Halloween Cards 2019

I started making some Halloween cards on Saturday.

Punched a circle to use as a mask for the "moon". Then sponged distress inks onto the paper: chipped sapphire, fossilized amber, peeled paint. Used hickory smoke to add cloud streaks in the moon and sky and also along edges of the paper.

Pumpkins stamped in distress carved pumpkin and colored with coloring pencils.

Used Versafine onxy black for the sentiment.

Stamps from:

Michael Strong-cloisonne alphabet (Boo), and pumpkin harvest (large pumpkins)

Posh Impressions-tree

Hero Arts-Halloween sentiment

Bat and tiny pumpkins are unmounted stamps from my stash given to me by Lynette.

Trees are from Lynette's Sizzix Branch Tree which I had in my stash.

I made six more cards on Monday.

This time I drew trees on brown cardstock and cut them out. 

After dry embossing a Darice tree, I sponged it with fall colors using distress inks:

wild honey, fired brick, peeled paint, fossilized amber, rusty hinge and gathered twigs for the tree trunk.

This tree was created with the embossing folder stamping technique.

 I like to refer to these two tutorials for the embossing folder stamping technique:

Heidi Wegman's Embossing Folder Stamping
and
Audrie Magno-Gordon's Embossing Folder Stamping

Onto the raised side of the embossing folder, I dabbed distress inks: rusty hinge, wild honey, fired brick, peeled paint, fossilized amber on the leaves and gathered twigs on the tree trunk and branches of the embossing folder. Spritzed with water. Placed a piece of watercolor paper in the embossing folder. Closed it and pressed it down with my hands. When I opened the embossing folder the tree image was transferred to the paper.

I decided to add color to the white space using a paintbrush, distress ink and water. I transferred distress ink to my craft sheet by dabbing it. In another spot, I spritzed some plain water. I wet my brush with water then grabbed some ink with the brush. In that way, I added color to the paper. It was fun playing with the color. After it dried, I added some lines  with a black XS Faber Castell PITT pen. With distress carved pumpkin ink, I stamped the tiny pumpkins on a separate piece of watercolor paper. Then added some distress inks with my paintbrush: spiced marmalade, carved pumpkin and peeled paint to color in the white areas.

Variations on a theme...hope you are not bored! I switched to faded jeans for the sky and used a favorite Penny Black tree stamp, fantasy 3880K. Used mowed lawn and my home made curvy hills templates. 

I made a Birthday/Halloween card for my friend's daughter who was born on Halloween!  I was heavy handed with the sponging of color on the dry embossed Darice tree. Cut apart a Hero Arts Happy Birthday sentiment and the Halloween sentiment combining them.

Thanks for visiting!

Hope you have a very fun Halloween!

Sponged Background Autumn Cards

Here are more distress ink sponged backgrounds.

I know these are similar to my Halloween cards,

but I was on a roll and having fun with this.

Stamped tree with walnut stain distress ink.

Used Michael Strong's Pumpkin Harvest set

fussy cutting the pumpkin and adhering with dimensional foam.

Stamped cherish and friends (unknown stamp manufacturer) 

with Stampin' Up! close to cocoa ink on white cardstock,

trimmed then sponged with fossilized amber ink.

Sponged distress ink on scraps of paper and punched tiny leaves

adhering them with liquid adhesive.

Used a script stamp (unknown manufacturer) with pumice stone distress ink 

and stamped randomly over the background.

Colored the vine part of Michael Strong's Pumpkin Harvest stamp

with mowed lawn distress marker.

Stamped and fussy cut one of the leaves and adhered with dimensional foam.

Pumpkins stamped in distress carved pumpkin ink.

Distress inks: 

mermaid lagoon, stormy sky, fossilized amber, fired brick, carved pumpkin, twisted citron, pumice stone

Thanks so much for visiting!

Pumpkin Harvest

The cloisonné pumpkin used on these two cards

is part of a Michael Strong Stamp set, Pumpkin Harvest

that I won from the Enjoy Michael Strong Stamps Yahoo Group Summer Challenge.

This background was made by first pressing distress ink pads directly onto my craft sheet,

then spritzing the inked areas with water.

Then my paper was place on the inked areas.

 

For this background I sponged distress inks onto paper,

then flicked some water on top.

Used Viva décor green glitter and clear pens on both pumpkins

which were stamped in distress abandoned coral.

Tree stamped with distress frayed burlap.

Thanks for visiting!

Card Captain Day 2

Tuesday's card features Michael Strong's cloisonne pumpkin,
a free digital image.
I printed Mike's pumpkin on lighter weight card stock with the laser printer.
Once thoroughly dry, I used an aqua painter dipped in inks to add color.
Used bister papers from yesterday,
embossing them with the Sizzix Thankful set
which includes the Rickety Fence.
Pieces were fussy cut as shown.
I added punched leaves and a mini tag,
sponging inks on the edges of the layers.
INKS:
Versafine onxy black
Stampin' Up-pumpkin pie, old olive
Distress-wild honey, spiced marmalade, tea dye

Halloween Pumpkin Cards

Thanks to my stamping friends, 

Heidi Wegman, Lynette Stewart and Michael Strong 

for motivating me to make Halloween cards.

How did they do that, you ask?

Heidi sent me Bister samples.

Lynette shared her Sizzix Branch Tree die and wanted to try the Bister.

Michael Strong generously shared his digital cloisonne pumpkin image on his blog.

 Here you can see that I printed Mike's digital pumpkin and colored it with an aqua painter.

Just touch the brush to an ink pad directly, or add some ink to a non-porous surface. I used my craft sheet. The brush picks up color and you "paint" it on the paper. Easy-peasy!

 The pumpkins in the two cards above were cut from left over pieces from our Stampfest. 

The set is Lynette's. I am not sure of the name of it.

When I ran out of die cut trees I cut my own branch trees, 

then dry embossed them with Woodgrain by Sizzix Tim Holtz.

I hope I have not overdone it with too many cards here. 

Wanted to show the various Bister backgrounds.

Materials

Sizzix Branch Tree Die

Bister-various colors

 1-3/4 inch circle punch

  Stamps: Hero Arts, Stampin' Up!

 Inks

 Stampin' Up!--Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Romance, Wild Wasabi

Distress-- Dried Marigold, Seedless Preserves, Stormy Sky, Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap, Pumice Stone, Black Soot