My Favorite Thing - August Slimline Challenge

 

Are you fired up and ready for a brand new Slimline Challenge at MFT Stamps?

Halloween scenes are all the better when they feature lots of space for spooky surprises. So, what better canvas for your creepy creation than a slimline card design? Join the me and other members of the design team this month in creating a Halloween-themed slimline card packed with your Halloween essentials.

Products used:-

Witch Way Is The Candy Stamps

Witch Way Is The Candy Die-namics

Slimline Grassy Edges Stencil

Frosted Alphabet Die-namics

So I started out by using Carved Pumpkin and Black Soot Distress Ink to ink blend my background panel.  I backed this panel with craft foam and applied it to a larger black panel.

I stamped a partial sentiment on a white sentiment strip and die cut the word SPELL 3 times over using black cardstock scraps and the Frosted Alphabet Die-namics (didn't use the frosting portion for this project).   These letter were adhered in stacks.

I also used the slimline stencil to create a grounding of black grass.

I stamped the images from the stamp set using black ink and coloured the images with the following Copic colours:-

Black - T9, T6, T5, T3, T1

Orange - YR09, YR07, YR04, Y38

Purple - V17

Moon - YR0000, C3, C1, C0, C00

Green Eyes - YG41, G40

Hair  - C3, C1, C0

Broom - E31, E44, E43, E50

Skin - E04, E11, E21, E00, R22, R21, R20, R00

I highlighted with a white gel pen and die cut with the coordinating die-namics and I applied the images to the background using dimensional foam tape.

To finish up, I positioned and glued the sentiments in place and finally I dotted in the stars again with my trusty white gel pen.

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My Favorite Things - August Vault Release Countdown Day 2

Welcome to my blog and to Countdown Day 2 to the My Favorite Things August Vault Release which as you probably already know is all about Birdie Brown past sets.    My card today features Witch Way Is The Candy, perfect for your Halloween cards.

I love making backgrounds and I think they get to be especially fun when creating one's for Halloween cards.  For this card I blended Distress Oxides,  Squeezed Lemonade in the centre and then softly blended in Seedless Preserves around that then Ground Espresso followed by Black Soot.   I splashed water on the panel and blotted it up and added dots for stars with a white gel pen as well.   The panel was then die cut using the A2 Stitched Rectangles STAX Die-namics to be slightly smaller than A2 and then mounted to a white A2 panel.

I die cut the Spooky Fence Die-namics using Black Licorice Prestige Cardstock and glue this directly to my panel.

I stamped the Witch Way Is The Candy images and coloured them with Copic markers.   Here is my colour palette:-

Hat, Cloak, Cat, Bat - T9, T7, T5, T3

Eyes - B00, BG000

Frog, Hair - G46, G24, G43

Purples - V17, V15, V12

Pumpkins - YR09, YR07, YR04, Y38

Skin - E04, E11, E21, E00

Cheeks - R20, R21

Broom - YR04,  E51, E43, W4

A white gel pen was used to highlight some points and the elements were die cut using the coordinating die-namics.   I played around with the arrangement and then once happy everything was adhered either directly or with foam tape for dimension.

Last thing was to stamp the sentiment which fit perfectly on to a sentiment strip created using Stitched Sentiment Strips, this was applied with more foam tape.

Card complete!  

I'll be back tomorrow with a new vault release countdown card - join me then!  Happy crafting!