Day 13 | Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween

Hi crafty friends!  I’m back to share my final creation for this year’s Craftoween box kit with you.  Today’s card is Day 13’s die envelope and I’m going to reach out of my comfort zone and make my very first  pop-up card!

The supplies used were:

Spellbinders – 13 Days of Craftoween Box Kit, Day 13 Dies

    Lawn Fawn – Platform Pop-Up Die Set

    Spellbinders – Halloween Wonder Die Set

    Spellbinders – Halloween Wreath Add-Ons

    Sizzix/Tim Holtz – Moonlight Die Set

    Pretty Pink Posh – Spooky Fence

    Spellbinders – Royal Amethyst Essentials Cardstock

    Ranger/Tim Holtz – Distress Black Two-Tone Woodgrain Cardstock

    Spellbinders – Beeswax Colorwheel Cardstock

    Spellbinders – Alabaster Colorwheel Cardstock

    Spellbinders – Onyx Mirror Metallic Treasured Cardstock

    Spellbinders – Peridot Colorwheel Cardstock

    Spellbinders – Lilac Colorwheel Cardstock

    Spellbinders – Lunar Grey Essentials Cardstock

    Spellbinders – Graphite Essentials Cardstock

    Gina K. Designs – Onyx Black Cardstock

    Simon Says Stamp – Clear Acetate Sheets

    Ranger/Tim Holtz – Tea Dye Distress Ink Pad

    Ranger/Tim Holtz – Antique Linen Distress Ink Pad

    Brutus Monroe Alabaster White Embossing Powder

    Simon Says Stamp Clear Watermark and Embossing Ink

    WOW!  Heat Embossing Tool

    Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue

    Misti Original Stamp Positioning Tool

    Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

I started today’s card by die cutting and assembling the pop-up platform from the Lawn Fawn “Platform Pop-Up” die set.  If you want to do the same type card you might want to do what I did and look for the instructions on YouTube… it’s a bit confusing at first, but overall easy to assemble.  The pop-up platform was die cut from Spellbinders Royal Amethyst Essentials cardstock with Ranger’s Distress Black Two-Tone Woodgrain cardstock for the decorative squares that go around the outside of the platform.  The little tabs that will hold up your decorations were die cut from Simon Says Stamp Clear Acetate.  I also die cut two of the grass strips from the die in the set using Gina K. Designs Onyx Black cardstock.

I created a moon for my background layer of the pop-up using the Sizzix/Tim Holtz “Moonlight” die set.  The base of the moon was die cut from Spellbinders Alabaster cardstock ink blended with Distress Antique Linen ink and the front layer of the moon was die cut using Spellbinders Beeswax cardstock that was ink blended using Distress Tea Dye ink.  The two moon layers were glued together and set aside to dry.

For some of the decorative die cuts, I used the Spellbinders “Halloween Wonder” for the tombstone which was die cut from Spellbinders Lunar Grey and Graphite Essentials cardstock.  The picket fence was die cut from Pretty Pink Posh’s “Spooky Fence” die set out of Spellbinders Onyx Mirror Metallic Treasured Cardstock.  Then from Spellbinders’ “Halloween Wreath Add-Ons” die set, I die cut three bats from Gina K. Design’s Onyx Black cardstock.

Now for the Day 13 die set – I die cut each of the elements from the following cardstock and glued them together after die cutting was completed:

    Coffin Front Panel:  Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress Black Two-Tone Woodgrain Cardstock

    Hand:  Spellbinders Peridot Colorwheel Cardstock

    Skull and Bone:  Spellbinders Snowdrift Cardstock

    Coffin Back Panel:  Reverse Side of Distress Black Two-Tone Woodgrain Cardstock

    Coffin Lining:  Spellbinders Lilac Colorwheel Cardstock 

I glued the picket fence to the first tab of the pop-up platform and glued one of the black grass strips to the front of the fence.  Once the glue on those dried, I added the tombstone and bone to the right side of it.  On the second platform tab, I glued the cute coffin die cut onto a strip of acetate and then adhered the acetate to the actual platform tab.  Lastly on the third tab of the platform, I adhere the moon die cut to a strip of acetate to elevate it in the scene and adhered the acetate strip to the pop-up platform’s tab and glued the three bats directly to the moon front.

For the sentiment, I used one of the sentiment stamps from the Craftoween box set.  I stamped the sentiment onto Onyx Black cardstock and applied Brutus Monroe Alabaster White embossing powder, tapped off the excess and heat set the sentiment.  I fussy cut the sentiment and glued it to the front panel of the platform base. This card fits perfectly in a 5x7 envelope!

That completes today’s card!  Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed this final, Day 13 pop-up card showcasing the dies from the Spellbinders 13 Days of Craftoween boxed kit and found inspiration for some of your own card making projects!  Craftoween was such a treat this year – Spellbinders really knocked it out of the park with the imaginative, fun die sets.  I’m only sad there were just 13 days versus 31!

Until next time… happy making!