Getting my spook on for Visible Image

 Hello everyone it's time for my fortnightly blogged design team post for Visible Image. 

We are just 10 days away from the start of autumn and of course that also means that the "Spooky Season" is coming soon  My grandchildren have turned me from someone who hid on Halloween from the Trick or Treaters to someone who decorates the porch, lights a pumpkin and greats them now with sweets and a huge smile. I honestly love Halloween and last year ran out of sweets as we had some many callers at our door.

So I thought today would be a good time to get you thinking about some fun Halloween makes. 

Boo!

I used the following products;

skull shadow stencil

with one of the fun sentiments from  Happy Halloween

This is how I made my card.

I used a piece of inked card from my stash.

 This one was made using lumberjack plaid, scorched timber and lost shadow distress inks. I pressed them onto my craft sheet, added water and dipped in my card. By drying between the layers I was able to achieve this look. I then blended on a little extra scorched timber to add some spooky dark  areas.

 I placed the skull shadow stencil near the top and blended black soot distress ink through the eyes and mouth and a little way around the skull.

I stamped the Trick or treat sentiment from Happy Halloween onto scraps of white card in black ink and distressed the edges with a distressing tool. I did the same to the edges of the card. I edged the sentiments with candied apple distress ink allowing it to get messy with my fingerprints as this all adds to the fun Halloween look. 

I stuck the sentiments in place. Next I used a pipette and sucked up some ink from a bottle of candied apple spray stain. I then applied the ink as dripping "blood" from the underside of the sentiments and around the skull. 

I left the stain to dry overnight and then cut  my card down to 4 1/2 by 6 1/2" . I matted it onto red glitter paper and then onto a black card blank.

Here it is again

with a close up

and I final photo.

I hope my card wasn't too ghoulish for you. You can obviously leave the dripping blood off if you prefer but for me the more Hammer Horror the better! 

All the Visible Image links are listed below;

 Our kind, friendly and supportive customer Facebook Group is here ...it would be lovely to see you join us.  You will be warmly welcomed and see lots of inspiration from the DT and customers to inspire your own creativity. 

 I also organize a monthly artist trading card swap in the group. Whether you are a new stamper or a seasoned one you are most welcome to join us. Over 150 members, worldwide, have taken part since it started over 3 years ago. It's been such fun and it's so lovely to receive a unique piece of art from your partner in the post. The details and sign up for each swap are posted in the group on the 23rd of the month. So the August sign up will be in the group next week on 23rd August. There is no "monthly" commitment, just join in when you have the time and if you live in the UK can you choose to post to the UK only if that suits you best.

The main Visible Image Facebook business page is here

Visible Image also has its own You Tube channel here where you can see videos and Lives to give you lots of inspiration and ideas. 

Their Instagram page can be found here 

Pinterest here

and their website is here 

You will also find me on Instagram here; @jane.https://www.instagram.com/jane.tyrrell?igsh=dzJsbnFoYnR5dzV5tyrrell most days, where I share many, many more makes than I have the time to blog. 

Bye for now.

Jane x