An IO Halloween Challenge

This challenge is for Halloween. I went shopping today and came home with a splitting headache! So the card I have started is just that....started. The card below is old to me and new to you, as Julie Koerber would put it!!! Hope to get my other card done soon.


IMAGE:

1. This sweet image, Candy Corn Tree was stamped with Brilliance Gold Galaxy on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth 80lb.cardstock and painted with Twinkling H2O's Lemon Drop, Orange Peel, Icicles, and Warm Pecan.

2. The little pumpkin was painted with Orange Peel and Midori Melon.

3. Glossy Accents was applied to the corn and pumpkin.

4. The Moon and background are Lemon Drop, Warm Pecan, and Midori Melon.

5. The image was mounted on Curious Bronze cardstock.

6. That cute little Owl, was stamped with Brilliance Gold Galaxy, painted with Warm Pecan and Icicles. The beak and feet were painted with a very light light Orange Peel. Clear Gelly Roll Stardust pen was used on his white feathers, Bronze Gelly Roll Stardust pen was used on his dark feathers. He was cut out and the edges of his body were done by running the edges over a Sharpie Brown medium point pen. Before I did his eyes I applied Glossy Accents to all of him and let it dry. His eyes were done with a Golden Gelly Roll Stardust pen and when dry the Bronze Gelly Roll Stardust pen was used to do the centers of his eyes. He was mounted with a large pop dot on the tree branch.

7. The words, Hoo's Got Candy , were stamped with Clearsnap Mica Magic Bronze ink.


BACKGROUND:

1. The background behind the main image was done by putting Bazzill Bling Bright Lights through the Cuttlebug in the Perfect Paisley embossing folder.

2. Then the indented dots were done with the Bronze Gelly Roll Stardust pen.

3. Oh boy, more dots. Well...........I did the ones on the Solar White Cardstock with my paper piercer and lined them up by using a clear ruler along the edge and eyed the middle of the margin. Then I went back over them with the Bronze Gelly Roll pen.

4. The White dots were done on Curious Bronze cardstock using a White Signo Uniball pen. It was very cool because it dries as a layer and if I made a mistake when it dried I could scrap it off "carefully" with my X-acto knife and correct without a mess.

5. The ribbon is by May Arts and has the most beautiful dark brown and copper sheen to it. I hope you can tell. It i s so soft to the touch.This card was a rare experience. I have not done a card without pearls, rhinestones, metal, or beads as embellishments for a long long time.

SUPPLIES:
Stamps: Impression-Obsession - Candy Corn Tree, Owl, and Hoo's Got Candy in Red Rubber, or the Clear Set Candy Corn

Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth 80lb. cardstock, Curious Bronze, and Bazzill Bling Bright Lights

Inks: Brilliance Galaxy Gold, Twinkling H2O's Lemon Drop, Orange Peel, Icicles, and Warm Pecan Orange Peel, and Midori Melon

Accessories: Clear Gelly Roll Stardust , Golden Gelly Roll Stardust and Bronze Gelly Roll Stardust pens, Glossy Accents , White Signo Uniball , May Arts and Clearsnap Mica Magic Bronze ink

Don't forget you can all participate in the challenge by emailing your card, with IO images, to me by Saturday midnight. It will be posted on the IO blog and also in their Customer Photo Album. Two people have entered already. You can see their cards by checking out today's IO challenge post.

Thanks for stopping by "the blog" to look and share.

 

 Shirley

 

Ghosts, Goblins, and Jack-O-Lanterns

Well maybe. When I saw the image below on the Impression-Obsession site it reminded me of a field of flowers with pumpkins, or jack-o-lanterns, as some people call them flying around at Halloween time. You tell me. They don't show up as well in the photo, but the little orange circles have yellow glitter where the eyes would be and then a little black nose. They are meant to be fire flies and I/O even has them in a jar for you. Now for the details. :-)


The stamp is called Summer Fields and was stamped with Brilliance Galaxy Gold on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth 80lb cover cardstock, heat embossed, and then painted with Twinkling H2O's Orange Peel, Fern, Icicles, and Lemon Yell0w. I went over the daisies, jack-o-lanterns, stars, and moon with my Ranger Bullet Perfect Pen, added Clear Embossing Powder and heat embossed. I got this tip from Zindorf's site. She uses a Versamark pen to protect her images. This was done to protect these images when the sky was added.

The sky was created with a sponge and SU Ballet Blue and Brilliant Blue Classic inks. I tried the Zindorf brayer way and it just didn't work for me on this project. I will try it again, but later. :-)

Last Stickles Yellow glitter glue was added to the eyes of the jack-o-lanterns, and the moon. Stickles Diamonds was added to the little flowers below the daisies in the grass, and Stickles Orange Peel was added to the centers of the daisies. The jack-o-lanterns (alias fire flies) were cut around with an X-acto knife and then mounted with a pop-dot to give them the appearance of floating. Eeeeeeeeeerrrrrrie! ;-) Glossy Accents was added to the jack-0-lanterns and the daisies to give them a little lift.

Martha Stewart's Embossed Zig-Zag Border Punch was used for the bottom of a 5X3.75 piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth cardstock. One of the borders from the new Cuttlebug folder Border Frills was used on the top. The holes were punched with a 1/8" Fiskars Circle Punch. Then the image was mounted on it. The Cuttlebug border was also done on the blue cardstock and then also punched with the Fiskars circle punch. The image was mounted on that. The ribbon on the white cardstock is from Michaels $1 bin. The cardfront was then mounted on a card of white so the punched circles would show. We all know its a "dotty" world lately, right? If you have any questions I can promise my Email Me on the right side bar does work.

Thanks for stopping by 'the blog' to visit.

 

 Shirley

 

Hoos Got Candy?

I decided it was time to try dots. I see so much of them online. Well I am not the Queen of Dots. I think that should belong to Faith at Stampin' With Markies Mom, but I tried. Her cards are sensational, dots or no dots. It was fun. Now about the card ;-):

This sweet image, Candy Corn Tree by Impression-Obsession, was stamped with Brilliance Gold Galaxy on Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Super Smooth 80lb.cardstock and painted with Twinkling H2O's Lemon Drop, Orange Peel, Icicles, and Warm Pecan. The little pumpkin was painted with Orange Peel and Midori Melon. Glossy Accents was applied to the corn and pumpkin. The Moon and background are Lemon Drop, Warm Pecan, and Midori Melon. The image was mounted on Curious Bronze cardstock.


That cute little Owl, also by Impression-Obsession, was stamped with Brilliance Gold Galaxy, painted with Warm Pecan and Icicles. The beak and feet were painted with a very light light Orange Peel. Clear Gelly Roll Stardust pen was used on his white feathers, Bronze Gelly Roll Stardust pen was used on his dark feathers. He was cut out and the edges of his body were done by running the edges over a Sharpie Brown medium point pen. Before I did his eyes I applied Glossy Accents to all of him and let it dry. His eyes were done with a Golden Gelly Roll Stardust pen and when dry the Bronze Gelly Roll Stardust pen was used to do the centers of his eyes. He was mounted with a large pop dot on the tree branch.

The words, Hoo's Got Candy by Impression-Obsession, were stamped with Clearsnap Mica Magic Bronze ink.

The background behind the main image was done by putting Bazzill Bling Bright Lights through the Cuttlebug in the Perfect Paisley embossing folder. Then the indented dots were done with the Bronze Gelly Roll Stardust pen.

Oh boy, more dots. Well...........I did the ones on the Solar White Cardstock with my paper piercer and lined them up by using a clear ruler along the edge and eyed the middle of the margin. Then I went back over them with the Bronze Gelly Roll pen.

The White dots were done on Curious Bronze cardstock using a White Signo Uniball pen. It was very cool because it dries as a layer and if I made a mistake when it dried I could scrap it off "carefully" with my X-acto knife and correct without a mess. If anyone knows how to do this in an easier way, please email me by using the light blue Email Me link in the right hand side bar.

The ribbon is by May Arts and has the most beautiful dark brown and copper sheen to it. I hope you can tell. It i s so soft to the touch.

This card was a rare experience. I have not done a card without pearls, rhinestones, metal, or beads as embellishments for a long long time. Thanks for looking and stopping by "the blog" to visit.

 

 Shirley