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Saturday, September 10, 2011

A perfect portrait of Howl-o-ween Creeps Frank


I was in a craft store today and saw "portraits" of some scary characters. I thought they were cute, so my brain started figuring out what I'd need to make my own gallery of Halloween portraits. I started by heat embossing the frame and coloring it Old Olive.

I took out my Howl-o-ween Creeps stamp set because there are some real characters in there, and paired it with a new set called Frame It. I wanted my card to look like a portrait hanging on a wall. The bottom piece of dsp was run through the Stripes embossing folder. 

 
Here's the sketch challenge from Stamping 411 that started today:

Stamps: Howl-o-ween Creeps, Frame It, Teeny, Tiny Wishes;
Ink: Basic Gray, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive;
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Frightful Sight;
Accessories: Black embossing powder, heat gun, dimensionals, silver brads, paper piercer and mat, aquapainter, Word Window Punch, Stripes embossing folder, Dotted Scallops Old Olive Ribbon, 1-1/4" square punch.

7 comments:

Denise Pustelniak said...

Terry, Wonderful!!! Love your technique and love how you followed this sketch,

Shirley Pumpkin said...

Love the the way the head is floating in the frame..... CreePY. Great way to use the frame stamp set. Thanks for making a card for the Monster Mash Blog HOp!!

Hugs
Shirley

Penny Hanuszak said...

I had to giggle, your card sort of has that Munsters feel to it and I could almost hear the "creaking hinge" as you open the card! Love the frame stamp, what a great way to showcase these little Halloween stamps. TFS Terry.

Hi, I'm Lee Conrey! said...

Great job on the halloween card. love the dsp you selected. Thanks for sharing.

Queenie Jeannie said...

Super creepy!! Great job!

Patti Chesky said...

Great idea! I was just browsing through a catalog that had those ghoulie frames! This looks just like one!

Selene Kempton said...

I love that you shared your design process and where you got your inspiration from.. Super fun halloween card! Thanks for playing along with stamping 411 this week.