Hello there stamping friends. I am thrilled to be back with another Mystery Swap with my friend Jen Hartsgrove of Katahdin Krafts! Each month we decide on a theme and mail each other a mystery box of goodies to be used to make a card or project. This month we swapped die set and challenged each other to make a Halloween card. I sent Jen my Barn Scene Builder die set from Honey Bee and she sent me her Camp Trailer Card die set, also from Honey Bee. Before we mailed these off we both die cut pieces to keep and to send each other. This way you can see both of us make a card with the same things. We also send each other embellishments to use. It's so much fun!!
You can see the fun in this video right here.
Next you can watch Jen's video right here: https://youtu.be/kjibXWMVw1M
Let's take a closer look at the cards I made.
Both cards are 6" x 6" to accommodate the size of the barn and camper. Both cards could easily be made into shape cards. But I wanted to have a little scene around mine and really wanted to try my hand at a light up card with the light packs that Jen sent me.
Here's a close up look at the light up camper card.
Jen sent me the patterned paper die cut elements for this camper, several die cut campers from different patterned papers and these are the two that I chose. I LOVE polka dots and the tiny dots with the larger glittered dots on the black paper look so cute together.
I had so much fun creating the night sky with Seedless Preserves and Dusty Concord Distress Oxide inks. I used a die cut circle from masking paper to create the moon . All the die cuts; branches, bats, pumpkins, and fence are items in my Mystery Box from Jen.
Adding lights to this card was pretty easy to do with the light pack that Jen sent me. I did not have to fuss with copper tape and figuring out wiring. I linked the lights used below from Amazon. I had to use two layers of fun foam on the back to adhere the panel with the lights to the card base as the battery pack is a bit thick. One of my layers of fun foam was a very thick piece and the other was a normal piece, so you may actually need three layers of fun foam or foam tape depending on the thickness of what you have.
I added some cute things to the inside of the card. I felt I needed an extra layer on the inside of the card to make it more sturdy as the front of the card is quite heavy. The cat and pumpkin were from the Mystery Box, but he web and spider I die cut myself using Cute Cobweb from Lawn Fawn.
Next let's look closer at the Halloween Barn Shaker Card.
The elements I sent to Jen in her Mystery Box were, three prints of paper from the Fall-O-Ween paper pack from Spellbinders, bat confetti, wiggly eyes and glittery buttons. I knew right away I wanted to make a three window shaker with this barn.
I added the bat confetti to the door, jack-o-lantern confetti to one window and orange and purple seed beads to the top window. I added wiggle eyes to the outside of each window, like so many halloween decorations I have seen. Reminds me of the Farmstead my kids go to, where you walk through the corn maze and pick and pumpkin and pet the animals and play games.
I used the buttons and some thin cellophane (the packaging that the wiggle eyes came in) to make wrapped candy accents. These buttons are glittery and make such cute little candies.
I used the second barn die cut that was part of my Mystery Box as a spot to write your personalized message on the inside of this card.
Both cards were so much fun to make! I loved making a light up card and those little button candies are just too cute!
You can watch my video of the making of these cards right here. And catch Jen's video using the same items right here.
All the supplies I used to make to day's card are listed and linked for you below.
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