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Tuesday, 1 November 2016

…in this mansion of gloom I now proposed to myself a sojourn…



Sharing a quick birthday card I whipped up featuring a Tim Holtz stamp from his Regions Beyond set.


To help speed my card making along I used the colours from the current Cupcake Inspirations picture.  Not sure I have quite chartreuse as my green, I’m not entirely sure what that shade of green is but my cardstock is as close as I could get to the colour as it appears on my monitor.

My card follows the current sketch at Sunday Stamps.  To add a bit of interest I created the ‘two sides’ by cutting my card front short and allowing the base cardstock to show through.  I then added my sentiment to the exposed strip along with some Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crossbones, which I coloured with Picket Fence Distress Paint with crystals for the eyes.

I’ve also got a stamped sentiment inside the card along with another stamp from the Regions Beyond set, which I teamed with a candle from a CTMH set.


This might seem an unconventional birthday card but it’s going out to someone who loves Hallowe’en and would do anything to have been born on Hallowe’en, not 10 days later!  With my two sentiments I am entering my card in the current challenge at Creative Knockouts.

Ingredients:
Chalks & Powders etc
Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail White
 Embellishments
Artwrap ~ Crystal Stickers
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments ~ Crossbones
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs ~ Apothecary
Inks & Paints etc
Papers
Bazzill Smoothie Cardstock ~ Apple Crush
Stamps
Close to My Heart ~ D1529 Artiste (retired)
Stampin’ Up! ~ Happiest Birthday Wishes 2 (retired)
Challenges
Sunday Stamps #138 ~ Two Sides

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