Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Eat, Drink, and Be Scary

by Kathy Berger


Eat, Drink, and Be Scary

Materials

Instructions

  • Make The Frankenstein's Monster:

    • Cut a rectangle of green card stock about 1 1/4" x 1 1/2".
      Holding the rectangle in portait orientation, use the Angle corner chompers to trim the bottom corners, forming a tag.
      Sponge black ink around all of the edges.

      Cut a rectangle of black card stock about 1 1/4" x 1/2".
      Cut one edge to form hair for the monster.
      Glue to the base of the monster face.

      Cut a small rectangle of green card stock to serve as a neck.

      Punch the hydrangea out of green card stock.
      Punch three 1/4" circles out of green.
      Punch two 1/4" circles out of white.
      Punch two 1/8" circles out of black.

      Cut one of the petals off the large hydranea for a nose. Cut one of the green 1/4" circles in half to form eyelids.

      Sponge black ink around the edges of each of the pieces.

      Glue a black circle to each of the white circles to make eyes.
      Add a small mark with a white gel pen to each of the black circles.
      Glue a green half-circle to the top of each of the eyes to form eyelids.

      Glue the head onto the neck of the monster.
      Glue each of the small hydrangeas into place on the underside of the neck, forming the neck bolts.
      Glue the nose into place.
      Glue the eyes into place.
      Glue the remaining two green circles to the underside of the head to make ears.

      Draw a crooked smile and a couple of little scar lines, using a black gel pen.

  • Make the vampire:

    • Cut a rectangle of blue cardstock, about 1 1/4" x 1 1/2".
      Cut a rectangle of black paper about 1/2" x 1 1/4".
      Use the heart punch to punch the hairline in the black rectangle.
      Glue the hair to the blue rectangle.
      Corner round all of the corners of the rectangle using the 1/4" side of the rounder chomper.

      Punch two 5/16" red circles.
      Punch two 1/4" white circles.
      Punch two 1/8" black circles.
      Punch four 5/16" blue circles.
      Cut one of the blue circles in half.

      Sponge black ink around the edges of all of the pieces.

      Glue the white circles to the red circles.
      Glue the black circles to the white circles.
      Add a little dot of white gel pen to the black circles.
      Glue the half circles to the eyes to form eyelids.
      Glue the eyes in place.
      Glue a blue circle below the eyes to form a nose.
      Glue the other two blue circles to the underside of the face to form ears.

      Draw a smile using the black gel pen.
      Draw white fangs with the white gel pen.

      Cut a rectangle of black cardstock about 1/2" x 1 1/2".
      Wrap it around the bottom of the face to form a cape.
      Glue it into place.

  • Make the Mommy Mummy:

    • Cut a rectangle of white cardstock, about 1 7/8" x 2 3/4".

      Tear 9 strips of white cardstock about 1/4" wide and about 2 1/4" long.
      Sponge the edges of the strips with black card stock.

      Adhere 8 of the strips to the white cardstock, going off the edges, horizontally crisscrossing the rectangle.

      Trim the strips so they are even with the edges of the rectangle.
      Corner round all 4 corners using the 1/4" side of the rounder corner chompers.

      Sponge black ink lightly all over the mummy's body.

      Punch two 1/2" circles out of green cardstock.
      Punch two 5/16" circles out of black.
      Punch one 5/16" circle out of white.
      Sponge black ink around each of the pieces.

      Adhere the black circles to the green.
      Add white dots to the black circles.
      Adhere the eyes to the mummy.

      Adhere the white circle to the mummy, just below the eyes.

      Tie a knot in the remaining strip, and glue into place.

  • Make the Baby Mummy:

    • Cut a rectangle of white cardstock about 1" x 1 1/2".

      Tear 5 strips of white cardstock, about 1/8" wide, and about 1 1/4" long.
      Sponge black ink along the edges of each strip.

      Adhere all of the strips to the white cardstock, going off the edges, horizontally crisscrossing the rectangle.

      Trim the strips so they are even with the edges of the rectangle.
      Corner round all 4 corners using the 1/4" side of the rounder corner chompers.

      Sponge black ink lightly all over the baby mummy's body.

      Punch two 5/16" circles out of green.
      Punch two 1/4" circles out of white.
      Punch two 1/8" circles out of black.
      Punch one 1/8 circle out of white.

      Ahdere the 1/4" white circles to the green circles.
      Adhere the black circles to the white circles.
      Glue the eyes into place.
      Glue the 1/8" white circle below the eyes to form the nose.

      Glue the baby mummy onto the mommy mummy.

  • Make the grave stone:

    • Cut a piece of craft cardstock to 3"x 2 1/4".
      With the piece in landscape orientation, corner round the top two corners using the 1/2" side of the corner chompers.
      Stamp the spider and web in the top right corner.
      Stamp the saying centered.
      Sponge black ink all over the grave stone.

  • Make the grass and pumpkins:

    • Cut a rectangle of green cardstock 5 1/2" x 1 3/4".
      Cut grass blades as desired.
      Draw lines in in the grass with the fine point side of the green marker.

      Stamp the pumpkins onto orange cardstock.
      Cut them out carefully.
      Adhere to the grass, just above the bottom edge.

  • Make the card:

    • Cut a piece of black cardstock to 5 1/2" x 11".
      Fold in half to form a square card.


  • Assemble the card:

    • Glue the monster and vampire in place first.
      Adhere the gravestone in place, covering the very bottom edges of the monster and vampire.
      Glue the mummies in place.
      Glue the grass in place.

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