DECISIONS, DECISIONS

Hi - Jean here, with a fall layout starring Nicholas, making a big decision for his first Halloween.  Eeeeks! and Spooky Design Adhesives - with Clearsnap Glitters and Top Boss Embossing Powders - create quick accents.  Here are the directions for this project:

Clearsnap Products

• Stephanie Barnard ColorBox Premium Inkpads - Tangerine, Blueberry, Strawberry and Licorice
• ColorBox Stylus and White Oval Tips (4)
• Design Adhesives - Eeeeks! and Spooky
• Top Boss Embossing Powders - White and Cocoa Bean
• Glitter - Fools Gold, Sweet Orange, Charcoal and Peridot

Stamp

• Hampton Art Splatter

Other Supplies

• Bazzill Hillary Cardstock (8.5" square)
• Bazzill Desert Sun Cardstock
• Natural Cardstock
• Memory Box Perfect Gift Card Die
• Diecut Machine and Plates
• 1.25" Circle Punch (or Die and Diecut Machine)
• Carl Corner Rounder Punch
• Soft Painbrush
• Foam Dots
• Fonts - Germania and Gill Sans

Directions

• Cut the pictures with the Perfect Gift Card Die
• Mat the pictures with Desert Sun Cardstock, round the corners and ink the edges using the Stylus, Tip and Black
• Print the title and text on natural cardstock 
• Tear the short edges of the title and ink the cardstock with Tangerine, then ink the edges with Licorice
• Punch or diecut the text circles and ink them with Tangerine, Blueberry and Strawberry
• Ink the edges of the circles with Licorice
• Stamp Splatter over the title and text circles with Tangerine
• Burnish the Eeeek! ghost onto the background and emboss it with Top Boss White Embossing Powder
• Burnish the Spooky tree and pumpkins onto the background 
• Use the paintbrush to apply Sweet Orange, Fools Gold, Charcoal and Peridot Glitter to the design
• Tap off any loose grains of glitter, the emboss the tree with Top Boss Cocoa Bean Embossing Powder
• Assemble the layout, using foam dots for the text circles

Have fun with your Halloween layouts...that's what Halloween is all about!



Jean Okimoto
http://davebrethauer.typepad.com/inkollage/


P.S. As promised, we're posting the winner from our Made in the USA Blog Hop from yesterday. And the winner is... 


Reel Girl said...

Just finished the blog hop - great work! FABULOUS inspiration!

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011 9:37 PM 

Congrats! You are receiving a LIMITED EDITION 3 Color MADE IN USA Inkpad by ColorBox!! Please email jennifer.priest@clearsnapinc.com to claim your prize. Thanks everyone who hopped along and shared your Labor Day with us :)