Mike here with a cute Halloween card series using two of the new release Halloween stamps from the release on the 21st September on Hochanda.
I batch made 8 of these googly eyed giggle cards using the new Skull & Cracked Glass stamps.
The cards are A6 in size, a perfect fit for these new stamps. I created 8 black A6 card bases and cut 8 pieces of Perfect White Stamping Card at a slightly smaller size to allow for a black border all the way around.
Using my stamp press and some Jet Black Archival ink I stamped out 8 of the skulls, one on each piece of the white stamping card.
Next, I stamped out a 9th on printer paper and cut out with scissors to act as a mask.
Laying the mask over each skull I used a combination of light green, orange and purple inks to blend colours around the outside of the card making sure the mask stayed in position.
I repeated the same process for all 8 of skull card fronts.
Once all 8 had the colour around the edges I took the Cracked Glass stamp, once again masking off the skull, and stamped in two opposite corners using the Jet Black Archival ink.
I repeated the process on all 8 of the card fronts.
Next taking a spooky bat pattern stencil I added the same black ink through the stencil in the two remaining empty corners.
Next, I printed out an insert for the cards using my computer, then cut to fit the inside of the card base. I then glued the insert into the inside of each card.
For a final touch, using some glue, I stuck googly eyes onto each of the skulls eye sockets!
Adding the googly eyes turns the skull image from being a bit scary into a fun Halloween giggle!
I then teamed up each card with a C6 black envelope ready to post out to friends around the world.
I hope you like this simple one layer inked and stamped Halloween card, it's so easy and fun to create and you can make quite a few in a very short amount of time!
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