Saturday Step by Step - Haunted for Life

Hello friends and welcome, Zoe here and I'm delighted to be hosting this Saturday step by step. I have been having so much fun with the new Tim Holtz seasonal line. With the current challenge "show us your stamps," and Halloween just a few weeks away, I thought I would make a Halloween card. Here's how...

Step 1: Take a piece of distress watercolour cardstock, ink up the background stamp using a DIY distress ink pad, (mine is made up on weathered wood, iced spruce, bundled sage, frayed burlap and gathered twigs distress ink).

Step 2: Lightly mist the stamp with water and stamp onto the distress watercolour cardstock using the Tim Holtz stamp platform. Remove cardstock and dry with a heat tool.

Step 3: Trim the background to 3.5 x 5.25 inches.

Step 4: Blend antique linen distress ink into the background and edge with walnut stain distress ink. Dry with a heat tool.

Step 5: Using a distress sprayer, spray large drops of water onto the background and dry with a heat tool.

 Step 6: Once completely dry, blend in some more antique linen distresss ink to tone down the bleached spots, (you can skip this step if you prefer).

Step 7: Ink up the cobweb background stamp with hickory smoke distress archival ink from the Tim Holtz designer ink palette. Stamp over the top of the skulls damask background using the stamp platform for perfect placement.

Step 8: Ink up the haunted mansion stamp with black soot distress archival ink, again using the Tim Holtz designer ink palette and stamp using the stamp platform.

Step 9: Continue inking and stamping until you have an image you're happy with.

Step 10: Working quickly, before the distress archival ink dries, cover the stamped image with clear embossing powder. Gently tap off excess and melt with a heat tool.

Step 11: Carefully paint the windows and lantern with fossilized amber distress paint using a water brush. I removed the water so I could use the brush dry and not dilute the paint.

Step 12: Layer the backgroundas follows:
Base Card 4.5 x 6.25 inches.
Halloween paper stash 4.25 x 6 inches edged with walnut stain distress ink.
Kraft Core Metallic 4 x 5.75 inches sanded and blended with walnut stain distress ink.
Kraft Core Nostalgic 3.75 x 5.5 inches sanded and blended with walnut stain distress ink.

Step 13: Stitch around the edge of the card, add a word sticker and attach to the background with idea-ology fasteners.

I hope you have enjoyed the step by step. Be sure to pop over and take a look at the current Show Us Your Stamps challenge.

Have a great weekend.

Zoe

Tim Holtz Stamp Platform by Tonic Studios	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Haunted House	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Skulls and Cobwebs	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock	Ranger Designer Palette - Tim Holtz AMP47704 (February Pre-Order)
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Stash Halloween	Tim Holtz ideaology Metallic Kraft Stock TH93586	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Classic Kraft Stock	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Clipping Sticker Halloween	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fasteners
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress It Yourself Pad	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Fossilized Amber	Ranger Embossing Powder - Clear
Ranger Tim Holtz Weathered Wood Distress Ink Reinker	Ranger Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Ink Reinker - Iced Spruce	Ranger Tim Holtz Bundled Sage Distress Ink Reinker	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Reinker Frayed Burlap	Ranger Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Ink Reinker - Gathered Twigs
Tim Holtz Water Brush, Detailer Brush Nib	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer	Ranger Inkssentials Mister Bottle	Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip	Ranger Heat It Craft Tool