Craftoween Rewind Card #5

 

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

I used more sets on this card than my previous card. It just shows the versatility of this kit.

This project reminds me of paper dolls. Below are the details on how I put each figure together. 

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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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Craftoween Rewind Card #4

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 my fourth card created in this series.

My prompt for this card is the Day #11 set which includes a haunted house detailed and solid dies. I usually do a web dive to get ideas for a card. A Leanin' Tree card, Spooktacular Wishes, inspired me to recreate it. I would like to give a shout out to the artist of the card, Lisa Perry. I love the purples and the hint of orange she used on her card.

I used four sets on this card. Below is the list of the sets and the dies I used on each set:

• Day #4-banner detailed and solid dies, pumpkin detailed and solid dies
• Day #8-ghost die, solid tombstone die, bat stirrer die
• Day #11-house detailed and solid dies
• Day #12-cauldron foam dies

I die cut the house on orange cardstock to make this into the base layer. I partially die cut the top portion of the house to include the top and main level roofs on black cardstock. After die cutting this portion, I made sure to keep the top window drop off. I fussy cut the roofs using the detailed lines cut by the die. I selectively cut the roof window on a light purple cardstock. I die cut the bottom part of the house on purple cardstock. I adhered the die cut pieces to the base layer being mindful of which one gets to be adhered first. It is a lot of work but I like it. I used a white gel pen to add the details to the windows.

I don't know how much time it took me to create this card since I was working on it in sequences adding elements to make the scene more playful.

The ghosts were cut on vellum. The moon was a left over die cut on white shimmer pearl cardstock. I cut a pumpkin orange patterned paper.

The small bat on the upper left from the Day #8 set is a drink stirrer when die cut. I cut off the straight part to come up with the bat.

I used the cauldron foam for clouds. I die cut this on pearl white cardstock.

The tombstone is paired with a detailed die with the word 'SIP'. I used a tombstone stamp to stamp RIP on the tombstone die cuts. I chose the same color of dye inks with the die cut for a tone on tone effect.

I added a crucifix detail to two of the tombstones. The die I used for this is from my stash which also includes the die I used for the tree. I partially die cut the cross and adhered the tip to the back of the tombstone die cut.

I added a strip of purple cardstock to ground the house.

I die cut a black cardstock using a stitched landscape die from Lawn Fawn. I added details to this piece with some embossing. I used a snowfall stencil from Simon Says Stamp. I pounced Versamark ink on the holes to transfer the clear sticky ink to the black cardstock. I poured clear embossing powder to the sticky ink then heat embossed this.

I blended Tim Holtz Black ink to the edges of the purple cardstock panel. My ink pad is running dry. I will need a reinker at some point. 

I arranged the scene and took a photo of it to give me an idea of piece placement when I adhere it permanently to the cardstock panel with liquid glue. 

I was not going to add a sentiment but somehow the black ground seemed empty. I bravely stamped the sentiment using white pigment ink then poured white embossing powder to this. I carefully heat set the powder since I don't want to flatten the dot embossing on the landscape and also as not to warp the die cuts.

This is one very engaging project. I rarely create something like this because of all the cutting and gluing involved but I enjoyed bringing this to life, adding more details as I work through it. 

I hope you like today's card. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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Craftoween Rewind Card #3

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am doing a cardmaking series using the Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween which was released last year. This is the third card I created in this series. 

For today's card, I used dies from Days #2, #9 and #12. The crow is from Day #2 set. The Halloween treat basket and the cauldron accent is from Day #9. The cauldron is from Day #12. 

I die cut the crow without using its accessories. I die cut the crow's beak and tallons on orange patterned paper. The crow's beak has a score line that I partially cut through which I slid the handle of the Halloween treat basket. This made it look like the crow's beak is holding the treat basket.

Day #2 set has the crow stepping on a skull. I substituted the skull with a cauldron from Day #12 set. I die cut this on an embossed dark brown vellum from my stash. The other cauldron pieces were cut on brown cardstock. Instead of the witch's legs which is part of the cauldron set, I die cut the piece that serves as the backing of the witch's legs and made this into the cauldron's feet. I adhered this to the back of the cauldron with just a little bit showing. I added highlights to the cauldron feet and the cauldron ring holder using a black Wink of Stella.

The cauldron die made a curved impression on the left side which to me looked like a highlight. I am not sure if there is a die that cuts this piece since I can't find it in this set. I looked at the other sets and found a similar shaped die in the Day #9 set. I die cut this on brown cardstock but I decided to color it with black Wink of Stella. 

I die cut the cauldron foam on several green cardstocks. I added extra pieces to create some depth. I die cut the stick and bone on white cardstock. I double this to make it sturdy. For the striped stick, I colored the impressions created by the die with a red-orange pen. I don't think there is a die for these accents.

I die cut the frame on Hollographic cardstock using a die from Altenew. I embossed this die cut using the matching die. This is my first time to use thes matching die and embossing folder and the result is very impressive. I hope you can appreciate its beauty on the photos. 

I die cut an oval window on a purple cardstock using a die. I adhered a webbed patterned paper on the back to cover the oval window. I adhered the frame to the window. I adhered the crow and the cauldron.

I splattered black mica ink on the purple panel. In the process, I made a blob that made me cringe. I covered this with a sentiment stamped and embossed on vellum. This sentiment is part of the stamp set included in the box. I fussy cut the sentiment leaving a small border around it. Now, I can't see the blob anymore which made me happy.

The width of the purple panel is 1/2" short of the width of an A2 sized card. I trimmed strips of gray cardstock and ran this through a crimper. (Yeah, I still am holding on to my crimper.) I adhered this to the back of the purple panel on the sides to make the panel 4 1/4" wide. I trimmed off the excess. 

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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Craftoween Rewind Card #2

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I am doing a cardmaking series using the Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween which was released last year. This is the second card in this cardmaking series. Please click the 'older post' button at the end to go to the first card post if you are interested. 

I used dies from Day #10 of the kit. I created a floral bunch using the floral die included in this set. The skull face is supposed to be the center of the flower. I substituted this with an oval die cut.

I die cut the flowers and the oval centers on three different colored cardstocks. The ovals were cut on darker cardstock. I stamped the ovals using the same color dye inks for a tone on tone effect. The stamps I used are from an old My Mind's Eye Halloween stamp set.

I die cut a mason jar mug on white cardstock using a die from My Favorite Things. I die cut the skeleton face and the eyes on white cardstock. I inked the mug with gray ink to add some depth. I adhered the skeleton face die cut to the mug.

I die cut the stems on a green cardstock. I die cut the bat wing leaves on green and gray cardstock. 

This panel fits an A2 size card. I had to make it into this size to accomodate the flowers. 

I trimmed a plaid patterned paper at 4 1/4" x 6". I used a die to add the torn edge on the sides. I adhered this to a 4 1/2" x 6 1/4" gray gardstock. I adhered the mug then arranged the flowers and stams to create the floral bunch. I zhushed the ends of the flower and the leaves. 

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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Craftoween Rewind Card #1

 

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Do you remember last year's Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween? I won this as a giveaway last year post-Halloween. I was able to create a Christmas themed card last year using one of the dies (A Crow for Christmas Card). Now that Halloween is upon us, my prompt is to create Halloween cards using products from this box. Initially, I was aiming for 13 cards but the demands of life got in the way. I will try to create as my time permits.

For today's card, I used the skull mug die from Day #8 of the Halloween box. 

I die cut the mug on different colored cardstocks, cutting one on a lighter shade and the other one on a darker shade. This set came with a die that will cut the ripples of the drink that can be adhered to the mug. I used this die to cut the mug opening on the lighter shade mug die cut. I matched the die with the indention created by the mug die. There is a chance that it might not match but on my card, this was hardly noticeable since it was covered by the mug on top of it.

I adhered the dark colored mug to the back of the mug with the opening. 

I die cut the eyes and nose on black mirrored cardstock. I adhered this to the mugs. There are indentions created as a guide where to adhere these pieces. 

I stacked the mugs on top of each other.

I stamped a text background on a kraft cardstock cut at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I trimmed a brown patterned paper. I adhered the mugs to this wide strip of patterned paper. I adhered this to the kraft cardstock. I stamped the sentiment on top of the text background using dark brown dye ink. This stamp is a part of the Craftoween Box. 

I hope you like today's card. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day! Please come back to my blog for another Craftoween Rewind card.

Maria Giselle B.

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Binding Project for a Retiree

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project is a retirement gift. My co-worker, Lea Anne, is very nice to hand out retirement cards for our work group to fill up for Jill, the retiree. I volunteered to bound the cards and jazz it up to make it more special.

I used the We R Makers Multi Cinch Binding Machine to punch the holes. I don't have Cinch Binding Wires. I only have the Zutter brand. Although the Zutter binding wires thread through the holes, it is not compatible with the Cinch machine when it comes to pressing the binding wires. Good thing, I still have my Zutter Binding Machine to press the wires.

I stamped a Honey Bee Stamps floral background stamp on the back of the cards and the inner cover of the book. I heat embossed this image on the front with gold embossing powder. You might notice on the photo that mybinding is not perfect. The wires got messed up after I attempted to use it on the Cinch.

I die cut the letters to spell out the retiree's name using dies from Spellbinders. It is a stitching die so I added stitching to the holes. I used DMC Variegated floss for the stitching. I substituted the teetles of the letters j and i with flowers from My Favorite Things. The recipient loves to garden so this will tie in with the floral stamped background. 

I hope you like today's project. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!

Maria Giselle B.

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A Crow For Christmas Card

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I won a give away at @valleyoakpaper IG page. The prize I got was a Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween which I received the week of Halloween. Lots of good Halloween die images to create in this package. Since I rarely create Halloween cards, I challenged myself to use something from the package and make it Christmas themed. I chose the crow die set for this challenge.

I did a web research if it is possible to feature the crow on a Christmas card. Surprisingly, I can. I die cut the layers of the crow. The die set sleeve was helpful in making me plan the colors of the crow layers. I changed the colors of the beak, wing, hat trim, bow, monocle and claws. 

 

I die cut the beak and wing on dark gray cardstock. I blended black ink to the right side of these die cuts.

I die cut the hat trim and bow on red pearl cardstock.

I die cut the monocle on gold mirror cardstock. I punched a circle on a transparency. This circle is large enough to fit the monocle. 

I die cut the claws on mustard cardstock.

I outlined the brow of the crow and added a dot to the eye using a white gel pen.

I added the leaves which I trimmed from a wreath die cut. This was die cut on green glitter paper. I added a red gem to the center of the leaves.

The tree is a Tim Holtz tree ephemera. I added green glitter gel to the tips of the tree and a bit on the center. My glitter gel dried up after not using it for almost a year. I spritz water to it until the gel loosened enough to spread it. I used a micro tip applicator to apply the glitter gel to the tree. I set this aside to allow the glue to dry.

The frame is also from same Tim Holtz ephemera pack. I lightly blended ink to the outer edges of the frame.

I die cut a brown cardstock using a Lawn Fawn banner die. I spelled out the message using a Lawn Fawn Milo's ABC stamp set. It took a while to put the message together since some of the letter stamps will fall on its side or move. I used the negative cut of the banner to position the letters. Thankfully, none of the letters fell off after I inked the letters while it was attached to the acrylic block. I stamped the letters using red dye ink. It would have been better if I was able to emboss it but I did not want to push it since putting the letters together took a lot of effort.

I die cut a gray patterned paper using a stitched die. I adhered the ephemera to the panel. I adhered the bird to the banner, and adhered this to the panel with foam tape.

What do you think? Will the crow pass for a Christmas creature? 

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

Maria Giselle B.

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Assorted Birthday Cards for Janice

Hello! Welcome back to my blog. I was commissioned by a friend, Janice, to create cards for her grown up children. I have created cards for her husband and her daughter before but never for her sons. Time to put on my creating cap!

One of Janice's sons loves to travel so I thought of this design. I used a Hero Arts cover plate die on this card.

To create this look, I embossed the die on watercolor paper. To do this technique, I substituted the bottom cutting plate with an embossing mat. I added a cardstock as an additional shim to put more pressure on the paper. I painted the watercolor paper using the embossing as a guide where to paint.

I tried a paint that I recently bought, the Boku-Undo E-Sumi Shadow Black Watercolor Palette, on this card. It is a paint used for monotone paintings. The black stands out although I noticed difference in shades between the colors on the palette. With this being a birthday card, it needs more happy colors but I don't want to go away from the monotone since this is a masculine card. So what I did is add Tim Holtz Distress Sprays on a mixing palette. I muted this with water then mixed a small amount of Boku-Undo. I mixed the colors accordingly. 

I die cut the cover plate on holographic paper. I adhered this to the watercolored panel. I trimmed off the excess.

For the sentiment, I selectively die cut the sky portion of the cover plate on blue vellum. I treated the vellum with anti-static powder. I stamped the sentiment using Versaefine Onyx Black ink. I poured clear embossing powder over it then heat set it. I used a Sticker Maker to add adhesive to the back of the vellum then pieced this in to the die cut. 

I adhered this to a side folding note card.

For the second card, Janice mentioned her other son loves cars. I was going to create a truck card only to find out that her son has a car, not a truck. Good thing, I have this Spellbinders die set which I recently bought at Checkered Cottage. 

Like any die that I am not familiar with and since the packaging does not say much, I searched the internet on how to use this die set. There is a video on what this die set cuts and how to assemble it but after using this die set myself, I think there should be recommendations on what color of paper to use for each die so as to achieve the 3D look. I plan to create another card using this die. I want to see if I can recreate this car more easily being my second time to use it. I plan to write notes this time and share it here.

To create this into a card, I die cut a large diamond on black cardstock. I embossed this using a chevron embossing folder. I lightly swiped a white pigment ink over the embossing to make the dotted details pop out. 

I die cut the letters using a Lawn Fawn die set. I die cut this on black and white glitter papers. I adhered the black alphabet die cuts to the back of the glittered alphabet die cuts slightly offsetting it to achieve a shadow effect. I adhered the letters to the embossed diamond.

I die cut a glossy light blue paper with a Mama Elephant stitched rectangle die. The blue paper has some diamond design on it giving it a retro look. I adhered the elements of the card to this panel. It took a lot of adhesive to make the die cuts adhere to the shiny blue paper. Somehow, the blue paper repels the glue.

The last card is for Janice's daughter. It might look familiar to you if you follow my blog. This is not a new card. I created this last June for BPM. Janice showed a photo of this card to her daughter. Her daughter liked it so I saved this card for her.

When I created this card, it did not have a sentiment on it. To customize it, I added a sentiment by die cutting the word happy using a die from Hero Arts. I swiped a Lisa Horton Interference Ink on a white cardstock. I heat set this to dry. I die cut this twice, the second one being on black cardstock. I adhered the black sentiment die cut behind the other die cut slightly offsetting it for a shadow effect.

For the second part of the sentiment, I treated a black cardstock with an anti-static powder. I stamped the Altenew sentiment on the black cardstock with Versamark ink. I poured white embossing powder to it then heat set it. I die cut this using a sentiment strip die from Avery Elle. 

I adhered the sentiment strip to the sentiment die cut. I adhered the sentiments to the flower panel. I adhered this to a side folding A2 notecard. I was tempted to add a gem to the flower center but went against it to keep the card simple. 

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

Maria Giselle B.

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A Mother's Day Gift

Hello! Happy Mother's Day! I am celebrating this day with a project made for two co-worker moms of mine. I hope you like it.

This project was supposed to be a part of a DT project but the colors are not matching so I decided to work on my DT project later and went ahead to finish this project. After all, I have been itching to sew for a while.

The pretty foiled patterned paper is from Spellbinders. I trimmed this based on the size of the stitched scallop rectangle die from Pretty Pink Posh. This paper is very light weight. I won't be able to support any stitching on it. I adhered a cream cardstock behind it to make this paper thicker.

I used The Stamp Market Stitched Alphabet dies to die cut the stitching holes. Initially, I was planning to stich on the patterned paper directly but I tear one of the papers when I was peeling off the tape that kept the letter dies in place. I die cut the letters again on the cream cardstock this time to cover the poked holes on the patterned paper. I cut the letters using a craft knife. 

I used a DMC embroidery floss and a DMC metallic threat do add cross stitching to the poked holes. I adhered this on the patterned paper.

I die cut a total of 6 pieces of the scalloped frame. I adhered 3 pieces on top of each other, stacking it for dimension. I adhered this on the patterned paper.

I used a Stampin Up rubber stamp to spell out the names of the recipients. I stamped the letters using  Wow! embossing pad then poured Wow! gold embossing powder over it. I heat set this. I punched the letters using the square punch included in the stamp set.

I adhered the letters underneath the stitched letter. 

I die cut 6 pieces of the scalloped frame. I adhered 3 pieces on top of each other, stacking it for some dimension. I adhered this on the patterned paper panel. 

I adhered a cream cardstock on the back to cover the stitching. I trimmed off any excess.

I used a die from The Stamp Market Scalloped Frame die for the easel. I die cut 6 pieces total. I trimmed the tabs off on 4 the easels. I adhered 2 of these pieces on the tabbed easel piece. I repeated this on the rest of the easel die cuts. I applied glue to the tab. I aligned the triangle/arrow tip of the easel to the bottom corner of the frame, then pressed the glued tab to the back of the panel. I set this aside to dry. 

I adhered the mini circles included in the die cutting to mimic the screws of the easel.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day! Celebrating all the mothers out there. Yay!

Maria Giselle B.