Happy Halloween with Sara

Hi Bluebird Friends, Sara here!

Today it’s my turn over the Hello Bluebird Blog and I have a “Happy Halloween” card to show you with a very unusual color palette. I must say the inspiration came from a digital patterned paper I saw on the internet, I was totally amazed by the combo orange / blue-violet / grey that I had to use them in a Halloween card.

I mixed and matched many many stamp sets to create all the scene, I needed many small images that were halloween related. And here’s the full list of the stamps used:

Frightful Little Bits (ghost, bat, candy and the two pumpkins on the right)
Halloween Fun (cat, skeleton, pumpkin’s hat, spider, BOO speech bubble)
Spooky Script (sentiments, black stamped bat and all the little stars)
Tabitha (blue pumpkin, potion)
Party Parade (banners)
Spooky Spellers (ghost’s hat, round candy)
Field Mice (balloon)

It took a bit to choose what I wanted to feature in my card, but it was totally worth it. I stamped almost all the images with a light grey ink since I wanted a no-line coloring look. I then colored everything with the copic combos listed below.

Blue-violet: B23 – B32 – B21
Blue-violet (litghter version): B41 – B000
Orange: YR16 – YR12 – YR21
Black: C9 – C8 – C7 – C5
Grey: C2 – C0

As I usually do when I do no-line coloring, I added many details using Polychromos pencils, they really helps to give depth.. I then die cut (or fussy cut where I had no coordinating dies) everything and I moved into my background panel.

I took a piece of an A2 panel and I stamped the black sentiment at the centre. For an extra sparkle touch, I added some clear sparkly embossing powder and I heat embossed it. I also stamped the “trick or treat” using a coordinating blue ink.

I then used a blending brush to blend Distress Oxide in Stormy Sky: I had a really light hand, I only wanted a soft touch of color at the edges. I then die cut the panel using the second largest Nesting Deckle A2 Die.

I carefully arranged all my images around the scripty sentiments, I used a combination of liquid glue and foam tape to attach them. I also drew the spider’s wires with a black fineliner. Since I had some small emppty spaces, I stamped the smaller stars and the bat directly on the background. I really love this extra touch.

To complete the card, I matted it using an A2 white cardstock. And here’s a finished look!