Halloween's coming...

Its day 13 of 21 Days of Halloween! Be sure to head on over to Smeared Ink every day this month for some Halloween inspiration and a chance to win prizes! 

Color chipboard with blank marker. 

Ink edges of frame with Boss Gloss and emboss with Aged Black Embossing Powder.

Mask off the frame edge, ink with Boss Gloss and emboss with Aged Ivory. 

Trim piece of blank acrylic to the size of the frame and adhere to back of frame.

Ink piece of cardstock. Trim bigger than frame. Adhere googly eyes to the inked cardstock. 

Adhere frame to inked cardstock. Add stamped images.

Supplies Used:

Stampendous (Skeleton Style, Aged Ivory Embossing Powder, Aged Black Embossing Powder)

Clear Scrap (Spooky chipboard, blank acrylic sheet)

Beacon Zip Dry Adhesive

Ranger Distress Ink

googley eyes

Trick or Treat...

Today' s layout features Clear Scraps new 12 inch Pumpkin Faces Mascil, Trick Or Treat Expressions amd Stampendous Create Fall stamp set! 

I airbrushed the Pumpkin Faces Mascil using Spectrum Noir and the Ebrush  to create the background for my layout. 

To create the Trick or Treat title, I airbrushed the front of the acrylic with Spectrum Noir IG7, True Black and CT4. I spritzed a piece of burlap and pressed it across the inked acrylic to lift off some of the ink and create a distressed effect. I inked the back of the acrylic with yellow marker and painted it with white paint. 

Supplies Used:

• Clear Scrap Pumpkin Faces Mascil
• Clear Scrap Trick Or Treat Expressions
• Stampendous Create Fall stamps
• Beacon Adhesive
• Spectrum Noir markers

31 Days of Halloween...

Its Day 6 of Smeared Ink's 31 Days of Halloween! 

Everyday for the month of October designers from all over the web will be bringing you Halloween inspiration! Be sure to hop on over to Stampendous and Smeared Ink for more info! 

Supplies Used:
Stampendous Raven Skull Stamp
Distress Inks

There are PRIZES!!! There will be scavenger hunts and heaps of prizes hidden all over the interwebs. These will all be given out by the folks at www.smearedink.com who are in charge of the event. And there will be a Grand Prize Drawing as well. Be sure to visit them to find out all about the prizes!

Crafters Companion Coffin...

As soon as I saw the new Crafters Companion Black Coffin Cards I thought they would make the cutest 3D cofffins! Follow along as I show you how to transform a card into 3D decoration for Halloween!

Instructions:

1. Cut Coffin card directly down the center on the score line. 

 

2. Cut Black Shimmer Cardstock strips at 1.5 inches wide.

3. Score strips at .5 inches. Tape strips together to make a long strip. 

4. Score strip at 4 1/4, 6 3/10, 10 1/2, 12 3/4, 14 1/4. Trim strip at 16 1/4 inches. 

5. To make turns around coffin, cut the .5 inch side of strip at each score line. Cut "v" notches. 

6. Apply adhesive and adhere .5 inch to coffin, wrapping strip around coffin.

7. Stamp scrolls in Delicata Ink on 2nd coffin piece. 

8. Adhere 2nd coffin piece to the 3D bottom of the coffin with washi tape. 

9. Stamp vampire image and color. Using coffin card as a template, cut to fit in coffin. 

10. Stamp skull, color and cut out. 

11. Adhere to inside of coffin with anchor of cardstock. 

12. Stamp sentiment, ink with distress ink and diecut. 

13. Adhere sentiment to lid of coffin with foam adhesive. 

14. Embellish with black fibers.

Supplies Used:

Crafters Companion (Black Coffin Cards, Black Pearl Shimmering Cardstock, Trick of Treating and Happy Haunting Halloween stamps)

Spectrum Noir markers: IG1, IG3, IG5, OR1, CT2, DG1, DG4, EB2, CT2, HB3, FS2)

Distress Ink (Black Soot, Dusty Concord)

Delicata Ink (Silvery Shimmer)

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink