Checkerboard Inspired Halloween Card with a Surprise Feature

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's card is a part of the Kat Scrappiness Happy Halloween Inspiration IG Hop. I added the link to the hop at the end of this post for your convenience. 

I am using the Kat Scrappiness Buffalo Plaid Backdrop die with a new twist. The die cuts diagonal vents as part of the plaid design. If you look at the photo below, you will notice that the vent part of the plaid die cut is in criss crossed pattern. That is because I die cut two pieces of the plaid die using the same color cardstock. I flipped the other die cut, using the back of the die cut instead. I lined up the vents on top of each other. It is not a perfect match, so I had to trim a row off and use this on the vents that does not have the criss cross design. 

I adhered this panel to an orange patterned paper.

The spiders are from the KS Creepy Crawly Dies. I die cut the spiders on black cardstock. I trimmed off the string that is a part of the die cut. I embossed these spiders using a customized embossing powder mix of black, glitter and glow in the dark embossing powders. I heat embossed each spider twice.

For the spiders' eyes, I adhered a white cardstock to the back of the spider. This is cut a bit smaller than the spider. I adhered this to the back of the black embossed spider. I added a dot to the eyes uisng a black gel pen. 

I adhered each spider to the solid square block of the plaid panel. 

I opted not to add a sentiment to the panel so that the focus will not be taken away from the spiders and the plaid background. The reason being is the surprise feature of this card. If you have been following me, you might probably have guessed what feature I added to this card.

 

Yes! The spiders glow in the dark!

I hope you like today's project. Please join the KS IG Hop for more Halloween inspiration. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Kat Scrappiness IG

I added below links to the Kat Scrappiness products I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase any of these products. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products especially the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products. They have a new release, too!  

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September 2023 Challenge #57~Anything Goes

Unicorn Pumpkin Shaped Card

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am a guest designer at Send a Smile 4 Kids for the month of September. This month's challenge theme is Cute Fall/Halloween Cards 4 the Kids. I hope you join in this month's challenge.

Halloween is very memorable to me, crafting-wise. I remember creating classroom give-aways for my three grade school sons. It was busy since I create close to a total of 60 pieces classroom give-aways. That's why I am super excited to create a Halloween card for a kid.

I used products from different companies for this card. The pumpkin die is from Honey Bee. The eyes, ears and horn are from Pinkfresh Studio. And the flowers are from My Favorite Things. 

I did  a couple of free hand trimming on the pumpkin and ears to create the layers. 

Would you believe that the unicorn's eyes were also fussy cut? The unicorn eyes came as stamps only. Stamping on the pumpkin will not work because of the gaps on the pumpkin. To create this, I stamped the eyes on the back of a black mirror cardstock. I fussy cut the eyes using the stamped impression as a guide. The black mirror cardstock has a white core. I lined the edges with a black marker to hide the white core.

I die cut the horn on the same black mirror cardstock, then stamped the horn on this die cut using Versamark ink. I used a gold embossing powder so it will match the gold outline of the pumpkin. 

For the flowers, I die cut these on different colored cardstocks. I added stitching details to the flowers using DMC variegated floss. I added a circle die cut to the flower centers. I arranged these flowers on the pumpkin and adhered it using a liquid glue. I added a drop of Nuvo to the flower centers and set this aside to dry.

To make this into a shaped card, I trimmed a heavy weight cardstock at 8 1/2" x 2". I scored this panel at 4 1/4". I positioned the pumpkin die over this note card with a little bit of the die hanging over the folded edge. Cutting it this way will preserve the folded edge, thus, coming up with a shaped card.

I stamped a sentiment to the inside of the shaped card before adhering the card front to the back of the Unicorn Pumpkin.

There is an odd piece on the floral arrangement. Did you notice it? If you did not, watch the short video below to see the magic surprise.

I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

Platform Pop-up Glow in the Dark Christmas Tree

 

Hello! Today's card's inspiration is Lawn Fawn's challenge blog's latest challenge, Christmas in July. This card is a bit tedious to create but I hope you like the details and the final result.

The Lawn Fawn products I used for this card are the following:

• Platform Pop-up for the base, the bow and the wrap around ribbon.
• Stitched Christmas Tree Frames for the Christmas tree, the star and the ornaments.
• Upon a Star stamp set & die set for the bunnies
• Ready, Set, Snow for the snow banks.
• Offset Sayings: Christmas for the sentiment.
• Flippin' Awesome for the banner.
• Knit Picky paper for the bow, ribbon and banner.

As mentioned on the title, aside from the pop-up feature, this card has a glow in the dark feature.

I also used the Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter to add snow to the top of the platform.

The ornaments were adhered to a silver embroidery thread which was threaded through the Christmas tree frame die cut. 

Below is a short video showing the interactive feature of this card.

I hope you like today's card. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Build Your Stash Holiday Cardmaker's FB Challenge

Halloween Slimline Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. For today's card, I am featuring the same Kat Scrappiness product I used on a past card (Halloween Swing Pop-up Card). I hope that in this way, you will see the versatility of this product, and maybe come up with your own ideas on other ways to use this product. 

I die cut the small spider on three different colored cardstocks, orange, green and purple, keeping up with the colors of Halloween. The spider die when cut is a spider with a web string attached to it. I simply trimmed off the string, leaving me with just the spider. I pounced embossing powders to these spiders and poured clear embossing powder to it. I did this process twice so I will end up with an enamel looking spider embellishment. 

Since the eyes do get die cut, and I don't want to use the same-colored cardstock for the eyes, I die cut the spider again this time on white cardstock. I tried to keep the eyes from falling off but if did fall off, I pieced it back to the negative cut for the eyes and kept it in place with a piece of tape on the back. I painted embossing fluid to the spider eyes using the Wow! Mixed Media embossing brush. I dipped the spider on Wow! Fluorescent Yellow embossing powder then heat set it. While the melted powder is still hot, I added embossing powder to it again by dipping it in Wow! Glow in the Dark embossing powder. I heat set this again. 

I pieced the eyes to the colored spiders by putting a small dot of blue to the sides of the negative openings for the eyes. I added a dot of Ranger Enamel Accents to the eyes. The eyes don't glow as much in the dark because of its small size.

I die cut another set of spiders using the same-colored cardstocks. I adhered this to the back of the same-colored spider for some dimension. 

I die cut the spiderweb on black felt and black cardstock. I adhered the black cardstock to the back of the felt die cut to add stability to the felt spiderweb die cut.

I die cut the letters on a white cardstock and a silver glitter cardstock. I adhered the white letter die cuts to the back of the glittered letter die cuts. The alphabet dies I used is from the My Favorite Things Spell Anything Alphabet Die-namics.

For the card panel, I trimmed a gray cardstock at 8 1/2" x 3 1/2" to create a slimline panel. I dry embossed this using a Sizzix Spiderweb embossing folder. I lightly sanded the raised portions of the embossed panel for a grunge look. 

I added strips to the top and bottom portions of the embossed panel using a Martha Stewart Halloween tape. I only wanted the sentiment portion of the tape, so I trimmed this with a craft knife with the help of a ruler. I adhered this to the top and bottom edges of the panel. 

I adhered the spiderwebs to the panel. I adhered the letters and the spiders on the spiderwebs. I added gray sequins to the panel.

I adhered this to a slimline top folding landscape card. 

I hope you like today's card. I hope this inspires you to look at your craft dies and give the die cut a different look, extending the use of your dies. Maria Giselle B.

Below, I have added a link to the Kat Scrappiness product I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this product. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products including the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products. 

Maria Giselle B.

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Simon Says Stamp Happy World Card Making Day #106

Ally's Angels: Challenge #62~Anything Goes

Halloween Swing Pop-Up Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. This is my first post as a Kat Scrappiness Creative Influencer. I am excited to be a part of the group. I hope you join me in this creative journey. 

I started off with die cutting the spider on black cardstock. I partially die cut the spider string to make it longer. I die cut two pieces of the spider to create dimension and stability to the string portion of the die cut. I strategically die cut the eyes of the spider on white cardstock. I applied embossing ink to the eyes. I poured Wow! Glow in the Dark embossing powder to the eyes, and heat set it. I applied a dot of black Enamel Accents to the eyes. I adhered the eyes by piecing this to the negative cut created by the die. I added Ranger Glossy Accents to the spider's limbs and poured black flocking powder for some texture.

I created the swing mechanism using two small circle die cuts. I sandwiched the end of the string die cut to two of the circles. I punched a circle on the center. This opening is bigger than the circle foam I used.  

I trimmed 4 pieces of 4 1/2" x 5 1/2" black cardstock. I used a rectangle die to create a window on these black panels. I adhered the dot foam on the top portion of one of the rectangular frames. The foam is positioned on the center of the hole of the circle swing mechanism. This is kept in place with another circle die cut adhered to the foam. 

I added detail to the front frame with the use of a full panel cover die from Li'l Inker Designs. To adhere this frame to the frame with the swinging spider, I added cardstock 'springs' to both sides of the frame. These cardstock 'springs' are pieces of cardstock cut 2" wide, and scored at 1/2", 1" and 1 1/2". The length does not matter as long as it is long enough to support whatever you want popped out. You will see the cardstock spring on the photo above.

For the sentiment, I adhered a washi tape to a white cardstock strip. I trimmed this and adhered it to the bottom portion of the rectangle window. 

For the back portion, I die cut the full shaped spider web on black cardstock and white parchment paper. I applied clear shimmer to the parchment paper. I adhered this to the black spider web die cut, slightly offsetting it. I applied glue to the tip of the spider web and adhered this to a frame with a with a smaller rectangle window compared to the rest of the other frames.

I adhered the other two frames to the back of the panel with the swing mechanism for dimension. I adhered the frame with the spider web to the back of this. I added a patterned paper to the back of the spider web. 

I adhered this to a top folding A2 notecard to make this into a card.

Thank you for viewing my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Enjoy the short video below showing the interactive feature of this card. 

I added below a link to the Kat Scrappiness product I used on this card. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this product. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products including the exclusive Kat Scrappiness products. 

 Maria Giselle B.

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Hero Arts Blog Challenge

Song and Movie Inspired Platform Greeting Card with Glow in the Dark

 

Hello! I created this interactive card to join in Lawn Fawn's latest challenge. I got my inspiration from two things:

1. Coldplay's song, A Sky Full of Stars. It became my favorite after I heard it sang by Johnny in the animated movie, Sing 2. Johnny, the ape, is my most favorite character in the movie. 
2. The animated movie Turning Red. I colored the image as a red panda. 

I worked on the back panel by die cutting a black cardstock using the Lawn Fawn Platform Pop-up Add-on die. I heat embossed the stars to this using the LF Upon A Star stamp set. I used the Misti Stamping Tool to repeatedly stamp on this panel. I embossed it three times, alternating with Wow! Neon Yellow and Glow in the Dark embossing powders. I added metallic colors to the background to achieve the galaxy look. I added gold to the inside of stars.

I die cut the platform using the LF Platform Pop-up die on a navy cardstock. Before assembling, I die cut some stars on the platform using a die from Ellen Hutson. I adhered a holographic paper to the back of the star openings. I proceeded in assembling the platform.

For the details, I die cut the grass on green cardstock. The grass die is part of the LF Platform Pop-up die set. I did partial die cutting of the grass on one of the green cardstocks so I can extend its length. 

I stamped the heart shaped galaxy of stars on black cardstock and embossed it the same way I did with the back panel. I also colored the inside of the stars using the same paint. I die cut this using the matching die. I die cut another extra which I will use as a backing. I adhered the stamped heart on a clear acetate. I adhered the extra heart die cut to the back for more stability. I adhered this to the back most tab. This heart also wobbles which adds another interactive feature to the card. 

I stamped the image on a white cardstock and colored it with Copic markers. I die cut this using the matching die. I die cut two more pieces and layered it for a raised look.

For the sentiment, I die cut a light gray cardstock using the stitched rectangle that comes with the die set. I did partial inking to create the sentiments. The words stars and you came from LF Lucky Stars stamp set. The remaining space is too small for my LF alphabet stamps so I typed the rest of the message. 

I created this into a card by adhering a thin strip of cardstock to the top of both rectangle die cuts to connect it. 

Below is a photo of the stars when it glows in the dark.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Halloween Class Giveaway

Hello! If you have been following me, you know that Halloween is a favorite occasion of mine. This is the first class party of my son and it has been a tradition to jazz up the way his treats are given. Unfortunately, my son is not allowed to bring these Halloween treats to school. I just found out about it after I have made all of it. I should have asked his teacher first before committing to this project. It's alright. He plans to hand it out to his friends that he will be seeing while trick or treating. 

I am using a file from Cricut Design Space called Cauldron Lollipop Holder. There are other amazing lollipop holder cut files but this is the one my son chose for this year's treat holder. My son chose Dumdums for his treat. A bag of Dumdums goes a long way and I did not want to keep the excess lollipops at home. After counting how much lollipops are in the bag and making my son do some math, we have come up with giving two lollipops per kid in his class, granting he will be giving it to them. Since the cut file is designed for a single lollipop, I customized the design to accommodate two lollipops through the window. Instead of a circle window, I used the contour feature to hide the circle. I cut the cauldron as a solid piece and used an oval die to cut the window. I could have edited the image in CDS, attached the oval shape to the cauldron, and had it cut by Cricut to save time.

I also added glow in the dark glitter to the bubbles. Yes, it is messy. Thanks to the Swiffer cloth, the glitter mess seems somewhat manageable. The glow is not as great since I think there is more glitter in the mix than the glow in the dark powder. 

To tie in with the color of the bubbles and to protect the lollipops from the glitter, I wrapped each lollipop with a light blue tissue paper. 

I sealed the cauldron with foam tape to keep the lollipops in place. I added a decorative tape to one of the lollipop sticks for some accent.

Thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you have a safe Halloween celebration. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Blog~Anything Goes #261

Sketch Inspired Slim Birthday Card With Shaker And Glow In The Dark

Hello! I am back home and this is my first card created in my craft room. I really missed this crafting corner of mine!

Anyway, while I was away, I had more time reading messages posted by others. One of them is a mom whose daughter turned 7 last October 13. I was not in town for her special day but I messaged her mom, that I can create a special customized card for her birthday but it will be late in delivery, if that is okay with her. She agreed to this so I asked for things that the birthday girl likes. After hearing back from her, I already have a plan on which stamp to use for her card.

Aside from person inspirations, I also look into blog challenges for another source of inspiration. I always join MFT challenges. I chose to participate in this one for this card since my focal image is an MFT product.

I stamped the girl image on Neenah Solar White cardstock. The image is from MFT BB Unicorns And Glitter stamp set. The other images I am using for this card are also from this stamp set. I colored the image with Copic markers. I fussy cut the image leaving a white border around it.

To follow the sketch, I die cut an oval opening on a cream cardstock cut at 3 1/2" x 8 1/2". I stamped rainbows on these cream panels using Hero Arts Soft Vanilla cardstock to create a tone on tone effect. 

I cut a pink cardstock at 3 1/2" x 8 1/2". This will be the back panel that will hold both cream die cut panels. I stamped the shooting stars stamps on this pink panel using Versamark ink. I poured Wow! Glow In The Dark embossing powder on the stamped images, then heat set it. 

To create the shaker element, I trimmed a scrap clear packaging large enough to cover the open space created by the cream cardstock panels. I adhered this to the pink cardstock panel using double adhesive tape. Before securing the last edge, I poured varied sequins into the pocket sleeve. 

For the strips on the sketch, I created a sentiment strip using the MFT Happy Birthday Circle Frame Die-namics. After die cutting, I trimmed the letters off from the circle frame and adhered the letters to a pink vellum strip. I also used pink glittered washi tapes for the rest of the strips. The solid pink glitter washi tape was adhered to scrap cardstock first before die cutting it with a stitched scalloped edge die. 

I added shimmer to the girl's dress and the letter die cuts using clear Wink of Stella. I used Sakura Black Glaze pen for the girl's eyes. I used Nuvo Mica Glitter pen for the unicorn's horn. 

Here is a short video showing the shaker and glow in the dark features of this card.

I was looking for the birthday girl's mom's post and came across with her birthday pictures. I saw that she was wearing the same hairband as the girl on the stamp. Coincidentally, the colors I chose for the girl's hair and the hairband flowers are similar to the birthday girl's hair and hairband. Isn't that amazing?

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B. 

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My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #16

Shaker Designs Challenge #11