GIU - Day 2 Stir The Pot (Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge).

 Welcome! - Today is Day 2 of my GIU (Growing in Unity) stamp week. -  I want to thank everyone who left comments on yesterday's card.  

Before I post today's card PLEASE leave a name in your comment so I can put you in for the $20 Voucher.  I had several comments yesterday that were (anonymous) and a name was not left in the comment.  If you left one on the Pumpkin card please check to see if you included your name so I can count you in for the drawing at the end of my term. 

Now let's get on with today's card.  -  I love Halloween and Cats so this card was a perfect combination for me. Click to enlarge photos.

This card used another stamp from the September KOM (Harvest to Holiday).  That little "witch kitty" just made me laugh when I saw it and I knew I had to use it for one of this weeks cards.

I used a piece of Granny Apple Green cs and stamped an old SU background Sanded with some white pigment ink but unless you look really close you can't see it because my pigment ink pad isn't the greatest.  I'll be investing in a better one soon.  I added a punch goo border that I punched from Old Olive cs and embossed with a Versa Mark pad & Clear Embossing powder 2 or 3 times to give it some dimension.

Card Base is Purple (one of SU retired colors though).  The designer paper is from DCWV. The witch cat was stamped with Memento Tuxedo ink and colored with Pencils and blended with Gamsol using blending stumps.  I added some light gray splatter with an old SU stamp (Itty Bitty Backgrounds).  I cut it out with a Square die (SU Stylish Dies) and then mounted it on a piece of Tangerine Tango* cs and distressed the edges. The sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink.  I added sequins (Picket Fence Studio) to compete the card and mounted the focal image with foam tape.

Will be sharing this over on the Two Old Bats Halloween challenge as well.

What a fun mood board.  Love the cat and witch hats...thus the inspiration for this card.

Thanks for stopping by - Leave a comment, including your name for a chance to win that $20 gift voucher from Unity Stamps.

Two Old Bats Anything Goes Challenge and NBUS#67

 

Welcome!  I'm back today with another card for the Two Old Bats Anything goes Halloween challenge.  

I wanted to do a card inspired by the mood board this time.  

Below is the card that I created.

This is also going in NBUS #67 as I'm using a new stamp/die set for this card. - Which I am so thankful to TK (Time 4 Kards) for gifting me this adorable stamp set and the dies that match.  She created a card with this set last year which you can view here:

I had a blast creating this card.  

My card base is: Highland Heather (SU)  The designer paper is from DCWV - Spooky time stack.  I purchased at JoAnn's a couple of years ago.

My card process often takes on a mind of it's own as I had started with a totally different pattern of paper but didn't like how it was turning out.  Then I decided to switch papers and am happy with the result.

The images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Ink and colored with various Copic markers and cut out with the matching dies.

I blended Fresh Freesia and Misty Moonlight ink (SU) on a piece of white card stock.  Then cut it out with a Unity Die.  I also added a cut our border in black like a frame.  Before adding the frame I splattered on some white splatters using a Lustre Brush from Scrapbook.com - I was excited to finally get a night sky that I liked. All the images were mounted onto the sky with foam tape.  I added some sequins to the background as well. I also added shimmer to the ghost with a Wink of Stella pen.

I finished off the inside of the card with the spider and web from the stamp set: Waffle Flower - Boo stamp set/dies.  The sentiment is from an old stamp set from Amuse Studio (Spooky Boo Day) .

Again this card was a lot of work but I am thrilled with how it turned out and I hope you enjoy it too.

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge and NBUS

 Hello and Welcome.

Today I'm sharing a card I created this week and decided to share it for the Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: Anything Goes.

This was the Mood Board - It's there for inspiration.  - I'm thinking that mine is more of an, "anything goes" card rather than matching the mood board.

Which photo do you prefer? One with the background paper added or the one below?

Inside of the card.  Here I used another small circle that I cut out from panel that I cut the first circle from.  Then I just inked up the small Trick or Treat portion of the sentiment stamp with a black marker and stamped it below the ghost circle.

So for this card I used Basic Black, Basic White and Granny Apple Green card stock (SU).  The background stamp is from Unity (Boo Brigade)  I stamped the background with Memento tuxedo Ink twice. I cut one out using a Unity (Scallop and Rectangle die)  I cut a circle out from the 2nd one using the Unity (Scallop and Circle) dies.

Then I colored the smiling ghost with Copic markers and added some clear glitter (Art Institute) over it to make it sparkle.  I cut out a rectangle of Granny Apple Green card stock with another Unity(Scallop and Rectangle) die. I mounted the cut circle over the other ghost background with foam tape,  lining the ghosts up as closely as possible.

Then I stamped the Happy Halloween sentiment from (Clearly Unity - Boo to You) after masking off the small trick or treat portion with Memento Tuxedo black ink.  I removed the mask before stamping down. Then I distressed the edges with a distressing tool and some Granny Apple Green Ink.  To complete the card I added some green sequins (Picket Fence Studio).

Since it's NEW to me I'm also submitting for NBUS#67 - Stop by as there are lots of great cards there to get inspiration from.

That's it. - A fun and fairly easy Halloween card that makes me smile. I hope it does you as well.

Two Old Bats - Anything Halloween

 Did you know there is a cool blog called, Two Old Bats that does Halloween challenges all year long?  How fun is that!

 

For October it's Anything Halloween.  They provide an, Inspiration  Mood Board to inspire you.  You can choose to use it for inspiration or go out on your own with your card creations.

I finally had time to get in on one of their fun challenges.  Here is the Mood Board:  I decided to use the Buffalo Plaid for the inspiration for my card.

Here is what I created:

 

For this card I used another of the pumpkin images from the Tim Holtz set that I showcased on my last card.  

 

Card Details:

Card Stock: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black & Whisper White*(retired).

Patterned Paper (Paper Studio - Purchased at Hobby Lobby).

 

I embossed part of the white card stock with a Spiderweb embossing folder (Cuttlebug-Provo Craft)*retired.  Then I distressed the edges using my finger nail and inked around them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Then I added the buffalo plaid paper to the bottom half of the white embossed piece.

The Pumpkin image was colored with Copic Markers.  I also distressed the edges of the black card stock that I mounted the pumpkin image on.

 

The sentiment was stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink on white card stock and I used circle punches.  I also added a black punched spider with foam mounting tape & some sequins (Picket Fence) to complete the card. 

 

I hope you'll check out the design teams cards & the other participants.  Have a wonderful day.

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge

 Today I'm sharing a card that I created for a new blog,

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge. - I found out about this from one of my blogging/stamping friends, Leslie Miller who just happens to be one of the design team members for this new blog.

 

Here is the card that I created for the challenge:

 

 I think this might be one of my all time favorite Halloween cards that I've created.  This one came together exactly how I envisioned it.

I started with a Basic Black (SU) card Base.  Then I added a piece of designer paper, DCWV-Spooky time stack. - Because the color wasn't exactly what I wanted I sponged on some distress ink to get the shade I was looking for.

Next up I stamped the Crow image on Whisper White card stock and used distress inks sponged over the image.  I mounted that to a piece of Pumpkin Pie Card Stock.  The sentiment was stamped the same way and mounted on Basic Black card stock.  

I added a punched spiderweb border, a distressed strip on pumpkin pie card stock that I accordion folded and then glued down.  

Finishing touches were black pearls & a punched spider that I added black glitter too.

Stamp Sets Used: Crow - Inkadinkado - Sentiment from Creepylane Stamp Set - Inkadinkado - I've used this crow before.  You can view that card HERE

 

Distress Inks: Dried Marigold, Fired Brick (Tim Holtz) and I added a little Memento London Fog ink as well 

Other Items: Spider Punch - EK Success, Black Hole Glitter-The Art Institute, Black Pearls-Annabelle Stamps (no longer in business), Spiderweb Punch-Martha Stewart