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Monday, October 26, 2015

Boo! I'm Back!


The last couple weeks have been scary busy but lots of fun! I hosted a couple technique workshops with a friend and then hosted a large family gathering celebrating 3 major anniversaries. But now life will get back to normal which means blogging more frequently and playing with stamps, dies and other toys:) Halloween is this week so I am posting a card I made with black Bister powders and a spooky stamp called Crowscape from Stampendous. Black Bisters sprinkled on watercolor paper and spritzed with water creates a spooky stormy sky perfect for a Halloween card. After the Bister watercolor background was dry, I masked off most of the sky leaving a circle for the moon and applied bleach on that circle. I love creating a moon this way - it looks much more real this way than masking first leaving a white moon. I used my MISTI and stamped the Crowscape stamp from Stampendous several times, then layered it on light yellow and black cardbase. I added a "Boo" cut with Die-Versions alphabet dies and a couple small bats cut with an IO die.

I am entering this card in the Halloween challenge at Sweet Stampin' and the Anything Goes challenge at 613 Avenue Create.
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10 comments:

  1. AJ BodineOctober 26, 2015 at 7:51 AM

    Wowwwwww, this is gorgeous. I'm going to have to give that bleach technique a try, that moon is amazing!

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  2. Vicki DutcherOctober 26, 2015 at 8:38 AM

    Excellent card! A very realistic Halloween scene~

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  3. Verna AngerhoferOctober 26, 2015 at 6:04 PM

    I love it and I too noticed how much better the bleach technique works for making a moon. I had done it earlier myself on a scene. But all the wonderful spooky branches and those bats really make this an awesome card design.

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  4. JJOctober 27, 2015 at 5:39 AM

    Fabulous atmospheric card Karen, love it.

    Love & hUgs

    Jacquie J xxx
    http://jewelscardcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

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  5. ChrisOctober 27, 2015 at 6:35 AM

    Wow this is spooky! Wonderful stamps, the moon looks amazing and adds to the creepy atmosphere. Fabulous card! Thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week.
    Chris
    x

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  6. Tracy SteinbachOctober 27, 2015 at 3:13 PM

    Very nice card it really looks spooky...

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  7. SueOctober 28, 2015 at 7:07 AM

    This is stunning! thanks for joining us at Sweet Stampin hugs Sue J x

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  8. SammyOctober 30, 2015 at 2:45 PM

    Oh what a fabulous card! Really atmospheric! Thank you for joining us at Sweet Stampin' this week. Sammy-x

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  9. UnknownOctober 31, 2015 at 10:53 AM

    Karen, I love it!
    Thank you for joining 613 Avenue Create challenge, Theresa x

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  10. alexNovember 7, 2015 at 2:23 PM

    Great spooky card, thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create, hope to see you again soon
    {613 DT Member}
    Alex x

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