Scary Night Cat (10/22/2020)

 Card 2: “Scary Night Cat Card”

 
the card base for this card was an idea I copped from a friend . . . it opens kind of like a Dutch door – without the top portion of the door.
 

Materials included in kit

 

 Paper
* Black card stock: 11” x 4-1/4” (card base); 5-1/2” x 2-1/2”; scraps for bats
* White card stock: 5-7/16” x 4-3/16” (inside)
* In Good Taste Designer Series Paper: 5-1/2” x 2”; 5-1/2” x 3/16”
* Black Glitter Paper: Scrap for cat punch
* Kraft Patterned Paper: 2” x 1-3/8” (2 pcs. for Postage Stamp punch)
 
Other Stuff
* Halloween Magic Die (bats)
* Old World Paper 3D Embossing Folder
* Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder
* Black Spider Web Doily**
* Cat Punch
* 2” Circle Punch
* Postage Stamp Punch
* Black Ink
* Stampin’ Sponge
* White Craft Ink
* “Scary Cats and Bats” stamp set (Happy Halloween sentiment)
* Glittered Spider Stickers
* Adhesives: Liquid Glue; Foam Tape or Hexagons; Double-sided Tape or Tape Runner
 
** Kraft paper is from my stash (unknown origin); Scary Cats and Bats die is from Prickley Pear; Glittered Spider Stickers are from Martha Stewart Crafts.
 
Assembly
 
1.       Score 11” x 4-1/4” black card stock at 5-1/5”; use Xacto knife or paper cutter to cut along score line from top of card to 2-1/4” from top.  Rotate paper a quarter turn and cut from score line to edge of paper.  This will create the bottom of the “Dutch door” for this card.

2.       Beginning with the inside of the card, stamp sentiment on white card stock toward the right side of the card stock and about 3” from the top.  Adhere to inside of card.  NOTE:  Card stock is placed just slightly inside the edges of the card so it doesn’t poke out from behind the black card stock that will be added in Step 3.
3.       Punch 2” circle about 3/4" from left side and 1/4” from top of 5-1/2” x 2-1/2” card stock.  Emboss with Old World Paper 3D embossing folder.  Pull White stampin’ pad across “bumpy” side of card stock to create creepy white streaks in sky.  Adhere to inside of card against top edge.
4.       Punch two Postage Stamp shapes from Kraft paper.  Trim bumps from long side of one piece, and along short side of other piece.  Use Stampin’ Sponge to apply blank ink around edges.  Adhere first shape near left side of inside of card with the flat side against the bottom; use Foam Tape or Hexagons to apply second shape over the first one as shown with the flat side against the bottom of the card.
5.       Punch Cat from Black Glitter Paper.  Use Foam Tape or Hexagons to adhere as shown.
6.       Use Halloween Magic Die to cut 3 small bats from Black card stock.  Adhere with Glue Dots or Liquid Glue in scary sky wherever you like.

7.       Card Front: Adhere In Good Taste 5-1/2” x 2” Designer Paper over front flap.
8.       Apply Foam Tape or Hexagons (optional) to back of 5-1/2” x 3-16” DSP; adhere to top edge of flap.  NOTE:  I used 1/4" black foam tape which I purchased from a local vendor.
9.       Cut 2” from one side of Black Spider Web Doily.  Apply tiny dots of Liquid Glue to back of doily, tuck flat edge up under edge of 5-1/2” x 3/16” DSP and adhere to card front.
10.   Apply Glitter Spider Sticker as shown.  Use think Sharpy or other Black Marker to draw line from spider to edge of 5-1/2” x 3/16” DSP.
 
BOO!!!  Happy Halloween!