The 31 Days of Halloween: Cats and Dogs

I have another fun Halloween card I made for the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge going on until the end of October at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  This one features two of the dogs from the  Circus Dogs Set and the Bubbles background stamp, all from Lost Coast Designs.

I started this by stamping my Bubble background onto a piece of orange card stock with black ink.  I next stamped it onto a piece of green card stock and for a third time onto a piece of white card stock.  I cut the orange stamping into a rectangular shape, following the lines of the stamp itself, to make my card front.  I next cut sections of both the white stamped and green stamped papers and lined them up, attaching them atop the orange base.  I colored in some of the bubbles on the white section with orange and green markers and layered this with a piece of white card stock.

The dogs were stamped with black ink onto white card stock and fussy cut out.  I colored each with Copic Sketch markers and added witch-y hats to both.  From the same stamp set, I stamped the ball and  little step and colored them with orange and green markers respectively.  I adhered all to my card front with foam tape and scattered some silver stars here and there across my background.

So get busy and finish up your Halloween themed stamped projects, and be sure to enter by the end of the month for a chance to win some rubber stamps from Lost Coast Designs or Carmen's Veranda!

31 Days of Halloween: Day 20

 Here is a fun Halloween card featuring one of the cats from the Party Cat Set from Lost Coast Designs and the When Witches Go Riding clear stamp from Carmen's Veranda.  I made this as a project featured today on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity where the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge is going on all month.

The background for this is a piece of decorative rice paper glued atop a piece of a vintage book page.  I find that using rice paper is much more effective if you layer it with something behind it as you can see it through the images on the rice paper.  The rice paper panel was edged with some black ink and affixed to a white card base.

The Party Cat was stamped with black ink onto white card stock and fussy cut out.  I colored him with Copic Sketch markers and cut off the hat he comes with and glued a witch's hat to the top of his head in it's place.  I added some black and white marker to accent his eyes then glued a little black mask over them.  He was then attached to the card front with foam tape.

The sentiment was stamped with black ink onto white card stock.  I reduced the size of it on my printer so it would better fit the size of my card.  After printing I edged it with black marker and attached it to the upper right corner.

Excited to see all your fun Halloween makes, so be sure to use some rubber stamps and enter then on the Portal for a chance to win some free stamps!

Day 13 of the 31 Days of Halloween

 Here we are on day 13 of the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge over on The Lost Coast Portal to Creativity  I have a Poe inspired card for today, featuring the Edgar Allen Poe stamp from Carmen's Veranda and the Spiderwebs background stamp from Lost Coast Designs.  The Nevermore stamp is a clear stamp  from Carmen's Veranda.

For my background, I sprayed a piece of white card stock with water then spritzed on some Tim Holtz Distress Mica Spray stains in Wicked Elixir and Decayed.  I spritzed on a bit more water and let the colors run and blend, then blotted with a tissue until I had the desired effect.  It's hard to tell from the photo but these spray stains have an iridescent effect that I really like.

Once this was dry, I stamped the Spiderweb background using black ink, then trimmed up the edges.  This was layered with some black then green paper.  

Edgar was stamped onto white paper with black ink and fussy cut out.  I added a bit of color to his face with Copic Sketch markers.  The Nevermore was stamped onto white paper with black ink and cut out.  I added some gray marker to the raven as well as some orange for his feet and bill and a little gray rhinestone for his eye.  

Edgar was attached to the card front with some foam tape and the Nevermore sentiment was attached directly below Edgar with foam tape as well.

We hope you are all playing along every day this month and making some spooky and scary Halloween projects.  A lucky winner will receive some free stamps from Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda!

Day 11 of the 31 Days of Halloween

 

I am sharing another project made for the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge going on all month over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity

This tag that I made for this 11th day uses the RIP stamp and one of the 3 Mini Birds from that set, all from Lost Coast Designs.

The background for my tag is a collage made of a variety of new and vintage papers layered with some Tim Holtz tissue paper.  I added a bit of color with some Distress Oxide Ink sprays, randomly applied here and there.

My RIP was stamped with dark green Distress Oxide ink onto a piece of coffee stained paper.  I tore around the edges and inked those with Distress Vintage Photo ink.  I attached my skeleton to the center of my tag as shown.  The mini bird was stamped with black ink onto coffee dyed paper and fussy cut out.  I attached him in the lower left corner.  Final step was to stitch around the edges of the tag with black thread and tie a piece of coffee dyed muslin to the top of the tag, adding a Tim Holtz Halloween charm.

Come join the fun!  Get out your Halloween craft supplies - including your rubber stamps - and post you projects here on the Portal for a chance to win some free stamps!!

Frankenstein!

 It's day 6 of the "31 Days of Halloween" on the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  Such a fun month around here and hope it is for you as well.

I've made a little ink box card for today's project.  If you are not familiar with ink box cards, they are 

3 X 3 inch squares with the corners rounded.  They are called ink box cards because they are the exact size and shape of a Tim Holtz ink pad.

The background is a piece of white card stock that I laid a stencil on then sponged with Distress inks in blues and green.  I added some splatters of colors, including some pink and black and edged the whole card with the green ink.  I did a zig zag stitch around 3 sides of the card with black thread.

The Frankenstein stamp is from Lost Coast Designs and was stamped onto white card stock with black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers.  I added a clear plastic dome to his one eye and an old metal "sample approved" button to the upper left corner.  I used foam tape to adhere him to the card front.

Come join the fun here on the Portal all month with your Halloween projects!

31 Days of Halloween with Dracula

 

Oh how we love the month of October over at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity!  It's Halloween all month, so we all get the chance to make some extra Halloween goodies that we hope will inspire you to play along with and enter your creations on the blog.

I'm introducing Day 1 of the 31 Days of Halloween Challenge.  And to kick this first day off, who better than Dracula himself to put us in the Halloween mood???  This dandy little  Lost Coast   Dracula is from Lost Coast Designs as is the background stamp I used here - Grunge Tree.  The tree stamp comes in two sizes, and for this I used the larger size.  The smaller one is perfect for an ATC.

The background for this was made with orange and yellow Distress inks that were spread onto my gel plate and then smoothed out and blended together with a brayer.  I pressed an impression plate with a circle pattern into the ink before I pulled a print, so you get the design in the ink.

The Grunge Tree background stamp was stamped with brown Distress ink and then trimmed around the edges with some deckle edged scissors.  This was then layered with a piece of white card stock.

Dracula was stamped with black ink onto white card stock and colored with Copic Sketch markers.   I added some gray rhinestones to bring out his eyes and his buttons then I fussy cut him out and attached him as shown in the lower right corner.  I added a couple of little black chipboard bats and that's it!

So get out your Halloween craft supplies - don't forger to include some rubber or acrylic stamping in your projects.  Let's celebrate the 31 Days of Halloween together!