Hello Crafty Friends and welcome! It's Designer Challenge time again and our theme this month is "Letter". For my card, I decided to use the Mailbox Pop-Up but turn it into a bloody Halloween card. I had my best friend in mind who just loves Halloween. Every year she dresses up and her costume and make up is always amazing! So I made this for her.
For this card, I started with a 5x7 side fold card. To make this, I cut a rectangle from heavy weight smooth black cardstock 5x7, then I cut a second rectangle 5x7.5. I scored this piece at 7in and then lined up the two pieces, keeping the fold on the inside of the card. I used Lineco Neutral pH adhesive in a fine tip bottle to glue the two pieces together. The fold will be covered up on the inside by the background.
Next, I created the two background pieces. I used Distress Oxide Ink in Twisted Citrine, Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness and Black Soot. I also created the moon using Tim Holtz Moon Mask Stencils. I splattered black ink on the backgrounds and set them aside to dry.
I started die cutting all my pieces from various Karen Burniston die cuts. These are all listed below. Once my background was dry, I began gluing down all the pieces. Including the Mailbox Pop-Up. I created the mailbox to look old and rusted. The letter looks old and I tried to make it look bloody.
I added the Mini Alphabet letters to create my sentiment. I used my Cricut to create the word "Bloody" which I cut from white cardstock and then used Copic markers to colour it in. Then I added Glossy Accents to it. Once dry, I added gloss lines using a size 10 Gelly Pen.
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