Friends of Unity October Blog Hop

 Hello, fellow crafty friends - welcome to the spookiest season of the year and another blog hop! This month’s theme is…

As you, maybe, can tell from my intro, I’m a big fan of Halloween! Movies, decorations, crafting… I get into it all! So, I focused this month’s efforts on Halloween cards! But before I start, I wanted to let you know that I’ll be doing another giveaway this month! And, as promised last month, I wanted to congratulate - 

*** Sue D ***

on being last month’s winner of my September giveaway! Yay! Please PM me your address and I’ll be sure to send some Unity goodies your way!

Now, on the first card, I began by stamping the image from RIP onto greyscale sketch paper. I used pencils and white pen to add dimension and a little color to the image. I then cut the image down and stamped the cat from the Toil and Trouble on another sheet and fussy cut it out. I did use a white pen to add some highlights and watercolors for the pumpkin! I added corrugated cardboard for the background and a patterned paper. I made my own bottom layer inspired by Tim Holtz wallpaper paper using an old SMAK kit containing an eerie chandelier and other images and my coffee stained paper. I embossed the sentiment from Halloween Chatter with a grainy Seth Apter powder. Finally, I added a couple ephemera and called my haunted house done!

For the second card, I pulled out Bristol paper, liquid/dry shimmer inks and paints (Colorburst, Primary Elements, Perfect Pearls) and oxide inks to create a spooky background. I added paint spatters as a final touch. I then used a Sizzix Haunted Bare Tree embossing folder and used my Gansai Tambi watercolors and a metallic ink pen to color in the tree. I then embossed the witch from Unity’s August Phases membership kit, fussy cut her out and added silver highlights. I silver embossed and cut down a sentiment from the kit and part of the faces of the moon stamp. I added background papers, twine and Stampin Up puffy ephemera pieces.

 

So, when I was putting the pieces together I noticed the card base I chose was set up to be an easel card! Well, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to use it, so I pulled another Halloween paper from my stash and stamped sentiments and an image from these kits: Hey boo, Toil and Trouble, and Hallow Eve’s Tree!

I added a Recollections lenticular ephemera piece to create the easel effect!

As you can tell, I had fun this month! Hope you enjoyed these card ideas! Before you leave, a reminder to add a comment if you wish to be eligible for this month’s giveaway! Be sure to leave your name, as otherwise you show up as anonymous! I’ll announce winners in next month’s post! Now on to the rest of the hop… 

Next stop is:

Dawn’s blog

And if you wish to start from the beginning, go here:

Crystal’s blog