Happy Halloween!

 Happy Halloween! I've got two Halloween cards to share today that were created for Topflight Stamps to showcase the fabulous Twisted Tree Red Rubber Cling Stamp Set by Darkroom Door. I also used  stencils, masks, and ink to create the cards.

We recently returned from a trip to Bodega Bay, California. We traveled through Bodega, which was the setting for  Albert Hitchcock's masterpiece, The Birds. Hence this card, which also uses the Time Flies Stencil by Visible Image, a sentiment from the Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle, the Acetate Hills Mask by Lavinia Stamps, and Della Blue, and Pine Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps.

This slightly scarier second card features Twisted Tree Red Rubber Cling Stamp Set with the Acetate Circles Mask by Lavinia Stamps, the Halftone Skull Stencil by Creative Expressions, all four colors of Elements Ink listed below, and a sentiment from the Holiday Sentiment Duos Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle combined with a sentiment from the featured Darkroom Door set.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Twisted Tree Red Rubber Cling Stamp Set by Darkroom Door

Holiday Sentiment Duos Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Halftone Skull Stencil by Creative Expressions

Time Flies Stencil by Visible Image

Acetate Circles Mask by Lavinia Stamps

Acetate Hills Mask by Lavinia Stamps

Violet Chalk, Blue Lagoon, Della Blue, and Pine Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps

Other Products Used:

140 Lb. Mixed Media Cardstock by Strathmore®

Nocturne VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

New Canvas Palette™ Ink by Stewart Superior

VersaMark® Ink by Tsukineko®

Shadow Grey and Jet Black Archival™ Ink by Ranger Ink

Black Soot Distress® Archival™ Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Ink

Zombie Party Clear Stamp Set by Whimsy Stamps

White Detail Embossing Powder by Stampendous!®

Graveyard Die: Source Unknown

Vellum

Black Fine Tip Pitt Artist Pen by Faber Castell

STAY-tion™by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Stamp-A-Ma-Jig® by EK Success

Instructions:

Bird Card:

1. Place a piece of mixed media cardstock onto the STAY-tion.
2. Use magnets to secure the flattest Hills Mask to the base of the paper and the STAY-tion.
3. Brush Della Blue Elements ink over cardstock. Remove the mask, mist with water, and heat set the image panel.
4. Move the Hills Mask slightly downward and brush Pine Elements ink over the mask. Continue to move the Hills mask downward, brushing ink as you go. 
5. Remove mask and heat set the image panel.
6. The Time Flies Stencil has two parts, a bird-shaped mask and stencil. Use magnets to secure the bird mask over the image panel.
7. Brush Della Blue Elements ink over the bird mask onto the image panel. This will deepen the blue and leave the bird-shape a lighter blue.
8. Remove the bird mask and heat set the panel.
9. Move the Hills Mask slightly downward and brush Pine Elements ink over the mask. Continue to move the Hills mask downward, brushing ink as you go. 
10. Remove mask and heat set the image panel.
11. Use magnets to secure the image panel to the base of the stamping platform.
12. Position the tree stamp from the Twisted Tree Cling Stamp Set face-down where desired.
13. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
14. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again to ensure a good impression.
15. Remove the stamp.
16. Place the large flying bird stamp from the Twisted Tree stamp set face-down on the image panel.
17. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
18. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again to ensure a good impression.
19. Clean and dry the stamp and place it face-down in another area of the image panel.
20. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
21. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again to ensure a good impression.
22. Repeat Steps #19-21 to get a third impression of the large bird.
23. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set.
24. Use a Stamp-a-Ma-Jig to position and all of the smaller birds, heat setting between each impression.
25. When happy with the amount of birds, heat set the image panel.
26. Use magnets to secure the image panel on the STAY-tion.
27. Use magnets to secure the Time Flies Stencil to the base of the image panel.
28. Brush Jet Black Archival ink over the stencil.
29. Remove the stencil and heat set.
30. Use magnets to secure the image panel to the stamping platform.
31. Position the "Happy Halloween" sentiment from the Classic Sentiments Clear stamping set facedown on the "T" on the image panel.
32. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
33. Ink the stamp with VersaMark ink and stamp.
34. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform.
35. Add White Detail Embossing Powder to the stamped image, dump off the excess, and heat set.
36. Trim the image panel to 4.75" x 6.75".
37. Edge the image panel with Black Soot Distress Archival ink.
38. Adhere the image panel to a black 5" x 7" card.

Bats Card:

1. Place a piece of mixed media cardstock onto the STAY-tion.
2. Use magnets to secure the largest Circle Mask towards the top of the image panel and the STAY-tion.
3. Brush Violet Chalk, Blue Lagoon, and Della Blue Elements ink over cardstock.
4. Lightly mist with water.
5. Remove the Circle Mask and heat set. You'll have a white circle which will become the moon on the image panel.
6. Use magnets to secure the image panel back on the STAY-tion.
7. Use magnets to secure the Circle Stencil over circle on the image panel.
8. Brush Shadow Grey Archival ink from the edges of the circle inwards to add definition to the moon.
9. Use magnets to secure the Halftone Skull Stencil atop the circle/moon.
10. Brush Shadow Grey Archival ink over the stencil onto the moon.
11. Remove the stencil and heat set.
12. Use magnets to secure the image panel to the base of the stamping platform.
13. Position the tree stamp from the Twisted Tree Cling Stamp Set face-down where desired.
14. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
15. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again to ensure a good impression.
16. Remove the stamp.
17. Place the three large bat stamps from the Twisted Tree stamp set face-down on the image panel.
18. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
19. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again to ensure a good impression.
20. Clean and dry the stamps and place them face-down in other areas of the image panel.
21. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
22. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamps and stamp again to ensure a good impression.
23. Position the smaller bats as desired face-down on the image panel.
24. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
25. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamps and stamp again to ensure a good impression.
26. Repeat Steps #22-24, cleaning and drying the stamps between each impression.
27. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and thoroughly heat set.
28. Use the graveyard die to cut vellum. This will be used as a mask.
29. Place the image panel on the STAY-tion, secured with magnets.
30. Secure the top section of the vellum graveyard die-cut with magnets on the image panel.
31. Brush New Canvas ink over the gravestones to create a little cemetery.
32. Remove the vellum die-cut and heat set the image panel.
33. Tear vellum horizontally.
34. Sponge Black Soot Distress ink and Pine Elements inks over the vellum to ground the tree and the gravestones.
35. Move the vellum downwards continuing to brush ink over the top edge to create a grassy background.
36. Remove the vellum and heat set.
37. Use magnets to secure the image panel to the base of the stamping platform.
38. Position the zombies from the Zombie Party Stamp St face-down where desired.
39. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps and lift.
40. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamps and stamp again to ensure a good impression.
41. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set.
42. Use magnets to secure the image panel to the base of the stamping platform.
43. Position the sentiment stamp from the Twisted Tree Stamp Sets face-down where desired.
44. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
45. Ink the stamp with New Canvas Palette ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again to ensure a good impression.
46. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set.
47. Replace the image panel back onto the stamping platform with magnets.
48. Ink the sentiment stamp with Jet Black Archival ink and stamp.
49. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set.
50. Replace the image panel back onto the stamping platform with magnets.
51. Position the Halloween Sentiment from the Holiday Sentiment Duos as desired face down on the image panel.
52. Use scrap paper or vellum to cover all the words except "Halloween".
53. Ink the stamp with New Canvas Palette ink and remove the scrap paper or vellum.
54. Stamp.
55. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set.
56. Replace the image panel back onto the stamping platform secured with magnets.
57. Repeat Steps #51.
58. Ink the stamp with Jet Black Archival ink and remove the scrap paper.
59. Stamp.
60. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set. 
61. Use a black pen to touch up the black ink on the sentiment.
62. Trim the image panel to 4.75" x 6.75".
63. Edge the image panel with Black Soot Distress Archival ink.
64. Adhere the image panel to a black 5" x 7" card.

Thanks for visiting today! Happy Halloween!