Flying By With A Halloween Hi

Happy Saturday! I hope you are well. Honey and I both have not been feeling 100% and I for one am ready for that to end! Today I have my first Halloween card of 2019 to share, one that's more friendly than frightful. I make one every year for a certain someone who prefers friendly!

I used TSOT sketch 427 as non-literal inspiration. Since I was making an A2 sized card and was not really concerned about exact measurements, I skipped PSE and printing out for this one.

SUPPLIES:
Paper: Bazzill Black Shimmer cs, Neenah index stock, KIMemories patterned paper
Stamps: Inkadinkado, Impression Obsession, Pink By Design, Crafty Secrets, Leave Memories
Inks: VersaFine Clair Nocturne, Delicata Gold, Palette Hybrids,
Dies: MFT Pinking Edge Rectangle Stax, Stamps of Life Stitched Rectangles
Other: ProMarkers, Copper and Clear embossing powders, gold german scrap border

I stamped, embossed and fussy-cut the scarecrow a long time ago...an experiment using copper embossing powder and a technique for a worn jeans look, that is all I can recall. I had put him aside until today. For some reason, I felt either brave or stubborn enough to figure out how to use him, lol, since he did not look especially spooky or threatening.

I stamped the I/O scarecrow stamp directly on the background first, coloring in silhouette the birds and straw (that are part of the stamp), since I had not fussy-cut them. My ProMarkers were perfect for coloring on this heat-embossed background as they are alcohol markers. I used gluedots to attach the fussy-cut scarecrow on top of his stamped image, allowing his feet to dangle over the gold german scrap border. I added the Crafty Secrets black cat as an afterthought as I found a him bit humorous.

For my DIY background behind the scarecrow, I used a technique I have done before and cannot remember the name of. I wrapped rubber bands around a hard brayer and then applied gold pigment ink to it and brayered it on a piece of index card stock several times. Next I coated the card with clear embossing powder and melted the powder. Then I sponged different colors of inks over it and rubbed off the ink where the embossing created resist. I guess it's called embossed resist, but I thought using the rubber-banded brayer made it a different tech? Anyway, that is what I did to get that fab background which I like a lot.

I chose the Halloween paper by those background colors as the paper picks them up and pops them a bit, especially against the black card base. I used my rectangle dies to cut out a frame with the patterned paper. Love how the MFT pinking edge die fits right inside the stitched rectangle frame. The little black "border" between pops the colors. I have so much old Halloween paper. This is some very old KIMemories 12x12 shimmery scrapbook paper. I apparently did some extremely heavy scrapbook supply shopping 2005-2007, and again 2009-2011. Shouldn't say never, but I literally will never use it all yet I cannot part with it. I might just use it m you never know, HAHAHA. True packrat mentality! As I tell my Honey, it may all be junk, but it's MY junk! hahaha

On the inside of my card, I lined it with some very old scrapbook card stock as the Bazzill card base tends to warp. Paper on either side stiffens it up. I did stray a bit from "friendly" but even these images aren't that frightful. It's Halloween, after all! Stamps are Inkadinkado and Pink By Design.

This is the KIMemories paper on the back and a very old old siggie stamp that I cannot find who made. I am guessing Leave Memories since it is rubber.

A final look....  It feels good to get the first Halloween card done. Now to just fit in a few more...

CHALLENGES:
1.  Try Stampin on Tuesday Sketch Challenge 427 - sketch shown above and I did NOT play the option.
2.  Outlawz Monday Greetings Sept. 30-Oct. 14: Greetings + AG
3.  Paper Babe Stamps Challenge #103: Photo Inspiration

4.  Your Scrapbook Place October Challenge: Always AG
5.  Mix It Up Oct. Challenge #30: AG + Opt. Open Technique -- I've played the option. My technique is Embossed Resist with the rubber-banded brayer.
6.  Send a Smile 4 Kids Oct. Challenge: AG or Celebrations 4 Kids
7.  Paper Girls Challenge #184: AG
8.  2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #31: AG with a Critter -- Ok, is a scarecrow a mythical critter? It's not human, just looks that way. I'm going to say it's a critter! (Plus 3 birds and a cat) 
9.  A Vintage Journey October Challenge: Inky Wings -- Easing into this challenge, hope to do another piece more focused later in the month, but this'll do pig for now! :-)))
10. More Mixed Media Challenge: October AG + Opt. Orange -- my card is mixed media, but I feel I've also played the orange option, especially if you include the back of my card. ;-)))
11. ABMTTC #101: Always AG
12. Aud Sentiments Challenge #237: Halloween/Fall + A Sentiment
13. LTCCB #39: October AG
14. Lost Coast Portal to Creativity Challenge #85: 31 Days of Halloween 

15. I Love ProMarkers Challenge #394: AG + Opt. Autumn/Halloween -- I've played the option and coloured everything I stamped with black and grey ProMarkers (birds, cat, scarecrow).
16. Show Us Your PussyCats Challenge #47: Meow-loween
17. Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge : October AG + PP
18. Try It On Tuesday: Animal Magic - Scarecrows are a little bit magic, no? I've got birds and a cat, too. ;-))

Thanks as always so much for visiting me! Hope your weekend is yummy! xoxo