Saturday, October 31, 2015

Witch Cat Halloween Card

Happy Halloween Everyone!! Today I want to share with you a Witch Cat Halloween Card that I made! (Created with a pattern from LSHD.)


To make my card, first I created the card base, mats, and frames from basic shapes in Design Space. I then uploaded the pattern and sized the characters to fit my card base perfectly. Once I was happy with my design, I cut out all of the pattern pieces with my Explore in plain and patterned card stock. Next I inked and chalked all of the paper edges to add dimension and shape. After that I used a pumpkin face stamp from Pink and Main to stamp the Jack-O-Lantern face. I then used a stamp from Recollections to make my spider ribbon. Next I assembled everything and attached it to my card base. To finish I added bakers twine, a glitter spider, and sequins, as well as white highlights. Thank you so very much for stopping by! I wish you all a very safe and fun Halloween! -Mindy

Friday, October 30, 2015

Ghost Halloween Card

Good Afternoon Everyone! Today I want to share with you a Ghost Halloween Card that I made! (Created with a pattern from LSHD.)


To make my card, first I created the mats and frames from basic shapes in Design Space. I then uploaded the pattern and sized the images to fit my card perfectly. Once I was happy with my design, I then cut out all of the pattern pieces in plain and patterned card stock with my Explore. Next I inked and chalked all of the paper edges to add dimension. I then used a ghost stamp from Lawn Fawn to create my green patterned paper by just stamping the image multiple times. After that I assembled everything and attached it to my card base. To finish I added the highlights with a white paint pen. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day! -Mindy

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Pumpkin Halloween Tag

Hello Everyone! Today I want to share with you a Pumpkin Halloween Tag that I made! (Created with a pattern from LSHD.)


To make my tag, first I created the tag base from basic shapes in Design Space. I then uploaded the pattern and sized the images to fit perfectly on my tag. Once I was happy with my design I cut out all of the pattern pieces in plain card stock with my Explore. Next I inked and chalked all of the paper edges to create dimension. I then used a spider stamp from Recollections to decorate the little trick or treat bag. After I finished all of the detailing, I then assembled everything and attached all of the elements to my tag. To finish I added various ribbons to the top of the tag, and then the highlights with a white paint pen. Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope that you have a wonderful day! -Mindy

Friday, October 23, 2015

Villain Halloween Card

Good Evening Everyone! Today I want to share with you a Villain Halloween Card that I made! (Created with a pattern from LSHD.)


To make my card, first I created the card base, mats, and frames out of basic shapes in Design Space. I then uploaded the pattern and sized the images to fit my card perfectly. Once I was happy with my design I then cut out all of the pattern pieces in plain and patterned card stock with my Explore. After that I embossed the rectangle ribbon piece with my Big Shot to add texture. Next I inked and chalked all of the paper edges to add dimension and shape. I then assembled everything and attached all of my elements to my card base. To finish I added the highlights with a white paint pen. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day! -Mindy

Wednesday, October 21, 2015

Nightmare Pals Layout and Treat Bag

Hello Everyone! Today I want to share with you a Nightmare Pals Layout and Treat Bag that I created for the Little Scraps Of Heaven Designs Facebook Hop going on today!




To create my Nightmare Pals Characters I had to combine 5 different LSHD files. The files I used are as follows: Ghoulishly Grim, Emotional Crew, Just Hanging Out, Sweet Paradise, and This Spooky House. You can find these files here: http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/category_24/Whats-New.htm

Next I will list each character and tell you which files and which parts I used from those files:

The Jack-o-Lantern-  I used the pumpkin from the file Ghoulishly Grim. I used all the pieces of the pumpkin minus his nose for both the layout and treat bag.

The Hill- To create the hill I used the tree from the file Just Hanging Out. I enlarged the tree and then in Design Space used a square to slice off just the curled portion that was the perfect hill shape. I then deleted the rest of the tree and only kept the hill shape.

Rag Doll- For the Rag Doll I took her body, head, arms, legs, hands, eyes, dress, and shoes from the file Emotional Crew. I used the pieces from the Happy Girl image. For her hair I used the Hula girls hair from the file Sweet Paradise. The most complicated part of the Rag Doll was creating her patchwork dress. To do this I made a duplicate copy of the dress in Design Space and then used a circle enlarged to different sizes to slice out the patchwork pieces of her dress. I continued this process of slicing until I was happy with the patchwork look. I then created a small patch on her dress with a square, and the two dots on her dress by sizing a circle to my desired size. Also for the eyes I only kept the black pupil and deleted the colored portion since the Rag Doll has black eyes. Also since the Rag Doll does not have bangs, I used a circle to slice the bangs off of the hair.

Skeleton- For the Skeleton body, arms, legs, and shoes I used the Scared Guy image from the file Emotional Crew. For the Head, Eyes, Mouth, Bat Bow Tie and Hands I used the skeleton and bat images from the file This Spooky House. To start I sized the head to fit with the body. I then made the eyes bigger and flipped them. Next I took the mouth and stretched it out horizontally in Design Space to span the entire head. I also stretched the bat in the same way to resemble the Bat Bow Tie better. For the coat tails on the skeleton jacket I just welded two triangles together and sized them to fit perfectly behind the jacket. Lastly to create the nostrils I just sized a circle to the perfect size and then duplicated it.

Moon- For the moon I took the moon image from the file This Spooky House and just sized it larger to fit perfectly with my hill.


To create my layout, first I made the mats and frames out of basic shapes in Design Space. I then sized my uploaded and combined Nightmare Pals characters to fit perfectly on my layout. Next I cut out all of the pattern pieces with my Explore in plain and patterned card stock. I then inked and chalked all of the paper edges to create dimension. After that I assembled everything and added all of the stitch marks with a black Micron pen size 02. I then added all of the highlights and the stripes on the Skeletons jacket and pants with a white paint pen. To finish I attached everything to my layout base.

To create the treat bag,  I just used a treat bag image from the Cricut library. Next I sized a square mat to fit inside the treat bag. After that I sized the uploaded Skeleton and Pumpkin images to fit my treat bag perfectly. Once I was happy with my design, I cut out all of the pattern pieces in plain and patterned card stock. Next I inked and chalked all of the paper edges to add dimension and shape. I then assembled everything and attached it to my treat bag. To finish I added all of the details with a white paint pen and  black micron pen.

I hope that you enjoyed my projects! Thank you so very much for stopping by and have a fantastic day! -LSHD DT Mindy



Monday, October 19, 2015

Sweet Treats Announcement

Hello Everyone! Today I want to share with you a Sweet Treats Announcement that I made! (Created with a pattern from LSHD.)


I was trying to come up with a fun way to share our exciting news with our Family and Friends, and this is what I came up with! To create my layout first I made the mats and frames from basic shapes in Design Space. I then uploaded the pattern and sized the images to fit my layout. Next I made a duplicate copy of the little pumpkin and then sized it just slightly smaller than the original pumpkin. Next I uploaded my Ultrasound picture as a pattern, and then selected the smaller pumpkin and set the image to pattern fill. Once I was happy with my design, I cut out all of the pattern pieces in plain and patterned card stock. I then inked and chalked all of the paper edges to create dimension. Next I assembled everything and attached it to my layout. To finish I added all of the highlights with a white paint pen. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a fantastic day! -Mindy

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Caramel Apple Birthday Card

Good Morning Everyone! Today I want to share with you a Caramel Apple Birthday Card that I made! (Created with a pattern from LSHD.)


To make my card first I created the card base and frames out of basic shapes in Design Space. I then uploaded the pattern and sized it to fit my card. I also used the write then cut feature to add my sentiment to one of the caramel pieces. Once I was happy with my design I cut out all of the pattern pieces with my Explore in plain and patterned card stock. I then inked and chalked all of the paper edges to create dimension and shape. After that I assembled everything and attached the finished characters and accessories to my card base. To finish I added the highlights with a white paint pen. Thank you again for stopping by! I hope that you all have a wonderful day! -Mindy

Monday, October 12, 2015

Batty For You Card

Good Afternoon Everyone! Today I want to share with you a Batty For You Card! (Created with a pattern from LSHD.)


To make my Bat Card first I created my card base and frames from basic shapes in Design Space. I then uploaded the pattern and sized the images to fit my card. Next I used a font with a writing style for my sentiment so that I could have my Explore write and then cut the sentiment out. After I was happy with my design I cut out all of the paper pieces in plain card stock with my Explore. Next I inked and chalked all of the paper edges to add dimension and shape. After that I used a bat stamp from Unity Stamp Co. to create my bat patterned paper. To do this I just stamped the image with black ink multiple times to create the pattern. Next I assembled everything and attached it to my card base. To finish I added some sequins, and then added all of the highlights with a white paint pen. Thank you so very much for stopping by and have a wonderful day! -Mindy

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Haunted House Card

Good Morning Everyone! Sorry for the delay in posts, I just got back from our family vacation. Today I want to share with you a Haunted House Shaped Card that I made! (Created with a pattern from LSHD.)


To create this super fun card, first I uploaded the pattern into Design Space. I then ungrouped the image and layered all of the Haunted House Pieces. I then grouped the Haunted House and made a Duplicate Copy. Next I selected the duplicate copy and selected Weld so that I would be left with a base shadow layer. I then made another copy of the welded image and flipped the image vertically so that the two sides would mirror each other. Next I put both welded images slightly overlapping on the edge where I wanted my card to fold. I then selected both welded pieces and selected weld one last time to create my shaped card base. Next I just added and attached a score line in the center of the card. Once my card base was designed I then sized the skeletons to my desired height for my card. Next I cut out all of the paper pieces in plain card stock with my Explore. I then inked and chalked all of the paper edges to add dimension. After that I assembled everything and attached it to my shaped card base. To finish I added the highlights with a white paint pen. Thank you so very much for stopping by and have a wonderful day! -Mindy