Happy Halloween!!!

Hello & Happy Halloween Everyone!

I've got on my Spooky Halloween Pants & Shirt today

to celebrate this fun Candy Feast day! LOL

With Halloween in mind - I've got 1 last Halloween card

to show you - I made this the other day using another

NEW die from Gina Marie Designs! 

I got ALL inked up on this one! I think it turned out cool!

I thought I would share HOW I created this card with you -

Not everyone uses Distress inks or sprays, and I thought

running through the process might help someone else try it out! :)

I used my Distress inks to create the background - I started out with the orange, yellow, green, & purple colors - Then I sprayed my Watercolor paper with water, waited a minute then placed a paper towel over it, then lifted the paper towel - Doing that process helps remove some of the ink and leaves light water spots on the paper -

Then I took my Black re-inker & mixed some water with it and some

Shimmer mist - then, took my splatter paint brush to splatter

it on top of the colors I had already on the paper -

I thought purple splatters would give it a nice look too - so, 

I took my Purple re-inker and did the same

method as I did for the black one - 

(I only did this with the re-inkers because I don't own

any of the colored Spray stains) - If I did, I would have use those instead of the re-inkers!) (just an FYI) :)

Then I had to wait to let it dry

THAT TOOK FOREVER!!! So I used my Heat tool to help it along! :)

I then used my Brushed Pewter Distress Spray and then

Sprayed the entire card with the Frost Shimmer spray

Again - HAD to let it dry! :) 

So, you really can't tell in the photo, but the card does have a sparkle/shimmer to it, because of the shimmer frost spray I used....

While it was drying, I cut out the Spooky Tree die 3x's 

to give it some dimension and the Bats

I cut out 8x's - 3x's each for the ones on the front of the card -

and the other 2 for the inside of my card! :)

Before cutting out my dies I added Double sided adhesive to the black cardstock before cutting - this way everything has adhesive on it already, which makes it easier to layer & adhere to my card

Once the card was completely dry - I Die Cut it with a 

Stitched Card Mat Die then added the Tree & Bats to the card front 

The sentiment was embossed with 2 different Embossing powders

 I used my Static Tool Powder first, then I stamped the Sentiment with Versamark Ink (Using the Misti tool) -

 I added some Orange/Red mixture of Embossing powder and heat set it

Then I went back and re-stamped the sentiment with versamark ink

and Used the Black Embossing powder - I did offset

the stamp just a tiny bit - Which gave it that COOL Shadow Effect!

I then attached the card to my Black card base - and thought

it needed just a tiny bit of sequins - which I adhered with some glossy accents - Then added some Washi tape to the white card mat that

was going inside my card along with the 2 bats

-- PRODUCTS USED --

Cardstock - Stampin' Up, Canson Watercolor

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Carved Pumpkin, Twisted Citron, 

Squeezed Lemonade, Wilted Violet

Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain - Brushed Pewter

Tim Holtz Distress Re-Inkers - Black Soot, Dusty Concord

Frost Sheer Shimmer Spritz Spray

Sentiment & Sequins - My Craft Spot (No Longer Available)

Embossing Powders - Clear Tops (Summer Potpourri) & WOW! (Ebony Black)

EK Success Static Powder Tool

Marvy Heat Gun

Misti Tool

Versamark Ink

ATG Gun, ThermOWeb, Elizabeth Crafts Adhesive, Glossy Accents

Stitched Card Mat Die - My Favorite Things

Orange/Black Washi Tape - Recollections (For the inside of my card)

Spooky Tree & Bat Die Set - Gina Marie Designs

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Have a FANTASTIC & SAFE HALLOWEEN!!!!

Theresa