Fun Season is coming! Fall, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Winter, Christmas, and New Year's are all lined up and coming soon. Actually, I fall asleep at 8:30 so New Year's holds no magic for me.... but, I am excited about any weather that is not hot.
I love spooky - I don't go all out decorating, i don't have parties, and I don't dress up, but I love to do Halloween cards. This one was really fun.
The background is my favorite. I made it by dragging the DOX pads across a mat, splashing (literally as I lost my sprayer again) water on it, and dipping the paper in the mixture multiple times. Then I ran it through a woodgrain embossing folder that had a hint of black ink still on it.
I stamped the window twice, sponged it with the same DOX inks as the background (masking parts with a scrap paper), and fussy cut out the signs from one of the images. Then I drew in some spots and webs with a gel pen. The skulls are actually from the same sentiment the words are from but I seperated them. The pumpkins are a bit cutesy in the set so I colored in their eyes and noses and gave them some tiny teeth so they looked a little scary.
Thanks for looking!
Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023 GMT Views: 266
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Wed, Sep 13, 2023 @ 4:49 AM
Yes it is fun that we are gallery neighbours and everything you said about the importance of voting is so true. Yes and we don’t need skinny waists or elaborate hairstyles LOL. Thank you for your kind comments on my page dear friend.
Back to your spooky card…love it and the BG is my favourite. I love the boarded up window too. I think halloween with you would be fun.
Big hugs jx
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 91013
Wed, Sep 13, 2023 @ 7:26 AM
Nancy, this is so super cute for a fun spooky Halloween card. I really love these images and your terrific layout and use of them. Fabulous Halloween card with that new window stamp too.
Registered: October 23, 2011 Location: Western, NY Posts: 7506
Wed, Sep 13, 2023 @ 10:05 PM
Awesome designed Halloween fantasy! The inking, the techniques used to achieve such a fun design and the coloring are fantastic. You are so clever...
Betty
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Registered: September 17, 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 6151
Thu, Sep 14, 2023 @ 8:39 AM
Very cool scene, great job on your background and I love the window with the keep out, that is so neat, like the spider webs around the framing and I like the added pumpkins that aren't so scary