Spooky Fun with Penny Black

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I'm excited to be Guest Designing with the gals at the

Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

It's one of my favorite challenges and Penny Black products are

my at the top of my list for products.

This challenge is always Anything Goes using a Penny Black product, but I like

to try to us the optional theme.

This month's theme is Cute or Spooky which seemed perfect for Halloween.

Except that I didn't have any Penny Black Halloween products.

So I HAD to go shopping!

This scary kitty caught my eye, and the bats and the background words...

The trees were in my stash already.

I had so much fun making this!

Let's go see what the fabulous Design Team has come up with...

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday - ATG with option of Spooky/Cute

Double D - To Spook or Not to Spook (Halloween)

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - ATG Halloween

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Spooky Fun, Nature's Silhouettes, Fragile Beauty (all PB)

Ink:   Versafine Clair Nocturne, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Wisteria Wonder, Basic Gray (SU)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Basic Gray, Black

Other:  Clear EP, Black Acrylic Paint (for splatter)

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Witching You

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Bat stamped on snippet of gray, colored with Copics and fussy cut.

Challenges:

Krafty Chicks #730 - All Occasions

Two Old Bats - Halloween

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Life of the Party (TH), August Limited Edition (Unity), Best Witches (GKD)

Ink:   Smokey Gray

Paper:   Black, Neenah, Black Glimmer

Other:  Copics (C10, N7), Large Layered Witches Hat (MB)

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CAS for JUGS

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It's my final week Guest Designing with the Just Us Girls Challenge.  It has been such fun 

joining in with this lovely group that has welcomed me so warmly.  

Thank you for the opportunity to join your fabulous Design Team this month.

The challenge this week is....

I apologize to those who don't like spiders.  But this guy is so cute! 

He's not scary at all!

He's hanging in the middle of the card and needed something to help him

stand out.  I had a new pumpkin die set and used it to cut a stencil of the outline.

After ink blending some orange ink through the stencil, I used the dies that are

for cutting layers for the pumpkin to trace around with a colored pencil to

give the pumpkin some dimension.

I hope you'll go to the JUGS website and see what the Design Team has done

to inspire you.  Once inspired, use the center of your card to make something to

share over there.

Challenges:

Just Us Girls - Use Just the Center of Your Card (remember to keep it CAS)

Double D - Pumpkins

NBUS #55  -  Never Before Used Schtuff (Pumpkin Die)

Simply Clean And Simple -  Option Autumn 

Stencil Fun - Use a Stencil - Using Option of ORANGE

 

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  August Limited Edition (Unity)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Carved Pumpkin, Ripe Persimmon, Vintage Photo (DI)

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Vellum (For stencil)

Other:  Copics (V05, V04), Into the Blooms-Pumpkins (PTI), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils (Orange, VanDyke Brown), Crystal Glaze, Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die (MFT)

Enjoy!

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Boo

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Halloween is just around the corner!

This little card has a little bit of everything.

I stamped the image and colored with Copics, Die cut a frame and a liner for the frame

along with a spider web and Boo.  The frame has been embossed with a very old

spider web embossing folder.

I think this cat is scared of that spider!

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - ATG using Embossing Folder/Twist of Spooky

NBUS - Never Before Used Schtuff (Stamp set)

Tic Tac Toe #230 - Middle Row (Autumn Colors, Die Cut, Frame)

Two Old Bats Halloween - ATG Halloween

 

  

Card Recipe

Stamps:  August Limited Edition (Impression Obsession)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Black

Other:  Copics (V15, E23, C0, N3, N5, Y15, YR14, YR15, YR18, YR07), Spider Web EF (Sizzix), Stitched Circle Die (OOB), Spooky Boo (Spl)

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Spooky Serenity

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

Switching gears with a Halloween card.

 

The Penny Black Saturday Challenge is always Anything Goes with a

different option each  month.  I love the challenge of the option but this month's

Spooky challenge almost stumped me.

Then I saw this Serenity die in my collection and thought I could make it work.

I found a background that I think had been done with Lindy's Magicals. That

bit of blue you can see in the background has a nice shimmer.

Another background of watercolor worked for a big ole full moon.

I had to dip into some other brands of dies to get the bat and ghosts.

Challenges:

Penny Black Saturday - ATG/Option Spooky

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - ATG Halloween

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:  Black Licorice (MFT), Watercolor (Strathmore), Mixed Media (Strathmore), Naturals White (ret SU)

Other:  Lindy's Magicals, Serenity Die (PB), Ghost Dies (Frantic Stamper), Bat Die (Splbndr), 2 1/2 Circle Punch

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Happy Halloween

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'Tis the season for pumpkins, spider webs and Jack-o-lanterns.

I started with a piece of Inkdrop paper from Craft Consortium and stamped some

spider webs.  The pumpkin and Pumpkin/Jack-o-lantern dies are new this season.

Challenges:

Color Hues - Orange & Purple

NBUS #43 - Never Before Used Schtuff

Two Old Bats Halloween - ATG Halloween

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Ghostly & Halloween Labels (ret Hampton Arts)

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black 

Paper:   Purple Rain (MFT), Ink Drops (Craft Consortium), Pumpkin Pie, Black, Naturals White (SU)

Other:  Jack-o-lantern Fancy Dies (HA), Happy Die (Paper Roses), Arteza Colored Pencils (Rust Orange, Cinnamon, Dk Chocolate Brown, Concrete Gray)

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Boo

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Halloween is almost upon us.

Again, my friend Michele sparked an idea with this card and the vellum ghost.

My ghosts were die cut from white cardstock and twice from vellum

I didn't want the BOO cut out of the vellum so I taped a piece of cardstock behind the

BOO on the die.  It embossed a little, but easy to hide.

I used some snippets of glitter paper and a lighter purple for the letters.

I used an old spider web stamp that I've removed from the block and inked with 

silver ink.  Then I laid the paper on the stamp to ink it up 

and heat embossed with clear powder.

When I set this on my desk, the vellum ghosts light up for a nice spooky look.

Challenges:

Snippets : Snippets of Glitter Paper & Gorgeous Grape

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge : ATG Halloween (The BEST place for Halloween inspiration)

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Spider Web (?)

Ink:   Encore Silver

Paper:   Purple Rain (MFT), Neenah Solar White, Vellum, Snippets of Glitter & Gorgeous Grape

Other:  Ghost Boo Die (SSS), Clear EP, Googly Eyes

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Happy Haunting

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A little Halloween fun.

This is a really easy way to do a background.  I used colored cardstock and

stamped one of the grunge stamps with VersaMark.

I hope you get treats and not tricks!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge (ret. SU), Sacred Tree (Lavinia)

Ink:   VersaMark, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Black, Gorgeous Grape, Scraps of So Saffron & White

Other:  Haunted House, Ghost Trio Dies (Frantic Stamper)

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Ghostly Goblins

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A fun Halloween card sent to a grandboo.

Challenges:

Inspired By - Who's Your Boo?

Two Old Bats Halloween - Anything Halloween

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Ghostly (Hampton Arts), Spooky Expressions (Whipper Snapper), Hocus Pocus (Whipper Snapper

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, Wisteria Wonder

Paper:   Neenah, Pumpkin Pie (SU)

Other:  Square Windeow Trio Die (Honey Bee), 1 1/4" Square Punch, Googly Eyes

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Happy Haunting

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Happy Halloween

I've used some older stamps from my stash for both of these cards.

I found a piece of Brusho smoosh in Halloween colors and stamped this

owl stamp and some branches on it.

A little black Glimmer Paper to jazz it up and a quick and easy card is done.

This background was smooshed with re-inker and perfect for these

Halloween stamps.

The card base has some of those vines stamped on it with VersaMark.

To make it a bit more fun, I did this on the inside.

Mr. Bones came from a Halloween card I received last year and is

on a wobble so he jiggles.

The background was done with friends when we inked

embossing folders and embossed.  It's a technique I need a lot more work on!

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Happy Haunting (Hampton Arts), Fragile Beauty (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Basic Black, Neenah (with Brusho Smoosh)

Other:  Spider Web EF (ret. SU), Black EP, Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencils

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Ghostly, Creepy Cupboard (Hampton Arts), Wild Vines (Lavinia)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black, VersaMark

Paper:   Grout Gray, Black Licorice (MFT), Neenah (for smoosh) 

Other:  Black EP, Re-inker

WIzard and Boo

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I have some more Halloween cards today.

This wizard with his potions is from a friend's set.  I stamped them the

last time we got together.  I've colored them with Copics, fussy cut them

and popped them over a Brusho background.

This one is for Jack who is into wizards, potions and magic crystals.

We're working our way through the Harry Potter movies.

I made multiples of this one.  The ghost is from Simon Says Stamp

and this is a case of a card my friend Candee sent me.

I used a spider web embossing folder for the base.  The orange background

is from rolling off my brayer when using the gelli plate.

The ghost is 3 layers with a coated cardstock on top and the letters

cut from different colors of glitter paper.

This was easy to mass produce.

One more that was a stamp my friend Nance brought for me to play with.

I've colored her with Copics and added a little sparkle to her crystal ball

and the stars.

Isn't she a sweet little wizardess?

Challenges:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - ATG Halloween

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Gnome for the Holidays Halloween (Photo Play)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Archival Shadow Gray

Paper:   Neenah, Basic Black 

Other:  Copics (B24, B26, B29, C10, C2, E21, E13, R20, N5), Spider Web EF (ret. SU)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah, Basic Black, Coated (?), Glitter (MB)

Other: Ghost Boo die (SSS), Spider Web EF (ret. SU), Acrylic Paint

 Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Bundle Girl Crystal Ball (Stamping Bella), Hocus Pocus (Whipper Snapper)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Whisper White (SU)

Paper:   Neenah, Blackberry Bliss (SU)

Other: Copics (V04, V06, V09, BV0000, BV02, BV04, E01, E21, E33, N5, N7), Caran D'ache Supracolor Pencils, Stitched Square Die (SSS), Subtle EF (SU), Clear WOS