Halloween Mash Up! -searching you stash
- Susan Valle
- Sep 8
- 5 min read
Hello there, Hope your back to school went smoothly and you are enjoying the fall making season. Lawn Fawn had an adorable release recently with some great Halloween products included. I am trying to get better at using my stash for more and not always running to buy the next thing... I can't say I am always successful... you know there is a collection side of this craft hobby. Sometime though I actually succeed. I saw all the great inspiration Lawn Fawn posted and I knew I had the Build-a-Bunny die set and add-ons and a collection of other Halloween and every day products that I could make some adorable cards cased using the inspiration from the design team.
This card was inspired by the Build -a-Jack o'lantern Video with Kelly-Marie Alvarez you kid find here :https://youtu.be/zA-iRf0uIf8?si=upXPsyVJ90o6Xik_
For this card I started with a 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 in piece of Bristol Smooth Card Stock (It's super smooth and easy to blend on). I used the SB Moon Stencil to first mask the moon off blending with Distress Oxides in Seedless Preserve, Villanous Potion, and Chipped Sapphire with some Black Soot around the edges to give it a spooky night sky. I then came back and Blended the moon with Squeezed Lemonade and Fossilized Amber laying a layer of Lost Shadow over it using the layering stencil and hit the edges to dull it down and removed the harsh edges. I cut the Leafy Backdrop :Landscape from Distress Black CS and popped it up with Black Foam Tape. Before I laid that down on the panel I first glued the fence post down. I then added the grass to ground the seen and inked that with some of the left over black soot on my brush. I then pulled a whole bunch of Jack-o'lanterns and pumpkins from different sets in my stash. I cut them from C9 Clementine cards stock and then used copic markers to enhance the color, shading and texture. I also found a pumpkin "HAT" that was in the SB Halloween Wonder die set that fit my Bunny pretty well. I started with the Clementine CS since it was a light peach/orange it was easy to get to the color I wanted without laying down as much ink. I placed my bunny "in" the Largest Jack O'lantern and popped it up. Then arranged and glued the rest of the pumpkins around it. Some are popped up with foam tap and others directly glued. The sentiment was stamped directly to the card base with a Misti stamping platform and Versa Fine Onyx Black ink.
Here are the Product Details:
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Lawn Fawn Leafy Tree Backdrop: Landscape LF
Sizzix Tim Holtz - 665563 (fence) Currently OOS
SCT Sweet Spells Class Kit (Large Jack-o-Latern) available with class
This Card was inspired buy a card from Chari Moss you can see the card in this Youtube video:https://youtu.be/lA3hVcL7Vpo?si=9mOVXsbUoqE_epGZ
This card I think is my favorite. I started with a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 panel of Gina K Lovely Lavender CS which I foiled with the Spellbinder Glimmer Machine using silver glimmer foild and the Better press Spider Web Press plate. I crop it down about 3/4 of an inch then ink blended around the outside edges. I did this to be able to have a space at the bottom for a sentiment as well as a landing for my scene without just using the bottom of the card. To outfit my bunny witch I pulled the hat from the Waffle Flower sweet Ghosts. It fit perfectly I also did a little surgery on her ears cut them off then glueing back on the back of the hat at a better angle to actually see the ears. The cap was also created with a little die cut surgery. I took to die cuts of the dress in the Add-On set and cut the front of the cape from each side of the dress. I then used that left over piece for right behind the bunny witch showing through the. I to another die cut dress and cut in half glueing each respective piece to the left and right side to add more volume to the back of the cape. The collar was cut off the a die cut of the shirt. I think it worked pretty well. Do be afraid to alter something you have. For the cauldron I started with a light green CS and added some Copic coloring for depth and shading. Then I added some glossiny accents to some of the bubble and goo. The goo I created from an old Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment were stamped with Versa Mark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.
Here are the products I used:
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SCT Jolly Holiday Class Kit- (Book Dies)
Broom & Cauldron - I used an older die set I had from a grab bag. Here are alternatives but see what you can make from your stash:
Mama Elephant Halloween Favor Bag (spider) Retired
This Calls for Confetti Raven Embellishments SSS|
I hope you have fun reimagining your products and get creating!!!!
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