Now I'm not a Halloween person and have a grand total of ZERO Halloween stamps. I didn't want to miss a month of the swap though so I decided to improvise by mixing stamps I did have with other stuff and found myself well out of my comfort zone with this!
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I used a punched circle to mask the moon and then sponged inks onto the paper, first just as a background layer and then over a torn "cloud" mask. I sponged a little more ink on after removing the moon mask to tone it down a bit. Stamped tree, barbed wire and sentiment finish it off - I'm sure the "dream" definition is more commonly used as encouragement to indulge in positive thoughts but I thought it could fit a bad dream, too!
Stamps:
Tree branch from Nature plate (Indigo Blu)
Dream definition from Sarah's Choice plate (Indigo Blu)
Barbed wire from Hot Topic plate (Green Pepper Press)
Ink:
Tim Holtz Distress ink by Ranger (Weathered Wood, Dusty Concord, Black Soot)
Versafine by Tsukineko (Onyx Black)
Other:
Steampunk Vintage Clip Art sheet by Itkupilli
If you fancy having a go at a Halloween postcard why not come over and join us? You can see what other people have been making and post a picture of your own card for the swap here.
Thanks for stopping by!
16 comments:
Your flying skulls are fabulous against your very cleverly created moody background - i really like this halloween offering. penny
love the background...fab postcard!
That's fantastic ,I love the way you made the elements!
Ab Fab! Love it...love it! :)
xoxo Sioux
This is stunning Joanne, love it!! xx
I love your postcard!
WOW Stunning postcard Joanne. Love those skulls with wings and the deep background purple colours - fabulous
Sam xxx
Fab ! love your imaginative take on Hallow'een
Joan
I'm glad you did not have any Halloween stamps and had to mess about in photoshop as I love this - especially the flying skulls.
very effective and quite scary!
This is absolutely superb. Doesn't look out of your comfort zone at all,
Lucy x
thats fab joanne,and looks very 'comfortable' :)
If you were out of your comfort zone it certainly does not show! I love this (hope it's me you get to send to).
Wow! More Joanne more! Brilliant.xx
You would never guess you were out of your comfort zone - super crafting. And I love that bubble border in the card below. Lovely to have a catch up (sorry that blog hopping has taken a back seat recently). x
This is just outstanding Joanne! xxx
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