September 2023 - Stamp and Create with Mikki

Welcome everyone to the Stamp It Group Halloween and Fall Blog Hop!! My name is Mikki and I am super excited to have you all here today!

Please leave a comment below in the comment section to have your name entered into this months giveaway of a Birthday Card Kit!

Most people who know me know that I am not a fan of Halloween 🎃. I would much rather be setting up my Christmas Tree than watching anything spooky. Now my kids and sister LOVE Halloween. I’m not sure where I went wrong with them 😂

We had a choice of doing Fall theme for this hop but I decided to take myself out of my comfort zone and try to use what I had on hand to create a spooky Halloween Card. I think I succeeded! Boy does this card have a cool feature to it too!

Lets dive right into it!!

You can see from the photo that we are using 1 retired product. The Wicked Dies from I believe 2020. I only have a handful of Halloween anything and this die just happens to be one I purchased for my sisters Hallowedding. You can easily replace the sentiment “Wicked” with anything you want.

Paper Dimensions are pretty basic, nothing fancy.

Basic Black Cardstock base: 5-1/2” x 8-1/2” scored at 4-1/4”

Coastal Cabana Cardstock : 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”

Basic Black Cardstock: 5-1/2” x 4-1/4”

Basic White Cardstock: 5-1/4” x 4”

You will also need a scrap piece of White Cardstock for the moon. I do have a full list of products used below with links to them in my store.

This card has a lot of little details but stay with me. It will be worth it. I promise! Normally I would a printable PDF for you but due to time constraints and family obligations I have not created one yet. I can most definitely get one up later on if you all want it to refer to later!!

Step by Step on how I created this beauty:

We are going to take this blank Coastal Cabana piece and create it into that —->

To start, take your StazOn Jet Black and directly run the pad onto the cardstock leaving about an inch or so at the bottom.

Using a blending brush, blend the black in. You can keep adding black to smooth out the color. Little bits of the Coastal Cabana showing is okay.

Now you will want a clean blending brush and apply Coastal Cabana all over the back and down on the border. This will darken the color and add a little more Coastal back into the black.

I want to add a quick note here about the ink choices. You have to use a StazOn or alcohol based ink for the black color. If you do not, when you use the regular colors such as the Coastal Cabana, the black will just transfer into the brush and discolor everything!

Now grab your Winter Owl bundle and pull the Moon stamp and Die. Also grab your masking paper! You can use a post it note if you don’t have any.

Take your die and trace the inside of the moon onto the masking paper. Now I do this because we actually want it smaller then then the final piece. Cut the circle out with your snips.

Place the moon mask in the sky wherever the force guides you.

Using Basic White (Or is it Whisper White? I cant remember) Craft Ink and another blending brush and add some white around the moon area.

Grab the Black and Coastal Cabana brushes and blend the moon out so it’s smooth.

Stamp your moons onto a piece of scrap Basic White. I stamped them in Smoky Slate.

Pull out the Aspen Tree Dies and grab the egg shaped trees die.

Cut out the moons with the coordinating dies. You can add some Coastal Cabana to them if you choose for a little added spooky.

Cut our the Aspen Tree Die onto the 5-1/2” x 4-1/4” Basic Black piece. Someone forgot to photograph the cutting process, but we’re gonna skip over those facts 🤣 I would also advise cutting 2 of these. You’re gonna need a mask later on.

Attach your moon to the spot you had the mask with Liquid Glue.

Attach the trees over the entire piece also with liquid glue. You can see that mine isn’t lined up evenly. This is because I didn’t like how the trees covered the moon so I moved it around a little bit.

Once I was happy with the placement, I just trimmed the edges of the back piece to line up with the tree base.

Attach that entire piece to the front of your card base.

Grab that Basic White piece and your Coastal Cabana and Jet Black Blending Brushes.

Lay the tree cut out over the white piece and either hold it or tape it down. You are using this as a mask.

Using the brushes – don’t ink them up if they still have ink on them- lightly add color over the mask. Use the black on the edges to create shadows.

Attach the white piece to the inside of the card.

For the sentiment, I cut out the Wicked die on the 6” x 6” Glow In the Dark Specialty paper that is in our current Mini Catalog.

I placed it onto the card front with dimensionals to add a little pop to it.

For the final reveal!!! Does it glow??

Of course it glows in the dark on a Wicked Spooky Night!!!

Now I went bonkers with the way this turned out and created 3 different cards in 3 different colors because why not make more experiments! **Insert Stitch evil laugh here**

I surprised myself and am very pleased that the experiments where successfully brought to life!!

These were a lot of fun to make!

Real Red, Coastal Cabana and Lemon Lime Twist

While editing the photos, my brain went “WAAIIT… Can the moon glow too?” Well, once the idea was in my head of course I had to try it!!

The moon can definitely GLOW bright on a “Wicked” night! Use StazOn for the moon stamp on the Glow in the Dark Paper to prevent smudges!

I hope this crazy adventure of mine has helped inspire you! I have learned that the power of creativity is a beautiful thing! It allows you to take what you have and create something unique and totally different!!

Don’t forget to leave a comment below to be entered into this months giveaway of a Birthday Card Kit! What a fun little kit this is too!!

Congratulations to last months Winner!!

Follow the links below to continue this journey of inspiration for Spooky and Gorgeous ideas!! Be sure to leave a comment on all the blogs you visit! Each comment gives you a chance to win!

Happy Halloween Everyone!!

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