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 - Happy Heart Day

 Hello crafty friends,

Mary back with another Valentine's Day card, but even if you don't celebrate Valentine's Day, you will find tons of use for this big Happy Heart Collage die by Memory Box.  I made it the focus of my A2 card front.  

Note:  the rays didn't completely fit the heart shape, but I made do with what I had on hand.  Looking though the store, I think the Shifter Rays stencil by Tim Holtz I would have worked, because the center of the stencil is smaller than the heart, so as long as I centered the stencil in the middle of the heart on my card front, the rays would align perfectly.  The stencil I used was 12x12 and the center was bigger than the heart, which is why the rays didn't align. 

Not counting the issue of the stenciled rays, this was a super easy card to make.  Die cutting the heart from the front of the card was a no-brainer.  On the inside I used a gnome w/a heart from my stash making sure to align him, so that his heart could be seem through the Happy Heart Collage's opening. 

In order to avoid bleeding through my inside card panel, I stamped my gnome on a separate piece of paper (mixed media) and fussy cut him out.  Lawn Fawn has a ton of cute critters stamp/dies that would be perfect for the inside of this card.

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DRU - Valentine's Day Cards

 Hello crafty friends,

I'm back with two fun and easy Valentine's Day cards that use the same two die sets, but one is gear towards a guy and the other towards a gal. 

Lets start with the guy card first...  If you study the card you will realize that the only thing that makes it a "guy" card are the mustaches in the background.  I created the panel with the mustaches with an embossing folder, which I first inked lite tan.  The other dies used are Poppystamps' Stitched Envelope and Cheery Lynn's Sweetheart Candy, which are currently not available in the store, but Lawn Fawn has these Candy Hearts which will work just as well.

Note:  I would have preferred to go portrait instead of landscape on this card, but didn't want to mess with a seam the embossing folder would create.  I feel like the card is missing something under the envelope... if I had this in my stash I would have used it IO Burlap die.

The second card... started with a pink pattern paper and an XOXO embossing folder as my card's background.  I used two Stitched Envelope by Poppystamps inking them with the same pink I used on the Cheery Lynn's Sweetheart Candies. 

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DRU - More HAPPY New Year Cards

 Hello crafty friends,

Since we're still in January and I feel it's totally exactable to wish people "HAPPY NEW YEAR" throughout the month of January, I'm back with two more "HAPPY NEW YEAR" cards today. 

For the above card I used Grand Hour Glass die by Poppystamps and the Roman Clock by Frantic Stamper.  The Roman Clock is not currently available, but the IO Clock Face die is.  

I started by die cutting the clock and using it as a stencil over my card front.  Next, I die cut the body of the hour glass to create my shaker window.  I backed the window with acetate and added tiny gun metal and black star sequins.  I also added a hand written "HAPPY NEW YEAR" message inside the hour glass shaker.  Once my shaker card front was attached to my card, I glue sections of the inked clock to the card, overlapping the hour glass in some places.

I stayed with hour glass theme, this time using the Small Hour Glass by Poppystamps and the Happy Happy Happy by Frantic Stamper. 

I created five small hour glass shakers and top the card with the Happy Happy Happy sentiment.  

On the inside of both cards I used the Happy New Year die from Merry Christmas set by Impression Obsession.  I also created a stencil from the Grand Hour Glass to ink both cards.

Here's a side by side of the Grand Hour Glass and the Small Hour Glass dies.
 

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DRU - Happy 2021

 Hello crafty friends,

I hope everyone had a nice end to 2020.  

For my first Design Team card for 2021 I wanted to make a Happy New Year card, but my go to Happy New Year die by Impression Obsession wasn't going to give my the look I wanted, which was a block style stand alone "happy" that I could cover the front of the card with.  

I ended up using the "happy" from the Happy Mother's Day die by Impression Obsession, it wasn't exactly want I wanted, but close enough.  I colored several pieces of scrap mixed media paper and die cut it my happies. I die cut a circle opening to show my stamped inside card image (Newton Celebrates)  

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DRU - Christmas Sweater

 Hello crafty friends,

I've been on a hunt for Christmas sweaters/sweatshirts for the family the last few days, so I decide to make a card with a few paper sweaters.  Thinking these would make really cute package tags also.

I used this fun die set from Elizabeth Craft Designs called Winter Sweater and some small print pattern paper to die cut three sweaters for my slim card.  I die cut the hanger, sweater trims and reindeer all from white card stock and colored them with Distress ink.  I also inked the card background with Distress ink and spayed it with glimmer mist.

Update:  The Winter Sweater by ECD is not currently available, but Frantic Stamper has this Cozy Sweater and they have another die set with Sweater Icons.

On the inside of the card, I used "Season's Greetings" word dies from the Christmas Stitched Words by Impression Obsession.     

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DRU - Crystal Fir

 Hello crafty friends,

Mary back with this fast and fun card...

The Ice Crystal Fir tree by Tutti Designs is delicate, but is substantial enough to be the focal point on a standard A2 card.   On my card, I die cut it from white card stock and glued it over green plaid pattern paper.  I placed the tree to the right, so that I could fit the MERRY word die from the Christmas Stitched Words by Impression Obsession.   

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