CRAFT YOU.

I’m happy to post this second Halloween-themed project as a Glue Dots Dottess.  Although I didn’t know exactly what I would be making at first, I liked the idea of creating something that could celebrate Halloween or . . . not.  There are a lot of people with birthdays during this time of year, of course, and others who just like to welcome the holiday season.  Although I’ve never been a super-duper fan of Halloween (gasp!), I love to think of how it kind of signals the start of all the shopping madness, the cool, brisk, weather, and all of the things that scrapbookers love to take pictures of and make memories with in their albums. 

This card didn’t take me long and I was going for a “Frankenstein’s monster” kind of feel with the eyelets and floss.  The one bonus was that I finally got a little mileage out of my WRMK Big Bite.  It was extremely useful in creating this card and I would have definitely struggled a bit had I not had it. The other thing that is interesting to note is that I altered the eyelet color from brown to black to better match the color scheme of the card.

How did I do that? It’s quite simple actually.  The key is to have the right tools and some quality eyelets.  Mine are from American Crafts.  While I suppose you could use some permanent markers to do the job, I did it with black embossing powder and a heating tool.  If you want to try this, you must use good set of tweezers because you can’t use your hands.  It only takes a second to melt and once the powder does, be sure to give it about 30 seconds to cool before you place it down.  If you don’t you risk marring the cover-up job.  For other supplies and instructions, keep reading:

Die Cuts With a View (DCWV) textured cardstock
Basic Grey’s Eerie collection paper
Making Memories floss, metallic chipboard letters, Halloween foam stamps
American Crafts eyelets
Distress ink (Black Soot, Peeled Paint)
Versamark
Ranger embossing powder (black)
Glue Dots®
Distressing tool 
 
Cut DCWV cardstock to desired size. (Card pictured is 5 inches by 6 inches.) Cut strips of printed paper into one inch sections and match them to the width of the card. Distress edges with tool and add black Distress ink directly to the edge of the paper.  Stamp a sentiment in Versamark on colored cardstock and emboss with black embossing powder.  Cut by hand and set aside.  Emboss metallic chipboard letters and/or ink if desired and set aside.  Attach paper strips to card with Glue Dots®.  Mark large and small cross-stich “X’s” of varying heights with a pencil. Punch corresponding holes.  Attach eyelets to larger holes.  Stitch floss through the holes and tie tightly on the back side of card.  Shadow edges of card with distress ink if desired.  Add sentiment and other additional embellishments with mini Glue Dots®.