Haunted House Card

Hello,

I created a Halloween based birthday card for a co-worker who loves Halloween. The card is made using a cascading fold which I learned to do here.

I used my silhouette cameo to cut all of the pieces. I attached the fence first and then started adding the bats and ghosts where I thought they looked good. I used acetate to hold them up so that they look like they are flying in the sky. The ghosts are made from clear vellum.

This is the card laying flat. The envelope had to be made pretty big to fit the whole card.

 The design and wording on the front was created with Silhouette Sketch Pens. I added a glittery black spider that I purchased from AC Moore.

The haunted house is attached to a tag that pulls out from the back. I stamped a simple happy birthday in the center.

I am entering these challenges with this card:

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Halloween
My Sheri Crafts - Creepy/Crawly
The Stamping Boutique - Halloween
Simply Create Too - Halloween
Aloha Friday Challenges - Halloween
Vintage Journey -Make It Spooky
Dragons Liar Designs Challenge -Boo
The Paper Girls - Halloween
Deep Ocean Challenge - Halloween
Crafting by Designs - Halloween
Creative Inspirations - Halloween
The Paper Shelter - Halloween
Delicious Doodles Challenge - Halloween
My Crafting Stories - Halloween
Scrap-Creations - Halloween
Crafty Gals Corner - Be Fa-BOO-lous

Thank you!
 Have a great day!!!!!!

~Hazel

Penguin Card

Hey,

I realized one of my co-workers, that I don't see too often because she is a sub where I work, has a birthday on Saturday. She absolutely loves penguins so I decided to make her this card:

 I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut out the pieces for the penguin. I embossed the stomach of the penguin to give him a little texture. I then layered the pieces and attached them to a blue background with a strip of white card stock as the snow. I put a white border around the whole scene and used a snowflake punch for the snowflakes at the top. I used a small dot of silver Stickles in the center of each snowflake to give them a little POP!

I put a simple Happy Birthday on the inside on white paper and attached it to a black rectangle to help it stand out a little. I added a small red flower gem to the upper left hand corner.

I am entering these challenges with this card:

Digi Choosday Crafting - Anything Goes
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
A Snowflake's Promise - Anything Goes/Seasons
Lemon Shortbread Challenge - Anything Goes
Doing Life - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Doors - Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting - Anything Goes
Achelois - Animal Magic
Cards Galore - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

~Hazel

Halloween Birthday Card

Hey everyone!

I have a co-worker whose birthday is the day before Halloween so I decided to make her a monster mash birthday card. I listened to the Monster Mash song and decided to make 4 of the monsters as well as a graveyard on the cover.

It was a graveyard smash:

I used a tag punch to make the gravestones. A grey stamp pad and my fingers to smudge on the gravestones and a sharpie to write RIP and the cracked lines. To make the sky background, I used watercolor paper and blue, black, and purple watercolors to make a night sky. I taped 2 of the gravestones to the background and used foam squares to make the other 2 pop. I then stamped 3 bats and heat embossed them.

On the inside of the card, I made a Happy Birthday sign that is hanging from the top of the card.

Then came the party guests!

IT'S ALIVE!!!

 I started with Frankenstein, drawing and cutting out his jacket and pants. Then his shirt and boots. I used a 1 1/2 inch circle punch for his head and a 1/4 inch circle punch for his ears. I draw and cut out the hair shape and then the hand shapes. The hands were the hardest for me. I always have trouble with hands. Then I attached him together and added the white rectangle paper at his neck for screws, googly eyes, and drew on a smile.

Next came Dracula:

 Again, I drew and cut each of the pieces other than the face, ears, and eyes which I used punches for.

The Ghost:

 The ghost was the easiest monster to make. I cut him out of clear vellum paper so he could be see through, added googly eyes, and a punched out black circle for his mouth.

Lastly, the Zombie:

 The zombie took me the longest to make. I drew and cut the pieces and then used a circle punch for the brain. I added squiggly lines to make it look like a brain and then made a slit in the hair to slide the brain in. I used a birthday cake stamp and then colored in the cake with markers.

Now for the Monster Mash Birthday Party: 

I made all of the monsters stand up when the card is opened. I did this by creating a floating floor, which I learned how to do here. There was a lot of space left in front of the monsters and I wanted to create a birthday message, so I made a rug for the floor, cutting out 2 ovals (one slightly bigger than the other) and stamping individual letters then punching them out with a small square punch, then using glue dots to attach them to the rug saying "Have a scary good birthday!"

My co-worker loved this card and I hope all of you do as well.

I am entering alllll these challenges with this card:

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes
Sassy Studio Designs - Halloween
Diana M Larson - Halloween
Milk Coffee Challenge - Halloween
Crafting By Designs - Halloween
Divas by Design - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions - Halloween
Penny's Challenges - Anything Goes
The Stamping Chef - Anything Goes
The Three Muses Challenge - Take Fright
Decorate to Celebrate - Anything Goes
Nut Crafters - Halloween
Scrappers Delight - Anything Goes/Halloween
The Crazy Challenge - Spooky Nights
Craft Your Passion - Trick or Treat, Give Me Something Good to Eat
My Sheri Crafts - Black Magic
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes
Open Minded Crafting Challenges - Halloween
Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Halloween
Scrap-Creations - Halloween
Stampotique Designers Challenge - Ghouls and Goblins
Crafts Galore Challenge - Anything Goes
Imagination Crafts - Anything Goes

Have a great day!

~Hazel

Riding Bike Card

Hi all,

I needed to make a card for my boyfriend's mother for her birthday. She started bike riding every day not too long ago and seems to really enjoy it, so I decided to make her a biking card.

I made the bike frame by drawing lines and using an exacto knife to cut the pieces out. I used circle punches and a circle cutter for the wheels, handle bars, and circles at the pedal. The wheels are put together using brads because I wanted them to spin.

I used white paint and a sponge to make the clouds.

Here it is:

 The bike moves up the hill and the wheels spin.

 I made the bike rather large so I needed a large card back. I used a full 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of card stock of the back. I needed to think of something to put on the inside.

 I used a candle stamp that I have and made a border on white card stock then colored the candles with colored pencils.Then a simple happy birthday stamp and a birthday hat were placed in the center of the card.

I am entering the following challenges with this card:
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Punch it Out (wheels, handles)
Crafts Galore Challenges - Make a Card
Imagination Crafts Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Lady Bug Crafts - Anything Goes
Sunshine Mail - Anything Goes
My Sheri Crafts - Birthday Celebrations
Crafting at the Weekend - Anything Goes
Little Claire's Designs - Birthday Card
Pile It On - Shiny (wheels)

Thank you for looking! Have a great day!

~Hazel

I-Pod Card

Hi everyone,

I am new to blogging as this is my first one.
After questioning a college friend about her favorites of every thing, I made a birthday card to look like an I-Pod. I measured the size of my I-Pod and made the card to be that size.

Her favorite thing to do is listen to music and her favorite color is light blue hence the blue I-Pod and the last song she listened to was Lady Antebellum's Need You Now.

So here it is:

I cut out the square with an exacto knife and hand wrote everything on the screen and on the large circle.

The inside was made using a happy birthday stamp that I embossed with blue embossing powder.

I am entering the following challenges with this card:
Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Punch it Out (I-Pod buttons: Circles)
Crafts Galore Challenges - Make a Card
Imagination Crafts Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Lady Bug Crafts - Anything Goes
Sunshine Mail - Anything Goes
My Sheri Crafts - Birthday Celebrations
Crafting at the Weekend - Anything Goes
Little Claire's Designs - Birthday Card
Stampotigue Designers Challenge  - One Stamp

Thanks for looking everyone! Enjoy your day!

~Hazel