Halloween cards for the grands...

 

I had fun making five cards like this one for my granddaughters. The ghost die-cut is on an action wobble, so a little flick and it flutters! The bat is another die-cut with popped up wings. The sentiment was stamped and popped up, as well.

This is the inside of the card. The DSP (it's lightweight, like copy paper) was cut at 5 1/4" X 12" and scored at 3", 4", 5", 6", 7", 8" and 9". I lightly folded it on the score lines, but I did not burnish the folds--not yet.

I added double-sided tape to the backside of the left three inches and glued it down, making sure there was 1/8" of black on the top, left and bottom.

Then I added double-sided tape to the back of the right three inches and carefully added it to the right side of the card base. 

When that was done, I closed the card and firmly pressed down on the area over the accordion folds. The folds will adjust slightly so that the card easily opens and closes.

When that was done, I decorated the inside with stamped sentiments and die-cut bats and ghosts. The white panel on the right measures 2 1/2" X 5".

Another example of a card for a granddaughter.

And the inside.

This one is for one of the boys. The little pumpkin and the sentiment are popped up with foam tape. The background is an embossed panel that has been lightly inked using white ink and a finger dauber .

And there were pumpkins and speech bubbles for the skeletons inside!

Another card for one of the boys.

The design on the left was on the DSP. It was a little long and ran onto the first accordion fold, but I thought that was OK.

Also, the orange was light enough that I decided it did not need a white panel on the right. I stamped the sentiment directly onto the DSP and will be able to write a brief note and sign our names there, as well.

These were so fun to make and a great way to use up some of that thin DSP. They offer a nice surprise when they're opened, too. 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl