Happy Halloween

 Here is a Halloween card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by the very talented Rebecca Sinz.  The image is called "All Hallows Eve".  It is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp or as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 8, Plate 223 - All Hallows Eve comes on the multi-image plate with Blue Companion, Silken Threads and Gothic Moon).

I have coloured the digital stamp in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers, highlighted areas with my Pan Pastels, used my Tim Holtz distressing tool around the edge and then used my Tim Holtz Balck Soot distress ink to highlight the distressing.

The backing papers I have used I won in some blog candy recently from Michele (her blog is amazing if you fancy a look!!).  The papers are called "Fright Night" and are by Whimsy Stamps.  I've had many paper packs/pads before but I was seriously impressed in the quality of these papers.  I like to use my Tim Holtz distressing tool around the edges of papers sometimes but a lot of bought papers wouldn't cope with this whereas these would.  Fantastic quality.

I have made some of my own backing paper for this card by rubbing different colours of distress inks (Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Dusty Concord, Peeled Paint and Black Soot) onto a piece of card.  I then spritzed with water and then dropped over bronze and gold mica powder over in areas for a bit of shine.  I did two of these A4 sheets and left to dry for a few days and now they are so sparkly and such wonderful colours and I'll have plenty to use over the next few weeks.

The card has been finished off with some raffia ribbon, sentiment off the computer with staples holding on some scraps of gingham ribbon, decorative clip, buttons with bats cut out from a Summertime Designs backing paper held on with some wire to make it look like they are flying around the page.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Emergency Crafters - Halloween

Crafty Sentiments - Favourite technique or colours (one of my favourite techniques is to make my own backing papers - sometimes they end up how you think but sometimes they don't!!)

Tuesday Throwdown - Colours of fall

LEJ Designs - Things with wings (bats)

Ribbon Carousel - Halloween/Fall

Paper Pretties - Purple, green and orange

Crafty Creations - Winged things (bats)

Crafting by Designs - Anything goes

Ruby's Rainbow - Autumnal colours

Nutcrafters - Show us your colouring skills

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Creative Moments - Anything goes/Autumn

Penny's Paper Challenge - Anything goes

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Fall/Autumn

Moving Along With the Times - Anything goes

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes

Inspire me Friday - Anything goes

Crafty Catz - Anything goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes

Graph'It - Boo - Halloween's a scream!

QKR Stampede - Fall colours

2 Sisters - Fall fun

Crazy 4 Challenge - Halloween creations

Allsorts - Autumn colours

Sweet Stampin - Autumn is here

Crafty Calendar Monthly - Halloween

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Robyn's Fetish - Use a digi
One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi

If I wasn't on the Sweet Pea Stamps Design Team it could also be entered into the One Sweet Challenge this month which is "Things that go bump in the night!!"