Thursday, August 18, 2011

Trick or Treat



Have you seen all the new images that Stampavie released last month?  There are lots of adorable Christmas images, but there are also a few Autumn images thrown in.  For my card today, I decided to use the new Batty image from Penny Johnson.

I just love the cute little Halloween images Penny drew for this release!  I used some patterned papers from Cosmo Cricket’s Matilda paper pad.  I added lots of stitching and some orange brads and some baker’s twine.  I stamped the image on copic x-press it with tuxedo black memento ink and added a sentiment.  I colored the image with copic markers.  I used these marker colors: W1, W3, W5, W7, W9, E33, E35, E37, E29, V93, V95, V99, T1, T3, T5, T7, N1, N3, N5, N7, Y11, E000, E00, E11, E13, colorless blender.


Then, I stamped the image again on Eclipse Masking Tape and cut it out.  I masked the image so I could spray the background.  I punch a circle out of the masking tape and used the negative piece to spray the moon (using Y35 marker).  Then, I put the circle over the sprayed moon to mask it.  I tore a piece of cardstock and used it as a mask so I could spray the background (using T3 marker) to resemble a spooky, foggy night.  I finished the image by spraying the background a different shade of gray (using W3 marker).

Next time, I will change the way I spray the moon so that it's peeking out from behind the fog, but I had fun experimenting with a new idea (to create a foggy background).  :)

Have a great week!

Niki

12 comments:

Kathy Martin said...

Niki...you are amazing with those Copics!

Betsy said...

Wow! Such a cute image! And your coloring is marvelous!!!

Gabby said...

Super background! Those little bats are the cutest! :)

richard said...

Just adorable! Love the papers, and your coloring is AMAZING!

Kara said...

i am always blown away by your beautiful coloring!

Janett Ray said...

Great card, you coloring is amazing.

Ida P. Krause said...

So so cute and adorable. Love it.

Kelly Schelske said...

Oh wow Niki! That background is fabulous!

velta said...

Thge first thing that I said to myself when I saw this is...NO WAY! Niki your coloring is killing me...I have said it before, but I am saying it again...Don't you want to invite me to your house so you can teach me how in the world your do this??? I know, I get carried away...but again, this is amazing...and now I am headed off to check out the images from Stampavie...TFS :)

MarieL said...

What a fun card, Niki. I love the cute image, especially the expressions on those little bats. As always you colored everything to perfection. The foggy night sky looks perfect...oh so spooky!!!

Kerri Michaud said...

Your foggy sky looks AMAZING!!! Eek! That image is so cute and your coloring-WOW! Love it, Niki!

Dawn Easton said...

Oh my gosh! Your background is AMAZING! Wow! This card totally rocks!