Guest Designer at StencilGirl Talk Today!

I am so thrilled to be over on the StencilGirl Talk blog today using a Seth Apter Stencil  to create a multi-layered Journal Page.

  

 

I LOVE how this turned out with the Metal Foil Die Cut Clock!!!

 

This is the open Journal.

 

 

 I'm using this stencil from Seth - L183.

 

It has soooo many possibilities!!!

 

So jump on over there and I'll take you through this fun project.

 

Your Friend in ART,

 

Linda

WICKED Gothic Tombstone

Another  Gothic Tombstone and some more Crackle!

 

There's still time to join the Swap...Tombstones due back to Kristin by Oct. 7th..

 

"Hello Honey, I'm HOME!"

    

 

I like to base coat with Fresco Paints and add Stamped backgrounds using Archival Inks.

 

The Wings have Black Diamond Ice Stickles on them. 



 

The added wings have Martha's Copper Glitter Glue on them.

 

The Spider's Web is pushed into Black Embossing Ink and Black Super Fine Embossing Powder is then added.

 

You can see the sheer white skull doesn't stand out well here, so I used a gray marker to add some shading.

 

The metallic leaves make the Purple Spiders jump out at you more.

 

 

 The Halloween Key with a Newsprint Word layered onto chipboard makes a great central attraction.

 

Here you can see the gray marker added shadow depth to the skull.

 

 The Viva Crackle is amazing stuff. I show you here how I blobbed it on to get the effect of the next picture.

 

 

 These are the backs of a couple of Tombstones and the backs of the pair of earrings I posted earlier.

 

See my earlier post on how to create this fun background.

 

Enjoy, and as always, ask me any questions you might have, and let me know what you think!

 

Linda

 

Products Used from Retro Cafe Art:

• Gothic Tombstone Bases II
• Extra Small Bat Wing Cutouts
• Garden Insect Cutouts
• Spooky Keys Halloween
• Skeleton Poem Halloween Cling Stamp,
• Halloween Collage Words Newsprint
• Spider and Web Cutouts 
• Inka Gold-Gold , and Green Yellow.
• Viva Decor metallic Crackle Paint-Bronze
 

Other Products Used:

• Ranger -  Big and Bossy Black Embossing Ink Pad, Super Fine Detail Black Embossing Powder, Jet Black Archival Ink,  Black Diamond and Purple Ice Stickles
• White Sharpie Extra Fine Pen
• Gray Tombow Marker
• Black Chipboard
• Metallic Die Cut Leaves
• Martha Stewart Copper Glitter

Another Tag - I DO Love Making Them

Time again for a Halloween Tag for Inspiration Emporium.

Tags are something you can incorporate into a Card,  a Wall Hanging, a Plaque....the same techniques you use here can be used on many different things.

 

But it's easiest to lead you through a tag, so you can take it to another level of your choosing.

 

And if you don't care for the Theme I use, pick your own, and just use the ideas learned here.

  

 

There are links to all the products throughout. So click on and check them out!

 

Start with a #8 Manila Tag and Distress Inks...Mustard Seed, Seedless Preserves, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon and Mowed Lawn.

 

Then drop some water droplets into the ink and blot.

 

Very Important....HEAT SET to dry the Distress Inks before the next step or your embossing powder will stick to everything!!!

 

 

I embossed the tag with Halloween Night Texture Fade and added Black Soot Distress Ink very carefully to just the raised areas.

 

Some will get around the cat and the crow to add a "slightly grungy" feel. That's OK.

 

Then I added Clear Super-Fine Embossing Powder.... use a brush to knock off any you don't want to emboss.

 

Heat with the Heat-it tool to emboss.

 

This is a night time shot that shows best how the Embossing Powder hit the high points.

 

The next layers are added with white paint on the script stamp from the Mini Halloween 3 set, as well as with Coffee Archival Ink.

 

I used the Vintage Lace Sizzlit Die to cut some Metal Foil Tape for the bottom edge that I colored with Purple and Gold Sharpie Pens. REALLY cool color blend here. Hard to see I know.

 

I added some Autumn Tinsel Twine with the Tiny Attacher.

I also added  Inka Gold colors here and there.

 

The Inka Gold on the embossed 31 was still not showing up as well as I'd wanted, so I outlined it in white...and then it popped.

 

You can see several things here.... Gold and Green Yellow-Inka Gold rubbed onto areas of the card.

 

The Crinkle Ribbon was spritzed lightly with water and then I added Distress Inks Marmalade and Persimmon, heat set and stamped the larger script stamp from Tim's Apothecary set with Jet Black Archival ink.

 

Add the White Extra Fine Point Sharpie pen marks that accentuate the tag.

  

 

And lastly I added the tag to chipboard and put white stitch marks around the edges.

 

Check out the links to Inspiration Emporium and make a tag of your own.

 

Layers and Layers to create a fun tag!

 

Hope you enjoyed the trip.

 

Linda