Monday, October 19, 2015

Wicked Trees




It is hard to believe fall is here and Halloween is just around the corner though it is pretty chilly here.  I am featuring the Wicked Trees stamp, from Just for Fun Rubber Stamps, on two similar cards but with very different looks.


I wanted this first card to have more of a fall look.  I started with the Tattered Screen Background stamp from JFF, inked with three different Distress Inks.  The Wicked Trees were stamped in black on top of this.  The sections were cut apart, layered on orange cardstock, and arranged on green cardstock layered on black.


The pumpkin was created with the Stamptangle Pumpkin (medium), stamped on cream cardstock colored with the same three Distress Inks.  These were fussy cut and paper pieced. The sentiment is created using part of the Colorful Autumn Greetings, stamped on green cardstock and layered on black.


For the second card, I wanted more of a Halloween look.  The Wicked Trees are heat embossed with black embossing powder on craft designer cardstock.  Once again they are cut apart, this time layered on white and arranged on black and coordinating designer cardstock.


The Mummy and Hanging Bat (large) are heat embossed with white embossing powder on black cardstock, fussy cut, and adhered to the card front.  I chose to make the bat white because I wanted it to pop, rather than blend with the background.  The sentiment comes from the designer cardstock.

I think I might need to use these trees again with a winter theme!


E. Marie


I entered these cards in the following challenge:
As You Like It Challenge - Monochrome or Color & Why (Definitely color as this many times is what enhances or brings out the theme of the card).
Eureka Stamps Challenge #163 Halloween
Jo’s Scrap Shack Challenge FFC #110 "Anything Goes"
Crafts 4 Eternity Challenge R#248 – Fruit and Vegetables
Fussy and Fancy Challenge 150 - Color Choice! Orange, Black or Purple
Love To Scrap! Challenge LTSCB #64 - Anything Goes!
Scrap & Craft Challenge #14 Colors of Autumn
Suzy Bee's Bloomin Challenge 102: Anything goes with a twist ... Autumn Colors
Repeat Impressions Challenge DCC1014 ~ Pumpkin Time
Crafty Catz Challenge #297 Anything Goes

21 comments:

Sandra H said...

Wow amazing!!

Shona Erlenborn said...

Two wonderful designs! Love the pumpkin card with the gorgeous fall colors - but the mummy and bat are super cute on the monochromatic card!

Elaine Stark said...

Two great cards. Love how colourful the pumpkin is. Thanks for joining AYLI challenge. Elaine

Heather said...

Very cool Fall card. That pumpkin is a cool design and I like the multi-colored look. Love that background paper, too. Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.

Gabi MeWi said...

Love this card.

CRAZYCRAFTSHED said...

Both fabulous cards thank you for joining us over on Crafty Catz
Dianne x
CC DT

Unknown said...

Hi - two fab cards! Love the colours on the pumpkin one, love the tangled pumpkin too. The wicked tree one is spooky with the mummy & bat! Thanks for joining us over on Crafty Calendar this month. Hope to see you again - good luck!
Hugs,
Bev (DT) x

Meihsia Liu said...

Both cards are so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. :)

brenda said...

A lovely Autumnal creation and a fun Halloween card. Many thanks for joining in at Stamping Sensations challenges.

B x

michele said...

Gorgeous cards :) Thanks for joining us at Crafts 4 Eternity hugs x

Connie Mercer said...

Great cards! Love the pumpkin :) Thanks for joining us at Quick Quotes!

pinky said...

What a gorgeous project. Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations.

Lozzy said...

Thank you for joining us at Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge with your stunning card...Good luck in draw..Hugs Lozzy x

Lisa Mensing said...

Both cards are amazing! Thanks for sharing at Eureka! Stamps Halloween Challenge. Lisa DT

Tone K. said...

Beautiful card. I like the tree in the background. Very nice ! :)
Thanks for joining us at Fussy and Fancy :)

Sally H said...

two fabulous Autumnal cards! Thanks for joining us at stamping sensations this month and good luck!

Golden Goddess Designs said...

both of these cards are just fantastic! great job! thanks for joining us at Quick Quotes this month!

Alicia

anncreatief said...

Wouw beautiful i love it, and thanks so much for playing along with us at CC&CC.
Hugs Anneke DT

marta.szymanska said...

Amazing colours, beautiful card. Thank you for joining in with us at Scrap & Craft Challenge.

Vixykins said...

Both fab cards, great work x

Thanks for joining Crafts and Me challenge, come back this month for our Autumn Colours Challenge x

Lee said...

Great design! Love the doodled pumpkin! Thanks for joining us at LTSCB!