31 Days of Halloween Day 30!

Greetings! It's Day 30 of the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Blog, one day before Halloween, and two days before the Day of the Dead!

Here's my card created with the Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs.

Products Used:

Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

Golden Glitz Delicata Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

  Face, Neck, Arms, Hands: W0, W1, E40, E81

  Eyes: YG45, YG41

  Lips: E04, R32, R30

  Hair: C7, C6, C4

  Wings: FV2, B78, FB2, BG49, BG45, BG34, BG32, YG45, YR18, YR16, YR15, YR12, Y19, Y17, Y13, Y02, Y04, Y06

  Dress: BG45, BG34, BG32, B37, B29, B24, B23, B21

  Flower Bouquet Wrapper: E37, E35, E33

  Flowers: YR18, YR16, YR15, YR12, Y19, Y17, Y13, Y06, Y04, Y02

Black MultiLiner by Copic

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Black Stardust Glitter Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Dark Red, Red Triplus Fineliner Pens by Staedtler

Black and Grey Brusho Crystal Colour Pigment Powders by Coloursoft *

Remember This Story 6x6 Stencil by 13@rts

Super Hero Rays 6x6 Stencil by Paper Rose Studio

Floral Washi Tape: Source Unknown

Low-tack Tape

Roll of Paper Towels

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5.5" square card from Raven (black) cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Day of the Dead Angel.
3. Fussy-cut the Angel.
4. Use Copic markers to color her.
5. Use a black Multi-liner to edge the Angel.  
6. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to the pupils of her eyes. 
7. Use a black glitter pen to add sparkly details to the fine black lines on her wings, skirt, and the buttons of her bodice. 
8. Set the completed Day of the Dead Angel aside to create a background for her.
9. Spray a panel of Mixed Media cardstock with water. 
10. Sprinkle Black and Grey Brusho Powders over the wet background panel and allow the powders to activate. 
11. Mist the panel with more water to further spread the Brusho powders. 
12. Roll a paper towel roll over the the panel to sop up the excess water.  Thoroughly heat set the background panel. *
13. Move the background panel to the STAY-tion.
14. Place the Remember This Story 6x6 Stencil over the ink-stained background and secure with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
15. Brush Nocturne VersaFine Ink over the stencil onto the background panel, then heat set. 
16. Place low-tack tape over most of the rays of the Super Hero Rays 6x6 Stencil.
17. Position the stencil near the top of the background panel, and Golden Glitz Delicata Ink was sponged over the stencils onto the background panel. 
18. Trim the image panel to 5" x 5".  
19. Adhere Black and white floral washi tapeto the bottom of the panel.
20. Edge the background panel with Delicata and VersaFine Clair Inks.
21. Trim a piece of white cardstock to 5.25" square, sponge Golden Glitz Delicata Ink around the panel's outer .25" perimeter, then heat set. 
22. Use this panel to mat the background panel. 
23. Adhere the reserved Day of the Dead Angel to the background panel so that her head is within the gold stenciled rays and the bottom of her skirt is on the washi tape.
24. Adhere the card front was adhered to the reserved black 5.5" square card.

I sure hope that you've played along with our 31 Days of Halloween Challenge! 

Thanks for visiting today. Have a safe and fun Halloween. Enjoy your Day of the Dead Celebrations!

Notes:

• The Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp comes in two sizes. I've used the larger of the two for my card.
• Brusho Crystal Colour Pigment Powders stain. Use a craft mat, wear old clothes and gloves.
• Adding water to paper can cause it to curl. To flatten it, place the panel between a piece of folded copier paper, place the combination onto the base of a die-cut machine, put both cutting plates. over the panel, and run through the die-cut machine a few times. Sometimes you need to add cardstock or a thin piece of packaging cardboard to the die-cut "sandwich".
• Products marked with asterisks ( * ) can be purchased at Topflight Stamps.

Have a happy and safe Halloween. If you celebrate the Day of the Dead, enjoy your friends, family, and memories.

Thanks for visiting today! 

Witching Hour

It's Tuesday so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. It's an "Anything Goes" week and Halloween is Thursday, so here's one of my last Halloween cards for the year. Maybe. 

But before we get to my card, I wanted to remind you about Topflight Stamps' sale! There are so many wonderful new (and old) products that you know you want!

Here's my Halloween card created with stamps, inks, and a stencil by Lavinia Stamps!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Faba  Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Marcie Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Hocus and Pocus Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Acetate Circles Masks by Lavinia Stamps

Dark Denim, Blue Lagoon, Pine, and Olive Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko 

Gelly Roll Bold Line Stardust Clear Glittering Ink by Sakura 

Other Products Used:

140 lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Red Grape and Deep Red Grape Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers by Kuretake

Yellow Green, Lt. Green, Leaf Green, Peacock Green, and Pale Violet Le Plume II Markers by Marvy Uchida

Metallic White PanPastels by Golden 

Occasions ChitChat Idea-ology Stickers by Tim Holtz for Advantus

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Place a piece of Mixed Media paper onto the STAY-tion, secured with magnets. 
2. Place low-tack tape across the bottom of a piece of Mixed Media cardstock.
3. Use a magnet to secure one of the Acetate Circles Masks on the the top center of the panel. 
4. Sponge or brush Dark Denim and Blue Lagoon Elements Inks over the tape and the circle mask to create a night sky.
5. Move the tape  to cover the the bottom part of the sky. 
6. Brush or sponge Olive and Pine Elements Inksover the tape onto the bottom of the panel to create a lawn. 
7. Remove the circle mask and low-tack tape.
8. Use White Metallic PanPastels to add white shimmer to the moon.
9. Move the image panel to a stamping platform and secure it with magnets.
10. Position the Faba  and Marcie stamps facedown on the top of the lawn on the image panel.
11. Press the platform's lid onto the stamps and lift.
12. Ink both stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. You might need to re-ink and stamp again to attain a good impression.
13. Remove both witch stamps.
14. Place the Hocus and Pocus cat stamps facedown between the witches on the image panel.
15. Press the platform's lid onto the stamps and lift.
16. Ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. You might need to re-ink and stamp again to attain a good impression.
17. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform and heat set the inks.
18. Use watercolor markers to color the witches' hair, the details of their dresses, the broom, and the lantern. 
19. Use a Gelly Roll Bold Line Stardust Clear Glittering Ink Pen  to add glittery accents to the center of the lantern and around the moon.
20. Trim the image panel, edge it with a black marker, and adhere it to a black card. 
21. Adhere the sticker sentiment to finish the card.

Thank you for visiting today.

31 Days of Halloween Challenge - Day 26

Greetings! It's time to share another card created for the created for the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's 31 Days of Halloween Challenge! Can you believe that it's day 26 already and that we have less than a week before the big day?

My card features the Edgar Allen Poe Rubber Stamp by Carmen's Veranda. 

Here's the card!

Products Used: 

Edgar Allen Poe Rubber Stamp by Carmen's Veranda

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven (how appropriate!) Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Lost Shadow, Milled Lavender, and Seedless Preserves Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Nevermore Stencil 9118 by A Colorful Life Designs

Splatters Layering Stencil by Tim Holtz for Stampers Anonymous

Copic Markers: 

Skin: BV000, BV0000, E21, E11, E00, E000

Lips: E04, RV93, RV91, R11

Eyes: BV23, BV20

Hair/Suit: N7, N6, N5, N4

Shirt: E81, W2, W1, BG90

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from Raven cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento to stamp Edgar Allen Poe twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable label paper.
3. Use Copic markers to color Poe on the image panel. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of Poe  and place  over his colorful counterpart on the image panel as a mask (but not the Masque of the Red Death. Sorry. Not sorry.)
5. Sponge or brush Lost Shadow, Milled Lavender, and Seedless Preserves Distress ink over the masked image onto the panel to create a background.
6. Place the image panel onto the STAY-tion and secure with magnets.
7. Place the "Nevermore" Stencil towards the bottom of the image panel. Secure it with magnets or secure with low-tack tape. I did both because more is more for a Virgo control freak.
8. Sponge or brush  Nocturne VersaMark Clair Ink  over the "Nevermore" Stencil onto the bottom of the image panel. Remove the stencil.
9. Use low-tack tape to cover the bigger splats and spotches on the Splatter Stencil.
10. Randomly sponge Nocturne VersaMark Clair ink the splotches, moving the stencil as you go. 
11. Unmask Edgar Allen Poe, trim the image panel to 4.75" x 6.75", and edge it with Nocturne VersaMark Clair.
12. Adhere the panel to the reserved black 5" x 7" card. 

Since time is ticking away, like a pendulum in a grandfather clock, you should gather your stamps, get inky, and play along with our 31 Days of Halloween Challenge!

Thanks for visiting today!

Ghostly Greetings

Halloween is the time of the year when the veil is the thinnest and people seek out spooky experiences. Here’s a card with NO stamping that uses both the old and new VersaFine Clair Inks with stencils and die-cuts!

Imagine Crafts Supplies:

Sand Dune, Cheerful, Grass Green, Strawberry, Summertime, Purple Delight, Monarch, Bali Blue, and Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Inks  *

Wheat VersaMagic Dew Drop Ink

Moonlight White and Starlite Silver Brilliance Inks

Pumpkin StazOn Ink 

Sponge Daubers

Fantastix

Tear It! Tape

On Point Glue

Craft Mat

Other Supplies:

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Avalanche Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Ouija Board 6x6 Stencil by Strumpet Stencils

Woodgrain Stencil by Prima Marketing

Dynamic Stencil by Lavinia Stamps *

Skeletal Hand Cutting Die Source Unknown

Large Ouija Board Planchette by Retro Cafe Art

Halloween Idea-ology Remnant Rubs by Tim Holtz for Advantus

Low-Tack Tape

Post-It Notes by 3M

Please Note: The products marked with an asterisk ( * ) can be found at Topflight Stamps.

Instructions:

Step 1:

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Sand Dune VersaFine Clair ink to a piece of white cardstock.

Step 2:

Use low-tack tape to secure the inked cardstock to the back of a wood-grain stencil. Use a sponge dauber to apply Sand Dune VersaFine Clair over the stencil onto the cardstock to create a subtle wood grained look. Remove the stencil and heat set the cardstock.

Steps 3A through 3E:

Use low-tack tape to secure the image panel to the back of the Ouija Board Stencil. Different colors of VersaFine Clair Inks and Moonlight White Brilliance ink will be applied to various areas of the stencil. I ended up adding Starlite Silver over the Moonlight White to add more contrast. Sorry there’s no photo.

Place Post-It Notes to protect areas of the stencil and keep a paper towel at hand to wipe excess ink off of the stencil to avoid unwanted ink transfer.

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Cheerful VersaFine Clair to the sun area of the stencil. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Moonlight White Brilliance Ink to the moon and the clouds area of the stencil (3A).

Use Sponge Daubers to apply Grass Green and Strawberry VersaFine Clair Inks to the “Yes” and “No” words on the stencil (3B)

Use Sponge Daubers to apply Purple Delight and Monarch VersaFine Clair Inks to the the alphabet on the stencil (3C). Remember to use a paper towel to wipe away excess ink.

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Summertime VersaFine Clair Ink to the numbers on the stencil (3D).

Use Fantastix to apply Lilac Bloom, Bali Blue, Summertime, and Cheerful VersaFine Inks to the stars on the stencil (3E)

Remove the stencil and thoroughly heat set the image panel.

Step 4:

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Ink to a piece of Mixed Media paper to create the background panel. Heat set.

Steps 5A and 5B:

Use low-tack tape to secure the Lilac Bloom inked paper to the back of the Dynamic Stencil.

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Purple Delight VersaFine Clair Ink randomly over the stencil (5A) onto the background panel. Use a separate Sponge Dauber to apply Monarch VersaFine Clair Ink over the the rest of the stencil (5B) onto the background panel.  Remove the stencil and heat set the panel. 

Step 6:

Use the skeletal hand cutting die to cut three hands from white cardstock.

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Wheat VersaMagic Ink to the edges of the hands, fingers, and wrist bones. You can use the pointed edge of the DewDrop Inkpad to reach between the fingers! When the bones are aged to your liking, heat set all three hands then set them aside.

Step 7:

Cut a piece of white cardstock to 5.25” x 3.875”. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Summertime VersaFine Clair Ink to the outer .5” of the panel. Heat set. Use this panel to mat the Ouija Board Panel, then adhere the matted Ouija Board panel to the stenciled background panel. 

Steps 8A and B:

Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Bali Blue VersaFine Clair Ink to a sentiment sticker (8A). Heat set.

Use a Flag Die to cut white cardstock. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Ink to the die-cut. Heat set.

Adhere the sticker onto the die-cut flag. Set aside.

Step 9:

Press the plastic planchette facedown onto the Pumpkin StazOn Inkpad. Smoosh it around.Carefully remove and allow to dry.

Steps 10A and 10B:

Place dimensional foam adhesive to the back of all three skeletal hands. Fold all the fingers, except the index fingers, backwards at the second joint, and press them onto the adhesive foam. You can add a piece of Tear It! Tape over them to keep them in place. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Sand Dune VersaFine Clair Ink to the backs of the fingers and the joints to further “age” them (10A).

Use On Point Glue to attach the Planchette so that it’s pointing at the “H” for Halloween. Apply On Point Glue to the back of index fingertips, remove the tape backing, and adhere the skeletal hands as shown (10B).

Step 11: 

Create a 5” x 7” card from white textured cardstock. Use a Sponge Dauber to apply Monarch VersaFine Clair Ink to the outer .5” of the card. Heat set.

Step 12:

Use Tear It! Tape to adhere the layers of the card.

Here's the finished card!

Thank you for visiting today!