Hello and welcome. Today I'd like to share with you a Halloween card I made using some "new" and "unloved stash". I was inspired to dig into the "pile" after seeing a friend Marie's blog post of a "crafty squirrel" challenge. Basically, time to find stuff that is over 2 years old/older and/or never seen some love. No problem I thought. Since I'm already done with this Spring heat wave, I went digging for a long retired Stampin Up set called Booglie Eyes dreaming of cooler temps. I bought the set over 10-15 years ago (copyright label says 2006) and never even mounted any of the images to the matching wooden block. Proof below:
Once I had cut and mounted the images, I dug out another retired SU set, Web Wishes and stamped the spider web on some scrap white card stock. Then taking several of the newly mounted images, I stamped them in memento tuxedo black ink on the card stock making sure to stamp the spider one in the corner web. After coloring everything using markers, I stippled Tim Holtz walnut stain, weathered wood, stormy sky, tumbled glass and mowed lawn distress inks using my paper pouncers to give a foggy night appearance. Digging through my stash of designer paper, I discovered some purple with black glitter bat paper from Debbie Mumm and pulled that out to add to a purple card base. After I added a purplish-brown border, I added the layered image panel using glue dots. The final touch was adding a black glitter gel pen to highlight the web and googlie eyes to all of the characters plus my saying.
Challenges entered:
Park Hopping My Happy Place April/May 2024 - The Great Movie Ride (inspired by vintage Alfred Hitchcock movies and The Haunted Mansion at Disneyland)
Two Old Bats
Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.
Stamps: Stampin Up
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Walnut Stain, Stormy Sky, Mowed Lawn, Weathered Wood, Tumbled Glass Distress Inks
Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up; Debbie Mumm Havest and Holidays Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Googlie Eyes, Glue, Brads, Glue Dots, Castle Arts Black Glitter Gel Pen, Paper Pouncers
