Saturday, October 24, 2015

Monstrous Birthday Card

My nephew is turning 10 years old in a few days! It's hard to believe he's going to be in the double digits already! I made this card for him with a Halloween theme since his birthday is so close to Halloween.
I started with the cute trio of monsters. These were digis I chose from Gerda Steiner Designs when I won last month's freebie progressive challenge drawing. Gerda very generously allowed me to choose any 3 digis or digi sets from her online collection, and these guys caught my eye. These are my kind of monsters! Not scary, just cute!
I imported the digis to my Silhouette Design Studio software and got busy sizing them and arranging them. They came as 3 little monsters in a row, so I had to erase the octopus-looking creature from the first set and then erase the other 2 monsters from the second set I added to my virtual mat. After that, I just needed to decide where to place the "octopus" behind the other two. I think this arrangement worked out well.
After arranging the monster trio, I got to work on the sentiment. I chose "Scary Halloween" font for the lettering. I made it orange and turned off the cut lines since I wanted to print it and die cut it instead of having each letter cut out individually on my Silhouette. I printed everything out and colored the monsters with Copic and MEXPY markers.
I used a 5X7 inch white card blank for my card base and then trimmed some black cardstock as a mat. I embossed some green cardstock with a 5X7 Cuttlebug folder and trimmed it to fit the black mat. Then I die cut the sentiment using Spellbinders Labels 33 and the image using Spellbinders Decorative Labels 25. I distressed the edges of the die cuts with a little orange ink and adhered the sentiment to the corner using a candy-shaped eyelet and my Crop-A-Dile tool. I adhered the image with foam squares to pop it up. The mat layers were adhered with glue tape.
I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
WordArt Wednesdays - W,5E , scriptural word art freebie offered each week - #206 - Anything Goes
  • Scrapy Land Challenges -1st and #3rd Wed of Month, Must use a die sold by Scrapy Land - #28 Embossing (heat or dry) PLUS Use Any Brand of Die Scrapy Land Sales
  • Inky Chicks W, 3E, cards & altered items - #59 - Halloween (Week 1)
Crafty Chicks - W- #269 Happy Halloween
  • Cards 4 Galz -W, E3 - #4 CAS
  • Craft Rocket Challenges 2W, E3 - Spooky

  • 4 Crafty Girls Creations 2W, E3 Always Anything Goes
  • Crop Stop Linky Party
    http://www.cropstop.com/blog/
    • Hanna & Friends - 2W, cute/stamped/person/animal (W1 of 2) - #233 Halloween
    Gerda Steiner Share Your designs
    http://gerdasteinerdesigns.com/share-your-work/
  • Moving along with the Times - 2W, E3 (W2 of 2) Halloween
  • Sassy Studio Designs - W, SIO: #304 Colour, Black with Orange Green or Purple


  • Star Stampz Challenge - 2W, E3 SIO - (W1 of 2) Halloween
  • Brown SugarW, E2 - No. 169 - Anything Goes
  • Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - 2W, 3E - No. 102 - (W2 of 2) - Halloween
  • Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - W, 3ENo. 249 - Halloween
  • Crafting-With-Friends - 2W, 3E - (W1 of 2) Always Anything Goes

    • Crafty Catz - W, 3E #298 - Monsters - spooky or cute




  • 48 comments:

    1. This is just monstrously fun! Glad you were able to join us at Get Creative Challenges!

      Camille - Design Team Member

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    2. Love your cute little monsters. TFS and joining us at Jo's for Funday Friday

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    3. What a super cute card!! Love the fun monster images!! Thanks for joining us at DCD this week!
      Gerda
      http://cardscreations.blogspot.com

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    4. A fun card. I love the embossed background to compliment the image. Thanks for joining Aud Sentiments challenge. Elaine

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    5. Fabulous card, so cute too, thanks for joining us at MAWTT. xxxx

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    6. Spooky spooks Glad you shared at Craft Rocket Challenges......Lis DT

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    7. Cute card.
      Hope your nephew likes it.
      Thank you for joining us at Allsorts this week :)
      AnyOldCraft (DT)

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    8. Fab embossing on the background, Carrie, and I love the monsters. :-D It's wonderful to see you playing along in our Halloween challenge at QKR Stampede this week. Good luck and come play again, won't you?
      NanaConnie DT

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    9. A FABulous Fun image! LOving your colours too. Thank you so much for joining us this week at QKR Stampede.
      Chrissyxx

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    10. Great card, Thanks for joining us at Brown Sugar this week for our "Anything Goes" challenge.

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    11. Adorable monsters and I am sure he is going to love his birthday card! Thanks for playing along with us in the Monster challenge at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

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    12. Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at Cardz 4 Galz, good luck!!! Amy DT

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    13. Super cute!!! Thank you for joining us at MWLW, good luck!!! Amy DT

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    14. I love your fun monsters and the great sentiment

      Thanks for playing along at Cardz 4 Galz this week x

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    15. Cute card. Thanks for joining our Monster Mash challenge at Lacy Sunshine. Good luck.
      Kitty DT

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    16. Super adorable monster card!
      Thanks for joining Brown Sugar Challenge!
      Anna Dt

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    17. such a fun card .Thank you for joining us at Aud Sentiments challenge good luck Ginny ♥

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    18. Very cute and fun card! Thanks for playing along at Eureka! Stamps Halloween Challenge. Lisa DT

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    19. Happy Birthday to your nephew, Carrie! Darling card! Thanks for joining us in the Scrapy Land Challenge! Hope to see your pretty projects again.
      happiness and hugs,
      de
      {Creative Smiles}

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    20. Those monsters makes me smile...Thanks for joining Brown Sugar Challenge~

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    21. Oh this is so cute and definitely not scary! Thanks for playing along with us at OSAAT. We would love to see you again. Good luck. Christine DT x

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    22. Fabulous and fun card thank you for joining us over on Morgans Art World Challenge Blog
      Dianne x
      MAW CT

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    23. Lovely card! Thank you for joining us at Stampartpapel Retarte#63

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    24. Great job love the card, Could you please change the link to 4 Crafty Chicks and there is another blog with the other name you have there please. Thanks for playing our Halloween Challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.

      Cheers,
      Leanne 4CC DT

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    25. Really cute card! I'm sure your nephew will love it! Thanks so much for joining us for this week's Share Joy Challenge!

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    26. Super fun and monstrous. Thanks for sharing your talent with us at Brown Sugar Challenge. We look forward to seeing you again.
      Hugs
      Berni,DT
      brownsugarchallenge.

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    27. Hey, fun montsers, for sure.. Cute card.

      So glad you joined us at Morgan's Art World.

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    28. Awww . . . your monsters are really cute! Love that embossing folder and the sentiment is super fun. Thanks for playing with LTSCB.

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    29. Oh this is super cute! Love your little monsters! I am sure your nephew will adore this! Thanks for linking up in our Funday Friday challenge this week!
      Hugs,
      Jo
      xox
      ♥ Jo's Scrap Shack ♥

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    30. very cute! perfect for your nephew--hope he likes it as well as I do!

      Toni
      Great Impressions DT

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    31. Adorable card. Thank you for joining us at Digi Choosday Challenges. Monica.-dt

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    32. Thanks for sharing your card with us at AYLI this week.
      Lorraine DT

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    33. Carrie, this is SO darling! I LOVE the fun way you colored your monsters in--they are fabulous! Thank you so much for joining us at Great Impressions! HUGS! :) Mynn xx

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    34. Fab, fun monster card thank you for joining our challenge at LIL PATCH OF CRAFTY FRIENDS
      hugs
      lorraine x

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    35. Such a fun card, I love those gorgeous little monsters! Thanks so much for playing this time at Lil Patch of Crafty Friends. Good luck and hope to see you again soon. Andree {DT Lil Patch of Crafty Friends}

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    36. Cute card! Love the image! Thanks for joining our "Monster Mash" challenge at Lacy Sunshine challenge blog.

      Natasja
      DT Lacy Sunshine

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    37. Your card is "monsterously fun!" Such a great card. Thanks for joining Fun~day Friday at Jo's Scrap Shack.

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    38. What a fabulous fun card !
      Thanks for joining us at Scrapyland Challenges Blog and Good Luck
      Maryvonne Guest Designer DTScrapyland Challenges

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    39. What a cute card. Thank you for joining us at Sassy Studio Designs and the DTBST challenge this week! HUGS

      Kim
      SSD DT

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    40. A super fun card. Thanks for joining us at Cardz 4 Galz. Caz DT

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    41. Such a bright and cheery card for a lad and perfect for AYLI this time too!! Good Luck!! Sarah :0)

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    42. a super bright and fun card, thank you for joining our challenge at Crafty Catz and hope to see you again
      Tilly

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    43. Great card for our theme at allsorts Tracy x

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    44. Fabulous card! Thanks for joining us at Crafts 4 Eternity :) hugs x

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    45. What a great Birthday card! Love your embossed background and all the little goblins! Thank for playing along with us at Scrapy Land Challenge #28!

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    46. Cute card!!! Thanks so much for participating in our STAMPING BOUTIQUE challenge!!! Can’t wait to see you participate again in our next challenge!!
      Deanne at A Little Bit O’ Paper

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    47. Great card. Thanks so much for joining us over at Star Stampz Challenge Blog, good luck and hope to see you again.
      ~ Denise DT ~
      Star Stampz Challenge Blog
      {Denise's Patch of Creativity}
      {Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge}

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    48. So cute, I love these little monsters. Thanks so much for playing at our Digi Choosday Birthday challenge. Hugs my friend:) Audrey

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