Skull Card using Gypsy, Life is a Beach & Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art Cricut Cartridge

Why didn’t the skeleton cross the road? He had no guts.

I love this Stampin’ Up Newsprint paper.

What I think is cool about this card besides the paper is that I was able to make it using non-traditional cartridges for this Halloween theme. See? That skull came from Life is a Beach and the “BOO” is from the Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Art cart. I think it’s fun to scour your cartridges for unexpected things. Though I guess “Boo” from MS isn’t that much of a stretch, but I still enjoy looking in unexpected places.

I heart my Gypsy!

I welded the images at the top to form the card. The other skull and “BOO” were cut out in different papers.

Let's see what's in the paper today. Hmmm...says here that Joy will soon be releasing some more stamp sets. Cool!

The Happy Hauntings cartridge is in the machine, but I’m actually running the machine with the Gypsy.

The only thing I don’t like about Stampin’ Up paper is that I love it so much, I don’t want to use it. That’s so silly!

Who was the most famous French skeleton? Napoleon bone-apart.

Here is the welded skull card before adding “BOO” or bling.

I really like K & Co. paper, especially these small stacks.

This is where “BOO” came from…well, from this pack of paper and the MS Seasonal Cake Art Cricut cart.

Bling...Bling..Hello? Who's calling? I hope it's the bling salesman.

BEFORE BLING

I bought this bling (and more) from a great vendor at the last few scrapbooking shows I attended. They sell all their bling for $1 each and it’s all pretty great. Don’t you love finding deals like that?

AFTER BLING

Bling...Blang...Blung. (The conjugation of bling.) LOL!

ALL DONE

Making the skull card was pretty fun. I got to use some of my favorite papers AND BLING! FUN! I think this card will go in that bag I made the other day. You remember, it was the one I made with the Imagine. It had a haunted house on it. I already added that little coffin in the bag. This is going to make a great little surprise for my neighbor for Halloween!

68 Comments

uofkgirl says:

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I have never seen anything like this before, cool project. You have great ideas. Keep up the good work
maryjocreech says:

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I think just for the way you can stitch items together to make custom cards the Gypsy would be worth it! Can’t wait to see what is next!
Kim T says:

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This is really great, love the design and the papers you chose are perfect for it. I am off to look for some of that bling now.
Kim xXx
Jessica Gabriel says:

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love the drips on the card!
clairbear3 says:

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I love the BLING idea!
Lemondrops says:

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Bling on a newsprint skull…who would’ve thought it? The one and only Super Joy, of course! Love the drippy “Boo” too. Great, unexpected card. Thanks yet again for your inspiration!
missingnojo says:

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Love it , Love it.. You always come out with such great stuff!
tbirkhead says:

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I love your card! My fav part is the bling around the eye socket – love that!
juicy creations says:

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wow love it. love the bling work.. very nice.
jayma15 says:

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I had to say, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this paper! The newsprint paper rocks!!
AnnaCM says:

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That newsprint paper is awesome. I just may have to get some…
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  AnnaCM,
  I know what you mean. That newsprint paper just makes you want it. LOL!
  ~Joy~
creativepatti says:

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Super cute card. I so want a GYPSY!! It’s on my wish list.
scottandcarr says:

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Love this one too!!!
pbarker says:

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AWESOME–I LOVE THIS CARD! I love skulls and you have done some really cute ones!!!

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Stefeni says:

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Great card! That newspaper paper is awesome!

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Littlen says:

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Never thought to look on Life’s A Beach for a Halloween item. Guess I need to check other carts more often. TFS.