The Skeleton Card
Place the wing/clock paper in front of you with black clock in the lower left corner. Use the VersaMark™ stamp pad to stamp a 4”x5” area, 1” from lower edge, 1/2” from left edge. Thickly apply Aged Silver Fran-tage embossing powder to center and Aged Gold to edges of Versamarked™area, then use the heat gun to set from underneath the paper (using the heat gun from above will blow away the powder). Peel one acrylic sheet off the back of the “Skeleton” stamp, center on your acrylic block and use the StazOn® inkpad to ink your stamp well. Use the heat gun to heat the Fran-tage from the top before centering the stamp over it and pressing down hard (trying to emboss through the Fran-tage). Remove the stamp and allow your image to cool. Repeat the Fran-tage and Skeleton stamping process on black cardstock, and set aside.
Place your blank card in front of you with the fold on the left and use craft glue to adhere the Skeleton paper to your card (evenly distributing glue over face of card), with clock in lower left corner. Trim to fit. To keep the Fran-taged image from buckling too much, place card on a flat surface with heavy books on top, until glue dries completely.
Using 28 pt., computer journal “Be thou not daunted…” onto grey gear paper and cut to 3 3/4”x1/2,” tear right edge off and mat on striped paper with 1/8” torn border, then mat on black cardstock with 1/8” torn border (leave upper and left edges cut, not torn). Foam tape to upper left corner of card. Using 28 pt., computer journal “…it’s high time” onto grey gear paper and cut to 2 3/4”x1/2,” tear left edge off and mat on striped paper with 1/8” torn border, then mat on black cardstock with 1/8” torn border (leave lower and right edges cut, not torn). Foam tape to lower right corner of card.
For inside: Cover the inside of your card with brown gear paper, keeping gears on the center fold. Using 36 pt., computer journal “for” onto grey gear paper and cut to 1 1/2”x1/2,” tear left and right edges off and mat on striped paper with 1/4” torn border, then mat on black cardstock with 1/4” torn border (leave upper edge cut, not torn). Glue “for” text to upper left area of card, 1/4” from upper edge. Computer journal “Halloween!” onto grey gear paper and cut to 3 1/4”x1/2,” tear left and right edges off and mat on striped paper with 1/4” torn border, then mat on black cardstock with 1/4” torn border (leave upper edge cut, not torn). Glue “Halloween” text 1/2” below “for” text.
From your second Fran-taged Skeleton (on black cardstock), cut the skeleton out, leaving an 1/8” border. Foam tape to the lower right corner of card.
Place your blank card in front of you with the fold on the left and use craft glue to adhere the Skeleton paper to your card (evenly distributing glue over face of card), with clock in lower left corner. Trim to fit. To keep the Fran-taged image from buckling too much, place card on a flat surface with heavy books on top, until glue dries completely.
Using 28 pt., computer journal “Be thou not daunted…” onto grey gear paper and cut to 3 3/4”x1/2,” tear right edge off and mat on striped paper with 1/8” torn border, then mat on black cardstock with 1/8” torn border (leave upper and left edges cut, not torn). Foam tape to upper left corner of card. Using 28 pt., computer journal “…it’s high time” onto grey gear paper and cut to 2 3/4”x1/2,” tear left edge off and mat on striped paper with 1/8” torn border, then mat on black cardstock with 1/8” torn border (leave lower and right edges cut, not torn). Foam tape to lower right corner of card.
For inside: Cover the inside of your card with brown gear paper, keeping gears on the center fold. Using 36 pt., computer journal “for” onto grey gear paper and cut to 1 1/2”x1/2,” tear left and right edges off and mat on striped paper with 1/4” torn border, then mat on black cardstock with 1/4” torn border (leave upper edge cut, not torn). Glue “for” text to upper left area of card, 1/4” from upper edge. Computer journal “Halloween!” onto grey gear paper and cut to 3 1/4”x1/2,” tear left and right edges off and mat on striped paper with 1/4” torn border, then mat on black cardstock with 1/4” torn border (leave upper edge cut, not torn). Glue “Halloween” text 1/2” below “for” text.
From your second Fran-taged Skeleton (on black cardstock), cut the skeleton out, leaving an 1/8” border. Foam tape to the lower right corner of card.