Craft Roulette #138 Card

 

Hello crafty friends, 
     here's my 65th submission to Craft Roulette, Episode #138:

Another FUNN set of parameters this week.  The project called for Window card and initially I thought of die cutting a window into my card, but dismissed that idea quickly.  Instead I searched my dies for a window (Poppystamps Cottage Window) and die cut three of them to create Fall shaker windows for a slimline (4.75x8) card.  I inked the insides of my shaker windows with yellow and red.  Starting with the yellow at the bottom and the red at the top and them blending them in the middle.  I filled the shaker windows with a mix if gold and copper leaves.  I finished the shaker windows with small twig wreath die (3 circles).  The last step before adhering the shaker windows was coloring my card base, which I did with a light shade of purple (+1). 

 

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TOB - Aug Challenge

 

Hello crafty friends,

Welcome to a new month at the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge, which runs from the 2nd to the 28th of the month and the theme is always Halloween... ANYTHING related to Halloween!  

The skeletons I used on my card aren't as scary as those on the mood board.  They are fun and like to party, so I put them into a shaker card with lots (probably a little too much) sequin.  I used a purple watercolor pattern paper for the background, the largest of the woodgrain rectangle frame dies by Hero Arts and some skeleton dies.  

Here's this month's mood board for additional inspiration... Hope to see your card soon. 

Challenge ends on the 28th, winner will be announced on the 1st on the month before the start on the new challenge.  For a full list of all the rules please visit Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge home page.  unit next time... take care.

 

TOB - April Mid Month Challenge Reminder

 Hello crafty friends,

Welcome to this month's challenge reminder post.   Have you started working on a card?  If yes, GREAT!  If no, WHAT are you waiting for?  We want to see your Halloween creations.   Below is another card I created with this month's mood board color neon green as inspiration. 

I used the left bottom balloon stamp with Twisted Citron Distress Oxide on vellum for my three balloons.  I fussy cut them and hand drew the balloon strings. 

Challenge ends on the 28th, winner will be announced on the 1st on the month before the start on the new challenge.  For a full list of all the rules please visit Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge home page.  unit next time... take care.

TOB - April Challenge

 Hello crafty friends,

Welcome to a new month's challenge here at the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge, which runs from the 2nd to the 28th of the month and the theme is always Halloween... ANYTHING related to Halloween!  

I have two cards for you today...

The stamps I used are older MFT ones (Which way is the candy, Spooky Sentiments) that are probably both retired by now (sorry), but they are still some of my favorites.  I create both a standard A2 and 4"x8" slim card.  I used this month's mood board color of neon green by way of Hero Arts' Neon Ombre Chartreuse to Blue ink pad for all my green background stamping.  The A2 card has a vellum panel over the stamped background to tone down the stamped background.  

On the slim card I created a flat shaker window.  Basically I took a piece of acetate and folded it... making sure to score it well since the folded side would be the right edge of the card.  Using strong double sided tape, I sealed the two of the three open sides of the folded acetate.  I added sequins and sealed that last open side.  Next I glued the acetate behind the card front panel cut out window.  The flat shaker sequins move a little when shaken, but not on their own.  

Challenge ends on the 28th, winner will be announced on the 1st on the month before the start on the new challenge.  For a full list of all the rules please visit Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge home page.  unit next time... take care.

TOB - We're Backkk

 Hello crafty friends,

Sorry, I just couldn't help but quote a similar movie phase. The Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge, is back with a March Challenge that runs from the 2nd to the 28th of the month. Remember, the theme is always Halloween... ANYTHING related to Halloween!

For example, my card is Halloween, but not scary at all... I'm an equal opportune Halloween fan, loving both the scary and the cute and everything in-between.

This is a slim card measuring 8x3.80 inches.  The three pumpkins are stamped onto a Strathmore 
Mix Media paper die cut panel.  I'm going to use colors to refer the pumpkins, but I didn't actually color them until later. 

I stamped the orange pumpkin first, elongating it a bit to make it taller. I masked the top of it and stamped the green pumpkin, stretching it wider this time. Again, I masked the top part and stamped the yellow pumpkin, also elongating it taller.  Next I fussy cute the inside of the green and the yellow pumpkins.  I added the extra stamped elements (the scene inside the orange pumpkin) and watercolored the panel.  Once dry, I covered the shaker windows with acetate and added foam tape around the two pumpkins so that I could fill them each with different colors of sequins. I backed the shaker windows with an orange pattern paper and attached the panel to the front of my card.   

I didn't use this month's mood board for this card, but here is it for additional inspiration: 

Challenge ends on the 28th, winner will be announced on the 1st on the month before the start on the new challenge.  For a full list of all the rules please visit Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge home page.  unit next time... take care.

DRU - Pine Forest

  Hello crafty friends,  

Mary back with three cards showcasing the Aspen & Pine Forest die by Impression Obsession and a couple of other dies.   

Starting with this first card, on which I used the die to create a shaker element.  

I die cut the panel from 110lb white card stock which I covered with score tape first, so that I would be able to attached it to it blue background pattern paper easily, which I did.  I also die cut the top part of the panel (trees) from green card stock and trimmed away the non birch trees.  This die cut also was backed with score tape, so it was super easy to cover the white birch trees w/the greens ones adding interest to my background. Next I added two layers of foam tape around the frame of the die

I added my "snow" mixture and die cut the "frame" to top my shaker from silver glitter paper... tip:  to save glitter paper I fuzzy cut the center of the glitter paper since I didn't need it when die cutting the die this time.  I only needed the border/frame.  I fuzzy cut anything that wasn't the frame. 

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On card 2 I used the same technic trees, only this time I left the birch trees white and covered the "pine" trees with a second layer of green card stock.  I backed the Cute Rudolph by Frantic Stamper with white card stock. 

For card 3, I wanted to see if I could make the Aspen & Pine Forest die work on a slim card. 

I started by die cutting the panel twice from green card stock.  Using my card panel for size reference I looked for a place I could join the two die cuts without it looking weird and trimmed the excess off.  I ended up getting rid of the bottom parts of the die realizing I should have used white card stock (snow).

I backed the die cuts with blue pattern paper and using a white gel pen painted some of the trees white.  I inked the bottom of the "ground" with white distress ink.  The "Winter Cheer" is from a Penny Black die set that unfortunately is not currently available, but the Joyful Winter set is.  The cute house and sleigh is an unmounted stamp from Purple Onion Designs by Stacey Yacula.  

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