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Today's Halloween card uses a variety of Tim Holtz Halloween products including the new Distress Mica Stains.
I started by placing a circular mask onto a panel of watercolor paper.  I sprayed the panel with a variety of the Halloween Distress Mica Stains.  I took off the circular mask and sprayed the white area with Flickering Candle Distress Mica Stain and water.  I dabbed off the excess with a paper towel and let the panel dry.

I die cut the witch, cats, some bats, and the tattered banner out of black glittered cardstock.  I sprayed a small amount of water color paper with Flickering Candle Distress Mica Stain.  I used this paper to cut the word "BEWITCHED" and to cut small pieces to place behind the cats' eyes to make them glow. I folded in the edges of the tattered banner and adhered the word "BEWITCHED" to the center of the banner. 


I cut out two fence pieces from black and silver foiled cardstock. I slightly offset the silver foiled fence from the black fence and adhered the fence pieces to the bottom of the card. I centered the tattered banner across the middle of the fence.  I glued the cat to the top of the fence.  


I glued the witch to the center of the moon and adhered three bats around the witch. I glued the watercolor panel to a black card panel.  The black card panel was adhered to a white 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 witches broom and placed it underneath the sentiment.  I glued the second cat on top of the handle of the broomstick.


I really love the combination of the glittered cardstock die cuts with the Distress Mica Stains.  It was so much fun to mix and match the different Tim Holtz Halloween die sets.

Bewitched
Supplies:
  • Recollections Cardstock - black and silver foil
  • Black Glitter Cardstock
  • Strathmore Cold Press Water Color Paper
  • Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Mica Stains - Empty Tomb, Hocus Pocus, Jack-O-Lantern, Flickering Candle, Crooked Broomstick, Bubbling Cauldron
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Toil and Trouble
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween 2021 Thinlits Dies Vault Series
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Frightful Things
  • Tim Holtz Sizzix Thinlits - Alphanumeric Label
  • Distress Ink - Black Soot
  • Momenta Large Nested Border Shapes Die Set
  • Recollections Halloween Wood Stamp - Happy Halloween
  • StazOn Jet Black Ink
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