hey bloggers! i've been having such fun with my new images for cha-summer and making samples for the upcoming carson show where i'll be demoing for stampers anonymous. let's face it, whether you're a big fan of halloween or not, there is something about the nostalgia of it all that takes me right back to that magical evening of childhood – i love it! here are some of the samples i've been making with the halloween and leaf set. once these start shipping, i can't wait to see what all of you come up with. i'm busy making more samples to share with you tomorrow with a christmas theme and then it's another cha sneak peek on friday and just WAIT until you see what it is!!! for now, enjoy a little inspiration…t!m
spooktacular garland: here i stamped all of the retro halloween images on to grungeboard with paint dabbers. next i inked them with various distress ink colors using a blending tool, accented them with distress stickles, and highlighted the eyes with ranger's white opaque pen. finally i cut them all out with my tonic scissors which are perfect for cutting grunge, and attached them to a piece of wire. the wires were wrapped around 2 paint brush handles (a great use for old brushes) and secured to wooden spools wrapped in tule. talk about happy memories…
*i love how the distress stickles adds the perfect vintage sparkle to these and check out those eyes with the white pen – so crazy spooky huh?
witch hazel: what a quick and cool decorative element. i stamped a piece of cardstock with black archival ink and then inked it with distress ink. a little tattering with the paper distresser then i stuck it on to a glass bottle with a little twine wrapped around it. the locket key finishes it off…
mr. bones: for this tag i applied various colors of distress ink to my craft sheet and misted with water from a mini mister. then i swiped the tag through it and dried with a heat tool. i repeated that about 3 more drying each time in between. next i stamped the skeleton and webs in jet black archival ink for the ultimate detail. next i stamped the owl scroll with distress ink. for the edges of the tag, i used my paper distresser and then inked the edges with distress ink using an ink blending tool. finally i embellished with a timepiece, game spinner, and a couple of sprocket gears. looks right out of the laboratory…
the raven: sometimes a single color can achieve the perfect look. on this tag i inked the entire tag with dusty concord distress ink using an ink blending tool. then i flicked water on it and dried with a heat tool to create the splotches. next i stamped witch hazel with the same color distress ink. next i stamped and embossed the owl scroll using fine detail black embossing powder. the raven was stamped on a scrap of grungeboard with black archival ink and cut out with my scissors. i attached it to the tag with a piece of foam tape for dimension and embellished with a metal corner and the numerals 31. classic halloween…
falling: i love the colors of this one and it's so easy to do. first you glue a piece of dictionary paper to a tag and cut to size. next i stamped the leaves with clear embossing ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. then i inked the tag with various colors of distress ink using an ink blending tool (the new colors of barn door, wild honey, rusty hinge, and forest moss are perfect for this!). i added a philosophy tag to the top with a trinket pin. see it told you it was easy…
