Happy Haunting | A Stamp & Die "Mashup"

A stamp & die “Mashup”? Perhaps an appropriate term since I used a multitude of various stamps and dies from my stash, including a Julie Nutting doll stamp (“Witchy Poo”) found way back on my shelf, to make this Halloween card. Not to mention I was dying to combine all these products with the new Tim Holtz Halloween papers I had recently purchased. Here’s all the ingredients for my card . . . To begin, I created the card base out of heavy weight black card stock, adhered some of the new Tim Holtz Halloween wallpaper to it, and then put it aside while I worked on the rest of the card. Next, I created the window using some white woodgrain card stock and the Poppy Stamp “Grand Maison Window” die. I sponged both “Hickory Smoke” and “Black Soot” Distress Oxides inks onto the die cut window frame. Then I used the Poppy Stamp “Lacy Curtains” dies and a new Tim Holtz striped Halloween paper to make the drapes, adhering them on either side of the window. Onto our witch! I stamped and colored her with Copic markers and then fussy cut her out. (Note her greenish skin tone. LOL!) I set her aside to work on the nighttime sky background. I created it using several Distress Oxide blue tones plus “Black Soot” and then lightly sprayed the finished card stock with water to create an eery effect. I die cut a tree and moon from MFT‘s “Spooky House” die set and sponged Distress Oxide inks on these also. I adhered the tree, the moon, and the witch onto to the nighttime sky background. Next, I added a piece of clear transparency behind the window to create the allusion of glass before adhering it over my nighttime background. Viola! It could be your living room window this witch is peering into! Lastly, I adhered the finished window scene to the “wallpapered” card base.

Finishing touches? I stamped the “Happy Haunting”sign included in the Julie Nutting“Witchy Poo” stamp set, added a brass brad, and then foam mounted it to the base of the window frame.