Wednesday, October 22, 2014

31 Days of Halloween with Smeared and Smudged Day Twenty-Two


The Dream Team are dipping their fingers into all things spooky, creepy, and scary, as we play along with the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween. The team will be taking turns to fill the quota of 31 days on the Dream It Up! blog, and posting on their own blogs as well. Be sure to leave them lots of love as this is truly a challenge for many of them! Here is today's post from Gill Wilson:



Well its day 22 of the Smeared and Smudges Halloween event and I for this project used the Dreamweaver Stencil Tree Silhouette (LJ849), a haunted house design from Circuit, and the background is made using 2 different Stampendous stamp sets.

I started out by completing the Tree silhouette panel, I embossed some grey co-ordination card stock using my Big Shot machine, which I sanded back and then dragged a silver and then a gold ink pad over the top.

The background was created by simply repeating 2 stamped images covering the entire piece, the edges were distressed with a distress ink pad.

The final piece the haunted house was from Autumn Celebrations Cricut Cartridge and was cut at 5''.

The card was then put together, and I think it picks up the essence of Halloween.

The Smeared and Smudged site is offering prizes each day of the month by a long list of sponsors...Dreamweaver being one of them, but we are also offering one stencil (our choice) to one lucky commenter on the Dream It Up! blog each day of the month! So, leave your comment below before heading over the Smeared and Smudged blog to view all of the other creepiness! 

20 comments:

Teresa said...

That tree stencil has gone on my wish list - it's fabulous, as is the stamped background x

ionabunny said...

Love the trees. The embossing really makes them stand out. Great card. Hugz

DonnaMundinger said...

Definitely captures the spirit of Halloween! LOVE those trees and the pops of color of the house. Fab stamped background too. xxD

My Side of Oz said...

Love your card!! The embossed piece is soooo pretty! And you have captured the complete feel of Halloween!! Fantastic card!!

Viki Banaszak said...

This is awesome! Love the trees. They have that spooky glow about them. The haunted house is adorable too.

Sandi Lou said...

The dry embossing and then inking a bit is quite effective with the bare trees stencil, this is such a useful technique.

Denise Bryant said...

Cool card! I love the Tree Silhouette panel and the spooky haunted house!

TangledBlueRose said...

Love the whole card, it is so beautiful. Amazing trees, I love how you made them. The house is sensational! Perfect background!~kim

Laura S Reading said...

Oh the wonderful textures!
Great choice of elements and composition.

(AJ) ArtJypsy said...

Fun. Love the tree stencil you used and the haunted house.

Susan Renshaw said...

That tree stencil is definitely on my wishlist! Great project!

Unknown said...

A great card I love the trees and the crooked old house together!

Leigh S-B - The Sharpie Domino Queen said...

Wicked cool creation, I love the textures you've achieved!

Julia said...

Love the card, it is so beautiful. Awesome trees and the house is sensational!

Katie said...

Great card! Love your haunted house. And that tree stencil looks awesome, the way you used it, it could definitely be a spooky forest. Great job! Thanks for sharing.

Katie B.

Unknown said...

Love that bare tree stencil--it creates such a great texture in the background!

Unknown said...

I love the haunted house. It all fits together sooo perfectly

Steph said...

What a great card, that stencil is awesome and I really like that haunted house.

Janis said...

Love the spooky forest. Even the "background music" is kind of eerie! Great card.
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Sarah said...

What awesome embossed trees, and wonderfully spooky house :)

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