A Fall Sky and Some Halloween Magic

Every once in awhile you need to get a little adventurous (and sometimes a little inky in the process.) It was a challenge and a whole lot of fun to ink our way to an eerie night sky, setting the tone for our delightful Holiday Home creation.  We can't take credit for this one though because we didn't see many ways to improve on the card posted by our Pinterest friend Melissa at RubberFUNatics! Check out more great ideas at her blog.

Inky Happy Halloween Home Card

As soon as we opened the new Stampin' Up Holiday Catalog™ we couldn't wait to try out the Holiday Home Stamp Set with the coordinating Homemade Holiday Framelits.  You can decorate for any occasion with this great polymer collection.  For the background on our Halloween version we used Pumpkin Pie, Hello Honey, Old Olive, and Rich Razzleberry re-inkers dripped sparingly on a basket style water spritzed coffee filter.  (You can be pretty generous with the water, but be sure to get it really dry before attaching it to the card.) Anyone can see that the result is more than pleasing to the eye.  With a little help from the On Film Framelits the background was showcased beautifully in Basic Black over an embossed Pumpkin Pie card stock card front set off with another layer of Basic Black pulling everything together.  We stamped our trees, stars, and bats in Jet Black Stazon Ink.  The message on Whisper White was cut out with Bitty Banners and tied up with some black hemp twine.  The little spider and his web and a Pumpkin Pie pumpkin are guarding the door of our comfy little Old Olive Card Stock house.  You can tell someone is home because the lights are on . . . compliments a little household bleach painted on the windows to make them glow.  Don't forget to get out the Dimensionals to show off the house and message.  They add that little extra pop!  All papers, inks, and accessories used in this card are from Stampin’ Up! ©