Thursday 8 October 2015

Going Batty ....

... at least that's what my family often tells me!  So I've decided to literally go batty on today's card.  It's clean and simple:

Faboolous - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

Stamps: Stampendous - Doodle Bat; Stampin' Up! - Holiday Cheer, Seasonal Snapshot 2015, Six Sayings
Inks: Versamark; Versafine - Onyx Black; Distress - Black Soot; SU - Tangerine Tango, Lucky Limeade
Accessories: White Lustre Card; Watercolour Paper; SU Card - Wisteria Wonder; White Embossing Powder; Neon Embossing Powders

I'm submitting this card to several challenges:

When I saw Tenia's card, I remembered that I have the bat stamp, so thanks for the inspiration.  I stamped one image directly on the card using Distress ink and used my aqua brush to very gently move the ink.  I stamped the other two bats on watercolour paper embossing one in white and the other in neon colours.  I added water to both images and then added a touch of black ink.  Once dry I cut out both bats.  I stamped the fun sentiment in bold black and finished the front by adhering both embossed bats with dimensional dots - using thicker dots for the coloured bat.  On the inside I cut a mat layer of light purple card and added more bats and a greeting on the white panel.

Faboolous inside - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's GemsFaboolous sq - photo by Deborah Frings - Deborah's Gems

I love this bat - it looks totally mad!  I think that's likely to be all for today as I really must get the ironing done.  I said I was going to do it on Monday, but Jonathan was home with pneumonia (again).  He's gone back to work today, so I don't have an excuse not to do it now!  See you soon.

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6 comments:

Jeanne J. said...

I love this fancy bat stamp, and oh gosh.. all the color you got on the bat in front.. and the soft vellum wings!

Joyce said...

Going batty--this is fantastic. What a wonderfully detailed bat stamp, and it looks perfect in all these halloween colors. Thanks so much for playing along at ColourQ.

Arnoldo L. Romero, MLA said...

This is a really fun card! I love that you used a variety of colors in your Halloween design. Blessings!

Jen Mitchell said...

Wow! Those bats are fabulous! I love how you've colored them. Thanks for playing along with us at colourQ!

Silke Ledlow said...

Very cool bats! Thank you for playing the CQC colors with us!

Lisa H. said...

soooo, so cool!!! LOVE your bats, Deborah! thanks for playing with curtain call.

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