October Scrap Club

We are going to learn two techniques (soot stamping and coloring ribbon) this month at our October Scrap Club ladies! This layout will take a little while to finish. I am only giving you a sneak peek of one of the two pages and a close up of the soot stamped haunted house. I hope you will like this one. I sure had fun creating it!

I used the Everlasting paper, which is on the retired list. If you like it, you better grab it. Once it is gone.....there is no more. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha!

The Halloween title is done with the soot stamping technique too!

Soot stamped haunted house

Two of the three sets I used are retired, but I just had to use them. Here are the two stamp sets I used on this page: Halloween Dingbats, Happy Haunting.

Happy Stamping!

Happy Halloween

BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

I have had my eye on this Martha Stewart stamp set for some time now and today it was 50% off, so I had to add it to my collection. This saying is just one of a few sayings that come in this set. I knew I had a vampire stamp from Halloween Dingbats that I could use with it.
In addition to Halloween Dingbats, I used Halloween Night for the haunted house. I stamped the moon in vanilla cream and outlined it with sparkle glitter. Oh, I can't forget my bat punch from the Martha Stewart Halloween collection I used at the bottom. I put prisma glitter on the punched bat to make him shine. Other embellishments used: edge anchors, dimensional elements, smokey plum bigger brads, concave punch, stipple brush and black rope ribbon.

This is my last post until next week. I am going out of town on Thursday to a CTMH regional meeting and have to pack some of my stamping supplies, so I won't have access to them. I can't wait to see our new catty that comes out in January. This weekend is going to be a blast! I get to learn and mingle with other consultants. Friday, I attend some classes and Friday night we all crop together. Saturday, we will play all day creating artwork. I should have something to show you, when I return. Hopefully, I will have time on Sunday to download. Have a great week!

Happy Halloween! I hope you have a "howling" good time!

Technique Tuesday - Split Negative

Okay, this one was harder than I thought, because I couldn't get Halloween images out of my head. I didn't want to show you the same image in a card, so I chose a winter image. I have seen some blogs where the artist has used a black and white theme. I have been wanting to do this myself, so I put the two of these together. Just using black and white is a lot harder than I thought is would be.


This 6 x 6 layout was created by Heidi Bryce, CTMH Independent Consultant. She did an excellent job on this one. Here are her directions:

Split Negative

Supplies

• Cardstock - white and black (or any light and dark color that contrasts)
• Embossing Powder - white and black (or colors that match your color choices)
• Versamark or embossing ink
• Heat gun

Instructions

1. Cut your cardstock into two equal pieces
2. Placing the two pieces side by side (do not attach), stamp the image using Versamark or embossing ink dead center of the two pieces.
3. Emboss the white cardstock with black embossing powder and emboss the black cardstock with white embossing powder (or whatever contrasting colors you are using).
4. Adhere pieces to background in the same pattern as they were stamped.
5. If you want your design to stand out more mat each color.

Here is my black and white card using this technique:





















I used Warm Wishes and Holiday Accents stamp sets that are both CTMH. I stamped "Warm Winter Wishes inside the card to finish.

Now, it is your turn!

BOO

Okay! Here is the first card I made using my prismacolors (click to enlarge). I picked one of the easiest stamp images I had to play with. I have a lot to learn yet, but it sure was fun layering all the colors and pulling them inward to blend. I can't wait to play more with my new toys. Thanks for stopping by and looking at what I have created. Here is the recipe:

Paper: Black, Sunflower, Moonstruck, White Daisy and Hydrangea cardstock (CTMH), Striped pattern paper (Frances Meyer, Inc.), Orange Polka Dot pattern paper (Creative Imaginations)

Stamp set: Trick or Treaters (CTMH retired)

Embellishments: Cuttlebug embossing plate, White gel pen, Bigger black brads (CTMH), Green ribbon (unkown)

Here is the inside of the card. I used White Daisy ink and Happy Haunting stamp set (2006 September stamp of the month, CTMH)


Have a great day!