Sunday, October 21, 2012

Birthday Sugar Skull

I had so much fun making my framed Sugar Skull that I just had to make some cards using the same mix of paper-piecing and glow-in-the-dark glitter.

My dear friend form college has a birthday coming up, on Halloween. It's always a fun challenge for me to incorporate that two events into one card, and since he moved to L.A. recently (and loves Mexican culture), I used the 
Framed Sugar Skull digi stamp by Dilly Beans to make this acetate-flap card:



For the presents in the eyes, I grabbed a clip art image off the web. The flower & leaves are colored with Copics, but the flower on the skull is covered with yellow flocking & the leaves are covered with green.

The nose & skull are covered in blue glitter. I adhered the glitters & flocking my running the cut pieces through my sticker machine. So easy, and it really sticks!

I used a Spellbinders die to cut the banner from copper foil, and heat-embossed the Dilo en EspaƱol sentiment stamp in white.




I couldn't get a good photo of the skull glowing, so please see my other glow-in-the dark card.

There are three layers of paper on the inside on the card, and although I glue the acetate to the paper (with a flap), I machine-sewed it all together with glittery thread.


Inspiration/Challenges:
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #84: Male Birthday (must be a tall card)
Dilly Beans: Cute & Creepy
One Crazy Stamper: Clear or acetate

Update: This card was chosen as one of the winners for
Celebrate the Occasion Challenge #84. Thank you!

Update: I won a free stamp from One Crazy Stamper. Thank you!


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9 comments:

  1. So cute, thanks for playing @ CTO!

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  2. Wow, look at all the details and color. TFS with us at CTO.

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  3. Very cool card! I love all of the fabulous glitter! Thanks for playing along with Dilly Beans!

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  4. this turned out great and you were successful in combineing the two occasions. Thanks for joining us at Dilly Beans this week

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  5. This is cool, thanks for joining us at Dilly Beans. :)

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  6. I love all the glitter and the flocking that you used, I bet the glow in the dark is going to look fabulous on your card! Thanks for joining us this week @ CTO for our "Male birthday (tall card)" challenge :)

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  7. Wow, just an awesome card!!!! Love it!!
    Thanks for joining CTO this week!!!

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  8. I love the presents in his eyes! Wonderful skelly! Thanks for joining us at Dilly Beans this week!

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  9. Very unique and gorgeous card for your special friend's birthday!! Thanks for playing with us at One Crazy Stamper.

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