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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