Hocus Pocus

Saturday was World Cardmaking Day, and although there were no posts from me here or on Instagram, I was busy crafting on Saturday and Sunday. Many of the cards I finished may end up with blog reading friends, so I won’t post those until they’ve been received. Some others were Halloween cards, and I’m not sure who’s getting what. I do know who’s getting this Halloween card, and I’m pretty sure she isn’t reading my blog regularly. I’m entering it in two Halloween challenges today, though, so I’ll take my chances.

For once, I didn’t have anything other than the ink blending background in mind when I began. I used Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron, Carved Pumpkin and Spiced Marmalade for the ink blending, adding in some Black Soot around the edges.  Once that was done, I decided I wanted to add the Pretty Pink Posh “Spider Web” stencil to the mix, and added some more Distress Oxide inks over the top.

When that was finished, I started looking through my Halloween stamps and dies. I recently purchased a set from The Stamp Market, “Happy Halloween,” and used the witch’s hat, the spider, and the sentiment from that set.

The three ghosts are from a Poppy Stamps die set I purchased years ago. I popped the largest of the ghosts and the spider up with dimensional tape after drawing a line with a permanent marker for the spider to crawl down.

I love the glow of the ink blended background. I’m entering this in two challenges: Just Us Girls:  Halloween, and The Paper Players:  Spooky.