Hello Pink & Main Fans! It’s Rachelle with you today and I’ve got a fun Halloween card that combines two of the NEW Stamp Sets from August’s Release: “Oh Nuts” and “Batty For You.” I did some selective stamping to create this haunted tree with my little batty friend just hanging out taking a nap! This kind of reminds me of the super creepy trees from the Wizard of Oz, which gave me nightmares every time I watched it as a child!
To join these two images together, I simply covered up the top right portion of the trunk with a piece of a post-it-note and stamped the tree using my MISTI. This left me with an opening in the trunk and I stamped the bat on the branch next to it, covering up part of the stamp in the same way so that I could draw the two together with a fine tipped permanent marker. I also freehanded a bit more grass to the bottom of the scene to ground the tree.
I watercolored the images based on my Distress Oxide Ink palette and carried the color to the outside of the stamped lines (to match my sky colors) since I was going to fussy cut the entire piece. I added a spooky yellow face to the opening on the tree to up the scary factor a bit and cut the image.
I created a mask for my moon with a circle die cut and ink blended my background panel using these Distress Oxide Ink Colors: Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet and Black Soot. The panel was sprayed with pearl mist and spattered with white opaque paint/green metallic watercolor. I heat set the embossed sentiment and glued the fussy cut image on top. The panel was trimmed to 5.25″ x 5.5″, attached to a black card base and a handful of holographic star sequins were added to the sky to finish up the card!
Those bright yellow eyes really creep me out so I think I was successful in capturing the look I wanted! I hope this project gives you some ideas on how to easily combine stamp sets together with selective stamping! The August Release is really wonderful so head over to the shop to check out all of the great fall and Halloween products!
Happy crafting and have a wonderful day! Rachelle – Red Cre8s
LOVE LOVE LOVE your card! Everything about it! Thanks for the inspiration!
Did you draw the yellow face by hand, or is there a stamp for that?
Hi Misty! I just painted the opening space yellow and painted the black around it revealing the face! Thanks for the kind comments!
Rachelle : )