Happy (almost) Halloween! Do you make Halloween cards? I do sometimes, as it's one of my favorite holidays and I have TONS of Halloween stamps. But I have LOTS of birthdays between September and April that I make birthday cards for. So I don't usually have time to make any, but I did squeeze in this lovely spooky card.
I love creating one of a kind backgrounds and this one definitely reminded me of a spooky night with the fog creeping in. I recommend using a watercolor paper when using watercolor inks, markers, crayons, pencils, or blending with water. Because it's absorbent, it won't buckle, or pill when you are blending or adding more water...
I love creating one of a kind backgrounds and this one definitely reminded me of a spooky night with the fog creeping in. I recommend using a watercolor paper when using watercolor inks, markers, crayons, pencils, or blending with water. Because it's absorbent, it won't buckle, or pill when you are blending or adding more water...
Stamp the pumpkin image first, then color right on the paper, closely around the images, in the cracks, around the background, and move the color around with a water brush pen. Just like you are painting. Add more color to increase the depth. Or add more water to blend or take color off.
Once the background is dry, color the pumpkins and add orange stickles glitter glue to them both. Add some green, gold, and black stickles to the vine, ground, and fence for some extra spooky sparkle. Tear the edge, adhere to black cardstock, wrap with some bakers twine, and tie through a button. Don't adhere yet. Just put it aside. Take a piece of orange dot pattern paper and border punch down the side and adhere to white card base. Then take the black panel with the pumpkin images and adhere to orange dot panel. Stamp the sentiment, ink around edges of card, and add a black gem to the fence to finish the card.
Now it's your turn. Lets see what you can make with pumpkins and post them on my Facebook page "My Kraft Kloset." I want to see them! ~Kim
I entered this challenge:
PaperGirls #90 - Get Ready for Halloween!
4 CC #269 {Happy Halloween!}
Challenge #146 Anything Goes OR Create Your Own Challenge
The House That Stamps Built: DCC1014 ~ Pumpkin Time
Supplies:
White blank cards/envelopes (at Michaels); Canson Watercolor paper (because it's smooth) or Strathmore Watercolor paper (for an orange peel texture); AC black cardstock; BoBunny double dot orange 6x6 pattern paper pad; Stampendous Pumpkin Fence stamp (might be retired); Versamark Onyx Black ink; EK Success pumpkin border punch; Ranger Distress Mini ink: spiced marmalade; Stampin Up watercolor markers: purple, blue, and orange (Tombow or Spectrum Noir Aqua markers would work too); H2O water brush; Ranger Stickles glitter glue: orange peek, black diamond, green, and gold; AC purple/white bakers twine; and a Doodlebug button
Once the background is dry, color the pumpkins and add orange stickles glitter glue to them both. Add some green, gold, and black stickles to the vine, ground, and fence for some extra spooky sparkle. Tear the edge, adhere to black cardstock, wrap with some bakers twine, and tie through a button. Don't adhere yet. Just put it aside. Take a piece of orange dot pattern paper and border punch down the side and adhere to white card base. Then take the black panel with the pumpkin images and adhere to orange dot panel. Stamp the sentiment, ink around edges of card, and add a black gem to the fence to finish the card.
Now it's your turn. Lets see what you can make with pumpkins and post them on my Facebook page "My Kraft Kloset." I want to see them! ~Kim
I entered this challenge:
PaperGirls #90 - Get Ready for Halloween!
4 CC #269 {Happy Halloween!}
Challenge #146 Anything Goes OR Create Your Own Challenge
The House That Stamps Built: DCC1014 ~ Pumpkin Time
Supplies:
White blank cards/envelopes (at Michaels); Canson Watercolor paper (because it's smooth) or Strathmore Watercolor paper (for an orange peel texture); AC black cardstock; BoBunny double dot orange 6x6 pattern paper pad; Stampendous Pumpkin Fence stamp (might be retired); Versamark Onyx Black ink; EK Success pumpkin border punch; Ranger Distress Mini ink: spiced marmalade; Stampin Up watercolor markers: purple, blue, and orange (Tombow or Spectrum Noir Aqua markers would work too); H2O water brush; Ranger Stickles glitter glue: orange peek, black diamond, green, and gold; AC purple/white bakers twine; and a Doodlebug button
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