Hello everyone!! SO - the other day I was super inspired by these amazing Halloween cards Tim Holtz showed in the livestream for his STAMPtember Limited Edition set. The set is long gone (wah - it was SUCH a great Halloween set - but that's what STAMPtember is!) however the TECHNIQUE is what I wanted to try out.
Stacy explained how she made the backgrounds for the cards in her blog post HERE <-----click! The cards were fabulous and her way of creating those amazingly spooky backgrounds had me pulling out my Distress Sprays and making a big fun mess in order to put my own spin on it:
Now I've been using the Distress Oxide Sprays ever since they were first made available. I love them for splatter and painting and whatnot. More recently I've been picking up a few of the Distress Spray Stains. Now I'm so glad I did as they made these backgrounds just pop with color.
I show in the video how I create the backgrounds, and then splattered all of them with Perfect Pearl powder mixed with water, and then Distress Picket Fence Paint.
Once everything was dry I die cut the panels with Simon's largest Wonky Rectangles wafer die, then heat embossed the Brushed Branches background stamp with Nuvo Glitter Noir embossing powder.
The sentiments are from Simon's Handlettered Halloween stamp set and I heat embossed those with Inkon3's Black as Night embossing powder. The sentiment strips were cut out from Simon's Sentiment Strips Halloween pack.
On the insides of the cards I stamped the Brushed Branches background after inking it up with Distress Oxide inks in the same colors as I used on the card fronts. I stamped more sentiments from the Handlettered Halloween stamp set and that was it!
To see how these cards came together check out my video below:
Or watch in HD over on YouTube HERE <--------click!
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If you missed any of my other Halloween videos so far this year you can find them all here:
Happy HOLLAween with Distress Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #1
Hey Pumpkin | Copic Coloring | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #2
Honey Bee Halloween House Builder | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #3
CZ Design My Zombie Boo Quick and Easy Card | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #4
Stencils & Splatters with Paper Smooches and Oxide Sprays | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #5
Studio Katia Spooky Pumpkins Trimmings | AmyR Halloween 2019 Video #6
3 Halloween Cards 1 Kit | SSS Stamptember Spook Up Some Fun LE Kit