The Rabbit Hole Designs Halloween Release--Guest Designer post

Good morning, everyone!  I'm back with my second card for The Rabbit Hole Designs Halloween release using the adorable Spellcaster Witch.  This stamp set also has Coordinating Dies available for purchase if you hate to fussy cut as much as I do!  :D  I started out my card using two awesome Stencils from The Rabbit Hole Designs on 110 lb white cardstock.  I first used the Ribbon Star 6x6 stencil with a Cotton Tail Blender Brush and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink.  I then used the Illusion Circle 6x6 stencil oriented in the other direction using the same blender brush and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink.  I then cut the panel down to an A2 size (4 1/4 x 5.5).  I then got to work on my sentiment.  I heat embossed it onto black cardstock using VersaMark ink and white embossing powder (I use Lawn Fawn white embossing powder). I then trimmed it into a banner shape.

Next, I worked on the adorable witch and cat from the Spellcaster Witch stamp set.  I stamped them using Copic-friendly ink onto the same heavyweight white cardstock.  I used my Copic markers to color both images, then used fine-point scissors to fussy cut them out.  I trimmed off the mushroom that she is holding for this card.  After fussy cutting, I ran a black marker all along the cut edges to conceal any imperfections.

After my images were cut, I added a little glitter to the witch's tights using a Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay glitter brush pen and used Glossy Accents on her eyeglass lenses.  I glued everything down with liquid glue (I use Nuvo Deluxe adhesive), then adhered my card front to a card base that was cut and scored to A2 size.  Thank you so much for joining me today--hope this card inspired you to create your own cute Halloween cards using these adorable witches.

The Rabbit Hole Designs Guest Designer--Halloween Release

Good morning, everyone!  I am thrilled to announce that The Rabbit Hole Designs asked me to guest design for their Halloween 2020 release.  This cute stamp set is called Spellcaster Witch and there is also a coordinating die available:  Spellcaster Witch Die.

For this release, there are also some awesome giveaways:  To celebrate the next three days of release,  The Rabbit Hole Designs is giving away two saving vouchers; one to a lucky Instagram Follower and one to a lucky Fan Page follower.  Winner will be chosen at random from the comments left on the INSTAGRAM post, and tagging friends, and also from commenting on the Fan Page post.  So make sure to head on over to INSTAGRAM and look for the giveaway post  @therabbitholedesignsllc and look for the post  at The Rabbit Hole Designs Fan Page by 11:59 p.m. PST 07-30-2020.  Winner will be announced on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog 07-31-2020.

To start my card, I used the awesome Aim For The Stars Stencil with a Cotton Tail Blender Brush.  I used Wilted Violet with a tiny bit of Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink to ink through the stencil onto a piece of heavyweight white cardstock.  These Cotton Tail Blender Brushes blend like a dream!  After my cardstock was inked, I cut it out with a stitched rectangle die and then lightly inked over my background with Speckled Egg Distress Ink.  The purple stars bled a teensy bit, but not enough to bother me and I think it actually kind of adds to the "magic" of the scene.  If it would bother you, you can sprinkle clear embossing powder on the stars and heat set them with your heat tool (as long as you used a pigment-based or hybrid ink like Distress Oxide), then the purple ink would stay put when you blended over it.  If you don't have a pigment-based ink, you could also blend with dye ink through the stencil, then blend VersaMark or another clear, sticky ink on top to do your heat embossing.

I stamped my witch with Copic-safe ink onto heavy weight white cardstock, colored her with Copic markers, then fussy cut her out.  After fussy cutting, I used a black marker all along the edges to make it look cleaner and like I cut her perfectly.  I added Glossy Accents to her glasses and Spectrum Noir Clear Overlay Sparkle pen on her tights for a little glitter.  I then stamped the spider directly on my background, then stamped him again onto white cardstock, colored him in, and cut his body out and glued it on top of the other spider.  I used a Copic multi-liner and a T-ruler to draw in the spider web.  I then stamped the cauldron onto the same heavyweight cardstock, Copic colored it, fussy cut it out, used the same black marker to coat the edges, then added the sparkle pen and glossy accents onto select areas.  I used a small patterned paper strip for my "ground," then adhered everything with foam squares.  The final touch was heat embossing the sentiment, cutting it out into a strip, popping it up onto foam squares, and then adhering a scattering of hole-less sequins throughout the stars with liquid glue.  I like how the card looks clean-and-simple, yet special at the same time due to the little special touches of glitter and gloss.  Thank you so much for joining me today, hope it inspired you to create your own card using the Spellcaster Witch.  Head on over to The Rabbit Hole Designs shop and blog for more inspiration.