Morning.
I don't tend to make Halloween cards, but when I saw this great TH set on for a steal at Michaels, I just had to own it. I love the spider web and the set has some really cute images in it.
So onto my background.
As most of you already know, I love playing around creating bkgs. I was using some shaving cream and re-inkers for another project and had some leftover on the plate I was using. I didn't want it to go to waste, so I pressed a piece of cardstock into the inked shaving cream and put the dry piece away in my stash. I like to have backgrounds ready and waiting for quick card making.
How to do this technique.....spread some shaving cream onto a paper plate (that makes for easy clean-up). Drop some re-inkers onto the shaving cream and swirl it around. I used a little spatula but you could use the end of a paint brush or a popsicle stick. Gently press the paper into the shaving cream, set aside to dry. Scrape off the excess with an old credit card to reveal a beautiful bkg.
I placed the inked bkg into my Misti and stamped the images and the sentiment.
To give it an even more eerie look, I rubbed the edges with some Black Soot DOX ink and splattered with some black acrylic paint.
I mounted it onto a piece of white, then black, then onto a heavy white cardbase.
Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.
Adding my card to these challenges:
Little Red Wagon- FALL IT
Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES
Craft Rocket- MONOCHROMATIC
Supplies
Stamps- Halloween Cutouts (TH)
Inks- Versafine Clair Nocturne; Black Soot DI (TH); Carved Pumpkin, Dried Marigolds Distress Re-inker (TH)
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook); black cs
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); black acrylic paint; shaving cream;
Adorable Halloween card, hugs, Lori m
ReplyDeleteWOW, amazing background and great Halloween card.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us this week @ Little Red Wagon and i hope to see you back again soon.
Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE
Wonderful card Karen, amazing colours and design, love that spider's web, Kate x x
ReplyDeleteBrilliant halloween card Karen, love the background. That shaving cream technique sounds like a lot of fun! Love the marbley look, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteA great coloured background to use with this spider and web and love the large sentiment Karen. Thanks for explaining the technique too. x
ReplyDeleteWow Karen, I love those background colours. perfect for your web and spider :)
ReplyDeleteReally wonderful background with the saturated color. Very cool with the halloween images. I love the big chunky sentiment.
ReplyDeleteA scary spider and a richly colored background! Perfect for Halloween! Eek!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the inspiration Karen...I too don't make Halloween cards but do have a spider's web stencil.....The technique looks wonderful on your great background and what a fabulous card x. No wonder you couldn't resist the stamp set on offer x.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great Halloween card! Love the background technique. Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.
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