One of my past downline had a home workshop Tuesday evening and here are her card choices. Samantha has been blog hopping and the Halloween card is by Julie Day.
Both cards use sponging and this card uses the brayer. Not a technique I teach very often and the results are not consistent and it gets inky! The new Photopolymer Halloween set "Bite Me" gave us some sentiment choices, but the bats are from a retired set Wicked Cool. A mask for the Moon was punched with the 2 1/2 Circle punch from a sticky note. The sticky note was positioned on the card front and then Brayered with Rich Razzleberry.
When using a Brayer, ink it fully and then start rolling off your cardstock to avoid lines. Same with sponging, use a circular motion and start off the card stock and sponge on and off. It takes lots of ink, so keep going, but once it's on it's on!
The mask was removed and the Trees stamped in Basic Black ink several times. Elegant Eggplant was sponged in the corners and a few clouds added to the Moon. Bats stamped in Basic Black ink. More Basic Black ink sponged to the bottom. The sentiments were stamped in White craft ink and embossed with White embossing powder on Black card stock. Punched and popped up on the Elegant Eggplant card. Spooky for sure!
One Light, One dark, the Brayer takes some practice!!
The Christmas card is by Stampin' Up demo Laura Barto and uses sponging and masking. I love the way the framelit focal point was cut to look like a window. The card base is Night of Navy, with a Whisper White mat. The sentiment was stamped in Night of Navy and then this layer was embossed with the Northern Flurry embossing folder. Edges were sponged with Soft Sky and Night of Navy
ink.
The larger frame was cut with the Labels Framelits in Basic Black. The size smaller was cut in Whisper White. The Tree was stamped in Always Artichoke. A mask was used for the Moon, buy punching a 1 3/8 Circle punch in a piece of scrap card stock. The Moon was sponged with So Saffron and Summer Starfruit inks. Edges were sponged lightly with the Blue inks. This frame is then cut and popped up on the larger frame. Summer Starfruit ribbon was tied across the mat a few Rhinestones added for some bling!
Ingredients Card 1:
Lovely as a Tree 127793 Clear $19.95, 128655 Wood $27.95
Bite Me 134622 $13.95 Photopolymer
Elegant Eggplant card stock 105126 $6.95
Naturals White card stock 102316 $7.50
Brayer 102395 $12.50
Sponges 101610 $3.50 (3) sponges
Rich Razzleberry ink 126950 $5.95
Elegant Eggplant ink 126969 $5.95
Black ink 126980 $5.95
White Craft ink 101731 $7.50
White Embossing powder 109132 $4.75
2 1/2 inch Circle punch for mask 120906 $16.95
Ticket Punch for sentiment 126883 $15.95
Card 2:
Lovely as a Tree 127793 Clear $19.95, 128655 Wood $27.95
Joy to the World 131799 Clear $16.95, 131796 Wood $21.95
Night of Navy card stock 100867 $6.95
Whisper White card stock 100730 $8.50
Basic Black card stock 121045 $6.95
Night of Navy ink 126970 $5.95
Always Artichoke ink 126972 $5.95
Soft Sky ink 131181 $5.95
Summer Starfruit ink 126991 $5.95
So Saffron ink 126957 $5.95
Labels Framelits 125598 $26.95
1 3/8 Circle punch 119860 $15.95
Northern Flurry embossing folder 120902 $7.95
Summer Starfruit Satin Stitched ribbon 126846 $8.95
Basic Rhinestones 119246 $4.95
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