Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am doing a cardmaking series using last year's Spellbinders' release, the 13 Days of Craftoween. This is the fifth card I have made for this series.
If you saw my fourth card which seems complex, this is another card in that caliber. My prompt for this card is Day #1 which includes the vampire die set. I could have created a card just with the vampire but I decided to step it up and invite some of the other kit's figures to the party. The sets I used on this card are:
- Day #1-vampire dies (I used all of the dies in this set.)
- Day #4-ghost die and ghost accent die, pumpkin detail and solid dies, boo penant detail and solid dies
- Day #5-hat die, spider's body detail die for the small circle
- Day #6-skeleton dies (I am missing one of the arm dies which I figured out after seeing a post of this set in FB.), witch hat and accent dies
- Day #9-monster and accent dies (I used one of the horns as a cauldron accent on Card #3. I am not sure if there is a die that cuts the circles on the cheek of the monster.)
- Day #12-skull die
This project reminds me of paper dolls. Below are the details on how I put each figure together.
- Vampire-I layered his top. After die cutting this piece on black cardstock, I snipped a v on the neckline. I die cut another piece on white cardstock and adhered this to the back of the v cut piece. I added a red lining to the cape by die cutting this piece on red cardstock. I added pleat details to the cape with a red Copic marker and adding score lines. I added a glittered bow and a gold enamel dot. I added shading to his tongue with Copic markers. I partially die cut the feet on mirror black cardstock to mimic shoes although thie part was covered.
- Ghost-I added a witch's hat from Day #6 set to the ghost. I die cut the trim on orange glitter cardstock. I free hand cut a square on gold mirror cardstock and a black cardstock to add a buckle to the trim.
- Skeleton-I added the hat from Day #5. I die cut the trim on purple glitter cardstock. As I mentioned above, I am missing a die that cuts the skeleton's right arm. I die cut an extra left arm and ran this through the die cut machine to flatten this die cut piece. The missing piece also cuts the long arm bone. I used the long bones on the legs to fill in this missing piece. My base layer for the body was cut on black cardstock. I partially die cut the hand on white cardstock and layered it over the hands of the black arm die cut.
- Monster-I die cut the horns on hollographic paper. I am not sure if there is a piece that cuts the cheek accent. It was indented on the monster die cut. I can color it but I just die cut a pink cardstock using the tiny circle die for the pelvis of the skeleton from Day #6 and a circle from the spider body on Day #5. I die cut the pennant on silver shimmer cardstock. I adhered the details on holographic paper. I adhered the ends of the pennant to the monster's hands.
After I am done with the die cutting and adhering the figure pieces together, I worked on the layout. I trimmed a double sided patterned paper at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I used a rectangle die to cut the center off and create a plaid frame. Since it is a double sided patterned paper, I flipped the inner rectangular drop out and used this as the background for the Halloween icons. I adhered the Halloween figures to this paper. I tucked the small pumpkins and skulls on the back of the figures to fill in the background. I pieced in the plaid frame, taping the seams of the frame and the inner rectangle together with tape. I die cut a thin frame of orange glitter paper. I adhered this to the inner frame. I adhered this to a top folding A2 note card.
With the front being busy, I did not add a sentiment anymore.
I hope you like today's card. I hope you enjoyed this series featuring products from last year's Spellpinders 13 Days of Craftoween. Happy Halloween to you all!
Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
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