Happy Halloween-Card Tutorial #3

     Hey crafty people! Today I have for you the second installment in my Fall/Halloween series (I'm starting to think this series needs a snappy and alliterative name).  Alas, back to business.  In this card I wanted to explore the cheerier side of Halloween, as well as do a little Copic coloring.

A closeup of the fall fun

     I began this card adventure with an A2 kraft card base.  Because I knew that I wanted to do some coloring, I rifled through my stamps to find a nice autumnal image.  After stamping the image in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, I began the coloring process using Y11, Y15, Y17, and Y18.  To give the image a little extra dimension, I then covered each pumpkin with Glossy Accents (a Kuretake Zig Wink of S  tella glitter pen in clear would also be a great choice here).

I did a few practice runs to check the color combination and get a perfectly stamped image

     I wanted to pursue the pumpkin patch theme further, so I picked out an orange gingham background paper to be the main pattern.  I then selected a piece of kraft cardstock to mount the coloring on.  It looked a little bland though, so I decided to break out my oft-forgotten paper crimper. After rounding the corners of the card base, I found the perfect sentiment stamp to emboss under the image.

I chose this sentiment from the Hero Arts Celebrate Everyday stamp set

          I decided to emboss the sentiment in white using Versamark watermark ink and Paper Source white embossing powder.   To create more contrast on the card, I cut a black cardstock piece to place behind the orange patterned paper.  I just couldn't resist using my scallop border punch on it.  To incorporate more of the black, I secured the pumpkin image with black photo corners, (photo corners fall in to the same constant-use category for me as bakers twine and stitching marks).  Speaking of stitching marks, I decided to complete the card with dashed lines all around the outer elements.

   

The finished item

     Thanks for staying tuned, friends!  Hopefully by the next time you visit I will have a fun little name for this series.  Have fun creating this fall season:)

estimated time: 30 minutes