Spooky Nights

08/23/2014

Spooky Nights

I recently received a black cat candy jar as a gift from a dear friend.  This provided me the inspiration to create a spooky sky under which black cats prowl.  

For the sky, I used a brayer and a light pink inkpad to cover white cardstock that would become the front of the card.  Next I used the brayer and covered most of the cardstock with a light purple ink. After which I switched to a sponge and sponged on a medium blue, followed by a dark blue and then by dabbing dark purple. 

Then I used the Poppystamps Puffy Clouds Border [1099] cut diagonally across card stock to give a different look to the clouds.  To add a bit of fog to the sky, I used a bright white ink and sponged around the mask and alternated with sponging the dark purple.

After the sky was done, I drew two hills and cut them out with scissors and adhered them to the card with foam squares to give dimension.  Carefully, I tucked sections of the Poppystamps Brevilla Houses [1009] behind the green hills and adhered with foam adhesives.

Then I proceeded to cut out the Poppystamps Antique Lamp Post [858], the cats (Poppystamps Sitting Cat [860], Walking Cat [859] and Curious Cat [872]).

For the moon, I drew a circle and cut it out and adhered it with my glue pen.

Next, I cut out the Poppystamps Fireplace Logs [1072] logs with brown cardstock and the Poppystamps Warm and Cozy Fire [1070] in white cardstock.  To create the flames, I colored the white cardstock with Copic markers.

 I decided to add a bit of Halloween to the scene by using BOO from the Poppystamps Scary Background Die [1078]. I used a glue pen and put the letters on a diagonal and slightly off-center to give it more of a spooky look.

Supplies:

Poppystamps Scary Background Die [1078]

Poppystamps Puffy Cloud Border Die [1099]

Poppystamps Brevilla Houses [1009]

Poppystamps Fireplace Logs [1072]

Poppystamps Warm and Cozy Fire [1070]

Poppystamps  Sitting Cat [860]

Poppystamps Walking Cat [859]

Poppystamps Antique Lamp Post [858]

Poppystamps Curious Cat [872]

Cardstock for base and for scene.

Adhesives

Ink (and lots of it) pink, light purple, medium blue, dark blue, dark purple, white

Thanks for stopping by!

  

Puffy Cloud Border	[1078] DIES- Scary Background	[1009] DIES- Brevilla Houses	[1072] DIES- Fireplace Logs
[1070] DIES- Warm and Cozy Fire	[860] DIES- Sitting Cat	[859] DIES- Walking Cat	Antique Lamp Post
[872] DIES- Curious Cat