Let's Craft and Create Challenge #224: Anything Goes or Things with Wings...

 

Happy October, Happy Fall and Happy Halloween! I hope your autumn weather has been as beautiful as ours has been in Minnesota. The warm sunshine, gentle breezes and beautifully changing trees make it hard to stay inside and craft. But I have still managed to create a card for this month's challenge at Let's Craft and Create.

I started this card by cutting an angled card base that was 11" long by 3" on the left side and 5 1/2" on the right side. I marked these two points and then cut the cardstock at an angle between them. This actually results in two card bases the same size.

With the straight side against the top of my scoreboard and the narrow end on the left, I scored my cardbase at 3" and 6 3/4". Then I turned the piece so that the straight long edge was at the bottom, and I burnished a mountain fold at the first score and a valley fold at the second score. That finished my card base.

I had a wonderful sheet of masculine 12" X 12" DSP that I thought would work perfectly for this card. I began by cutting a 2 3/4" piece with the mallard duck on it. I angle-cut this piece to fit the first panel. I continued by cutting pieces for the back of the middle panel (because it shows when the card is closed) and also for the two other inside panels.

The sentiment was stamped and die-cut with a stitched oval die. Only the bottom half was glued to the small, front panel.

This is how the card looks when opened:

For my center panel, I cut a white angled panel to fit, stamped the sentiment, and then fussy cut part of the lake scene and glued it onto the bottom. I really liked how it looked when I was done.

As you can see in the left and right panels above, I have two "things with wings" that make this card appropriate for this month's option. 

I hope you'll join in our challenge. You certainly don't have to make a project with wings; you can enter under the "anything goes" banner. And if you decide to play along, just add a photo of your project here at the end of the post. Be sure to link your photo so we can leave a comment.

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

Cheryl