Happy Howl-o-ween!
Good morning! Ardyth here with this week’s Light Bulb Moment!
This week, I made an adorable Halloween (or should I say Howl-o-ween) card!
I created my background with 4 DIY stencils I made with a square die and sticky notes. I blended distress ink into each of them. Two tips here:
- I love precision. I love it when everything is lined up perfectly and evenly. But it’s not always easy to do. Because this card is meant to be fun, I made the squares wonky on purpose to save some work and bonus – it adds interest. So much easier!
- If you blend from the outside to the centre, leaving the centre lighter, the boxes will look like they’re glowing!
Then I stamped my Monster Mash images and coloured them very simply using a limited number of Copic markers. I cut them out with the matching dies.
I cut my label and stamped my sentiment and then lined everything up on the card. I realized I still had some space, so I went back and found some pumpkin images (from Indian Summer), and placed them on the card as well.
Here’s a quick video (Click HERE if you cannot see the video)
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Victoria Banaszak
September 29, 2017 at 1:02 pmThat is such an adorable card! I love the background you made.
Ardyth
October 5, 2017 at 9:51 amThanks so much! I love white space, but a simple background like this really makes the characters stand out!
Billie A
September 29, 2017 at 9:48 pmSo much sweetness. I love the stamps. Darling card.
Ardyth
October 5, 2017 at 9:51 amThanks so much!
Marjorie Dumontier
October 2, 2017 at 8:10 amI left a comment on her blog to say how much I love this card.
Ardyth
October 5, 2017 at 9:52 amThanks so much, Marjorie! I appreciate you taking the time to let me know what you think! Much more to come!