wanted it.

I hopped into my stash and grabbed two 6x6 papers and cut them down to an A2 card size (and the other slightly smaller) so I could layer them.  I added the card topper I just made and adhered it together.

I reached back into my stash, grabbed a stitched die set and die cut the word BOO! I used the same paper I used for the layering so it would be cohesive.  I added the spider and the tiny stars to the bottom and called it DONE!  I am not mad at it and it was super fast to put together.

ITEMS USED

1. IMAGES - CUTE HALLOWEEN GHOST & HARVEST LANE PAPERS = KCS DESIGNS (ESTY)
2. BACKGROUND PAPER, SPOOKTACULAR = BRASS & BLISS 
3. BACKGROUND PAPER, GINGHAM JEWEL TONES = SUNNY STUDIO
4. STITCHED ALPHA (BOO) = BRASS & BLISS

I hope I inspired you to get into your crafty space and make a spooktacular card the season.

Stay crafty!

Kimberly

Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Hop 2025 - Card 1

Hey guys, I'm here hopping along with the Coffee Lover's Fall/Winter Hop 2025.  I can't believe I've been hopping along with them for over 5 years now and wow the cards I see are definitely inspiring!  Here is the link if you want to hop along for some great inspiration, prizes and a few discounts to some awesome Super Sponsors....supporting a small business is a great thing!

Ok, on to my first card of the hop.  I really got into a Halloween themed mood for some reason so I'm starting off with the cool AI Frankenstein Coffee Card.  Isn't he the coolest?!?!  You can find him and others over on FreePik.com 

After I downloaded and printed him to size I fussy cut him out, set him aside and pulled out my 6x6 paper pad from Craft Consortium called Metal Textures.  This paper pad has some really amazing papers in it and this metal looking one fit Franky to a T so I had to use it.  I cut it down to an A2 size card and moved on to stamping.

I have an old coffee stamp set in my stash from years ago so I picked the one that says "death BEFORE DECAF", stamped it on a scrap piece of paper from the same paper pad with some VersaMark embossing ink.  I grabbed some super fine black embossing power from WOW! and then heat set it and adhered it to my paper.

                                    

I then reached for one of my fav coffee stamp and die sets from Altenew called Friends Forever (no longer available but you might find it on ebay...I love, love, love it).  

I stamped and die cut the to go cup and then used the die with a halloween paper I had in my stash and cut the lid and also the sleeve and inked the edges and adhered the lid and the sleeve (the sleeve I used some foam tape for some dimension).  I adhered it down to my card stock and moved on to that cute little spider I had gotten from The Paper Studio.  I added some black thread behind it going up the card, adhered the back of the thread to my card stock and then used a glue dot to adhere it to my card base and then added the spider on top of the glue dot to cover it. 

Time for Franky, I added some thick foam tape behind him and adhered him to the front of the cup and added my sequence and I was done!  I do love how he matches the papers I used for the cup and the background!  And he looks like he would prefer death before decaf!

Thanks for hanging out with me for this fun card.  I hope I was able to inspire you to join in on the fun and hope you come back for the rest of my coffee loving cards later this week!

Thanks for hanging out with me today...Have a crafty day!