Halloween pop-up card

It's Halloween week, and we can't celebrate Halloween without a haunted house.

Here is a pop-up card I made using the new Cricut Artfully Sent cartridge.

I cut the images out of p. 44.
The grey liner is cut at 7 3/4" using the "Pop-up" "Shift" keys.  I stuck a piece of Canary yellow behind the moon before sticking it down to a colonial base cut out at 8" using the "Pop-up" key.

The haunted house is cut at 3" using the "Icon" key. Glued scraps of canary behind the windows.
The spooky tree is cut at 2 3/4" using the "Icon" and "Shift" keys.

Supplies
Cardstock: Whisper, Black, Canary
Stamp set: August 2014 SOTM
Ink: Thistle

Thanks for visiting. I love getting your comments and feedback. Be sure to leave a comment below.

à bientôt,
Dominique

Halloween bag toppers - You've been ghosted !

Do you know this tradition? Some places call it "boo-ing", others call it "ghosting" or being "ghosted".
The idea is the week before Halloween, you make up a bag of candy/treats, kids go over to a friend's or neighbour's house, secretly leave the bag behind from the "Phantom Ghost", ring the bell and run! It's a cute little game and the kids love it.

See below for the full poem.

I saw the Challenge Me Monday... Challenge #234 Halloween Projects so I made these bag toppers for the bags of candy.

Both toppers were cut using the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge, on p.25. The "card" image was cut out at 4 1/2" real dial size, and scored into two.

Bag toppers

On the left
Before scoring, run the piece of purple Gypsy through the BigKick using the CTMH woodgrain embossing folder for texture. Stamp the pumpkin image from the August of SOTM onto a Daisy White cardstock circle, distress in thistle ink and stick it to a scalloped circle in Sunset orange cardstock.

On the right
The topper on the right was made using the Scaredy Cat paper. The label was cut from the Cricut Artiste cartridge on p.33 at 1". The stamp set used is the super versatile Holiday Tags. The label was stamped in Gypsy purple and the sentiment in Slate grey ink.

When the toppers were ready - We slid pipe cleaners inside and created a loop so they could hang off doorknobs. We stapled the topper to the bag of  halloween candy and to the poem.

Here is the poem in case you want to make your own

               BOO !

YOU HAVE BEEN GHOSTED !

The Phantom Ghost has come to town

To leave some goodies… I see you’ve found.

If you wish to make this a happier fall…

Continue this greeting, this phantom call.

First, post this Ghost where it can be seen,

And leave it there until Halloween.

This will scare other Phantoms who may visit,

Be sure to participate, you don’t want to miss it !

Second, fill 2 bags with candy and treats.

And make 2 copies of this GHOSTING sheet.

Deliver them to two neighbours, try to stay calm.

Don’t let them see you, be sneaky no doubt…

And make sure they put their Phantom Ghost out !!

Next you have only one day to act, so be quick !

Leave it at doors where the Phantom hasn’t hit.

Deliver at a time when no one is home…

Stay out of sight… for it adds to the fun.

And last, but not least, come join in the season.

Don’t worry, be happy, you need no good reason.

This is all in good fun and we are just trying to say…  

HAPPY HALLOWEEN & HAVE A GREAT DAY !!

  

à bientôt,
Dominique

Color Dare #116 - Thistle and Sunset

This week at Color My Heart Challenge Blog, the Color Dare #116  is Thistle and Sunset - two of the colours featured in the Scaredy Cat paper pack.

I was invited over to give a Halloween-themed workshop on the weekend and was asked to make it "cheerful". That was a challenge - but these colours and the Scaredy Cat paper is perfect for that!

So we made this card.

Scaredy Cat Pumpkin

For the front

I stamped the pumpkin stamp from the August of SOTM onto a Colonial paper circle, distressed in thistle ink and put on a scalloped circle in Sunset. Underneath, I put the zip strip with bats from the Scaredy Cat paper across. I then matted a rectangular piece of Scaredy Cat paper onto Thistle. 

à bientôt,
Dominique

Everything ABC's Blog Hop - letter V

Welcome to the Everything ABC's Blog Hop!

For this hop we are featuring the letter V. This may be the name of a paper, a stamp set, an embellishment or a style. Whatever the crafter has chosen as their V element will be featured in their post.

If you came from Catherine Nowak at Catscrapbooking  then you're on the right track!
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I confess that the letter V is not an easy letter to use for inspiration. I came up with VINTAGE.
So I took this vintage clock stamp set available for purchase by hostesses, and used a VARIETY of brown tones to give a sepia feel - just like in old photos. I used colonial, cashmere, champagne and chocolate cardstocks. But then I added some gears and a face to the clock and made an easel card for something different.   

Easel Card

And here is what the card looks like open

Inside

To make the base
Colonial White: 10 1/2" x 4 1/4", score at 5 1/4" and at 7.7/8"
Yuletide patterned paper: 2 5/8" x 4 1/4"
Bronze shimmer tape: 4 1/4"
Cricut Artiste: Gears cut out of Cashmere
Sentiments stamped in chocolate

In fact I made a set of these cards as part of a swap with other local CTMH consultants.

Swap-ready

To make the front
Chocolate mat 5 1/4" x 4 1/4"
Colonial 5"x 4", embossed with quaterfoil folder
Cricut Artiste: Clock base, clock face, clock hands and gear
Stamp mustache and eyeglasses
Bronze shimmer trim at edge 5 1/4"

TIP

Swipe you ink pad across the embossing folder before running it through the machine for added dimension.

Use liquid glass in the spectacles, it will dry clear gloss - helps makes it look more realistic.

Side view

Here is a side view to show you that I popped up the mustache after fussy cutting it out. I used the CTMH gold metallic marker to colour in one of the gears so it would look metallic.

TIP
Pop up the gears to give the card front something to rest on.

Thanks for visiting. I love getting your comments and feedback. Be sure to leave a comment below before you move on in the hop!

Your next stop on our Everything ABC'S blog Hop is Lauren Moore of CTMH Craftings. In case you get lost along the way, go to Linda's blog ~ Scrappy Therapy for a complete list of participants!

And don't forget
Friends don't let friends craft alone.
à bientôt,
Dominique