To mix it up a bit, I decided to make a shaped Halloween card for my friend Nae Nae (YT: Renea Villanueva) who LOVES Halloween. I used the Diemond Dies Candy Corn Mini Album Die<\/a><\/span> and some scraps of yellow, orange polka dot, and white papers from my scrap box to make this\u00a0cute candy corn shaped card. Note: My readers can get 10% off and free worldwide shipping at Diemond Dies<\/a><\/span> for all orders of $35 or more by using the coupon code: thankskristina at check out.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/a>For the focal image, I colored up The Greeting Farm Creeper Crew’s Thursday (she’s retired, but there are similar Creeper Crew images available HERE<\/a><\/span>) in the following autumn\/Halloween Copic colors:
\nSkin: E000, 00, 21, 04 and R20 for blush
\nRed hair streaks and jeans: R22, 35, 37 and 39
\nYellow hair streaks: Y11, Y15, Y38 and E33
\nBlue 3\/4 sleeve shirt and button eyes of cat hat: B000, 00 and 01
\nSneakers, cat hat, and black T-shirt: N1, 3, 5, 7, 9 with 0 for dotting texture in lighter area of cat hat
\nPink of cat hat ears and nose: R20 and 22
\nCanvas belt and eyes: G43, 85 and 99
\nBlack shine of eyes, eye brows and lips are with Sakura black Glaze pen<\/a><\/span>
\nWhite shine of button eyes and white part of sneakers are with Sakura white Gelly Roll pen<\/a><\/span>
\nI fussy cut her out with my favorite Fiskars Easy Action Micro Tip spring loaded reverse scissors<\/a><\/span> and an X-Acto blade (for the inside cut away areas). Then I took the time to ink the cut edges with a Faber-Castell Pitt SB point pen so that the white edges would be covered and the image would look finished. I had stamped out and colored the button eyes of the cat hat, fussy cut those out, popped those up on foam adhesive to add a little extra dimension, and coated them with Glossy Accents<\/a><\/span> for some extra shine too. \u00a0The whole image is popped up on double sided foam adhesive to add a little dimension and interest.<\/p>\n

Then to express the attitude of this little girl (whom I imagine as a teenager with lots of sass) I printed from my computer with a free spooky font called Chiller, a sentiment that reads, “Hand over the candy and nobody gets hurt.” I die cut it out with a speech bubble die from the Sizzix I Heart This die set<\/a><\/span> and inked the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen before popping it on the card with double sided foam adhesive.<\/p>\n

The following is a tutorial for how to create the candy corn shaped card base, including the inking up of each segment with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Antique Linen:<\/p>\n