The bats were die cut from black cardstock and their eyes from white. Used the Pierced and Stitched Circle dies to die cut a moon mask from masking paper and the spiral pop-up piece from acetate. For the background, adhered the moon mask to a white 5.5x8.5-inch panel, then ink blended Wilted Violet and Black Soot distress inks (DI). Flicked on water and blot with a paper towel for some texture. Scored the panel in half and glued it to the inside of a black A2 size card base. Trimmed off the overhang and adhered the spiral inside then attached the colony of bats to it.
To keep the card closed, a belly band was created. The background here was done by ink blending Milled Lavender and Wilted Violet DI over the It’s Cloudy stencil. Splattered it with diluted black gouache paint. The branch is from Tree Assortment. The sentiment is the Poof! word altered and flipped. It was die cut from white glitter paper and black card stock to offset for a drop shadow. And that is it for my card.
Here are some samples from the design team.
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I'm not a Halloween fun, but love little bats. I have a small colony in the wall space under my house, and sometime one or two go to sleep behind my blinds. They are cute and helpful as they eat a lot of mosquitoes! :D
ReplyDeleteYour pop up card is absolutely AMAZING!!! Such great WOW factor is the spiral of little bats! Love also the belly band with the circle and the touch of glitter!
I want your brain! So clever!
ReplyDeleteHoly smokes, this is outstanding!!
ReplyDeleteWow, fabulously fun Halloween scene, don't forget to enter it at our Two Old Bats Halloween challenge too!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining our challenge at The Sisterhood!
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Ooh, what a perfect Halloween card, Trina! It's sure to startle the recipient to have those bats flying out at them! A brilliant idea!
ReplyDeleteWow! What an amazing card! I saw it over at Die Cut Divas and had to take a closer look! It's brilliant! It would be a great addition to the gallery over at the Creative Creases challenge blog, too. At Creative Creases, it's always ATG with a fun fold card. Here's a link if you'd like to participate: https://secretstamper.com/2023/08/anything-goes-with-a-fun-fold-for-creative-creases-64/
ReplyDeletesuch a fun Halloween card with all your bats flying out :)
ReplyDeleteAWESOME! LOVE your card Trina! xx
ReplyDeleteVery spooky!
ReplyDeleteGreat fun card with your bats flying out from the middle, a perfect Halloween make!
Thanks so much for sharing with us at TIOT!
Love this, thank you for sharing your awesome card with us at Two Old Bats!!
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So clever with the pop-up bats, Trina - love this!! So glad you shared at Die Cut Divas!!
ReplyDeleteI love the purples you used to create the background and a bunch of bats do the trick of making the card look spooky. Love it. So glad you could join our challenge at Die Cut Divas this month.
ReplyDeleteWOW WOW and WOW! I LOVE your card. Thanks for joining our August Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card and belly band, Trina. Love your color choices and all of those bats!! Who knew bats could be adorable!! Thanks for playing along with our August Challenge over on the Let's Craft & Create Blog! Cathy DT -LC&C Blog
ReplyDeleteWow a spooktacular pop-up card!! Thanks for joining in our August challenge at Die Cut Divas.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great Halloween fun fold card! Love those cute little bats!! Thank you for playing with Creative Creases Challenge, and I hope you can join us again soon. We really appreciate your support!
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OMG ... this is outstanding! YOU GO GIRL!!! Love it! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Sisterhood of Crafters & Two Old Bats challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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WOW! Love those spooky cute flying bats. I have to try this! Thank you for entering Creative Creases #64. Hope to see you again soon.
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This is so creative!! Congrats on the well deserved win at Two Old Bats! Can't wait to see your other Whimsy Halloween makes!
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