31 Nights of Halloween - Night 6 - Special Guest Toni Maddox

 

Hello, Whimsy friends! Today we welcome back the amazing Toni Maddox to the blog!

Hi, everyone!  How could I say no to guesting for the Whimsy Annual 31 Nights of Halloween event?  Whimy Halloween products are among my absolute favs!

I decided to use the "failed" background from my Halloween Caveman Zog post. I thought it turned out too dark plus my cat spilled water on part of it (thanks, cat--argh!) but it's perfect for a graveyard scene. 

I had sponged the card front with Distress Oxide Distress Oxide Vintage Photo, Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, and Mustard Seed. I then stamped the Goth Skulls randomly on the background using Candied Apple and Salvaged Patina. To use the background for this card, I stamped the WTF?! Background Stamp with Versafine Onyx Black.

Once I had the background done, I started on building the scene using the Build a Graveyard and Spiders & Webs dies. I printed the "Rest In Pieces" sentiment and airbrushed both the gravestone and Ranger Grit Paste graveyard dirt with my Copic Airbrush.

I added the fence, bats, hissing cat and skull from the Build a Graveyard set so my little Zombie Boy would have the perfect backdrop to tell us about his mother. LOL.  I used the sentiment from the Cute But Psycho set cut out with a Comic Speech Bubble, distressing the latter with a bit of Distress Oxide Black Soot remaining on my brush.

I hope you enjoyed my card and have a great rest of your week!  If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.

Thank you, Toni, for this fun inspiration!

Tuesday Tutorial - Blingy Santa

Hello, everyone!  Toni here with a bit of bling-a-ding-ding for our holiday cardmaking!  This Greedy Santa image and sentiment gave me a chuckle for sure.  

My first step was to use a Versamark pen on the gold circles of the Gilded Holiday 6x6 Paper so I could emboss them in gold.  I also used the Twinkle Stencil the same way to add stars to some of the circles.

Next I cut out the Slimline Cityscape Die twice, cutting one of them in half so I could create a lot of city without wasting the gold mirror board which would be hidden behind Santa.  I used another piece of the  Gilded Holiday 6x6 Paper for the road.

I colored up the Greedy Santa image using Zig watercolor pens. I used a white pigment pen for his beard (and to cover up my boo boos). I added a bit of Marvy Snow Marker to his fur trim too.  The sentiment is embossed on a Comic Speech Bubbles Diecut that I trimmed down to size.

I hope you enjoyed today's tips!  Be sure to take a gander at the other goodies in the Whimsy shop.

If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.