Arden's Blog - The Aartvark Studio: August 2016

Sunday, August 28, 2016

Ghouls Just Want to Have Fun!

I just have to share! I got first prize in a card contest yesterday at the Northern Virginia My Stamping Friends event.

I made a spooky little card with the new Mr. Funny Bones stamp set - available September 1 in the new Holiday catalog. I put together the words with the Labeler Alphabet stamp set. Sorry, I would have taken another photo but I only made one.

My backup skeleton had a little hand issue.

Welcome to the RemARKable Blog Tour for August! This month's theme is the Thoughtful Branches bundle. I love hydrangeas so I just had to make one!

I decided to make a collage background using mostly the Timeless Treasures stamp set. I first stamped the Fleur-delis with Pear Pizazz all over randomly, stamping off first to make it lighter. I used the honeycomb from Butterfly Basics in Smoky Slate and then grunged it up a bit more with the Timeless Treasures stamp set using Crumb Cake for splats and Smoky Slate. in the corner I used the Toscana Vigneto stamp from Tuscan Vineyards in Memento Tuxedo Black.

For the hydrangea, I painted all my pink pens randomly on a clear block, spritzed it and put it on Whisper White paper. Then I let it dry, impatiently using my heater tool and cut out the hydrangea twice. It wasn't bright enough, so I hand painted a little more Rich Razzleberry on some of the flowers. I put the lighter one on the bottom, then glued the brighter hydrangea on with tiny pieces of dimensionals. I added pearls and clear Wink of Stella for a little glitz.

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