31 Day's of Halloween, Day 9, Halloween tag tutorial.

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Riet here, Good (spooky)day to all of you.

Are you getting the kreeps already???

Well I am!!!

This time I made a tag.

And this is what I used:

Lost coast design stamps,

Spiderweb background and Articulated skeleton.

Distress  ink 

squeezed lemonade,

shabby shutters,

black soot,

dusty concord,

crackling campfire.

Distress oxide 

Spiced marmalade.

Versafine onyx black

Stencil From Dutch doobadoo wyber.

 white gellpen

Bat die cuts 

This is how I made the tag.

First I colored the tag with water drops using squeezed lemonade and shabby shutters.

Let the tag dry well and then sponge with the stencil and crackling campfire here and there.

Stamp the spider web over it with versafine black.

Sponge the side's with distress ink Dusty concord and black soot.

Take a strip of paper and make it orange with distress oxide spiced marmalade.

Immediately put some water drops on it and absorb the color with a paper towel.

This way you get nice light spots.

Stamp the skeleton with Versafine onyx black.

Give the skeleton some highlights with the white gel pen.

Now die cut the bats and give them orange glitter eyes.

Assemble the tag and you're done.

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It ends on October 31.

Make something fun with the Halloween theme.

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31 Days of Halloween Day 6, Pirate grave tutorial.

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Hallo dear reader. 

Riet here.
Do you already have the creeps for Halloween?
Well with this tutorial you will shiver and tremble with fear, AAAARRRRRGGGGHHH!!!

hahaha!

Lost Coast Designs Stamps I used.

Articulated Skeleton,
Goth Shrine,
Bird on Bike, 

Distress ink walnut stain - frayed burlap - antique linen.
Stazon timber brown, jet black.
Alcohol ink caramel and mushroom.
Viva decor inka gold, gold brown and gold.
Dark brown acrylic paint.
Small sponge, paint brush.
Aluminium foil.
Glue and hot glue gun.
Cardboard.
Stamping tool.
Water based markers (zig/tombo), dark brown, shades of beige, dark and light grey.
Watercolor paper.
Sizzix sizzlits docorative strip die, Ironwork gate.
Fake cobweb and some embellishments.
I used the little rum bottle, a pirate sword, pumpkin, metal charm skull.
Moss, make sure it is dry.

Step 1.
Cut and score your cardboard like this photo.

Step 2.
Take the aluminium foil and wrinkle it.
Don't flatten it but keep it a little bumpy.
Glue it on the cardboard with a glue gun.

Step 3.
Paint it dark brown with acrylic paint.
And make sure it is dry.

Step 4.

With a sponge you take some of the Viva Decor gold brown,

and wipe lightly over the brown acrylic paint.

do the same with gold, but only on some spots.

It should look like the ground is turned over.

Now let it rest so everything can dry very well.

Step 5.

The metal charm needs a little sanding and gesso or any primer will do.
Let it dry thoroughly.

Step 6.
Colour the charm with the alcohol ink, until it looks rusty.

 

Step 7.

Stamping the goth shrine.
Now take the stamping tool, and the watercolor paper.
We proceed as follows,

1. stamp with distress antique linen the entire stamp.
2. repeat this with the frayed burlap, but now only some pieces of the stamp.
3. And for the last step you take the dark brown marker and use it direct on the stamp.

But its only for the shadows, so I did it on the edges and corners of the stamp.

 

 Step 8.

It is time to color in the accents and details with the markers and the waterpencil.
I was going for a weathered wood look.
If you want a stone look then you can do it with grey tones.

Step 9.
Now its time to stamp the big skeleton parts.
The upper and lower arm pieces, each 1 time.
Both hands 2 time, so there are 4 hands.
And 2 skulls.
When you cut out the parts, leave a piece of extra paper.
This is necessary to glue them together.

Step 10.
Now comes the tricky part.
Assemble the skeleton so that it looks like he wants to steel the charm.
Glue all parts on.
Cut of the remaining pieces of paper.

Step 11.

Die cut the fence and color it with the distress ink as shown on the picture.

 Step 12.

 I coloured the skull and hands that rise up from the grave a bit darker.
After all, they have been buried in the ground for a long time.
Now we are going to put it all together.
Fold the narrow side back and glue together.
Glue the headstone to the front.
I made a little cardboard support on the backside.
Glue the skull and hands on the grave.
Take pieces of the fence and glue them on the sides.
Glue on the moss and your embellishments.
Stamp the bird on bike with black stazon and cut of the crow.
Glue it on the tombstone.
With a black piece of paper you can make an eye patch for the skull.

Well I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, have fun with stamping.
And don't forget to join our challenge, we love to see your cards and projects.
And you can win a very nice prize.

XOXOXO

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Hello all Cathy here with a different type of Love and Hearts card.

 Stamped Used:
Corner swirl 
Skeleton

I started out by stamping the Skeleton on white paper and fussy cut out. Edge with black ink so you don't see the white lines. Took some red paper and a tiny heart punch and punched out some hearts. I added one to the Skeleton.

Then I edged the red card with the Corner swirl  stamp. Took some Halloween paper and tore it to fit on the card. Edged it with some brown and black ink. 

Added the hearts so they look like they are falling out of the Skeleton hand. Lastly I added a sticker that said xoxoxo. 

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Day 14 of the 31 days of Halloween

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Hello all, Cathy here with day 14 of the 31 days of Halloween.
Today I have a tag to share with you.
Stamp I used: Small Skeleton 
Nuance Powers

 So I started off with a tag. I used my Nuance Powers and made them into watercolor on my craft mat and took my tag and dragged it through it.
Set aside to dry.

Next stamp Small Skeleton  on white cardstock and cut out. I like this stamp because he fits nicely on a tag or card.
After you are done cutting out Small Skeleton  your tag should be dry. If not hit it with the heat gun to dry it all the way.  I took a skull stencil and some black ink and randomly add some skulls to the background.

To start assembling your tag you take a apothecary label and add it to the tag. Then add your  Small Skeleton  to it.

 Take a wooden spider web and color it black and add it to the bottom.

Lastly add some dyed ribbon and a charm to the top of the tag.

There you have the Skull Maggots tag for your Halloween enjoyment.

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Can't wait  to see what you all come up with.

Day 2 of 31 days of Halloween

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Hello all. Cathy here. The chill is in the air so it means Halloween is near.  This is my favorite season I must say.
Stamps used: Small skeleton
Butterflies set 

 Start out with a circle card. Have a circle layer to go on top.

Stamp skeleton on circle layer with black ink.

Stamp butterfly wings on scrap white cardstock. Color with Copic markers. Cut out. Add to skeletons shoulders.

Glue circle layer to front of circle card. Add white marks on wings. 

This is a fast Halloween card you can make if you need one in a hurry. 

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Day 30 of 31 Days of Halloween

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Boo! Cathy here with a altered box for Day 30 of the 31 Days of Halloween.
It started out as a box that had a pair of headphones in it.
Here is the front cover.

 First I covered the whole box with black gesso. Next I painted the whole box with black paint that I mixed in some antique effect. (you can kinda see it in the next photo)

I stamped the small skeleton on white paper, tore around it and edged with brown ink. Added splashes of orange, brown and gray to skeleton. Added a rub-on. Raised it up with foam dots.  Distressed the edges of pattern paper and edged with the same brown ink. Then I added washi tape and layers of ephemera.

 On the side you need to open. I added the same distressed pattern paper and edged with the same brown ink. I used the Rustic Alphabet Set. Stamped out OPEN and cut out and inked the sides with brown ink.

 On the other side I used the same paper and distressed it the same way and I took the Small Skeleton and just stamped the head 8 times and cut out and added it down the side.

Back cover. Same paper, same distress. Added a large piece of  ephemera to the middle. I then stamped Flying Skull 3 times on white paper. Colored the skull with a cream colored marker and cut out. Glued in place.

Inside.
I took some pattern paper and did the left side of the box. Edged with brown ink. For my scene inside the box I took a sheet of watercolor paper and cut it to fit in the inside of the box. I made the sky background using Nuance Powers. Once that was dry I took a stencil and added some stars with white ink. Next I stamped the Small Skeleton 2 times on scrap white paper. Fussy cut out one. Covered edge with black marker. glued him to back. Next I did some die cutting and made the grave yard scene.

 Last I fussy cut the hand and part of the arm and stuck it coming out of a grave.
Done.

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Day 16 of 31 Days of Halloween

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Cathy here with Day 16 of 31 days of Halloween. Can you believe it is day 16 already.  

 I decided to make a banner. This is a easy banner to make. First off I got the banner from a store. Mine I picked up at Target in the dollar area.

Then I had a plan in mind. I wanted to use the small skeleton on the panels of the banner. When I opened up the banner I saw that there was 3 different sizes of panels. That is when I saw my small skeleton would not fit on all the panels. So I grabbed my flying skull to use on my smaller panels.   

So I stamped the small skeleton 4 times on white card stock. Cut out. Then I glued on panel.

Then I skipped a panel.

I didn't take a photo of the blank panel.

Next I stamped flying skull 3 times on white cardstock and cut out. Then I glued on panel

All done.

Hang where you want.

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