Monday, October 21, 2013

Spooky Haunted House with Scary Tree--- Halloween Card!!

Hi Dreamers,
Really starting to seem like Fall here in Michigan, USA.  Cooler temps and rain today.  The Leaves are changing colors and making a lovely show!  I finished up the Halloween cards!  I will be sharing two of them today and the others will be posted throughout the next two weeks until Halloween.  Lots of time left to make a few cards to send out.  To create my creepy cards, I used stamps, a die cut tree,  and lots of Distress inks.

Card #1



Materials:
Stamps: Haunted House-Stampin' Up; Bats -A Muse
Die: Willow Tree -Memory Box
CS: White, Kraft, Yellow, Orange, Gray, Sahara Sand - Stampin' Up
Black ink
Distress inks: Stormy Sky, Black Soot, Frayed Burlap, Rusty Hinge
Copic Markers







Instructions:

  • Make a card base from yellow CS (card 1) and Orange CS (card 2)
  • Layer with Orange(card 1)/Gray (card 2)
  • Stamp the Haunted house with black ink
  • Color the moon and windows with Copic Markers






  • Color the background with the Distress inks and glue to card base
  • Die cut trees from white and Kraft CS
  • Distress trees with Distress inks
  • Add white tree to card #1
  • Stamp Bats





Card #2



  • On the second card, I thought I wanted the tree cut from Kraft CS.  But, I thought it did not stand out enough.  I layered a second white tree over the Kraft tree letting the Kraft tree show slightly.
  • I also added Rusty Hinge to the background on this card--wanted to make the moon look like it was glowing.  

*******A few fun challenges for my Spooky House Halloween Cards:
Dream Valley: Halloween
Pile it On: Halloween
2 Sisters: colors of Halloween
Crafty calendar: Halloween

Well, I guess that is it for me today.  Stayed tuned for more Halloween fun!!!  Hope you are having a great day.  Love ya.
Karen

12 comments:

  1. Hi Karen.........WOW Your card is amazing x

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  2. Fabulous Halloween cards, great images and that tree looks really spooky!
    Thanks for sharing with us at FSC
    Avril

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  3. very fun cards love Halloween and you did a great job
    hugs
    bibiana

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  4. Thank you so much for sharing your great spooky card with us at FSC, love the scene you've created..Esther xx

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  5. These are fabulous!! I love the spooky tree and house and the inking is awesome. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!

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  6. Spooktacular cards!
    Thanks for playing at Pile It On!
    Helen x

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  7. What a fantastic card! I love how you put the tree in the foreground so that it's this creepy-cool presence looming toward the haunted house! Very clever juxtaposition of elements and I simply adore the whimsical yet sophisticated feel you created. I feel very inspired, so thank you for sharing this with us for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

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  8. Karen...your Halloween card is really awesome. I love the design and the professional way you've created it. Thanks for sharing it with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. <3 Candy

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  9. FABULOUS Halloween Card!!!
    Thanks for joining us last week at PIO!
    Have a GREAT day!

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  10. This is a fabulous Halloween card, a very spooky tree, that's for sure, and spooky bats too.

    Thanks for joining in the fun at Crafty Calendar Challenge and good luck.

    Jo x

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  11. What a fabulously spooky card! Thanks for joining in at Dream Valley!

    love Mags B x

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  12. Fabulous design work! Love all the images you chose. Thanks for sharing with us at FSC!

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