Hello everyone: I hope you and your families are doing well, staying indoors as much as possible and handling the confinement the best way you can, I know it's hard but it's for the best.
So, when I was thinking about what to do for the new RETRO RUBBER challenge it occurred to me to maybe shake things a bit and create something totally unexpected, especially at this time of the year but, as our challenge says, it's "Anything Goes" so here's my card to inspire you to play along.
LOL!! I bet you were not expecting a Halloween card now that we're welcoming Spring, but like I said, I just wanted to stir things up a little.
This amazing image is from a 2006 Stampin' Up! stamp set called "Best Friends", the other 4 images plus 2 sentiments are equally fabulous!!
I came across a card on Pinterest created with the Witch from this set, the lady who created that card gave all of the information for it on her blog post so, needless to say, I went on a hunt and found the stamp set on eBay, in pristine condition so I bought it on the spot, I just love it.
To create this card I sponged some distress inks in black and purple on a piece of yellow card stock leaving the bottom with no ink to create a "sunset" sky for my little bats (background stamp) that were stamped with Versafine black ink and clear heat embossed, the line of houses is cut with the retired Stampin' Up! "Sleigh Ride" dies, my Dracula was stamped on Strathmore Bristol paper with Stazon black ink and colored with Prismacolor pencils. The sentiment is from the set and I added some googly eyes to his "bouquet" of eyeballs.
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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.
I stamped more bats and a sentiment from Inkadinkado, the owl is from a punch from Martha Stewart, super old.
So, I hope you liked my Halloween surprise on this fine Spring day.
Please be sure to go to the RETRO RUBBER challenge blog to check out my teammates' fabulous cards and while there, don't forget to read our rules, the most important one is to please use stamps that at least ONE YEAR OLD, this challenge blog is dedicated to giving our old and forgotten stamps another chance to shine.
I'm playing along with
Challenge #97 "Mith and Magic"
Thank you for visiting me today, please stay healthy, safe and keep on crafting.
Hugs.
Maria.
9 comments:
Well, SURPRISE ! Too cute and funny . Love your bats on the yellow to do the sunset ! HOW CREATIVE ! Those eyeballs are too funny !
Oh, ha! What a cool, fun stamp this is! I love his bouquet of eyeballs. He'll make some ghoulish girlfriend very happy! Great way to do the background, too. All those bats... it really looks fantastic!
That stamp set was before my time! So fun and whimsical. Perfect with your delightful coloring.
Any time is a good time for Halloween creations! Love your background and all the bats flying about. Great color and stamps. Thanks for joining the Lost Coast Design Challenge.
I love Best Fiends! I named them Vlad, Agnes, and Frankie ;) Did you know there's a matching sentiment set? It's called Just Between Fiends. Love your card, it's always so fun to see Vlad and his friends turn up now and again!
How fun to see a Halloween card in April! It's my favorite holiday!
Ok I was not expecting this. But now I need you to change the sentiment on this amazing card to 'Happy Anniversary' so I can give it to my hubby LOL, as our anniversary is 31st October!! I love the rich colours and that Dracula has those pretty daisies in hand. Cx
Your 'batty' background works a treat, Maria! It's a card all by itself. And totally unexpected at this time of year.
What a fun stamp and I love the batty background. Thanks for joining the fun at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Hugz
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