Stipple Brushes Meet my Halloween Spirit

I was inspired by SCS this week to get out my Stipple brushes.  These little babies had never been used due to sheer ignorance of what I could do with them.  After being inspired by a simple tutorial on stipple basics, I decided to give it a try on a Halloween card that I had been wanting to work on for awhile.

I love long cards and had not created one in awhile.  The finished card here is 3 1/4" by 6 1/2" so that it will fit into SU!'s small open-ended envelopes.  The focal image was stamped onto Whisper White cardstock with Basic Black ink.  I used my SU! ticket corner punch to give the image more interest.  I then used my Basic Grey to stipple the background on the white cardstock.  (Definitely play with this technique on a scratch piece of paper before trying it on your finished product.)  This helps to tone down the starkness of the white against the gray DSP.

I also wanted to mask my moon so that I could sponge the color on instead of using markers.  I am sure that I am not the only one that HATES to cut things out, but I figured that there was no way around it on this one.   THEN.....  I noticed that the 1 3/8" circle punch was the exact size of the moon.  NO CUTTING!!  I just punched my circle out of a post-it note and placed it over the moon.  Then I began to sponge away. 

Using some ribbon and some more of my Chills & Thrills rub-ons, I completed my spooky sentiment!  Have fun with this technique!

Be Inspired by Life,

 

Stamps:  House of Haunts (111574)

Cardstock: Whisper White (100730), Basic Black (102851), Ghostly Greetings DSP (112463) 

Ink: So Saffron (105213), Tangerine Tango (111834), Basic Black (101179), Basic Gray (109120) 

Accessories: So Saffron Twill (111364), Tangerine Tango Striped Ribbon (112371), Chills & Thrills  Rub-ons (111806), Ticket Corner Punch (107214), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430), Stipple Brush (101399)

Comments

[jules p]

shelley, i love how you masked that off to make the moon. very neat.:)

[fran]

This is so neat! I love how you did the moon. Guess I need to find my stipple brushes and give it a try!

[Sandi]

This is absolutely gorgeous! I love it!