Hey
friends! Cathy here today with the cutest little trick-or-treaters all set for
Halloween!
To
make this card, I started by die-cutting a piece of black cardstock using the
frame portion of the Frilly Frames Chevron Dies and
adhered it to a lavender A2 card base. For the background of my scene, I cut a
piece of Neenah 80lb Classic Crest solar white cardstock 3 1/2“ x 4 3/4".
Before inking the sky, I masked a large moon by die-cutting a piece of eclipse
masking tape using a Stitched Circle Small Die.
Starting with gentle pressure from the masked moon working outwards, I inked
with Milled Lavender followed by Dusty Concord, Seedless Preserves, Picked
Raspberry and a touch of Hickory Smoke Distress inks on the top half of the
cardstock. On the bottom half I inked with Milled Lavender into Saltwater
Taffy. I added craters to the moon using a B60 Copic marker. Once the inks were
dry, I heat embossed the sentiment using citron embossing powder.
For
the ground, I cut a piece of white cardstock 2” x 4 3/4" and die-cut the
top edge using a Slimline Nature Borders Die.
I inked the piece with Hickory Smoke Distress ink and adhered it to the bottom
of my background piece. I stamped a small tree from the Fall Scenes Stamps on
the right side of the panel in gray ink to make it appear off in the distance
and inked the ground under it with an N4 Copic marker. To add a little more pop
of green, I cut a strip of paper from the Critter Country Paper Pack 1/2"
x 4 3/4" and adhered it to the bottom of the scene.
The Autumn Tree Dies make
such a great spooky tree cut from black cardstock, so I added that to the left
side and used precision tip scissors to carefully cut the excess around the
edges of the cardstock panel. I then adhered the panel to the card front. To
finish, I stamped all the images from the Too Cute to Spook Stamps on
Neenah 80lb Classic Crest solar white cardstock, colored them with Copics and
die-cut them using the coordinating dies.
I
hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by today! For more inspiration, please
visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and
you can also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.
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Hello friends!
It’s Bobbi sharing a
fun style card referred to as a zigzag card or stretch card. While this card
requires a number of score lines and a few slits, it is really easy to make. I
am using the Too Cute to Spook stamp and dies as
well as the Autumn Tree dies and
the Fall Scene Stamps.
This
card folds flat for mailing (see below), but when removed from the envelope, it
can be stretched out to be a free-standing card to enjoy through the holiday. I
used one piece of 8-1/2″ X 11″ black cardstock to create the card base. That’s
it! I have complete instructions on making the card base
below so check it out if you would like to give this card idea
a try.
Once my black zigzag
card base was ready (see
the card base instructions below), I stamped, colored and die cut
the characters and pumpkins from the Too Cute to Spook stamp and dies as
well as two black trees using the Autumn Tree dies and
the fencing and smaller pumpkins from the Fall Scene Stamps.
I arranged the fencing on the layered edges of the base, gluing each section.
Since the fencing images stick up above the card base top edges, I added black
cardstock to the backs of each fence strip to cover any color bleeding for a
clean finish.
I also added a 1/2″ strip of black cardstock inside the two
diamond openings of the card base to center the house and the characters in those
areas. This is easy to do. You can either attach the strips to the inside of
the base (folding 1/4″ on each end to create glue flaps) or run them through
the card base slits and secure them from behind. The images can also be
attached directly to the card base avoiding the need to use any strips.
I added
one tree in the back at the top of the hill, behind the house, and felt it
needed more branches so I added one more to make the backdrop. Extra large
pumpkins and the small tree from the Fall Scene Stamps set
were added to the ground area. Next, came fencing from the Fall Scene Stamps and
the the haunted house and characters from the Too Cute to Spook stamp and die sets.
I
finished the front with some larger pumpkins and the “Trick or Treat” stamp
from Too Cute to Spook stamp and die sets.
I hand cut the phrase out and attached it to the front panel. I added some black
leaves around it that I had die cut by accident when I cut out the autumn
tree. I added the cute bat in the tree, too.
This
card folds flat to mail. I may have to trim my trees a bit for this one to fit
inside my A7 envelope.
I could also fit this inside a
longer business-size envelope or create a custom size envelope to fit my tall
trees. I hope you give this idea a try. Directions and measurements for
the base are right below.
How to Make the Zig Zag Card Base:
Here’s some measurements
and steps I followed to make my card base above. Note: I’m using white cardstock to show how to make the
base. For my featured card above, I used a piece of black cardstock.
I cut 1/2″ off the 11″ length
of a letter-size piece of cardstock, making it 10-1/2″ X 8-1/2″. I marked 5″
and 2″ on opposite sides and cut diagonally. I rotated to the other side of the
remaining cardstock and did the same, thereby creating two matching panels. I
threw away the odd-shaped scrap piece from the middle.
On both
pieces, I scored at 3-1/2″ and 7″ from the left side creating three equal sized
3-1/2″ sections on each panel. I scored from the top to the bottom. I also
measured and cut slits at 1-3/4″ in from each section (which is the middle of
each section). One one panel, I cut from the top to the middle and on the other
piece, from the bottom to middle. To determined the middle point, by placing my
ruler at 1″ from the 2″ side and 2-1/2′ on the 5″ side (i.e., the center points
on each side edge) and made a mark at the middle of each section so I knew
where to stop cutting.
I
placed one panel on top of the other panel and slid it down. When the pieces
are intertwined, they should fit perfectly, assuming all the slits line up!
After
connecting the two pieces at each slit point, this is how the card base looks
from the top down. I ended up with two open diamonds in the middle. Now it’s
ready to add the fun stuff!
Thanks for stopping by
today. If you want to see more ideas and inspiration from me, subscribe to my
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