Day 16 - 31 Days of Halloween

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Hey - Darlene here with my make for the 16th day of the

31 Days of Halloween !!!

For this card I have chosen the Siloutte Raven

I embossed onto gray cardstock and fussy cut out the Raven

The background was done with some distress inks and some watercolour bursts

die cut of the branch added

The Raven has been popped up a bit for some depth.

The layered onto black cardstock , then layered onto vellum

Which is all layered onto a black card.

Be sure to enter your Halloween make and maybe win some 

new stamps!!

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31 Days of Halloween, Day 15: Dancing Skeletons

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Hi stamping friends, Aimee here. It's just two more weeks until Halloween! Now would be a great time to send a card to that friend who really, REALLY loves the holiday:

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I used Lost Coast Design's Dancing Skeletons stamp and part of the Carmen's Veranda Witches Go Riding sentiment. This card is quick to make, so it would work well as a party invitation:

The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity is celebrating the holiday with inspiration on each of the 31 days this month. Check it out for some great, spooky ideas! Join in the fun and submit your creation for a chance to win this month's prize. 

 

31 Days of Halloween Day 14 - Hello Sugar

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Hello Portal Peeps!!  Gail here for Day 14 of our 31 Days of Halloween extravaganza. 

Today I've made a simple slimline card using Lost Coast Designs Three Sugar Skulls

I used a white card base and a black panel that I cut with Lawn Fawn double stitch circle die.  I stamped the skulls on white card, fussy cut and added them to the card.

Submit your stamped anythings with a Halloween theme to the linky party by 23.59 PST on the 31st and don't forget to follow us so you don't miss anything!  The team will be posting more inspiration throughout the month so check back and join the fun. 

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31 Days of Halloween, day 13. Halloween wallhanger.

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Hello blog readers, 

Riet here with a tutorial for you.

Here is my entry for Day 13 of the Lost Coast Designs Halloween challenge.

This time, it’s a wall hanging; 

sorry about the poor lighting in the photo, but it rained outside all day.

I really enjoyed creating this wall hanging.

And here is how I made it.

Stamps I used.

Lost Coast Designs 

Carri's Frank, bride of Frank and Dracula.

Spiderwebs background.

MRaven 2

     A few spiders (bought at the store).

A few Halloween dies. 

Sizzix Ornate frame.

Versafine onyx black inkpad.

Distress Oxide:

Spiced marmelade,

Musterd seed,

Twisted citron,

Villainous potion.

Distress ink:

Brushed corduroy,

Antique linen.

Derwent Graphytint pencils.

Ball of black cotton thread for making tassels.

Black beads; I used wooden beads painted black.

White gelpen.

Amsterdam black acrylic paint.

How I made it.

I started with Ornated frames.

Painted them black.

I traced the inside of the die with a pencil. 

Stamped the images and masked them.

Then I stamped the spiderweb background.

Sponge the background using Distress Antique Linen.

Remove the mask and color the images.

I chose to use the Derwent graphitint for coloring, 

as they have a somewhat more muted, vintage look.

I added fine lines to the spiderweb using the white gel pen.

Cut out the oval and glue it into the frame.

Now, don't those look cute?

Now stamp the raven and color it.

Now let's move on to the die-cuts.

You can use all sorts of things for that, of course. 

You surely have something in your stash that relates to Halloween.

For the Happy Halloween die, I die-cut the text in black.

I sponged the background with,

Distress Oxide:

Spiced marmelade,

Twisted citron,

Villainous potion.

The pumpkin is sponged with

Distress Oxide:

Spiced marmelade,

Musterd seed,

and the leaves with Twisted citron

and Villainous potion.

For the white parts I used a purple pencil.

The little ghosts are sponged with distress Antique linen 

and the edges with distress Brushed corduroy,

To give them a vintage look.

Die-cut the spiderwebs from white paper.

Trace the outline of the die onto black paper and cut it out.

Glue the spiderweb on to the black background.

Make the tassels; if you don't know how, you can find videos about it on YouTube.

Now all that's left is the assembly.

I found a broken-off branch in the woods and attached everything to it. 

Here's a tip: ask someone to help you with this.

I did it on my own, and it was quite tricky to hang everything neatly with the right sides facing forward.

You really need an extra pair of hands.

I hope you enjoyed the tutorial.

Now come and join the challenge at Lost Coast designs fan blog.

There is a chance to win rubber stamps.

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31 Days of Halloween Day 12

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BOO!!!

Darlene here with another make for the 31 Days of Halloween challenge 

I went to a technique I haven't used in awhile - black soot.

This is where glossy paper is held over a candle flame and

makes the paper all sooty.

Used one (yes there is a bunch) of the Sugar Skulls

for this card

Then stamp you image - carefully - ( so easy to mark up paper)

To seal it I spray lightly with hairspray.

Some dirty cheesecloth around the edges, typed up a BOO

for the saying - ripped edges of card where it opens up

What Halloween theme project will you make and

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31 Days of Halloween Day 11

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Good morning, Cathy here with day 11 for the 31 days of Halloween.

Stamps Used:

skeleton

spiderweb background

I started out by cutting an old book page and trimming it down. I stamped the skeleton on it. Edged it brown oxide ink. I then stamped some of the spider background in gray distress ink at the corners. 

I then took the same gray distress ink and stamped the spiderweb on the white card base. Edged that with some drown distress oxide ink.

Lastly, I added some ephemera to the bottom of the card.

 Come join in the Halloween fun.