Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Laurie here to share My Mystery Birthday Card using the Murder Mystery Set by Kindred Stamps! Last week was my Hubby’s birthday! So, I decided to create for him an explosion light up card with characters from one of our favourite movies! Clue! I just knew he would get a kick out of my card!
The Details of My Mystery Birthday Card
For my card, I wanted to include all the characters on his card. So, I decided to put Wadsworth with a wrench hidden behind him on the front. The wrench was an extra one that I picked up at a game store selling one off pieces for board games. So fun! The other characters would go inside my card.
First, I coloured all the characters with my Copic markers using the movie for reference. I added glossy accents to the knife, wrench, candlestick and revolver. I also used my Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen on the earrings of Mrs. Peacock and Miss Scarlett, and the belt buckle for Mrs. White.
Front of Card
Time to put everything together! The 13th Hour Paper Pad by Kaiser Craft was perfect to create my spooky scene on the front with its embossed tree branches! I added behind my Mansion a glow in the dark moon with Crushed Curry ink brushed along the edges.
Next, I added So Saffron Vellum behind the windows of my Masion thus allowing the light to shine through when the EZ Light was activated. I die cut a hill and embossed it with the “push here” instructions. The hill allowed me to hide my light mechanism behind it. To decorate my card front, I added a couple of black glimmer bats and the wrench. The finishing touch was to add my coloured Wadsworth.
Inside of Card
Since I wanted to include a Clue boardgame on the inside, I searched online for a free printable one and found it on Pinterest. Have to love the internet for things like that! I pulled it into Microsoft Word, scaled it to 8” x 8” and printed it out on copy paper.
Once that was done, I folded the “boardgame” to create my explosion mechanism by following the instruction by Karen Titus. This was adhered directly to the card base.
Since the card was so bulky already, I adhered my characters directly to the “boardgame” by strategically placing them away from the folds. For a fun accent, I added a magnifying glass trinket to the centre of my board.
I used two sentiments from the stamp sets to complete my card on the inside.
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Copic Markers:
Wadsworth
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E49/E47/E44/E43
Suit: C9/C7/C5/C3
Shirt: C3/0
Colonel Mustard
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair/Tie: E25/YR24/Y26/Y21
Suit/Shoes: E39/E37/E35/E33
Shirt: C3/0
Wrench: C5/C3/C1
Miss Scarlett
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E18/E08/YR18/YR14
Dress/Shoes: G99/G17/G02
Shawl/Gloves: C3/C1/0
Lips: R29/R24
Candlestick: C5/C3/C1
Mrs. White
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: C9/C7/C5/C3
Dress/Hat/ Shoes: C9/C7/C5
Lips: R29/R24
Mrs. Peacock
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04/R20
Hair: E35/E33/YR31
Lips: R29/R24
Skirt: YR24/Y26/Y21
Top: E47/E44/E43
Hat: E18/E15/E13
Stole/Purse/Shoes: E44/E43/E42
Knife: C5/C3/C1/E47
Professor Plum
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E18/E15/E13/E11
Suit/Bowtie: YG99/YG97/YG95/YG93
Vest: E08/E18
Shirt: C3/0
Pipe: E39/E37/E35
Shoes: E18/E15/E13
Gun: C9/C5/C3
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Card Recipe for My Mystery Birthday Card:
Murder Mystery, Kindred Stamps
Paper Basics – Stamper’s Select White Cardstock, Papertrey Ink
13th Hour 6 ½” x 6 ½” Paper Pad, Kaiser Craft
Clue Game Board PDF Printable, Printablee on Pinterest
Glow in the Dark Specialty Paper, Stampin’ Up!
So Saffron Perennial Essence Vellum, Stampin’ Up!
Black Glimmer Paper, Stampin’ Up!
Haunted House Halloween Collection Dies, Creative Expressions
Full Moon Dies, Lawn Fawn
Slimline Stitched Hillside Border Dies, Lawn Fawn!
Bat Punch, Stampin’ Up!
Textured Notes Dies, Stampin’ Up!
Push Here Stamp Set, Lawn Fawn
Basics Embossing Powder, Stampin’ Up!
Embossing Additions Tool Kit, Stampin’ Up!
Heat Tool, Stampin’ Up!
EZ-Light, Pear Blossom Press
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Stampin’ Up!
Computer
Microsoft Word
Brother Scan n’ Cut
Extra Wrench from Clue Game
Magnifying glass charms antique silver tone, Nicole de Bruin Charms
Black Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stampin’ Up!
Crushed Curry Ink Pad, Stampin’ Up!
Blending Brushes, Stampin’ Up!
Glossy Accents, Ranger
Clear Star Gelly Roll Pen, Sakura
Basic Black Card Stock, Stampin’ Up!
Finished card size: 5 ½” x 4 ¼”
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Hope you like My Mystery Birthday Card using the
Murder Mystery Stamp Set by Kindred Stamps!
Thank you for stopping by!
Hugs,
Laurie