I saw a card on the internet that someone was selling and I thought I could recreate it so this is my attempt.
Using Mellow Moss Stampin’ Up paper and the same color ink, I started with Mellow Moss paper that I trimmed to 3 5/8″ wide and 11″ high scored at 5 1/2″.  Round the bottom corners.  I stamped a sentiment inside with from PTI Been Boo’d stamp set in Onyx Black ink.
You will need to make eyes next:
1″ black circles you’ll need two
1 1/4″ white circles you’ll need two
glue them together with the white meeting the bottom edge of the black circle.  I used a glue stick from Stampin’ Up and I like using a glue stick for this project.
Next punch little white circles out with a hand punch like you’d use when you need to make a hole for ribbon or a typical hole punch that we used in school.  Attach the two little white circles to your eyes and I made them look like they were cross eyed.
Next we are making the eye brows out of mellow moss paper and use 1 1/4″ circle and make two of them.  Cut about 1/4 of them off and distress around the circle part and not the side where you cut off using Mellow Moss ink.  You’re doing this so the ink and paper are very similar.  Put these aside.  Punch one more 1 1/4″ circle and cut it in half and really distress this circle.  It would be easier if I had distressed it before I cut it in half, but didn’t.   Distress this a lot all over.
To make the nose, I made a big oval and punched half of a 5/8″ circle punch side by side in the middle of the bottom of the oval for the nose holes then trimmed it down until I liked the size of it.  It ended up being 2″ wide and 1″ high.  I used the mellow moss ink to distress around the edges of the nose.
The black hair template is 3 5/8″ wide at the bottom and curves out and is about 2 1/2″ tall.  Make your  template starting with white paper that is 4″ wide and 2 1/2″ tall and folded it in half and I drew a curve that looks like a right parenthesis ) on the 4″ side (that is now folded in half)   I made a mark at the bottom so I would know where 3/16″ is (which would be 3/8″ when you double it and having it folded in half, you are cutting off double).  Sorry if that didn’t make sense but it should work out if you make one mark 3/16″ from the right side (your fold is on the left side) and start your curve that looks like this ).  The curve is slight as you can see from my hair.  This is your template and cut it until you are happy with it and then trace it on another piece of black paper and cut it out.
Next you’re making your ears.  I used an oval punch that was 3/4 x15/16″ and took mellow moss paper and slid it into the punch about 3/4 of the way into the punch and then punched it out. I distressed the edges of those as well.  Unfortunately the video cut out for this part, but I put glue on the cut side of the ears and put glue on that part (not the curved part) and glued the front and attached it to the back of the card front about halfway down the eyes on the same level on left and right.

Now we will glue down the hair almost 7/8th of it on the (Make sure you are gluing it to the folded part of the card.)  Next glue down the eyebrows which should have the cut part horizontal and about 1/2″ into the hair.  Next glue the eyes onto the eyebrows about 1/4th from the top of the eyebrow.  Then glue your eye lids to your eyes.  Glue them so they cover the whites of the eyes.  I added blush to the sides of the face with the Mellow Moss.  I glued the nose down below the eyes and then took embroidery floss and rolled about a 5″ long piece in glue stick and then laid it on the card with two hills and one valley.  I used a black Sharpie to make the lines at the corners of his mouth.  I glued the ears on the sides near the bottom of his eyes and put glue on the front of the cut part of the ear and stuck them to the back of the paper face.
I hope you like this card and if you do, please let me know as I will make more for Halloween.
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