Simon Says Stamp – Halloween Cards

Hello Crafty Friends! I have some more fun cards for you using the NEW STAMPtember cards from CZ Design called CZ Design Clear Stamps WITCH PLEASE.

I have been enjoying making Halloween cards SOOOOOO much. I am not one to decorate for the seasons (except a little Christmas) so I am enjoying this season by creating cards I don’t normally create!

Here is a list of supplies I used to create this card…

• Paper
  • Distress Watercolor Card Stock
  • Hero Arts Pitch Black Card Stock
  • Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb card stock – card base
• Distress Oxide Sprays
  • Tim Holtz Distress HALLOWEEN MICA STAIN SET 4
  • Tim Holtz Distress HALLOWEEN MICA STAIN SET 3 
  • Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray – Tumbled Glass
  • Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray – Carved Pumpkin
  • Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray – Old Paper
  • Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Spray – Black Soot
• Stamp Set
  • CZ Design Clear Stamps WITCH PLEASE
• Sentiments
  • CZ Design Clear Sentiment Strips WITCH PLEASE
• Pretties
  • Pretty Pink Posh METALLIC ROSE GOLD Jewels
• Tools
  • Simon Says Stamp Tape Dot Runner
  • Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink
  • Brutus Monroe Raven Embossing Powder
  • Simon Says Stamp Big Momma Foam Tape
  • Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink
  • Darice Foam Strips – No longer Available
  • Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder
  • Teflon Bone Folder
  • Gina K connect Glue

I started off by cutting down two panels of Distress Watercolor Card Stock, which is my favorite watercolor card stock right now since its a nice bright white. I like to use the back side to eliminate the texture for easy stamping.

I recently saw Amy Rysavy (Prairie Paper and Ink) do this technique to create this really awesome moon using Distress Oxide Sprays which she learned from Stacy Hutchison (Tattered Nest Design) and HOLY MOLY its sooooo fun. Check out Stacy’s blog above to see how to create this really fun moon! It involved Sprays, Masking and water! So neat!!!

Once I had the backgrounds where I wanted using a couple different Distress Oxide Sprays (Carved Pumpkin, Tumbled Glass, Old Paper and Black Soot) and had tghe moon where I wanted, I heat set the backgrounds until dry.

I knew I wanted to create a silhouette so I stamped the image using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink, but the ink wasn’t getting dark enough, so I grabbed my Brutus Monroe Raven Embossing Powder and prayed the background was dry enough since this was not my initial idea. Luckily it was, and the Brutus Monroe Raven Embossing Powder has been the best black I have used for having minimal cling excess. I also left most of it because I loved what it brought to the texture of the sky.

Once I was done stamping and embossing both card fronts using different images from the CZ Design Clear Stamps WITCH PLEASE, I added some Pretty Pink Posh METALLIC ROSE GOLD Jewels and some CZ Design Clear Sentiment Strips WITCH PLEASE to finish the card off!

I absolutely love these images and sentiments! I can’t wait to send these to my Halloween loving friends.