31 Days of Halloween and Dreamweaver Thursday

Welcome to Dreamweaver Thursday and another 31 Days of Halloween Post for Smeared and Smudged!  Here is my post for today:

This is what it looks like in the shade......

and this is what it looks like in the sunlight.

Materials:

Bats Stencil DWLL525

Damask Bats Rubber Stamp RS-R206

Halloween Wish Rubber Stamp RS-H309

Black Matte Embossing Paste DWDMBP

Paste Spreader

Dreamweaver Palette Knife

Versamark Ink

Kaliedoscope Embossing Powder

Marcasite Embossing Powder

Black Pigment Ink

DecoArt Chalk Paint in Black

Green Raffia

Card Stock in Black, Green and Purple

Removable Tape

Red Rhinestones

Paper Towels

Brush

Embossing Heat Gun

3D Foam Squares

Adhesive
Craft Mat

Directions:

1.  Use the Versmark Ink to stamp the Damask Bats Rubber Stamp on green card stock.
2.  Pour Kaliedoscope Embossing Poser over the stamped image and shake off excess.
3.  Heat Emboss
4.  Stamp Halloween Wish stamp on purple card stock using black pigment ink.
5.  Pour Marcasite Embossing Powder over the word and shake off the excess.
6.  Heat Emboss
7.  Put a little chalk ink onto your craft mat and add some water.
8.  Paint over the top of the bat image and tap off with paper towels.
9.  Use the paint on the edges of the bat image and the words to distress the images.  Let dry.
10.  Tape the stencil over the bat damask image.  Use a large piece of tape across the top of the entire stencil.  Then, tape all around the edges and the bottom.
11.  Use the palette knife to place the embossing paste on the paste spreader.  Make sure that the strip of paste you use is as long as the stencil is wide.
12.  Place the paste spreader on the top edge of the stencil.  The paste should be at the bottom and facing you.
13.  With the spreader in constant contact with the stencil, pull it towards you, filling in all the wells of the stencil with paste.
14.  Use the palette knife to scrape the paste off the stencil and place it back in the container.
15.  Remove the tape from the sides and bottom of the stencil.
16.  Using the tape on the top as a hinge, carefully lift the stencil from a corner.
17.  Remove the stencil completely and let the paste dry.
18.  Tie raffia around the bottom of the image.
19.  Use 3D Foam Dots to attach the words.
20.  Attach the image to the background.
21.  Place the rhinestones for eyes.

Thanks for stopping by.  Here are the rest of the players for Dreamweaver Thursday this week:

PAM HORNSCHU

LOUISE HEALY

ALISON HEIKKILA

KRISTINE REYNOLDS

Pumpkin Pie Week--Jack-O-Lantern Card

This week at Stampendous is Pumpkin Pie Week.  I decided to make my card a little scarier:

Here is how I made it:

Materials:
SSC1227 Halloween Haunts Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
SSH34 Medium Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle
Clear Embossing Powder
DWLL531 Jack O Lanterns Stencil
DWLL816 Spider Web Stencil
VersaMark Ink
Stencil Brush
Matte Black Embossing Paste
Crackle Embossing Paste
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Palette Knife
Paste Spreader

Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Ribbon by May Arts
Chameleon Pens in Grass Green, Olive Green, Seville Orange, Crimson Red, Warm Sunset, Bark, Black
Scotch 1/2" Adhesive Tape
Scotch Removable Tape
3D Foam Tape
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Ink Blending Tool
Heat Embossing Tool
Paper Towel

Instructions:

1. The base card stock is 5 1/4" by 10", folded on the top.
2. Cut green card stock to 5 1/4" by 5".
3. Cut tan card stock to the size of the Spider Web Stencil and another piece just larger than the sentiment.
4. Use the Distress Ink and the ink blending tool to distress the edges of all the tan and the green card stock.
5. Tape the spider web stencil to the tan card stock with removable tape.
6. Load the stencil brush with the VersaMark Ink.
7. Tap off the excess ink on a paper towel.
8. Use a circular motion to apply the ink over the stencil.
9. Remove the stencil and cover the image with the Clear Embossing Powder. Tap off the excess.
10. Use the heat tool to emboss.
11. Stamp the sentiment on the small piece of tan card stock with Memento.
12. Stamp the spiders over the spider web with Memento.
13. Tape the Jack O Lantern Stencil on black card stock using the removable tape.  Place a long piece across the top of the stencil first, as it will act like a hinge.
14. Use the palette knife to place a strip of Matte Black Embossing Paste above the stencil.  Make sure there is a long enough strip to cover the entire jack o lantern image.
15. Use the paste spreader to pull the embossing paste over the stencil. (Imagine a squeegee).  The entire jack o lantern image should be filled.
16. Remove the tape from the sides and bottom of the stencil.
17. Carefully lift the Jack O Lantern Stencil from a corner like a door on a hinge.  Then, pull the whole stencil off the card stock.
18. Clean the stencil and let the pasted image dry completely.
19. After the jack o lantern is dry, replace the stencil over the paste.
20. Repeat steps 13-18, but use the crackle paste instead of the matte black.
21. When paste is completely dry, it will appear to be cracked and a matte white in color.
22. Color the jack o lantern image with Chameleon Pens.  You may have to color it a couple of times to get the look you like. The paste lightens the color as the markers dry.
23. Trim the jack o lanterns image closely, leaving just a little black around the subject.
24. Cut black card stock a little larger than the spider web image and another piece a little larger than the sentiment.
25. Attach the images to their corresponding black mats.
26. Attach the jack o lanterns to the spider web image.  Adhere this to the green background.
27. Wrap May Arts Ribbon around the bottom of the green card stock background.
28. Attach the sentiment with 3D Foam Tape.
29. Adhere the card to the base.

Check out all the rest of the links for today:

Stampendous Stamps

Laura Drahozal (DW)

Lyn Bernatovich (DW)

Pam Hornschu (DW)

Louise Healy

Leadonna Fritts