It's all about the eyes

  Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Halloween

And our fabulous sponsor is:

DRS Designs

Here is my card for your inspiration (actually, I have 2 cards!):

My family doesn't celebrate Halloween, so I don't make Halloween cards, usually.  I had planned to make something with this sentiment that could be a Halloween card but wouldn't be limited to it.  But when I saw this inspiration photo from Cupcake Inspirations Challenge, I knew I HAD to try to recreate that little zombie cupcake on a card;

It was super fun and quite easy to make!  I started by cut 1/2 in strips of white card stock from scraps I had lying around.  Then I inked up the edges with the bit of Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink that was left on my blending brush after creating a different project.  I die cut the circle out of a panel of white cardstock and adhered a scrap of green card stock underneath.  Then I randomly glued the strips of white onto the card making sure to overlap the circle but not cover too much of it.  Then I die cut the whole panel with a stitched rectangle die.  I created the eyes with two black circles that were in my bits and pieces stash (left over from a project long, long ago) and die cut two slightly larger white circles (which were cut from scraps).  I used that same circle die to cut partial circles for the eyelids.  I adhered the sentiment with foam squares and adhered the whole panel to a black mat and then onto a purple card base.

The second card was actually one I had in mind when I chose this sentiment from DRS Designs to work with.  I die cut black card stock with a stitched rectangle die and then die cut two circles from it.  Then I ink blended the edges with Dusty Concord Distress Oxide.  I was hoping it would add a little bit of night sky look to the panel.  Instead it ends up looking a little foggy and spooky, but that works, so I went with it.  I popped in onto a black card base using foam squares and then adhered the googly eyes in place and added the sentiment.  Then I sat there for a long time trying to decide if I should just leave it as it was or add some kind of embellishments.  I really wanted to give the idea of small glowing eyes (from an unknown creature), but none of my enamel dots or gemstones, or anything gave the look I was going for.  I finally decided it was too play without any additions, so I used nuvo dots in a Christmasy green to add the glowing "eyes".  I would have preferred something a little more yellow, but didn't have it so went with what I did have.  So, now that you know the intent, if you squinty and look at it just the right way, maybe you can see the look I was going for.  

I will most definitely be using this sentiment again, for something other than a Halloween card.  I'm envisioning a love themed card (perhaps Valentine's Day) with a monster with a lot of eyes.  It will be so fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Card #1:

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs "Eyes For You Greeting" (mine is digital, but they have rubber in the shop!)

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; the black pupils were left over pieces from PTI's "Hands of Time" clock face die

Challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations #555--Halloween Fun

Snippets Playground #439--anything goes with snippets (lots of snippets used here)

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #495--sketch

Double Trouble Challenge #123--Let's get around to it (Thing #1: at least one circle [I have 5 and two half circles]; Thing #3: fall/halloween; Thing #2: play along with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge)

Unicorn Challenge #81--spooky AND/OR cute

Craft Rocket #97--autumn or Halloween

Crafty Friends #160--more than one die

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #173--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the mummy)

Simon Says Stamp Monday--halloween/spooky

Use Your Stuff #469--die cuts

Card #2:

Supplies: 

Stamps: DRS Designs "Eyes For You Greeting" (mine is digital, but they have rubber in the shop!)

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--spooky

Through the Purple Haze #197--Halloween AND/OR color palette

Crafty Calendar--Halloween

Creative Inspirations--autumn or Halloween

Aud Sentiments #298--Halloween/fall

Sweet Stampers #78--autumn or Halloween

Shopping Our Stash #481--frightfully delightful

Creative Knockouts #475--Halloween

Addicted to CAS #231--layered

Try Stampin' on Tuesday #579--monster mash AND/OR sketch