October Stamp Club Challenge Card

Hello crafty people

Last night was the monthly stamp club gathering and we had a great time as always.

Last month we were given a challenge piece that was a real challenge for me. 

(I guess that's why its considered a challenge)

It is a lenticular lens scene - halloween themed. I know you are wondering what is a lenticular lens??? We we've all seen them and held them and looked at them with some awe, or at least I have. A lenticular lens will change if you move it back and forth. Check out the definition here. 

I took a few pics of the piece in hopes you can see the scene changes if I re-positioned my hand.

The ghosts are different and so is the pumpkin

OK anyway, this piece is large, it's a 6"X 6" piece 

and if I trimmed it, some of the scenes would be cut off

 So I decided to make a trick or treat bag 

and this challenge piece would be the focal point

of a bag topper. 

I used a white gift bag and covered the front with an orange print DP piece

Next I made my bag topper

I cut a scalloped rectangle and then layered a purple scalloped rectangle piece over that.

On the purple layer I added the lenticular piece.

Adding some bats and some scull & cross bones die cuts really finished it off.

I slid it onto the bag over one of the handles and WELLA.....
it's a trick ot treat bag

This bag could also be used as a larger spooky dried flower arrangement holder 

or a great gift bag to hold a gift

I love making bag toppers.

They really dress up a plain bag. 

I think it gives the bag its own personality.

SUPPLIES I USED ON MY PROJECT

Paper/Card Stock: Purple CS, Black CS, DP Ink: Distress Ink - Old Paper (used on the skull & bones) Dies Used: Sizzix Tim Holtz Mini Bat & Skull set (Movers & Shapers)  Spellbinders Grand Scalloped Rectangles Accessories: White Gift Bag, Lenticular Lens Halloween scene

I am submitting my project in the following challenges:

• Cardz 4 Guyz - #230 - Spooky or Use Orange (#5)
• A Bit More Time to Craft  #101 - Always Anything Goes (#90)
• A Perfect Time To Craft (M, P1, E3) October - Always Anything Goes (#77)
• Crafts Galore Encore  #68 - Always Anything Goes (#71)
• Die Cut Divas  October - Fall Colours or any holiday in October (#47)
• Dies R Us Challenge #130 - Anything Goes (#39)
• Fabrika Fantasy  #35 - Halloween (#22)
• The Crafting Challenge  - October - Autumn and/or Halloween (#12)

Stop back Friday to see the themed card I made for the October meeting

Hope you got some inspiration from this project.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see you again on Friday.

A challenge and a theme

Hi everyone
Last night was our monthly club meeting and we always have a challenge and a theme card to make. Well the challenge card was really a challenge for me because of the color of a piece of card stock we were given to use. We were given  a piece of CS that was 8.5" X 5.5" and a brad. Well the card stock is double sided but on one side there  are these  pink/purple apples , the other side was dotted. I wasn't to crazy about the color of the apples, though.

 So I thought on that one for a while. In the meantime I downloaded a free digi stamp from the Michelle Perkett Studio blog, its an apple, so my card was coming together at last. But what to do with those pink/purple apples. Well what else but color them red. So I used a red Spica pen and colored them. They look great with the digi apple now that they are red.

Next was the theme card, A Splash of Color. So I decided to use alcohol inks and I also used a stamp I have had for a while from Hero Arts. I have always loved this stamp.

I found a card in my stash that holds a picture and has a frame built in. The spot to hold a picture makes it easy to quickly frame a picture or a stamped image. All I had to do was slide the stamped panel up in it and it became a framed piece.It worked out perfect!!

We made the coolest ornament in our meeting, so stop in tomorrow to check that out.

Well thanks for stopping in today, see you soon.