Halloween Card - Salem Sisters from Kindred Stamps

 Good morning, crafty friends!  I have been going crazy making Halloween cards.  I don't normally do much for Halloween, because we live in a rural area, so we NEVER get Trick-or-Treaters. 

When I saw the August release from Kindred Stamps, I nearly lost my mind!  I knew that I just had to have the Salem Sisters stamp set to make cards for my staff!   Who doesn't love these ladies?!?!

I started by stamping the images and coloring them in with my alcohol markers.  Once done with he coloring, I fussy cut the images and set them aside.  For my background, I smooshed Distress Oxide Inks directly on to my crafting mat and then spayed water liberally onto the ink.  I smooshed a panel of Tim Holtz Distress White Heavystock directly into the wet ink.  Using my heat tool, I dried the panel and repeated this process, adding multiple layers of ink, until I was satisfied with the saturation and intensity of the colors.  I then splattered some water over the panel to add some additional texture spots.  Because the water was sprayed directly on the ink, this step isn't really necessary, but I liked the added texture.  Important to note:  I highly recommend this particular paper for this technique (watercolor card stock would probably also work well), as it can handle the volume of liquid, and you also don't lose the vibrancy of the colors.  I tried this on Solar White card stock and it did not work well.  The colors were very muted and the card stock was heavily warped.  

I die-cut the fabulous web and spider from black card stock and "painted" it with much Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen.  Once my background panel was dry, I added some metallic splatters to it and set it aside.

I heat embossed my sentiment twice - first in white and then a second time using Lawn Fawn Glow in the Dark embossing powder, and die-cut the banner. 

Once I had all my elements together, I adhered my background to a black card base and then arranged the elements.   

I just love this card, and I know it will bring a smile to the faces of my super hard-working staff!  Please make sure to leave me a comment.  I would love to know what your favorite Halloween tradition is!  Thanks so much for stopping by!