Spooky Night Halloween Slimline Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone. I don't know about you but I am ready for fall, Halloween card making time! One of my favorite cards to create, spooky night scenes. I have a Halloween card fueaturing the Castle Collage Dies.

Sky Background:

Die cut the 3rd largest die from Slim Basic Rectangles set out of heavy white card stock. Make a mask for the moon by die cutting the 2nd to the smallest die in the Circle Basics set from masking paper. peel off the backing and adhere in the upper right hand corner of the panel. Ink blend from the listed to darkest Distress Oxide inks, Mustard Seed, Crackling Campfire, Hickory Smoke, and Dusty Concord. Blend Black Shoot around the upper corners. Peel off the mask. Use the blending tool with the extra ink on it (do not add more) of the Hickory Smoke and Dusty Concord and lightly blend around the moon. Then take a white gel pen and outline the moon. Take our finger and blend out the ink to create a haze around the moon. Add the white gel pen to just the center and blend with your finger outward. Repeat until you get a lighter center to the moon to create dimension.

Castle:

Die cut the Fantasy Castle from a medium shade form the Twilight Purple paper pack. Die cut the Stone Keep Castle from the darker shade from the Twilight Purple paper pack. Ink blend the Fantasy Castle with Dusty Concord then lightly with Black Soot. Repeat the same thing with the Stone Keep but add a little more Black Soot. Take a charcoal pencil and drawing in the cuts of each Castle and blend with your finger. To create the windows use Distress Alcohol Pearl inks Alchemy and Deception on transplant Yupo paper. Glue to the back of the castle and trim off extra with scissors. Glue the Fantasy Castle from the Stone Keep Castle

Witch:

Die cut the Lantern Witch from the same medium shade form the Twilight Purple paper pack. Ink blend with Dusty Concord and Black Soot. Adding more Black Soot to the lantern and hate. You can use sticky note or washi tape to make it easier to ink blend. Leave the amid and face untouched as the white center of the paper makes it look like the latter is lighting up her face. Glue some the the Yubo background from the castle behind the lantern and trim off the excess.

Ghosts:

To create the ghost use Distress Alcohol purple and blu ink on transplant Yupo paper. Let dry. Then take a paper towel damp with straight rubbing alcohol and white off. This gives a slight tint to the Yupo to blend slightly into the background. Die cut the Yupo with the Floating Ghosts dies.

Tombstones:

Die cut several times the smallest die from the Nested Globes die set from the same medium shade form the Twilight Purple paper pack and a dark greys from the Earth Neutral paper pack. With a fine point black marker write names with year ranges and RIP on the tombstones. Ink blend with Black Soot around the edges and randomly pull some ink across the center.

Hills:

For the furthest away hill use the same medium shade form the Twilight Purple paper pack and mark where the top of the hill should be to expose of the Cracking Campfire and Mustard Seed sky. Cut the hill with scissor. Repeat this process to make 3 more hills from xark greys from the Earth Neutral paper pack. Ink blend with Dusty Concord and Black Soot making the further away more darker. Adhere the hills on the background. Leave the top of the hill without adhesive to be able to add the die cuts behind the hills.

Sentiment:

Stamp and heat emboss Happy Halloween from Poppystamps Halloween Ingredients on black card stock. I used a purple embossing powder that I had in my stash from several decades ago. Any purple embossing power will do. Trim each work separately

Assembly:

Adhere the castle to the top of the hill in the center. Add 3 of the smaller ghost around the castle. Add a path from the castle entrance down to the next hill using a white pastel pencil and bland with your finger. Add the witch to the first hill int he center. Adhere the tombstones in the foreground tucking some behind the hills. Trim some shorter and glue on the top of the hills. Add the larger ghost behind one of the tombstones. Adhere the sentiment on the last hill to the righthand side. Create a card-base die cutting from heavy black and white card stock the largest die from the Slim Basic Rectangle. Score the white base at 1/4" inch and add adhesive to that section and adhere the black base on top. Adhere the scene to the center of the card-base.