The temperature here in Switzerland has dipped considerably and the trees are starting to show the first signs of Autumn, so Halloween is ON!
Today I have a quick and simple card which could easily be adapted to make Halloween party invitations, a canvas or other home decor piece.
Take a base card and cover the edges with regions beyond tissue tape.
Emboss core-dinations kraft core cardstock with the new cobwebs texture fades folder and sand lightly over the top and edges with a sanding grip.
Place the zigzag stencil over distress watercolor cardstock and blend rusty hinge distress ink through with a blending tool. Dry with a heal tool. Move the stencil so it covers the inked parts and repeat the process with hickory smoke distress ink. Once dry, stamp randomly using background stamps from the undertaker stamp set with jet black archival ink. Spritz with water droplets and dry with heat tool. Paint a thin layer of glue ‘n seal over the top. It will spread the ink a little but give a nice vintage hue.
Mix a few drops of black soot distress reinker and texture paste with a palette knife on a craft mat. Place the batground stencil over one side of the card and using the palette knife, scrape through a portion of the stencil. Carefully lift the stencil and rinse immediately. Allow the texture paste to air dry.
Stamp the large skull from the undertaker stamp set and fussy cut. Blend with a vintage photo distress ink. Stamp a second time and fussy cut the hat and teeth. Colour the teeth with a white gel pen and glue both the hat and teeth on top of the skull with glue ‘n seal. Add a little black soot distress marker around the outside of the skull and blend with your finger to create a shadow.
Die cut “beware” and “trouble” from the handwritten halloween thinlits die set with core-dinations kraft core cardstock. Assemble card with glue ‘n seal.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it. I’ll be back with LOTS more Halloween projects over the coming weeks. I hope you’ll stop by again and take a look.
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I love it — Halloween is so much fun and you make it even better.
Our weather is rainy and it is not as hot. Sure wish I could visit Switzerland again!!!
sandy xx
Love the zig zag background! I never would have though to use 2 colors or mist with water.
Another great piece – the background is fantastic…love the text over the stenciled zigzag. Just perfect all the way around. Welcome Halloween!
Most excellent!!! LOVE the background and love the detail!!! Spooky cool!
PINNED!
Love this card. Used it as inspiration for some cards I made for my grand daughter to give to her posse for Halloween. I am making 12 cards total for her and I made three from this inspiration. Love how everything combined. Very fun to make. thanks as always for sharing. I pin your ideas a lot. I follow your blog through netvibes which I don’t know if you can see.