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Monday, October 19, 2015

BOO!

Hi and welcome to my blog! I hope you are having a good day. I want to share a Halloween tag I made using a neat technique. I mentioned this technique before, but I will show you how it is done today.







I saw this technique on line and just loved the spooky look of it. I patted Mustard Seed, Dusty Concord and Broken China Distress inks onto the center of the glossy card stock tag and patted Black Soot Distress ink around the sides.




Next I spritzed the whole tag with water. You can see that the colors are running here.




I then took my finger and started with the outside black and ran my finger in circles. I then went in and blended the colors in the center together and pulled in some more black. This is the finished background!




I stamped over the tag using a script background stamp. I then used the Sizzix tree embossing folder and a Cuttlebug spider web embossing folder to dry emboss the tag. I went over the raised areas with Jet Black Staz On ink.


I colored the owl and placed the Tim Holtz Splatters stencil over him and sponged on the spots. I added the wooden pumpkin beside the owl and glued the "boo" buttons to it.




Lastly I added 3 confetti bats to complete the tag!




Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!


Challenges entered:

Crafting From the Heart: Anything Goes Challenge #82
Paper Take Weekly:  Two by Two ( 2 embossing folders )
Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Monster Mash
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Color Inspiration
Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015:  October













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13 comments:

  1. SandraOctober 20, 2015 at 6:24 AM

    Gorgeous spooky background, love the creepy tree. The crazy bird looks fabulous. Thank you so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Hugs, Sandra

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  2. Melissa Bove October 20, 2015 at 5:16 PM

    Fabulous tag! That background is amazing! So pretty! Love that bird too! :)

    Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

    hugs...
    Melissa

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  3. Donna EllisOctober 21, 2015 at 2:00 PM

    LOL! Creepy little crazy bird dracula! LOL Thank you for the tutorial, April! Love the eeriness of the colors combined with the black. I would never have guess that the inks would work like that on glossy! Thanks! hugs, de

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  4. 2dogs2luvNovember 1, 2015 at 11:53 AM

    wonderful tag!

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  5. dianaNovember 1, 2015 at 12:29 PM

    congrats on your win for this fabulous tag!!

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  6. DebNovember 1, 2015 at 3:52 PM

    Love those crazy birds! Congratulations on your win!

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  7. sarasclosetNovember 1, 2015 at 9:11 PM

    I'm happy you won, because I think your tag is awesome! Love that background, and the technique you shared with us. I do have a question; perhaps a "duh" question. How did you run this through two embossing folders without flattening out one when you did the other? I've tried this in the past with less than desirable results. Yours came out great! Congratulations!

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  8. Far NorthNovember 2, 2015 at 12:15 AM

    Congratulations April! Love the detailed look of your tag! Thank you for the background technique.

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  9. UnknownNovember 2, 2015 at 1:55 AM

    Love the background! Congratulations!

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  10. CarefreeSadieNovember 2, 2015 at 12:02 PM

    What a wonderful tag. I really like the background, thank you for the directions. Congratulations for winning.

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  11. Cindi (aka iring)November 2, 2015 at 1:31 PM

    Congratulations April! Awesome tag!

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  12. that crazy chickNovember 2, 2015 at 8:20 PM

    congrats on your win

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  13. Mylissa StoutNovember 8, 2015 at 3:23 PM

    Congrats on the win for this month for your CUTE TAG!!!!
    It is adorable! I am looking forward to working with these
    cute birds....Going to have to take the time to do it!
    Thank you for the inspiration!

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