Pen and Paperie: Trick or Eat!

Monday, 17 October 2016

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains

Having more fun with Hallowe’en cards, this one features the other image from the Trick or Eat! set from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.

My inspiration for the colours and design of the background is from the inspiration photo at Addicted to Stamps and More. I had a whole lot of fun getting inky with the background, which I think created the perfect backdrop for my zombie girl.

The stamp I’ve used is a now retired rubber one and is back from September 2014; it’s been in my collection for some time and finally got inked up this Hallowe’en. As it’s over 12 months old and my project is fitting for a challenge theme of Boo! I’m entering my card in the current challenge at Retro Rubber.

Now there may be some who believe in zombies but for me they are definitely fantasy beings and, after a very poor showing fighting zombies at Knott’s Scary Farm a couple of years back, I’m very thankful they do belong only in the realms of fantasy. With my zombie image I am entering my card in the current “did I make you up?” challenge at City Crafter.

Ingredients:

Copics

Skin C0, BV20, BV23, BV25

Eyes B000, B01, YR000, YR01, 0

Lips E04

Hair YG03, T8, 100

Outfit BV08, BV17, N6, N8, N10, V22, V25, Y26

Bandages E40, E41, E42, E43

Heart R56, R59, R81, R83, R85, R89, RV66, RV91, RV93, RV95

Dies, SVGs & Templates etc

The Crafter’s Workshop 6x6 Template ~ TCW208s Mini Branches

Embellishments

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs ~ Botanical, Gothic & Words

Inks & Paints etc

Molotow Paint Marker ~ Signal Black

Stampin’ Up! Archival Stamp Pad ~ Basic Black

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, Rusty Hinge & Wild Honey

Papers

Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Blackberry Swirl

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Cajun Craze & Whisper White

Stamps

Kraftin’ Kimmie ~ Trick or Eat (retired)

Challenges

Addicted to Stamps and More #215 ~ Photo Inspiration

City Crafter #333 ~ Did I Make You Up?

Retro Rubber #49 ~ Boo!

Thanks for stopping by!

Saturday, 15 October 2016

…abhorré de la lune

The card I’m sharing is ready for Hallowe’en and features one of the zombie images from Trick or Eat! a retired set from Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps.

I’ve had all sorts of fun making up this card using an unconventional card base. I like to think I’ve made my scene rather scary and spooky; I’ve certainly picked my embellies with that theme in mind rather than a cutesy Hallowe’en. Hence the skulls and bones and the adult touch of wine and wine glasses and the graveyard setting; as such I’m entering my card in the current challenge at Try it on Tuesday.

Once I’d decided on a graveyard scene and the spooky angle I went hunting through my dies for bits to work in with that theme. While my gravestones are a bit small proportionally they were the only dies I had that worked and allowed me to create the two tiers. To give added authenticity to the graves I used some Distress Embossing Powder for a worn stone look and added in some engraving with some Remnant Rubs. The two spooky tree dies were the perfect backdrop to the zombie image. I was going to run them through a wood grain embossing folder before inking only to find that I couldn’t find that embossing folder so instead used more Distress Embossing Powder. I used two different colours and then inked with Picket Fence to create a gnarled and eerie look to the trees.

My wine bottles are Tim’s Tiny Vials and I melted embossing powder in them for the wine. I decided to break one to match my broken wine goblet ~ those zombies really know how to party hard! Aged Mahogany Distress Paint made for great spilled wine. My candies are various sized beads wrapped in foil and I’ve contained them in a rubber duckie floatie stamped from the same image. I just masked off the bits of zombie and filled in the gaps with a paint marker. After colouring with Enamel Accents I flipped the image over to show the shiny side of the acetate I stamped on to give the effect of the plastic material floaties are made of. I threw in some bones, left overs from the zombies’ party snacks.

The sentiment is from another Kraftin’ Kimmie stamp set, A Treat for Someone Sweet!. My grass is also done with Distress Embossing Powder, which gave an awesome grassy effect. The die cut gate got a layer of Fran-tage in Aged Silver that created the perfect aged metal effect.

With all my embossing I am also entering my card in the current challenge at Addicted to Stamps. I’m also linking up my card at Cardz 4 Galz as I have more than one die on it, five actually, six if you count the graveyard border twice. And although my card is a bit spooky it is heading out to a crafty gal friend of mine who loves all things zombies, spooky and Hallowe’en.

And here is a close-up of the fab zombie image.