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A Strange Thing Happened

Today's Halloween card combines embossing, die-cutting, Distress Mica Stains, and a little bit of silliness.
I started by embossing a panel of cream cardstock with the Brickwork 3-D embossing folder.  I sprayed this panel with Jack-O-Lantern and Hocus Pocus Distress Mica Stains.


I die cut the cauldron, the witch's bottom, and her hat from black cardstock.  The handle and hat buckle was die cut from silver foil cardstock.  I die cut the witch's legs from orange cardstock and cut small strips of purple cardstock to glue to the witch's stockings and around the brim of her hat.  I die cut some green clouds and layered them to look like cauldron bubbles.  I also die cut the witch's shoes from green cardstock.  The edges of the shoes and bubbles were inked with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink.


I popped up the hat and the cauldron using foam tape.  I inverted the witch and placed her into the cauldron.  I stamped the sentiment onto vellum using StazOn Jet Black ink.  I adhered the vellum in the upper left corner of the panel.  The embossed panel was adhered to a black card base.


On the inside of the card, I die-cut a border shape from silver foil cardstock.  I stamped the sentiment onto the shape using StazOn Jet Black ink.  I die cut and assembled the witch's broom and placed it underneath the sentiment.  I glued the cat on top of the handle of the broomstick.


I am a huge fan of the Brickwork 3-D embossing folder and love to find new ways to use it.  The bricks look fantastic sprayed with the Distress Mica Stains.  It was fun to use a variety of Halloween dies to create this fun Halloween card.


A Strange Thing Happened
Supplies:
  • Accent Opaque White Cardstock 100lb
  • Recollections Cardstock - cream, black, green, orange, purple, silver foil
  • Vellum
  • Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Mica Stains - Jack-O-Lantern and Hocus Pocus
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades - Brickwork
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Frightful Things
  • Tim Holtz Sizziz Bigz Die - Cauldron
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Toil and Trouble
  • Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous Monstrous (sentiment)
  • The Stamps of Life - Leprechaun 2 Stamp Die Set - Buckle for Witches Hat
  • MFT Die-namics - In the Clouds (Cauldron Bubbles)
  • Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink
  • Recollections Halloween Wood Stamp - Happy Halloween
  • StazOn Jet Black ink
  • Foam Tape
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