31 Days of Halloween Day 31 - So Near It's Here!

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Happy Halloween! Aimee here. The big day has FINALLY arrived. Time to put on your costumes, grab some candy, and trick-or-treat!

This card was made with the Day of the Dead Woman, Brush Strokes and Witches Go Riding stamps. Speaking of Day of the Dead, that 2,000 year old Mexican holiday begins tomorrow. Follow this photo tutorial to see how this card was made:

The winner of this month's 31 Days of Halloween Challenge will be chosen from entries submitted to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity by tonight. But not to worry if you don't have time to make a Halloween creation today--the new Challenge for November, Festive Fun, begins tomorrow!

31Days of Halloween, day 26 whirly wheel dancing skeletons.

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 Hi there, Riet here.

Today is my last Halloween entry for the

 Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps  Halloween challenge.

I made a whirly wheel card with dancing skeletons.

I just love this skull and bones background stamp from Carmens Veranda stamps.

And this is how to make the card.

I used.

Carmens veranda, skull and bones background

Carmens veranda , When witches go riding

Lost Coast Designs, Rustic checkerboard border

Lost Coast Designs, Dancing skeletons

Versafine onyx black

Distress Oxide crackling campfire andVillainous potion.

Black fineliner.

For the whirly wheel I used a die set, to assemble the card, you can look up a video on YT.

How to make the card.

I started by stamping the skull and bones background onto white paper with oxide villainous potion.

Now isn't this an awesome background stamp.

While the background is drying, we continue with the dancing skeletons.

We stamp these with Versafine onyx black.

Let them dry and then cut them out.

We make the mat 1/2 cm larger than the card on all sides.

Continue with the Distress Oxide crackling campfire and the rustic checkerboard border stamp.

Stamp the border 4 times.

Cut them to size and glue them onto the mat.

Mat this with a green mat and a black mat.

Stamp the last line of the text on a piece of paper left over from the border.

Assemble the card so that the dancing skeleton emerges from the top of the card.

Now it looks if the skeleton is dancing.

Stick the text and the larger skeleton onto the skull and bones background with foam tape.

And that's it, I hope you enjoyed it.

The challenge runs until October 31st.

So there's still time to participate and have a chance to win a prize.

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31 Days of Halloween Day 6

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Hi Riet here, with a new Halloween card.

 

Today a Halloween card with the cutest little witch I have ever seen.

Stampes I used:

LCD Witch 2

LCD Grunge tree

LCD Iron work border

CV When witches go riding

Stencil of pine trees

Stencil of a moon.

White gellpen

Waterproof black inkpad

Color pencils

Color markers

Distress ink Wild honey,

Spiced mamalade,

Black soot.

Distress oxide Hickory smoke, 

Dusty concord

I started sponging the moon with Wild honey and spiced marmalade.

Scattered straw around the moon on the outside spiced marmalade.

Sponge the pine trees with Hickory smoke.

And a second row of pinetrees with Black soot.

Sponge the sky with Dusty concord and black soot at the edges.

And stamp the witch and the grunge tree with black waterproof ink.

Color the witch,

and give the trees a bit of a white edge with the gelly pen.

Stamp the saying with the black waterproof ink.

We're going to decorate the mat with the border stamp.

And color it in matching colors.

Glue the card on the mat.

Now that was a lot of coloring, but I like the result.

Perhaps you're also making Halloween/Day of the Dead crafts with stamps.

Feel free to join the LCD/CV challenge.

You can even enter with other brands.

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31 Days of Halloween Day 2 - Halloween Moon

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BOO! Aimee here with my first card for our 31 Days of Halloween celebration. There's something about the month of October and all the various Halloween festivities that make me feel like a kid again--cooler air, spooky night skies and houses decorated for the holiday. Creating Halloween scenes for a greeting card are among my favorite to make!

This card was made with the Yoga Cat 9, Shrubbery, Brush Strokes and Witches Go Riding stamps. The silver planter is a sticker from a set I purchased at a Dollar Tree store. Follow along to see how I made this card:

Get creative and use any color combination for the night sky--reds and oranges would be especially spooky. I hope you'll join in on the fun and participate in Lost Coast Designs 31 Days of Halloween Challenge. Submit your creation to the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity for your chance to win a prize!

31 Days of Halloween, day 20.

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 Hi, Riet here with a Iris shutter slimline card.

Hi there, today I have an iris shutter card for you.

Made with the super cute gnome witches from lost Coast designs.

This is what I used to make this card.

Mini Gnome set 5.

Gnome witch on broom.

Spiderwebs background.

Checkerboard rustic border.

CV When witches go riding.

Iris shutter die (Elizabeth crafts Designs.)

Flying bats die.

Pumpkins die.

Slimline frame (Marianne design)

Halloween stencil (BOO and pumkin face).

Distressink,

Musterd seed,

Twisted citron,

Spiced Marmelade,

Picked rasberry,

Seedless preserves,

Dusty Concord

Black water resistend ink.

White gelpen,

Red posca marker

Black marker.

Color pencils.

How to make the card.

Start by die cutting all the iris shutter parts.

Ink them up as shown on the photo's.

Put all the parts aside and let them air dry. 

Do not use a heat tool. 

The shutter parts will warp and they need to stay flat.

Punch a 1.5 inch cirkel and stamp the little star with.

Color the background and the witch.

Color the edge with Dusty concord.

Assemble the iris shutter as explained on the packaging.

Draw a pumpkin face on the iris shutter with the black marker.

We splash some Seedless preserves on the top ring of the shutter and sponge the word BOO on it.

Glue it to the iris shutter.

Stamp the witch, spiderweb, text on the pink background.

And the checkerboard above and below the purple background card.

Give the stamps accents with the white gel pen.

Assemble the iris shutter further as stated on the packaging of the die.

Can't figure it out? Then look up a video on YouTube.

That will help you through it.

I decorated with bats and pumpkins, but you can of course do that to your own taste.

I had a lot of fun making this card.

I'm curious to see what you make for Halloween.

Feel free to show us on the LCD/CV Blog or Facebook.

You'll then join the challenge and have a chance to win new stamps. 

How cool is that? 

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