Skeleton Coffin shaped card

It doesn't get much easier than this!  Making this simple SVG file card from creativekuts.com, Thank you Cheryl!!!

The adorable skeleton from the file is just 2 main pieces and a few small pieces, the face and the pelvic bone pieces... so easy!  The writing inside and out are both from the file also as a print and cut.  I used my cuttlebug spiders folder on the front purple layer.  I inked edges of everything in Walnut stain distress ink. 

DONE!!!

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Monday: A Walk On The Dark Side
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #213 "Halloween"
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #16
FFC #209 Always Anything Goes
HIMCR #321- Halloween Colors!
Thanks for stopping by to see my quick and simple SVG card today

Mummy Easel Halloween card

Oh my goodness what a super fun and easy Halloween card to put together.  This is an SVG file from  creativekuts.com

oh my gosh he is so adorable!

So I cut the whole card base out of black and ran the front portion only through my cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder.   I then took my lightest blue ink pad to rub all over it and give it a grunged look.  I used my crafters companion wood grain embossing folder for the fence ... running the pieces thru in either direction.    I then took my black puffy paint to add the nail spots in the fence.  Using my Martha Stewart punch I added the purple border of drips at the top of the card.   I also went around the bat with the light blue ink so that it could stand out from the background.

I absolutely love how this card looks once it standing up in the Easel position.   I printed the Happy Halloween sentiment from my computer using the font - Gypsy Curse.  I then cut out both of the label shapes from the file and used foam squares to pop that up to act as the stand for the easel.  I added a couple of more smaller black bats from the file to the label.  The purple plaid pattern paper is from an old DCWV The Fall stack.  

I stamped trick-or-treat from Craftin Desert Divas - Frightfully Cute Stamp set and the bat Stamp is from HOTP Halloween Small Stamp - Bats on a piece of white card stock and cut that out using one of my pierced rectangle dies.

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Monday: A Walk On The Dark Side
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #213 "Halloween"
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #16
FFC #209 Always Anything Goes
HIMCR #321- Halloween Colors!

Thanks for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room today

Flip-flaps Fall card

I bought this embossing folder (Fall Square - Darice) a while ago and have yet to use it before this card.  I recently purchased a die set that had the cool Square stitched die that leaves a folded line at the top instead of cutting out the whole square.  This embossing folder popped in my head and I grabbed it out to see if the Die would fit around the squares in the folder.  It really looked pretty close so I began creating the card front so that I could try cutting.  

The card front is card stock from recollections.  Using my spellbinders card creator die I cut the A2 size card front with that.  I then took that piece of card stock and taped it into my embossing folder centered exactly where I wanted it to be.   I then took my glue ink pad and rubbed and tapped all over the embossing folder before closing it onto the card stock I had taped inside.  After running it through my embossing machine,  I removed the tape and took my gold  perfect pearls powder and swept over the entire card with the brush leaving this beautiful gold finish on the areas that the glue adhered to.  I took a paper towel and rubbed the panel down to just leave the golden areas where it attached itself to the glue.

I then took the stitched flap die and placed it over each square and ran it through my machine  four times.  Yay!!!  I love it when an idea pops in your head and it works out just as you envisioned.  I grabbed some stamps, a sheet of gold dazzles from HOTP and a few of my spectrum noir markers  to decorate inside each of the flaps.  I wanted to do this before adhering to the front of the card  so I drew some pencil marks in the corners of each square so I knew where to place everything.

The first top square is a dazzle - squirrel, I used my markers to color in the face tail and acorn.   The second top flap I used a stamp from an old card maker set - feels like fall,  I stamped in a brown pigment ink and colored in the leaves with my markers in orange.

The bottom left square I used the same stamp set to stamp a pumpkin and the sentiment - count your blessings above it.  I used the same ink for stamping and colored with the same markers.   I also added a couple more dazzles in that square, a mushroom and an acorn.  The final bottom square I placed a hedgehog dazzle and colored in with my markers once more.

For the Inside I created the sentiment on my computer.  I cut it out with my Simon says stamp bundle of stitched shapes - Stitched rectangle die.  I added a leaf stamp using the same stamp set as I did on the front of the card.  What a fun interactive Fall card to send someone on my list.

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge - Color Me Fall - Rust, Gold & Orange
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #15
FFC #208 Anything Goes with Lawn Fawn!
DL.ART October Challenge
HIMCR #320 - Freestyle!
Die Cut Divas - October challenge

As always thanks again for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room.  Have a wonderful day.

Trick or treat Mr. Pumpkin card

Using lots of new dies and a couple of old too and a cute new Halloween stamp set for the sentiment  I created this fun spooky Halloween card.

I started with a cream color card base folded at the top in the landscape style.  I used my Simon says stamp bundle of stitched shapes - Stitched rectangle die for the wavy pattern paper layer.  I cut a black mat to layer behind that and another fun Halloween polkadot pattern paper to go between the two for the opening in the center.  The papers are from DCWV.   I used  a Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Three die for the inside cut out.  It is third from the largest in that set.

The fun Mr. Pumpkin head die ... I cut several times, once in orange, once in black, once in purple.  I then trimmed and paper pieced the different colors together and cut a yellow circle that I trimmed down to go behind the Face.  I used some dark chalk to rub over the lines of the pumpkin to give shading.  I used this fabulous die set of spiderwebs to add accents on the card.  On the large web I trimmed the spider off of the web and moved it over to the left-hand side of the card.  For the purple hat band and the bodies of both of the spiders I added clear wink of Stella to give sparkle and shine.  The sentiment Trick or treat is from my newest Halloween stamp set called Happy Pumpkin Day.  I first stamped with a purple pigment ink I then stamped over that with versamark ink and then I heat embossed with clear enamel embossing powder.  I really like how that turned out.  I added some dew drops as accents and this card front is finished.

For the Inside I created the sentiment on my computer.  I cut it out with my Simon says stamp bundle of stitched shapes - Stitched rectangle die.  I added some stamps using the same stamp set as I did on the front of the card.

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Simon Says Monday: A Walk On The Dark Side
Cuttlebug Mania - Hello Sweet Pumpkin
Scrapy Land {Challenge #75}
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #213 "Halloween"
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #15
FFC #208 Anything Goes with Lawn Fawn!
YNS Sketch and Color Challenge #74 - I did Sketch & Color
HIMCR #320 - Freestyle!
Die Cut Divas - October challenge
Connie Can Crop Challenge #63 - To Die For

Thanks for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room this week.

Double Z fold jumping in the leaves fall card

This is my first ever double Z fold card and I had a blast with it.   So using my Cricut, several stamp sets and one stitched die I created this fun scene.  My card base is 4 1/4 high by 5 1/2 wide to make an A2 sized card.
Main card panel - 4.25 X 11"  Score @ 2.75" & 5.5"
Strip for Z -         1.25 X 11"  Score @ 2.75" & 5.5"
Mats (2x)  2.5 X 4" & 5.25 X 4"  &  (2x) 2.35 X 3.85"  & 5.1 & 3.85"

After cutting and scoring the bottom strip to make the Z ... I attached the fence and scored where it would need to fold.  Then I attached the whole thing to the card.   I thought it would be fun to color up these hedgehog stamps and let them jump in the piles of leaves for fall.  I really had a lot of fun with the entire project.

Fall stamp on front panel – Craftin Desert Divas Simply Holidays Wordart Stamp Set
- heat embossed w/ platinum embossing powder.
Stitched Hills – Craftin Desert Divas Outdoor Landscape Dies
Fence –  Cricut paper doll dress up
Tree – Cricut  paper doll dress up
Bushel Basket - Cricut doodlecharms -  I added 4 gold metal brads I trimmed down bottom of basket for a better fit.
Leaves and acorns – Cricut doodlecharms -  acorn tops colored with Colorista - sand
Pumpkins – Witch Way is the Candy Stamp set – colored w/
Colorista Satsuma, Nectarine  Stems EB2
Hedgehogs  -  Hedgehog fun stamp set -  colored with  Spectrum Noir
Body EB1, EB2  Quills TN2, Sand, TN7  Nose IG2, Sand  Mouth IG2, Rose
Stamped Pumpkins & Hedgehogs with Walnut Stain Distress Ink

I am entering into these fun challenges:
Fantabulous Cricut - Challenge #310-Fall
Simon Says Monday: Heavy Metal
Mod Squad - Fall Colors
Simon Says Wednesday: Anything Goes
CARDZ TV ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE #15
FFC #208 Anything Goes with Lawn Fawn!
HIMCR #320 - Freestyle!

Thanks so much for stopping by to see what I'm up to in my craft room,  have a wonderful day!