This is a card idea I cased from Susan Campfield. The technique is "Missing in the Middle" card. The skeleton flap attaches to the top and bottom to create this fun card. I colored the ribbon with a Pumpkin Pie Blend and attached it with a Glue Dot. I stamped the bats as well as die-cut some to add to my card. I added Wink of Stella to his hat! I also added a Glow-in-the-Dark bat! Yes, the Glow-in-the-Dark Embellishments do what they say, they glow in the dark! Stampin' Up! also has Glow-in-the-Dark Specialty Paper but I didn't use it on my card. I die-cut the skeleton from the DSP called Them Bones, but there is a stamp that also stamps the skeleton, and you could emboss him, but I did the easy way.
Stamp
Sets: Bag of Bones, Tricks & Treats
Cardstock: Basic Black, Basic White, Them Bones DSP
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento, Pumpkin Pie Blend for
ribbon
Other: Stampin’ Cut and Emboss Machine, Paper
Trimmer, Bone Folder, Bag of Bones Dies, Multipurpose Liquid Glue, Black
Stampin’ Dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Black & Vanilla Ribbon. Glow-in-the
Dark Bats and Ghosts
1. The base of the card is Basic
Black cardstock cut at 4-1/4” x 7-1/4 and scored at 5-1/2. Use a Bone Folder to burnish the scored line.
2. The bottom panel is Basic
Black cardstock cut at 1-3/4” x 4-1/4” for the front of the card which is the
same size as the top panel. Set aside.
3. For the middle panel with
the skeleton, Basic Black cardstock is cut at 2-1/4” x 4-1/4”.
4. For the middle panel,
Basic White cardstock is cut at 2” x 4” for the second layer. The inside of the card is Basic White
cardstock cut at 4” x 5-1/4”. Glue inside and then on the right, ink up the
sentiment (Eat, Shriek, and Be Scary” with Tuxedo Black Memento ink (use the Basic
Black middle panel as a guide before it’s adhered to your card to make sure you
have enough room for the sentiment).
5. Die-cut one of the
skeletons from the Them Bones DSP with the Bag of Bones Dies. Adhere with Black Stampin’ Dimensionals
towards the bottom of the Basic White layer leaving room to stamp bats with
Tuxedo Black Memento.
6. Them Bones DSP is cut at
1-1/2” x 4 two times for the top and bottom panels in front.
7. Basic Black scraps for the
bats and hats using the Bag of Bones Dies.
8. Add two Stampin’
Dimensionals at the top and two at the bottom of the middle flap. Align bottom flap with bottom of card and adhere
the skeleton middle panel to the left of the card. Now your card is one piece but missing the
middle!
9. Add a bat from the
Glow-in-the Dark Bats & Ghosts Embellishments. Add Wink of Stella to the Basic Black top
hat.
10. On the inside, add “Happy
Halloween” and a dog or cat where it won’t show from the front.
11. Optional: Black and Vanilla ribbon can also be added
with coloring it with the Pumpkin Pie Blends and tie a knot and attach with a
Glue Dot.
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