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!