Hocus Purrrcus

 Hi everybody!  I am sharing a card I created for Your Next Stamp Challenge #150 - Midnight.  All of the images in YNS Happy Meowoeen stamp set are just so cute and I love coloring them!

I started by die cutting a mask for the moon from Altenew's To the Moon die set.  I used purple tape to temporarily attach it to my background and began ink blending.  I used Distress Oxide Ink colors Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet, and Picked Raspberry.  I then used Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink with Newton's Nook Designs Clouds stencil.  After inking the background, I flicked some black paint and white gouache onto it for some added texture.  After the background had dried, I removed the mask for the moon and stamped it with the coordinating moon stamp.

Next, I used the Spooky Scene die set from Hello Bluebird to die cut the border, hill, and trees out of plain black cardstock, and the grave stones out of black glitter cardstock.  I adhered them all to my card with liquid glue.  

I stamped the super cute cat flying on a broomstick, and the adorable little mouse holding a broom from YNS Happy Meowoeen stamp set.  I colored the images with Copic markers and cut them out with their coordinating dies.  I white heat embossed the sentiment from the same stamp set, and then popped the images up with foam tape for some dimension!

Copic colors used for Cat:

• Y35, Y17, YR15, YR16
• C00, C0, C1
• Ear, Nose, Tongue - R00, R11, R20

Mice:

• C1, C3, C5
• Ears - R00, R11, R20

Brooms:

• YR30, Y21, YR21, YR23
• E31, E35, E57, E79

Hat:

• V01, V12, V04, V17
• YG01, YG06, YG09, YG17

I used a gold metallic pen on the hat buckle.

To finish up this card I added glitter with a glitter pen and glossy accents to the cat's nose and tongue.  Thank you and I hope you enjoyed my card today!

Be-witch-ing Newton

 Hi everyone!  Today I am sharing a card I made for Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge #134 - Color Challenge.  The colors are Orange, Purple, Yellow, and Black.  I used the Witchy Newton stamp for the last color challenge as well, but I just love this stamp!  It is so much fun to color!

This is an A6 size card, which is 6 1/4" x 4 1/2".  I started by die cutting a mask for the moon from Altenew's To the Moon die set.  I used purple tape to temporarily attach it to my background and began ink blending.  I used Distress Oxide Ink colors Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, and Wilted Violet.  You can only see a little bit of the Wilted Violet since most of it got covered up with the hill and grass.  I then used Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink with NND Clouds stencil.  After inking the background, I flicked a little black paint onto it for some added texture.  After the background had dried, I removed the mask for the moon and stamped it with the coordinating moon stamp.  

Next, I cut out the hill and grass with NND Land Borders dies.  I adhered them to my card with liquid glue and foam tape.  I stamped the house from NND Spooky Street stamp set with black pigment ink right onto my card, and then stamped the graveyard from the same set onto white cardstock, which I fussy cut.  I stamped out one of my favorite Newton images, Witchy Newton, and colored it with Copic markers.  I stamped the sentiment in embossing ink and white heat embossed. 

After everything else was attached to the card, I was able to place the bats exactly where I wanted them.  I used the bat dies from NND Halloween Trio die set to cut out six glitter bats.  I adhered three down flat, then attached a second bat on top of each, just by the body, so I could bend the wings up to make the bats look in flight!  

Copic colors used for Newton:

• YR0000, YR000, YR20, YR31 - stripes
• Ears - R00, R11, R20
• Nose - R11

Hat and Boot:

• V01, V12, V04, V17
• Y17, YR04, YR07, YR09

For finishing touches on this card I added glitter to Newton's hat band and glossy accents to his nose.  I did use Copic color Y04 on the buttons and polka dots of the boot before adding yellow glitter Stickles on top!  Thank you and I hope you enjoyed my card today!