Paper Pros Challenge - Halloween

Hi all! This month, the Paper Pros challenge theme is Halloween - woo hoo! I don't need much encouragement to get out my inks and stamps when it's a Halloween challenge. :) I haven't had the chance to use Karen Burniston's new Charm Accordion die set, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to break it in.

I started by created backgrounds using various colors of distress ink, plus wilted violet distress oxide. I love the way the inks work together! After drying the backgrounds, I die cut them using the Charm Accordion die. I was inspired by Karen's road trip card to alter my accordion to make the panels offset. To do this, you just cut the joined panel in half and flip one upside down. I added a hinge made from black cardstock to rejoin them (not shown in this pic).

The small panel is just perfect for Tim Holtz's mini blueprint Halloween stamps. I stamped them first on the panel, then again on white cardstock. I cut them out, then colored them and adhered them to the panels with foam dots.

I had the idea to use the spiderwebs from Karen's Halloween Scene set to join the panels. To make sure they were extra secure, I made little tabs from vellum to attach them to the panels.

Finally, I added stamps and rub ons from Tim Holtz, plus little mirrored stars - perfect for this week's 'It's Written in the Stars' theme over at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog.

Here is the front of the card. I sponged a piece of white cardstock with wilted violet distress oxide, then die cut the boo using the die from Karen's Halloween Elements set. A bit more stamping, and I was done.

The supplies I used can be found at Simon Says Stamp via the links below.

Karen Burniston HALLOWEEN ELEMENTS Dies 1013 Karen Burniston HALLOWEEN SCENE Die Set 1014 Tim Holtz Distress OXIDE INK PAD SET OF 12 Ranger RANGER97 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TIM19541 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad HICKORY SMOKE Ranger TIM43232 Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps MINI BLUEPRINTS 7 CMS203 Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps MINI BLUEPRINTS FIVE 5 cms170 Tim Holtz Idea-ology GOTHIC Remnant Rubs TH93308 Tim Holtz Idea-ology MIRRORED STARS TH93083 Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps HALLOWEEN CUTOUTS CMS139 Heidi Swapp VELLUM MINC Surfaces 313004 Tim Holtz DETAILER WATER BRUSH Ranger Watercoloring TIP33080

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Thanks so much for stopping by! Check out Karen's blog to see what she came up with for this challenge, plus find links to the other Paper Pros' projects.