I pulled out a few retired products and partnered them with some current supplies to create a batch of these spooky cards to send this year. It’s been a while since I’ve sent out some Halloween cards, and I decided this year was the time to do it again. I didn’t purchase much this year that is geared toward Halloween so I needed to go to my stash for some of the products. The Cottage Wreaths stamp set is very versatile, so I used images from that for the stamping on my card. For the paper I searched through my retired stash and came across the super-cute Monster Mash patterned paper from a few years ago. Those cute cartoon images still make me smile! The designs make me think of the old Addams Family show that was on tv when I was a kid. They are perfect for a cute Halloween theme vs. a scary one. And finally I remembered that I still had a bunch of the Iridescent Pearls that were part of a Halloween collection from a previous year (I can’t remember which one).
Technique-wise I went very simple on this card. I embossed the stamped images with black embossing powder and hand drew the hanging web for the spider. I wanted a really thin web line so I pulled out my favorite Micron markers so I could get the thinnest line possible. I confess that I didn’t try the Black Stampin’ Write marker because I knew that it wouldn’t be as thin as I wanted. I used the Tuxedo Black ink pad direct to paper to create the distressed look on the edges of the Crushed Curry cardstock. No tools required – just rub the ink pad directly on the paper. It’s a classic look!
I used this current sketch challenge as the inspiration for my card. I feel like my layers for the 3 squares are bigger than I would like but it was what I needed to do to have enough of the images visible to show off the cute designs in the paper. I hope that the recipients will really like their cards when they receive them!
And thanks again to the Freshly Made design crew for another great sketch! I really like this layout (I am a fan of grid-like designs) and I can totally see myself using this one again in the future.
How fun to mix the paper in with the “cute” little spider! Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.
Thanks so much Kim – I’m really glad that you liked my card!
This is fun and fabulous! Thanks for playing along with us at FMS this week, Andrea.
Thanks so much Jacquie – I had a lot of fun with the sketch!