Eye’m waiting for Halloween

This month’s challenge at Just Some Lines is Halloween.To play along you need to use a Just Some Lines image to enter and you could win a fantastic digi stamp if you’re picked as part of the Top 3!

I had so much fun making this!!I chose to make a shaped card to go with the rather creepy Waiting – Skeleton by Just Some Lines.He’s been coloured with Copic Ciao Markers then fussy cut so that I could add him to this die cut tombstone card.I always like to cover the front of shaped cards with another die cut panel to hide the folded edge.This gave me the opportunity to have a good,messy play too!!I started by embossing the piece to give it some texture then sanded it to create a pitted,weather worn feel.I wanted to deboss the lettering as if were were really carved into the stone.Now this was a learning curve – but I did it 😀 I cut the letters from some scrap chipboard then stacked them 3 deep,gluing of course 😉 Next came the hardest part of figuring out how to make the perfect sandwich in my Big Shot and astounded myself by getting it right first time!To enhance the effect I ran a ProMarker inside and followed with a black pen where I thought the extra shadowing should be.Onto the lichen next…I wanted this to be pretty realistic but having only Polar White Flower Soft was a bit of a hurdle.Remembering I had some inks tucked away in a drawer I tipped a little Flower Soft into a small pot and dropped some Yellow plus a couple of drops of Butterscotch for a more natural appearance,smooshing it around with my finger to make sure it all got coated.Whilst this was drying I inked round the edges of my tombstone then cut,sanded and inked the ivy.The grass at the bottom is actually the leftover from the ivy trimmed down,sanded,inked etc… I adhered my little skele friend (or should that be fiend?) and using clear drying PVA added my lichen,trying to emulate how it would normally grow.There I’m done!!

And just in case you think it’s a little early to start thing about All Hallow’s Eve here’s a glimpse of what was in my garden the foggy other day just to get you in the mood….

 

Spooky,eh?When I think of all the money I’ve spent on decorations….lol….

It’s OK there aren’t any spiders visible in these pics….I left those ones out deliberately…. 🙂

Supplies :

Image : Waiting – Skeleton by Just Some Lines

Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Black Soot & Peeled Paint Distress Ink,Hearthstone ProMarker (from Limited Edition Autumn/Winter Set),Sakura Pigma Micron 0.5mm Pen,Ranger Posh Impressions Rainbow Ink in Yellow & Butterscotch 

Cardstock : Core’dinations Roy G.Biv 12 x 12 Cardstock Pad,Scrap Chipboard

Tools : Spellbinders Shapeabilities Nested Tombstones,Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet Set,Marrianne Designs Ivy Set,Cuttlebug Mesh Texture Embossing Folder,Big Shot,Core’dinations Sand It Gadget,Decoupage Scissors

To Embellish : Polar White Flower Soft (stained)

Some challenges this is for :

4 Krafty Girlz : Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday : Signs of Distress

My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps Challenge : Halloween

Sassy Studio Designs : Think Outside the Box

Crafting By Designs : Anything Goes

Penny’s Paper-Crafty : Anything Goes

Bearly Mine Challenges : Halloween

Creative Craft Challenges :  Anything Goes

Cuttin & Stampin Challenges : Halloween

Loves Rubber Stamps : Anything Goes

Paper Minutes : Bizarre, Strange & Weird

Papertake Weekly :  Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door :  Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks : Halloween

A Little Bit Crafty : A Little Bit Shabby

Country View Crafts’ Challenge : Something Spooky

Designed To Color : Use a Die

The Cupboard Trilogy : Halloween/Fall

Created With Love Challenges : Halloween

613 Avenue Create : Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody : Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Paint : Anything Goes

Opus Gluei : Boo!!!

Crafty Catz : Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles : Shaped Cards

Graph’It Colour Challenge : Halloween’s a Scream

Sister Act Card Challenge :  Anything Goes

 

 

 Thanks for looking

Lisa x

 

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