How to Make a Witchy Birthday Card [DIY Craft for Halloween]

The Spellbinding Witches range of digital stamps by Polkadoodles are great for Witchy Birthday Cards. I love the cute and sassy little Witches. I’ve paired them with Crafty Things Foiled paper in shades of Purples and Teals.

Keep on reading and I’ll show you how to make your own handmade cards. I’m including ProMarker blends and all the craft stash and crafting techniques I’ve used.

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Digital Stamping

The Digi image is from Polkadoodles, part of their Spellbinding Witches range. 

There are thousands of different digital stamps available online. Click here to take a look at my favourites.

I print my digital stamps onto Ultimate Graphic 160gsm paper. It’s bright white so my colours really pop and it’s super smooth surface makes blending easier.

You don’t need a fancy or expensive printer to print digital stamps. I use a very old HP Officejet, any inkjet printer will do.

I’ve coloured this little cutie with my Winsor & Newton BrushMarkers.

Here’s the shade’s I’ve used:

Promarker Brush Colours – Purple

Promarker Brush Colours – Teal

Promarker Brush Colours – Pink

Promarker Brush Colours – Skin

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Designer Papers

I’ve been searching for just the right papers to go with the Spellbinding Witches digital stamps. Eventually I found these foiled Crafty Things papers at Home Bargains. The shades of purple and teal seemed like they had a Halloween vibe so I picked up a few packs.

I’ve mounted the foiled papers onto plain papers from the Dovecraft Colours Paper Pack.

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Die Cutting

I use dies to make frames around my digital stamps. I always colour my image first in case I make a mess of it.

Then I choose a die shape and size that suits my image and run it through my die cutting machine.

On this card I have used XCut Oval Dies.

I like to use distress inks to add a bit of colour around my images. I use a Blending Tool to sweep the ink onto the edges of my die cut shape. For this card I’ve used Dusty Concord.

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Embellishments

I recently treated myself to a new die set, Sizzix Thinlits Dies Garden Greens by Tim Holtz. I die cut some of the leaves from holographic card to add a little more shimmer to my Witchy cards.

I raided my stash of ribbon scraps and found these beautiful silver ribbons. They were probably cut from some gift wrapping. I also used some scraps of twine that I’ve saved over the years.

No Witchy card would be complete without a few gems in the corners!

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Greeting

I’ve printed the greeting from a different set of digital stamps also by Polkadoodles, Serenity Fairy Wishes Sentimentals.

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Take a Peak Inside

I think it’s such a shame to receive a beautifully decorated card only to open it and be faced with a blank page. So I use more of my designer papers to decorate the insides of my cards. I mostly use scraps leftover from the main design and a 9cm square of plain paper to write a nice message onto.

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Products I’ve Used

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Take a Look at my Etsy Shop

This handmade greeting card is available to buy in my Etsy shop.

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Card Making Challenges I’m Entering

• Digi Choosday Challenge
• Pammie’s Inky Pinkies Challenge
• Polkadoodles Craft Challenge
• Crafty Catz
• Gem of a Challenge
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends
• Penny’s Challenge
• Ally’s Angels
• Classic Design Challenge

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Follow me on your favourite social media channel for more card making ideas and inspiration.

• Facebook
• Instagram
• Pinterest
• Etsy

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Pin it Now, Craft it Later

I do hope you have enjoyed having a peak at my latest card making project. Please feel free to use my handmade cards to inspire your own creations, pin it to your Pinterest for later.

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