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Today's Halloween card was inspired by @jenniferosnyder.  I saw her Halloween card containing a tombstone shaker element and I wanted to combine that idea with the mummy from Tim Holtz's Costume Party Colorize die set.  
I adhered a piece of purple patterned paper to a black card panel.  The black panel was adhered to a white card base.  I used my Cricut machine to cut small, medium, and large-sized tombstones.  Each tombstone was inked with Hickory Smoke and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks.  The large tombstone was turned into a shaker element containing a combination of black bat sequence, a Halloween glitter mix, and black Diamond Dots.  


The mummy was made from a variety of cream and tan cardstock.  I inked several of the pieces with Vintage Photo Distress ink.  I had some issues assembling the head, so I cut part off the top and salvaged what I could without having to start over.  The "fix" actually added to the overall look since it gave his head a little more dimension.


I cut the tombstone engravings from dark gray cardstock using my Cricut machine.  The word "BEWARE" was also cut using the Cricut from gold mirror cardstock.  I Cricut cut some grass pieces out of black cardstock and inked them with Picket Fence Distress Ink.  These grass pieces were adhered to the bottom of each tombstone and the bottom right of the card.  I cut two black fence pieces and layered them over the tombstones.  I adhered the tombstone shaker near the center of the card and glued the mummy to the top right of the shaker tombstone.


On the inside of the card, I glued a small gray tombstone to a larger black tombstone.  I added more of the black grass inked with Picket Fence Distress Ink.  I die cut the words "Happy Halloween" from gold mirror cardstock and glued the sentiment across the black tombstone.


This card was definitely a labor of love but ended up being one of my favorite Halloween cards.  I don't know what I like more, the mummy or the tombstone shaker.

BEWARE
Supplies:
  • Accent Opaque White Cardstock 100lb
  • Recollections Cardstock - black, gray, cream, tan, brown, yellow, gold foil
  • DCWV Curiosities Paper Pad (Purple Patterned Paper)
  • Colorize by Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Costume Party
  • Spellbinders Small Die of the Month - September 2018 - Happy Halloween Sentiment
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween 2021 Thinlits Dies Vault Series
  • Cricut
    • Boo - M3E139
    • BEWARE - M44F10
    • RIP - #M44192
    • Grass - M3E939
    • Headstones - #M3F853, #M45F27, #M40227
  • Distress Oxide Inks - Hickory Smoke, Black Soot
  • Distress Ink - Picket Fence, Black Soot
  • Blending Brush
  • Darice Adhesive Foam Strips
  • Maker's Halloween Construction Jumbo Halloween Glitter
  • Target Dollar Spot Bat Wings Sequence
  • Diamond Dots Shade 8001

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