A Spooky Linky Party

Bring on the costumes and get ready to eat finger food and drink bloody mary's, it's time for our September Linky Party. With my children grown and left home, and no grandkids yet, Halloween isn't quite the same. To make it even less fun we live in a gated complex that doesn't allow kids going door to door so the only fun I have is to make spooky cards.

Every month I go through the same thing, trying to come up with something novel to present as a tutorial and this month I may actually have something original. I don't know what to call this fold but if you look down from the top it appears as a double Z. For my tutorial I'll share with you the dimensions I used to fold the paper and as that doesn't seem like much of a tutorial I'll take you briefly through the whole process.

LET'S GET INKY!

The dimensions could change but I started with 5" for the centre panel framed by the centre 2 tree stands, then allowed 1" on either side of the 5" for the depth, and lastly 2" either side of that for the side panels. So the folds were at (left to right) 2" mountain fold, 3" valley fold, 8" valley fold, 9" mountain fold. Here's what it looks like from the top down. The spooky trees are from Crafty Secrets "Costume Cuties"

I feather cut through the top tree leaf canopy so the jagged edges you see are from cutting a layer into the black. I also cut the ground line on either side. That's what you see framing the inside 5". The next image where I show it inked allows you to see better what I mean.

You can see in this image where the fold lines are and if you look carefully on the lower edge you can see where I cut the ground and the top where I cut a layer into the tree tops. In this step I cut a circle and a house shape for stencils and sponged the night sky and grass working in a bit of turquoise to blend the grass and sky and a bit of deep purple around the trees. 

Now for the fun part! I sponged a little yellow ink around the house and moon. Finally I get to decorate it. The haunted house is from Crafty Secrets "Halloween CD4". It's coloured with copics. I cut the pumpkins from some paper scraps I had laying around, the fence is a Martha Stewart punch as is the witch, and spiders. I added googly eyes to the spiders and suspended them from tree branches with thick black thread. I used a Memory Box die to cut branches protruding out from the edge. Lastly it needed some moonlight on the scene so I painted white acrylic paint lines on the branches and spiders.

Hope the instructions weren't too rambling. Thanks for hanging in there.

“Now it’s your turn!  Visit each of the design team blogs listed below.  Then create a NEW project of your choice featuring Crafty Secrets product and link it up to the blog 

(http://heartwarmingvintage.blogspot.com/) no later than 11:59PT, Sunday, September 14^th. You do not need to follow this month’s theme to play along.  If you do not have any Crafty Secrets goodies, check the FREE DOWNLOADS located in the sidebar of the Crafty Secrets blog.  Be sure to link to the Crafty Secrets Blog in your post, and let us know what Crafty Secrets product you are using in your project. One lucky player will be randomly selected to win a $50 shopping spree in our online store.  Each player who participates will receive a $6 credit to the online store.  We’ll be popping by to leave you some lovely comments on your blog post, too. Thanks for playing along, and good luck!”

Crafty Secrets Design Team

Kathy Clement, DT Leader  http://www.kathybydesign.com

Darlene Pavlick, Dar’s Crafty Creations    http://darscraftycreations.blogspot.com/

Diane Hover, Nellie’s Nest   http://www.nelliesnest.blogspot.com

Elizabeth Lincoln, Paper Passtimes   http://paperpasstimes.blogspot.com/

Gloria Stengel, Scraps of Life   http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/

Melody Clement, Paper Melody’s   http://papermelodys.wordpress.com/

Michele Kovack, Thoughts of a Cardmaking Scrapbooker   http://chelemom.blogspot.com/

Shantaie Fowler, Inking Pink  http://www.inkingpink.com/

Sheila Rumney, Sheila Rumney Design and Photography,   http://www.sheilarumney.com/

 

Special Guest

Glenda Brooks, Magpie's Corner http://glendabrooks.blogspot.com/2014/08/guest-designer-for-crafty-secrets.html

Thanks so much for visiting me at Paper Pass Times

Cheers,

Elizabeth