Witchy Spinner Card by Dori Mendiola

Happy Thursday AI Friends!

Halloween is almost here so I wanted to get one more card in before the witching hour.  😃

This one was created using the #5506 - Peek a Boo set.  This set has the cutest little characters plus an interactive window along with dies for each.  Such a cute fun set!  Several other sets were used to create the final card so make sure to check out the links below.

I started by stamping the images onto copic friendly paper and coloring with my copic markers listed below.  After coloring, I die cut each of the images out with their corresponding dies. 

To make the interactive spinner card:  I first cut a black A2 size card base.  I layered a piece of patterned paper (web pattern from the #5849 Halloween S2 PP) onto the front of the card base.  Then I cut a circle out of the front of the A2 card base (I used the #5064 Double Stitched Circle dies).  Keep this inner circle for later.  For the inside, cut a 5 3/8 x 8 3/8" piece of black card stock.  Score and fold at 2 7/8, 5, 6 1/4 (valley, mtn, mtn).  Flip this piece over and adhere the 2 7/8 to the inside right of the A2 card base leaving a slight border.  Fold it down onto itself and place glue on the left fold side.  Hold it in place and bring the front over to close onto the fold.  It should fit right into the score of the A2 card base.  For the last step - take the inner circle from before, and with the card shut, place glue onto the right half of the inside folded piece.  Fit the inner circle back into place over the glue on the right side.  Your spinner action is now working when you open the card.

 

  The witch is popped up on top of a rosette.  This can be created by taking a 12" x 1" strip of patterned paper.  Score and fold at every 1/4 inch.  Glue the ends together.  Cut two circles (1/2" and a 1" approx.) out of scrap paper.  Gather your rosette into a circle and glue the small one to the top of the rosette.   Place glue onto the larger circle and carefully slide the rosette onto that circle to glue to the bottom.  Hold until both are adhered nicely.  Glue the witch to the top side of your rosette. 

As for the spider webs, I die cut two from the #5769 Halloween FB Fence set and cut one in half and half again to create the corner edges.  I took the other web die cut and used the circle die to cut a portion to place on the outside circle edge.  

Hope you have a wonderful day.

Keep creating!

Copics used: C00, C1, C3, C5, C7 

E00, E01, E11, E21, E23, E25, E53, E55, E57

R20, Y17, Y19

YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18

V06, V09

Frog Slider Card

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

Today I have a fun Halloween interactive card for you.  I love frogs and so when I saw this Front & Back stamp set - #5778 Frog Costume, I knew I had to have him.  Soooooo cute!!  This card is really very easy to put together and no special dies are needed.   

I first stamped my images with Mememto black ink onto copic friendly paper and then I colored with my copic markers listed below.  I die cut each with the corresponding dies.

To create the interactive card:  Start with a base panel (I used black cardstock) cut 4 1/4" by 5 1/2".  Place a pull tab to the right side before layering a patterned piece on top of the base.  Die cut a rectangle or square out of this panel, wherever you'd like your slider to be (center, closer to top, etc.)  Your base panel is ready.  

Now for the mechanism slider piece:  Die cut a piece of cardstock (again, I used black) with the larger corresponding die (best to use two sizes up).  If you don't have a corresponding larger die, you can use your cutter, just add 1/2" more to the sides (for example, panel cut is 2 1/2" x 2 3/4", then cut a 3" x 3 1/4").  Score this piece at 1/2" (down long end) and fold towards you (see Pic 1).  Now take your original die (the one used for the base panel) and place it along the non-folded edge leaving a 1/4" frame on top and bottom (see Pic 1).  Tape down and mark the mid point on top and bottom.  You need to do partial cutting to just past that point.  After cutting, you should have a folded edge on the right and two tabs (one on top and one on bottom on opposite side (see Pic 2).  Line up this panel piece to the left, under the opening on your base panel, so that 1/2 of this panel will fit through the opening (see Pic 3).  Hold onto the right side and test to make sure the piece comes through the window.  Place glue onto the B tabs and adhere to the back of the base panel.  Place glue to the backside of the A tab and glue to your A2 base card.  ONLY adhere this tab to your card base.  At this point, you should be able to pull on the pull tab and your slider should work.  You may need to pull the slider and enforce the A fold to make it move more freely.

Pic 1                                                Pic 2                                                                       Pic 3

I hope you try out this fun card for yourself.  Once you make one, you'll want to make many more.  You can rotate the opening to be on the top or the left as well, just rotate you mechanism piece.

Have a wonderful day!

Keep crafting!

Copics used:  E000, E00, E01, E11, E21, E23, E25

YR12, YR14, YR16

YG21, YG23, YG35

C1, R20, G24

Halloween Mesh

Happy Thursday AI Friends!

 My card for the "Not Just Paper" challenge is a fun Halloween card featuring the #5934 Spooky Crew stamp set.  I don't usually decorate for Halloween, but Bonnie makes the cutest Halloween stamp sets that it's very hard to resist creating a card or project.  I made a fun-fold decoration using specialty halloween spider web mesh (from the dollar store) as the background.  You can easily turn it into a card by just adding another layer to the back.  This can fold flat and fit nicely into an A2 size envelope.

To create the fun fold, cut an A2 top folding card base out of black cardstock.  Cut another piece of black cardstock 4 1/4" x 6" and score at 1", 3 1/4" and 5 1/2".  Fold this piece on the score marks as a valley, mountain and valley. 

To create the background, cut a 6" x 6" piece of the spider web mesh and a corresponding 6" x 6" piece of iron on fusible webbing (which I found at my dollar store).  Iron the fusible webbing onto the mesh.  Let cool and peel the backing off.  Then iron onto a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of black cardstock.  To save your iron, take a piece of parchment paper and fold in half.  Place your mesh and webbing in between the parchment paper and then iron the parchment paper vs. directly onto the mesh or webbing.  

Before adhering the background to the inside of your A2 base, do two things.  1) Adhere the pattern piece to the front of the A2 base and cut the window with the 5062 Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Die.  2) Take your fun fold piece and glue the 1" fold piece onto the bottom on the back side of the A2 top fold base.  Adhere your background to the back side of your top fold base.  Add another piece of pattern paper (striped paper) to the front of the bottom fold.

I stamped the images onto copic friendly paper and colored with copic markers listed below.  I die cut the images with the corresponding dies that are included in the stamp sets.  I then adhered the front 1/2" fold piece to the back bottom of the front A2 card base.  Your project is now ready to decorate with the images that you have colored and cut.  I layered these images and placed the spiders throughout, placing some on the web background.  I tied a black string bow and placed a glow in the dark enamel dot in the middle of the bow. 

I hope my project inspires you to join in the current challenge - "Not Just Paper".  

Have a great day and keep creating!!

Copics used:  W0, W3, W5, R20, 

V15, V17

E21, E23, E25, E27, 

Y15, Y17

YG21, YG23, YG25, 

YR14, YR16, YR18

Happy Halloween

 The two-week challenge at Art Impressions is "Stencils or Mask".  This was a fun challenge for making backgrounds.  Especially at Halloween since my go to is to mask a moon for a night sky.  Always love the way this turns out, slightly different every time.

I used the witch, pumpkin and sentiment from the Art Impressions Peek A Boo stamp set as well as used several dies from various other Art Impressions sets - Fence dies and a couple bat dies from two other AI stamp sets.  The haunted tree die was from my stash.  I used a circle die to create the moon mask and inked my background with distress oxide inks then removed the mask and used mustard seed distress oxide ink for the moon, leaving a little of the white to create a glow.  I also spattered diluted white paint over the whole background.  I die cut two fences and pieced them together to create a wider fence.  The witch and pumpkin were stamped on cryogen white cardstock and colored with copic markers then cut out with the corresponding dies that come with the set.  I also die cut both images with heavy cardstock and glued to the colored image for more stability.  I popped the pumpkin up with foam tape and put the witch on a wobble.  

I love making Halloween cards, hope you do too!  

Going Batty

 This two week challenge at Art Impressions is "Going Batty" so I used the Bat Flutter stamp set from Art Impressions.  This makes the cutest Halloween card.  It is interactive - when you pull the tab, the wings on the bat flutter.   Soooo cute!!  I also used the Art Impressions double stitched rounded rectangle die, the bat dies from the AI Quivery Mini Shaker set and the sentiment from AI The Old Bat set.  

The background was made utilizing distress oxide inks and a splatter of water.  Soooo easy to make any background using these inks.  So, if you don't have the perfect match patterned paper, no worries, ink up your background and you're good to go.  

This was a fun card to make and so cute to play with.  Hope you enjoy this card and try out the Art Impressions flutter stamp sets.  

Halloween Fright Night

For this weeks Art Impressions challenge - Handmade Holidays - I am featuring the Art Impressions Quivery Mini Shakers.   This stamp set include dies for the pig and duck to make them pop up or wobble for a fun interactive halloween card.  It also includes dies for the bats, a spider and a pumpkin.  The fence dies are sold separately.  I created the background using distress oxide inks and a spritz of water which was a new technique for me.  I had a great time creating this one.

As with all of the AI stamps, I love the expressions on the character's faces.  Priceless! and so darn cute. 

Hope you enjoy my card!  Have a happy day!