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Have a Wicked Halloween from a Graveyard | Halloween Card | Technique Junkies

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  Hello everyone and welcome to another Saturday morning card idea.  Today I have a fast and easy Halloween card using 2 stamps from Technique Junkies -  Graveyard Background  and  Wicked Halloween  as the sentiment.  But, any Halloween sentiment would work.  I made a top-folding A2 card using black cardstock. I adhered a piece of white cardstock, 4" x 5.25", to the inside for a message.   I stamped the  Graveyard Background  background stamp on white cardstock using Onyx Black Versafine Ink, and heat embossed it using clear embossing powder.   I secured it to my craft mat with washi tape and added the clouds using a cloud stencil, a blending brush, and Lost Shadow Distress Ink .   I went and did the same thing using Dusty Concord Distress Ink to give a more spooky cloud background. I stamped  Wicked Halloween  in the center using Onyx Black Versafine Ink and heat embossed it using clear embossing...

Congrats on Tying The Knot Cards | Wedding or Engagement Cards | Technique Junkies

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  Hello everyone.  I hope y'all are doing well.  I get asked all the time to explain certain English expressions and a few weeks ago the expression "tying the knot" came up in a conversation.  I explained what it meant and I also remembered that I have two stamps from Technique Junkies - Ropes and Love Knots - that would work perfectly with this expression.  Hence these cards. If you want to recreate these cards: To start... I made 2 top-folding card bases using black cardstock - one vertical and one horizontal. I die-cut 2 pieces of black cardstock using a 4.25" x 5.5" stitched rectangle die.  I love the stitched borders but, if you don't have this die, you can skip this part and use the front of your card base as your main base. I die-cut 2 pieces of gray cardstock using a 4" x 5.25" stitched rectangle die.  If you do not own these dies, just cut 2 pieces of gray cardstock to 4" x 5.25". I cut 2 pieces of black fun foam 3 7/8" x...