Boo! set of 5 Halloween themed mini cards - Day 281 of my 365 day challenge

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Boo! set of 5 Halloween themed mini cards - 
Day 281 of my 365 day challenge

 Hi Craft addicts!

 Today's project is a set of 5 Hallowe'en themed mini cards that I have hand painted and then used various die-cuts for the main focal points. They would make great invitations or cards to send to school friends!


How I made these cards:-

  • I first of all cut out all of the die cuts - 4 in Lynda Chapman's black card and one in white card - The spider is from the Hallowe'en collection from Paper Boutique (from Creative Crafting World) and the others are from Sweet Dixie.
  • I then used various colours of Tim Holtz's Distress Oxide Inks and coloured the front of 5 mini (3in) cards making sure that the back and inside didn't get coloured too! 
  • I wanted the cards to be bright so that the silhouettes would work well and when I had done the blue one (top right hand corner) realised that a white topper would work better.
  • I stuck all the toppers on to the front of the cards using a PVA glue and then stuck the BOO! sentiment on too. I used the fine liner pen to add some dots to the white one.
  • When I had stuck the spider down, I then used a black fine liner pen to add a line to suggest it was coming down from a web..
  • With the Witch's hat, I didn't think the BOO would work so took the Trick and Treat sentiment label and coloured the edges with a red Distress ink and stuck it to the left of the hat.

And there you are - a homemade/handmade set of cards/invitations/gift tags that were made using only a few products but are fun and quirky for Hallowe'en.

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Products and items you may need to make this project
  • 3" white mini cards with envelopes (from Craftwork Cards)
  • Spider Die from Paper Boutique 
  • Ghost, BOO! and Witch's hat from Sweet Dixie Hallowe'en sets
  • Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn and others
  • Black Fine Liner pen
  • Black card stock - Lynda Chapman's World of Paper
  • White card
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue or Connect glue from Gina K
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