Miss Kate Cuttables Halloween Card Challenge and MORE!

This adorable Halloween card doubles as a Halloween decoration! It lays flat so it can be put in an envelope but you can stand it up and add a electronic tea light to make it a decoration.

This is the easel card with the light behind the card front.

This is the card folded down and ready to send.

This is the side view of the card with the added electronic tea light.

This card uses Miss Kate Cuttable's Halloween Witch Frame. I used the standard "easel card" instructions. (You can find them here at Splitcoaststampers.com)

• Cut out the file to fit the size card you are making. (I made a card 4.5 x 6 so my finished image was 5 inches. 
• I cut a base card from purple. (4.5 x 12) Score at 3 and 6 inches.
• Lay the image over the card base and trace inside the image. At the 3 inch fold, cut out the oval with a craft knife. This will be the bottom half of the witch image so you can see the tea light though. 

 

• Cut out 2 black mats at 4.25 x 5.75inches and 2 decorative papers at 4 x 5.5 inches. Layer them together.
• Lay the witch image on one set of papers and temporarily adhere it to front of card. 
• Turn the card over so you can see the back of the card front. Trace the cut out half circle and use craft knife to cut out that section. 
• Add some plastic between the mat and card base so the light will disperse a bit and shine better.
• Adhere the front to card base with plastic in the hole. Only add adhesive to the bottom half of the card base so it can fold. Add the image to the papers also.

•  I used the piece of paper I cut out of the back of the card and adhered it to the folded edge of paper of the card base so it wouldn't be purple showing though when the card was closed on top.
• Attach the inside papers to the inside of the card.
• Cut a black rectangle 1 x 3 inches and some purple an 1/8 of an inch smaller. This will be for your sentiment. I used one that would match my design. I also mounted it below the oval opening so it wouldn't show when the card was closed. 
• Attach with some foam adhesive. 

• You can stop here but I also wanted my card to stand up further. I added some faux enamel dots. This way, I can either have it on an angle or standing straight up with the battery operated tea light behind it. 

 

 Add your message in the blank space between the dots and the stamped sentiment or write on the back of the card.

Enjoy!
Thanks for stopping by! Until next time, Happy Crafting!!

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Miss Kate Cuttables Guest Designer Card Number 2

 This fun and easy shaker card was made with the Miss Kate Cuttables cut file Halloween Witch Shoe Frame. I will take you step by step and show you how to make this basic shaker card.
You will need a die cutting machine such as a Silhouette or Cricut to make this card.

Open up the file in your favorite editing program. I am using the Cameo 3 by Silhouette.

 Size the image to 4inches wide. If you keep the ratio locked, the length will adjust automatically. (aprox. 4.5 inches wide) Cut it out on black paper. 

Next weed or clean up the design and take it off the mat. You just made a die cut! Now you can use the die cut as is and mount it on a card or make a fun shaker like I did.

Cut a card that is 4.33 x 5.5 inches. Score at 4.25 and .125 or 1/8 inch to the left of your regular score. This is to allow room for the shaker and so the card folds correctly. Add the decorative paper to the front of your card and die cut a circle in the center. Use a 3.5 inch circle die. 

Glue the die cut image over the circle on the front of your card.(I did this step later but you should do it now.) Keep the edges of the circle behind the black border of the die cut. (I accidentally glued it on backwards, it really doesn't matter which way you glue it, it is reversible.)

Using some recycled plastic, glue a piece large enough to cover the hole on the INSIDE of the card as pictured below. 

Using some foam tape, begin to add tape around the circle in the inside of the card front over the hole. Keep the foam on the card and not on the hole itself. I wanted my items to shake around freely so I doubled up on my foam. I also went around the inside of my foam with a powder tool to remove any tackiness so my shaker pieces would not stick to the adhesive. 

 Now the fun part! Fill your shaker with all kinds of goodies. I used sequins, plastic balls and beads. You can use tiny punches, pearls, sand or any other tiny items you want to "shake" around in your card front.

Remove the backing from the foam and add a piece of 4.25 x 5.5 piece of cardstock. I used purple. Use a color to match your patterned paper.The shaker card is finished. Now to decorate the front a bit. I used a die cut sentiment and cut it several times from the purple paper and layered them together to give me a thick die cut word. I glued it on the lower right hand side of the card and I was finished.....

So I thought.....

I decided to play a bit more and added the shaker to a 5.5 x 8.5 inch card. I added some black paper for the base, a purple embossed piece for the second layer and some die cuts from Miss Kate Cuttables (Spiderweb Set). I used the card for my shaker element and added a few little pieces from the shaker for some color. For fun I added a spider with google eyes!

Hope you enjoyed all the ideas and die cuts from Miss Kate Cuttables!
Happy Crafting!

Jen from Jen's Crafty Place

Best Witches

 This card was cased from a card I saw on the internet but I don't remember where I saw it, sorry.

I used my Silhouette to cut the cauldron. The background was stamped with a Stampin' Up background stamp with versa mark on a purple background. I layered that on a green paper and put that on a basic black card base. Reminder, before you apply the green layer to the black base add twine. That way you don't see the twine from the inside of the card. (If you forget, use a craft knife to make a slit in the fold of the card and insert twine.) I stamped Best Wishes and cut to resemble a banner and inked the edges with green ink and applied to the corner with tape. 



 

 

To add some dimension to the brew, I used some glossy accents to resemble bubbles. There was very little inking on this card. A touch on the tag and some on the base of the cauldron. I used dimensional squares to attach it to the front of the card. 

 

 

I stamped the inside saying from a Stampin' Up stamp on some green card stock, added some twine and three faux enamel dots. The dots were made by melting down some Perler beads. Tapped the green decorated paper to the inside of the card and I was done!