The Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge for October 19, 2015, was to “think of all things spooky and ghoulish“ (or, if we had a huge monster of a project that we would like to finish, that would qualify as well). Well, I don’t have a paper crafting monster unfinished project and I don’t think my needlework qualifies so I went with incorporating into a card “things ghoulish” (not sure I’d claim “spooky” since, as a biologist who taught both comparative and human anatomy for years, skeletons are not really spooky to me, but I suppose they are to others not similarly trained)…
I didn’t take photos along the way as fussy cutting doesn’t lend itself well to step-by-steps, but I can share how I created this card.
First, I stamped the plainest of Simon Says Stamps “Sugar Skulls” (SSS101571) onto white card, using Archival “Jet Black” ink. I then cut out the eyes and nose, and “aged” the skull using a blending tool and “Old Paper” and “Vintage Photo” Distress Inks.. Using the die that came with the stamp set, I cut out the stamped skull, one more plain white skull, and three black skulls which I layered, using the Ranger Collage Glue Stick. This gave the skull some “pop”…
Next, I stamped the skeleton from the “Poisonous” stamp set (CMS171) on white card with Archival “Jet Black”, aged it as I did the skull, and fussy cut it as well.
I ran a scrap of purple card through my Big Kick using the Texture Fades embossing folder “Poison Labels” (660973). I selected three of the best labels from the eight I did, trimmed them, blended “Black Soot” Distress Ink over the raised areas and filled in the depressed area using a Sigma Pen (“White”, UM-153).
I cut a piece of metallic lavender paper to fit a grey/purple card base and began layering. Final step was the sentiment “Boo!”, stamped with Archival “Jet Black” and a Savvystamps.com stamp.
First, I stamped the plainest of Simon Says Stamps “Sugar Skulls” (SSS101571) onto white card, using Archival “Jet Black” ink. I then cut out the eyes and nose, and “aged” the skull using a blending tool and “Old Paper” and “Vintage Photo” Distress Inks.. Using the die that came with the stamp set, I cut out the stamped skull, one more plain white skull, and three black skulls which I layered, using the Ranger Collage Glue Stick. This gave the skull some “pop”…
Next, I stamped the skeleton from the “Poisonous” stamp set (CMS171) on white card with Archival “Jet Black”, aged it as I did the skull, and fussy cut it as well.
I ran a scrap of purple card through my Big Kick using the Texture Fades embossing folder “Poison Labels” (660973). I selected three of the best labels from the eight I did, trimmed them, blended “Black Soot” Distress Ink over the raised areas and filled in the depressed area using a Sigma Pen (“White”, UM-153).
I cut a piece of metallic lavender paper to fit a grey/purple card base and began layering. Final step was the sentiment “Boo!”, stamped with Archival “Jet Black” and a Savvystamps.com stamp.
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