Hi all! Today I'm sharing a card I made for September's Karen Burniston Pop it Ups Designer Challenge. This month's theme is Spooky September, so I decided to create a fun Halloween pop-up!
The paper I used is all from Echo Park's Chillingsworth collection. On the front of my card, I layered various papers, cutting the bottom piece with one of Karen's Agatha Edges dies. The center panel was stamped with a witch image from My Mind's Eye and cut using one of the label dies included in the Lorna Label Pop-Up collection.
Oooh, here's my spooky house! I love how it turned out. I thought quite a bit about how to make Karen's adorable Holiday House into a towering haunted house and I think I came up with a pretty easy way to get that look.
To make the center house panel, I folded my cardstock in half, placed the bottom of the house die just over the edge (so it won't cut through) and die cut my piece. After unfolding the house, I cut off the other pointed end and trimmed the house to fit. I did the same thing for the wings on either side of the house, but used the smaller portico die.
To give the house dimension, I added pop dots to the two skinny parts of the house, then adhered them to the pop-up. Speaking of which, I used the Lorna Label die which ends up being totally covered by my house, but leaves a little ledge in the front to hold up my fence. The fence was cut using Karen's House Pivot Card die. I trimmed the fence pieces out then covered them with ECD's black Silk Microfine Glitter.
To finish my card, I cut an orange panel using one of the coordinating label dies and then used the stitching die to highlight it. I added another panel and then my stamped sentiment, which is on the banner die that's included in the Lorna Label set.
I hope you're inspired to start your fall crafting! If you don't celebrate Halloween, you could easily adjust the colors and images to make a cute autumn house or get a head start on Christmas and make a pretty snow-covered cottage.
All the supplies I used can be found at Inspiration Emporium and Elizabeth Craft Designs. Remember, you can you my coupon code (at IE only) - stamptramp - to save 10% on your order.
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Thanks so much for stopping by today. I'll be back tomorrow with another fun card for Karen's challenge!
This is amazing ... Love your spooky house!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic doubled spooky house! I love the skull on the door & the sparkly fence too.
ReplyDeleteI love the patterned paper, this card is just awesome.
ReplyDeleteOMG ... Shelly + Karen+ Tim = Spook-tacular ! ! That paper rocks too ... "Chillingly Spooktacular" !!
ReplyDeleteThe pop up house is adorable in a spooky kind of way Shelly, the papers are fantastic too. You really are the Queen of 'cards in motion'!
ReplyDeleteShelly your spooky house is just amazing !! I adore the fab work and your creativity !!!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for sharing this !!
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This so Totally Rocks Shelly Love everything about it!!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic use of the holiday house die - Maryann
ReplyDeleteUh, just WOW!!! WOW, WOW, and WOW!! I love everything about this, but I may be a bit more partial to the glitter fence! That's a great touch!! XOXO-Shari T.
ReplyDeleteOkay. You are a genius. That's all there is to it. I LOVE the way you doubled up the house die to make this fantastic haunted house! I will definitely be keeping this technique in mind when using this die! =)
ReplyDeleteBOOtiful Shelly!! =)
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