I am sneaking in one last Halloween card before the big day this weekend. Hoping this crazy nor'easter gets out of here and the rain clears up soon. Saturday we will be delivering treats to Pineview Commons, the assisted living facility where my mother resided for five years. Emma and her friends will be in costume and will parade around the grounds - always fun for the kids and residents! Over 100 bags are filled with treats for the residents and staff! Thank Heaven for that pumpkin punch!
I used my favorite haunted house image on my card. Before I stamped the house and bats I created the inked squares for the background. I cut a 3 by 5 1/2 rectangle from a full size (8 1/2 by 11) Avery Label sheet. (Thanks to Lydia Fiedler for the tip that Avery Label Sheets make great masks!) Then I die cut three squares down the middle and applied that label paper to a 3 by 5 1/2 piece of white cardstock. Using blender brushes I did the top square in orange and yellow, the middle square in yellow and green and the bottom one in green and purple. Then I simply stamped the large house image right over the top! Fun and easy!
I love Jen Timko's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches! My finished mini slimline measures 6 by 3 1/2. Use whatever size works for you!
Stamp Sets: Spooky Day and Wicked Together (Picket Fence)
Ink: Versafine Clair, Distress, Versamark
Paper: Gorgeous Grape, Granny Apple Green, Whisper White
Such a cute card! Love the fun haunted house image, perfect with those color blocks! :) Can't wait to see the photos from the "pumpkin" delivery!
ReplyDeleteCute as can be, I love the way you "decorated" your haunted house!
ReplyDeleteLinda I love that house - okay, I wouldn't want to live there now, but it's a gem for Halloween fun! Your masked color blocking is out of this world cool, and spooky!
ReplyDeleteThose treats, and darling kids are going to be so much fun for the Pineview residents!
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Wow how cool is that! - The haunted house image is so neat looking and your color blocks are wonderful.
ReplyDeleteOh, I like the color blocking! It adds to the spookiness of the old house! What a special day it will be for the residents of Pineview Commons!
ReplyDeleteI love this so much! I've never thought of purple as a Halloween color until I started making cards. Makes so much sense now. :) Love how you built this brilliant card!
ReplyDeleteYour masking is a great idea for this sketch! I love the blended squares, they make a perfectly spooky backdrop for this fun house!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous way to create the squares in the sketch1
ReplyDeleteVery clever way to create the sketch, plus a great way to use that large stamp. Great card.
ReplyDeleteI can quite comfortably state that you have nailed the art of ink blending! This is fabulous and that house is so cool!
ReplyDeleteLove the masking for the sketch and this house is outstanding!! Hope the treat delivery was fun for all.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun and creative use of this sketch!! I love the rainbow of Halloween colors with the tall haunted house!
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