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Friday, October 12, 2012

Halloween Card, Rattle Your Bones!

Hi Everyone! This is Maria from Stamp, Cut, Create!
I hope you are having a great Friday! For today's project I'm sharing a cute Halloween card I made for my grandson. He loves everything I create for him with the Cricut, and he especially enjoys making things with me. He calls my craft room my Making room! Anyway, on to the card.
I started with a piece of white card stock cut 5 1/4" by 4" then covered it diagonally with coordinating strips of washi tape. I left the pieces long then folded the ends over the edges of the card stock for a clean, finished look.
 I then mounted this on a piece of black 5 1/2" by 4 1/4" card stock. The green mat is from Elegant Edges and is cut at 3.75" from a scrap of Bo Bunny paper. The edges were inked with Walnut Stain Distress ink by Ranger. It was adhered to the card with liquid glue. The phrase is from the A Frightful Affair cartridge, cut at 2.96" out  of orange glitter paper from DCWV. The original image has a skull on it, but I used the Gypsy's hide contour feature to cut only the words. The little skeleton is from the Trick or Treat cartridge and is cut at 3.70". My little trick for gluing all those small pieces is to pour a little puddle of glue out (I have a small plastic lid that I use for that) then use tweezers to pick up the small piece, dip lightly in the glue, then place on the bigger piece. I finished him off by adding some google eyes. For added fun, I used an Action Wobble to attach the skeleton to the card. It was actually a little too big but I was able to trim off some of the edges so it wouldn't be seen from the front.
Here's my attempt at a shot of the Action Wobble in motion! Once the card was complete I realized that I almost completely covered the washi tape background. Oh well, I still like the look of it!
That's my project for this month, hope you enjoy it! Have a great weekend, and as always, thanks for stopping by!
Maria
Cricut Info & Supplies Used:
Designed by: Maria Jones
Cartridges Used: Trick or Treat, A Frightful Affair, Elegant Edges
Cricut Machines Used: Cricut Expression, Gypsy
Other Supplies Used: Queen and Co. Trendy Tape, printed paper by Bo Bunny, White card stock by Georgia Pacific, Ranger Distress ink, Walnut Stain, craft supply: google eyes, 6mm, Action Wobble, Scotch quick drying Tacky Glue, ATG

24 comments:

  1. Maria -

    This is a fabulous card!

    Thank you for the wonderful tips and techniques with the washi tape and gluing small pieces.

    Your colors, patterns, and design are perfect. Love the glitter letters and the skeleton has real character.

    Your card is wonderful, the techniques are terrific, and your "Making Room" sounds like a truly magical place.

    Great work!

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  2. This is just adorable! Love the Washi tape, the action wobble and the skeleton as they make a perfect combination.

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  3. Great card! Love the use of washi tape-very cool! And the action wobble is perfect for that little guy!

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  4. So cute...love your background! Lee-Ann :)

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  5. Isn't it terrible when we work so hard on making the background fabulous...only to end up covering it up???!! Great card...thanks for the inspiration to give the action wobbles a try!

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  6. Isn't it terrible when we work so hard on making the background fabulous...only to end up covering it up???!! Great card...thanks for the inspiration to give the action wobbles a try!

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  7. This turned out so dang cute ! And I love the fact you used a washi tape background :)

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    1. You definitely inspired me! I hadn't used washi tape until your make and take. Now I'm afraid I'm hooked!

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  8. OMG!! I love your card, the colors are so bright! Awesome job

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  9. This card is fantastic! I love the Washi tape background and the wobbly skeleton. I love the sparkly greeting on it! Perfect for a Halloween Treat!

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  10. Way to cool!! I like the use of Washi tape and the skeleton with the action wobbles.

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  11. How fun! Great use of Washi tape and I love the action wobble! I love that he calls your crafty space you 'making room'. That is so sweet!

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  12. Great card. Halloween is my favorite time to scrap. Love the washi tape and skeleton with the action wobble. Your grandson is going to love this card!

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  13. Love it! Love washi tape! You've inspired me to use it differently!

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  14. Cute card! I'm sure your grandson will love it! I really like how you used the washi tape too.

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  15. Maria, I can't believe you made a background with Washi tape. So cool. The card is just too cute. Love the skeleton trick or treater.

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  16. I need to get me some washi tape - that's a great card!

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  17. I LOVE that washi tape background!! :)

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  18. What a cute (I mean scary) skeleton. Love that he's on an action wobble. One day I'll have to try those out. The background looks great too. Love all the halloween colors.

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  19. What a cute and fun card!

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  20. So cute! This cartridge is definitely on my wish list!

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  21. This tickled my funny bone! Cute!

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  22. Adorable love the washi tape and the action wobble. Great card.

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