Sunday 5 October 2014

31 Days of Halloween - Day 5

Hello folks, and it’s day 5 of the Smeared and Smudged 31 days of Halloween Blog Hop.  All you have to do to take part is to hop through each of the Wicked Blogs that are participating and leave a comment on each project.  All Horrifying Hoppers will receive a Survival Button at the end of the month to proudly post on their blog.

If you’re following the blog hop in order, you’ve arrived here from Teresa’s blog.    If you’ve arrived from elsewhere and you’d like to work your way through all the participating blogs, the blog roll is in the sidebar – just start at the beginning or wherever suits you best.

Today’s project is a  kinetic card based on the Secret Slider mechanism. 



Pull the tab at the bottom of the Rickety House and ...Wooo!  Spooky!  



(I've made a Vine of it in action)

The ghost is a Sizzlets die cut in acetate and adhered to acetate (cut from packaging).  I wanted the "Happy Halloween" to be a nice vivid orange...unfortunately I didn't have any orange embossing powder.  The nearest I had was peach, too pale for what I wanted.  Then I had a lightbulb moment - what if I used Promarker over the top of the sentiment?  Guess what, it worked!












Hope you are enjoying the hop.  Don't forget that Scavenger Items will be hidden randomly on the Wicked Blogs, and are not guaranteed to be available every day. You will have to visit blogs to find them. If you find one, you will email and let us know exactly where it was and your name will go into that scavenger item's drawing. Each person who finds the "hidden" picture will get one entry. The drawing for each scavenger prize will be the day after it was posted and winners will be chosen by random number based on who emailed. you for visiting.  Now, if you’re working your way through the roll, it’s on to Renee.  Bye now!

18 comments:

applejack cards by sue said...

Hi Keren, Great project... love the spooky house and ghost. Great papers and sentiment idea.
Sue
The Nanny x

Unknown said...

I love interactive crafts they are my favorite. I first noticed the ghost and think it is so cute good job

Sarah said...

That is wicked awesome!! I love cards that move. Great idea on the coloured letters too - I never have the perfect colour!

maureenjscott said...

I'm gonna have to google this and see how you made it - I cant work out how you pull the tab and the ghost pops up - confused.com!!! I love it though - love that shape of the house too! x

My Side of Oz said...

Wonderfully spooky haunted house! The promarkers were a great idea! And the ghost on acetate recycled! is wonderful! Great project! Oh and the slide out is super too!

DonnaMundinger said...

How fun! Love that the ghost is translucent. Great idea coloring the embossing with markers. xxD

Laura S Reading said...

Very clever and creative.
I am also enjoying your Vines.

valscraftings said...

Love your haunted house project!

TangledBlueRose said...

Great card! Love the Vine clip, perfect way to see it in action! Wonderful haunted house! Can't wait to see more! ~kim

sorry if this comment duplicated, it glitched when I was trying to submit...finicky internet!

Steph said...

Awesome project, what a great idea to use acetate for the ghost.

Julia said...

Love the interactive project. Thanks for sharing the Vine, this must be lots of fun!

Leigh S-B - The Sharpie Domino Queen said...

LOL, I adore it! Love the action vid of the spooky ghost appearing! Fab job!

Unknown said...

Really clever stuff!

Unknown said...

Too cool! Love the way this works!

Susan Renshaw said...

Love the spooky house and the ghost! Great kinetic card! Good tip about the embossing colour too.

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Loving all your haloween stuff will pop back tomorrow for a better look. Happy crafting, Angela x

(AJ) ArtJypsy said...

Great little project.

Christine Kiehl said...

This new follower, visitor likes your card and your style!