Hi friends! For today’s Halloween card I wanted to try something different. I’ve combined a little watercoloring, colored pencil work, and vellum stamping to make a not-so-spooky little ghost card. This project can also be found on my YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@VeehattInspired
The supplies used were:
§ Paul Rubens Hot Press Watercolor Paper
§ Schmincke Watercolor Paint – Colors: Deep Sea Black & Tundra Orange
§ Whimsy Stamps “Dungeon Door” Red Rubber Stamp
§ Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing and Watermark Ink
§ Taylored Expressions Anti-static Powder Tool
§ Ranger Super Fine Black Embossing Powder
§ Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils – Door: PC947, PC1082, PC1033, PC1034, PC942, PC914 and Stones: PC1058, PC1056, PC1052, PC1050)
§ Tonic Studios Craft Perfect Pearled Silver Vellum
§ Honey Bee Stamps “Lovely Layers: Party Frames” Die Set
§ Sizzix/Tim Holtz “Vault Gothic Portraits” Die Set
§ Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz “Spooky Spirits” Red Rubber Stamp
§ Xyron Creative Station Sticker Maker
§ Distress Black Two-Tone Woodgrain Cardstock
§ Altenew “Black Diamond” Glitter Cardstock
§ Thermoweb iCraft Black 3D Foam Tape
§ Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Deco Sheets (Orange)
§ My Sweet Petunia Misti Stamp Positioner
For the background, I started by placing a piece of Paul Rubens hot press watercolor paper into my Misti stamp positioning tool and dusted it with anti-static powder. I then stamped the Whimsy Stamps “Dungeon Door” red rubber stamp onto the watercolor paper using Simon Says Stamp clear embossing ink. I applied Ranger black embossing powder over the stamped image and tapped off the excess. Lastly, I used my embossing tool to melt the embossing powder.
Once the embossed image cooled, I used masking tape to adhere the watercolor paper to a hardboard. I added a few drops of water to my pans of Schmincke watercolor paint in the colors Deep Sea Black and Tundra Orange to get them ready for use (these come in a tube, but I keep quarter pans of all my colors, I feel I waste less paint that way).
Using a #16 round paint brush, I applied water to the entire piece of watercolor cardstock and began to apply a watered-down layer of Deep Sea Black to serve as a base layer for my colored pencil work that will come later. Then I used a #6 round paint brush to apply a watery layer of the Tundra Orange watercolor paint. I used my Ranger Heat Tool to speed up the drying process.
Once the watercolor panel was dry, I used my Prismacolor Premier colored pencils (colors listed above) to color the dungeon door and the stonework directly surrounding the door plus the steps. I removed the cardstock from the hardboard and set it aside.
For the ghost, I stamped one of the ghosts from the Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz “Spooky Spirits” stamp set and Jet Black StazOn ink to stamp it onto a piece of Tonic Studios Craft Perfect Pearled Silver vellum. To make the ghost image less transparent, I ran the piece of vellum through the Xyron Creative Station to essentially make it a sticker, then adhered it to a second piece of vellum before fussing cutting the image. Once the ghost was trimmed out, I ran it through the Xyron again to add adhesive to the back of the double-stacked vellum ghost.
To create the sentiment, I cut the “boo” die in the Sizzix/Tim Holtz “Vault Gothic Portraits” set twice from black cardstock and once from the orange piece of Tim Holtz Idea-ology Deco Sheets that were from a Halloween release. I adhered the stack sentiment die cuts together using liquid glue. I also cut the smallest bat from the same die set out of Altenew Black Diamond glitter paper.
Now for the card front. I used Honey Bee Stamps’ “Lovely Layers: Party Frames” and used the postage edged die to cut out the watercolored panel and then used the largest die in this set to cut my base layer from Distress Black Two-Tone Woodgrain cardstock. I believe Tim Holtz commented that this cardstock was no longer going to be made; however, I had purchased several packages when it was released. If you want to recreate a similar look you could use black cardstock ran through a woodgrain embossing folder or simply use a piece of black cardstock… it’ll still look great.
I applied Thermoweb black 3D foam tape to the back side of the watercolor panel and adhered it to the woodgrain cardstock. I removed the ghost from the Xyron backing sheet and adhered it to the card front at the bottom of the steps. Using liquid glue, I adhered the sentiment and bat toward the top of the dungeon panel. Lastly, I glued the completed card front to an A2 size, top folding card base.
I hope you enjoyed the card and found inspiration for some of your own card making projects! Until next time… happy making!
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