Halloween always brings out the creative juices! There used to be costumes made from scratch, much partying (and recovery time)…but I digress… that was MANY moons ago and these days, paper, ink and stamps satisfy my creative muse instead!
I had the opportunity to participate in a card-front swap of stamp sets in our new Holiday Mini catalog. The stamp set I chose is called “Monster Munchies” and by the time the card came together, I had 4 stamp sets, an embossing folder, 2 sets of framelits, and flotsom from oodles of techniques (some I think I made up!) spread across my stampin’ table! If you’d like to follow along with the process, I’ve broken it up into several posts – this was a looooong process!
Starting with the spider web layer, ink the spider web embossing folder with versamark ink, but only on the raised side. After running this through the Big Shot, cover the paper with clear embossing powder, and gently brush off all the excess powder from the raised surface, leaving the powder in the spider web cavities. Melt with the heat gun. Spray with Silver Foil Smooch Spritz. (Smooch always creates an amazing effect – and the silver is impressive!) The embossing powder acts as a resist, and remains shiny and white against the silver background.
Next up: Day 2 – creating the label…
Until then…Keep Calm and Find Yourself a Rubber Stamp!
