I started off with an idea from my dear friend, Paula. (Thank you, Paula) She and I met in Florida, but have lived close to one another in Illinois for a lot of time and didn't know it. She showed me a card in Cardmaker's magazine that she was making, and I liked it so much that I decided to do it too. Here is a page from the magazine that shows the directions to make the card:
So I bought the paper suggested and it was on sale. I also used some dimensional stickers I had purchased after Halloween last year (I will do this again, because I have used these goodies for the last 2 years). This first one uses pumpkins just like the magazine did. I added some extra stickers and a Martha spiderweb punch on the "belt" closusre:
 |
| Pumpkin card closed |
 |
| Pumpkin card open |
The next one, was made using skeletons for my older grandson. The top image is a sticker that changes when you move it. The papers were from the suggested paper package. I cut out the skull and cross bones and put crystal effects over them to give them more dimension. The bats for the "belt" to hold it closed were from a package of precut glittery shapes that were 12" long (again bought on sale last year):
 |
| Skeleton card closed |
 |
| Skeleton card open |
And the last one was for my only granddaughter, so I used a cute witch (she is pretty young, so I didn't want to scare her). All of the items I have added to the cards were from things picked up on sale last year:
 |
| Witch card closed |
 |
| Witch card open |
Here are all four cards (closed) together. I made 2 with pumpkins. They really look different even though I used the same layout:
I hope that you liked my versions of the card from Cardmaker's magazine. You should be able to find the magazine in stores like Michael's and JoAnn's
Hope you have a frightfully fun Halloween. Tomorrow I will post some cards that I made that are more basic and have very little stamping.
Sandy (Cheesy
