NEW! Positioning Templates & Spookytown Stamp Set

Although this project looks really detailed, it's made with just White paper and has only two layers. This stamp set, along with our new positioning templates and some blended ink, make it easy to get a designer-paper look.

Stamps - Spookytown stamp set

Inks –
Versacolor Topaz, Paprika, Umber
Archival Black

Papers –
White quarter-sheet (4.25 x 5.5 inches)
Card stock half-sheet, folded (your choice of color) – for card base
White card stock scraps

Tools and Embellishments –
RST Concentric Circles and Concentric Squares positioning templates (NEW!)
Ribbon
Glitter pen – I used a Gelly Roll Stardust pen

The Concentric Circles positioning template is 4-1/2 inches in diameter
and the Concentric Squares template is 4-1/2 x 4-1/2 inches wide (the largest square).

Instructions –
Side note on the Concentric positioning templates:
We have two new concentric positioning templates, a circle set and a squares set. We designed these templates to use on almost anything. They each come with 4 concentric shapes all attached by a small tab.

Simply snip the little tab with a pair of scissors and you have four circles to use in various ways.You will notice that there is a small round hole in the smallest piece. This is for centering the shape on your work. These are great for marking fabric quilt squares, ceramic bisque pottery, and anything else you wish to stamp on! They differ from our other positioning templates in that they come apart and they offer many blending edges instead of just one.

Now, back to the project...
For this project you will use the center round piece and its next-largest neighbor.

 Colorize the card front.

1. Take the White quarter sheet, the smallest piece of the positioning template, a blending tool, and some Umber ink. Use the foam to smudge some ink around the template.

2. When the ink has dried, line the next-largest circle around the area you just blended. Then use Topaz ink and smudge the outside of the circle.

3. Next, use the outer corners of the Square templates (or the corner of any of our positioning templates that you might already have) and line it up to about ½ inch from the edge of the card front. Smudge with Paprika ink.

4. Then use the Pinecone ink pad to smudge the outer edges of the panel.

Now it's time to stamp.

1. Take the Skull stamp and Archival Black ink and stamp a border, using the Paprika ink as a guide.

2. Then take the Ghost stamp and Umber ink and stamp inside the Skull border.

3. Then take the Spider and stamp just a portion of the image outside the Skull border, along the outer edge of the panel, for added texture.
   
   
4. Stamp a border around the centerpiece: Use the Spiderweb stamp and Pinecone ink and stamp between the Umber and Paprika blended areas.

5. Then stamp the Spider in the center of the card with Archival Black ink. Use the glitter pen to draw a string of web from the Spider to the Spiderweb.

Note: for added dimension, I used the inner circle from the template blended with Umber ink (as we did earlier) and then I cut the circle out, leaving just a pinstripe of Umber ink. I stamped the Spider, added its string of web, and some black dots around the circle, made with a black pen. Then I attached it to the card with some PopIt! foam tape.

Now let's finish up...

1. Stamp the Bat in various positions around the centerpiece.

2. Add your ribbon.

3. (Optional), make a tag with something spooky on it. In this sample, I just used a black pen and a scrap of paper to scribble “spooky town” for a handwritten medallion.

The last step is to glue the quarter-sheet to the card base and then you're done!

Before you leave, take a look at the same stamp set, used on a ceramic tile. I just used black under glaze --to make it extra spooky... and of course I used the new positioning templates to lay out my design. I simply marked the center of the square with a pencil and then drew out the other squares and circles. My pencil marks disappeared when the piece was fired. Of course you can erase your own guide marks if you're working with paper.

Here is the Spookytown set used on a bisque tile.

 Until next week, Happy Stamping from Susan and rest of the gang at Rubber Stamp Tapestry!

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Connie Blackburne]

I like it. I was just thinking about halloween.and if you was going to make a card. thank you.

[sue wisniewski]

Really like your halloween card. Will have to look for this set on my next visit to store.
I was just playing with your new african animal set and having a ball. you can see samples here http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/ just keep in mind haven't made into cards/tags as of yet but I will.
stamping sue
http://stampingsueinconnecticut.blogspot.com/