Creature Feature Card

The new challenge over at Cricut Cardz Challenge is to make a Halloween card using the card feature on any cartridge and any colors you want. This is what I came up with.

I used the Mini Monsters Cricut Cartridge for my card and cut my ghost at 4 1/2". I then cut the main layers as well so could cover my card front. I stamped my sentiment in white and added some faux stitching with a white gel pen. Finally I sprayed the whole card front with some Glitter Dust spray to give it some glitz and glimmer. Sure hope you will join us for the challenge.

Halloween Wreath

Here is a Home Decor project I just finished up. It has taken quite awhile because I have been sick with a nasty cold that has knocked me flat. However this afternoon I decided I just had to do something for a few minutes besides sitting and sleeping.

I started with a plain black wreath that I picked up at Michael's. I found some spider lights at a local store and adhered them to my wreath. I cut a ghost, pumpkin, witches hat and the witches cauldron from the Mini Monsters cricut cartridge all at 3 1/2" I glittered up everything with glitter and added orange shadows cut from some DCWV orange glitter stock.  I then colored Popsicle sticks black with my Bic markers and hot glued them to the backs of each cut. I then added hot glue to the bottoms of the sticks and glued them to the wreath. I added a bow (which I am not very good at tying yet) with hot glue to the bottom of the wreath.  We are going to hang the wreath in our front window.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Cricut Cardz Challenge

Here is a card I made for the Cricut Cardz Challenge #44. The challenge was to make an S-Fold or Z-Fold Halloween card. My finish card size is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". My patterned papers are from the Cloud 9 Seasonal Paper stack that I picked up from Joann's a few weeks ago.

The bats were cut at 2" using the real dial size button on my Gyspy from the Paper Dolls Dress Up cartridge. I used my Gypsy to hide the faces so they wouldn't cut. Once cut, I ran them through my Xyron sticker maker upside down and applied black Martha Stewart flocking to them. I then added some orange heat set rhinestones with my Bedazzler heat tool. While it doesn't show up real well in the picture in person the eyes of the bats look as if they are glowing.

The pumpkin is from the Pumpkin Carvings cricut seasonal mini cartridge. I added one of the faces to the pumpkin and hid the outside square on my Gypsy. I added some yellow glitter to the eyes and green glitter to the stem.

The frog is from the Mini-Monsters Cricut cartridge and he was cut at 1 1/2". I inked around his edges with some moss green ink. Again, I added some black rhinestones for his eyes. The tag was cut at 2" X 3" and I rounded the corners. I inked the edges of the tag with the same moss green ink. the sentiment was stamped with embossing ink and embossed with some amethyst colored embossing powder. The sentiment and little witch are both from a Hero Arts Clear Halloween stamp set. Thanks for visiting. 

Frankie Card

Here is another Halloween card I made yesterday. The card base is a green Bazzill card stock 4 1/2" X 6". The orange mat is also Bazzill card stock and measures 4 1/4" X 5 3/4". The patterned paper is from the Cloud 9 Seasonal pack that I bought at Joann's. It measures 4" X 5 1/2". Frankie was cut from the Mini Monsters Cricut cartridge at 4" I cut all the layers but the eyes. I shadowed him in the same orange paper as the mat. I added some faux white stitched with my gel pen around the edge of the patterned paper to help it stand out a bit more. I embossed my sentiment with some black embossing powder. For some reason the lower half of the W and first E just wouldn't emboss well and most of the powder just blew off. In person the sentiment is very shiny and embossing it helped it to stand out on the card.

I find I am really enjoying the Mini Monsters cartridge. I was a little hesitant to get the cartridge because I wasn't sure how much I would use it. I have ideas for several other cards from this cartridge. I hope I can get them made soon. I need more time to craft and less time at work that would solve that problem. Thanks for visiting.

Halloween Banner

Here is the Halloween banner that I finished up this past weekend. The battery in my camera finally charged and I was able to take some pictures this afternoon after work. I had a blast making it. Thelarger bats are some I picked up from Michael's. The witches hat was cut from the Mini Monsters at 3 1/4". The scallop for BOO was cut at 3 1/4" from the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge. The circle was cut at 2 3/4" from the George and Basic Shapes cartridge. The letters for the word BOO were cut at  2 3/4" from the Lyrical Letters Cartridge using the Jumbo creative feature. I then embossed them with some black embossing powder. The small bats are from the Wild Card cartridge and then glittered. I added some tulle behind the letters and used the Martha Stewart Spider Web border punch for the strip across the top of each pendant that was cut from Chipboard. The patterned paper is from the Recollections Paper pad that I bought last year. The trims along the top of the pendants are also from Michaels Recollections trim collection.