It’s Thursday and time to play with the Pals at Pals Paper Arts! This week our challenge is one of my favorites…Halloween! I decided to fore go something cute in lieu of something a little more creepy. So I inked up the “Poison” sentiment from the new set, “Piece of Poison”, found in the Holiday Mini and pulled out the Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper with its coordinating Quick Accents. I then set to work brewing up this vintage potion. I hope you have your antidote ready for this elixir! Enjoy “Poison for the Pals”!
The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips: Vintage Halloween
- Dazzling Details! What could be better than glitter glue to easily add sparkly details! I outlined the flourish on the Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper with Stampin’ Up!’s new Dazzling Details. It’s so easy!
- Pop up the “P”! After adding Dazzling Details and Cajun Craze highlights, the “P” in the Poison sentiment was snipped out and popped atop Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Pearls! The vote is in, and the “eyes” have it! I could not pass up “pearl-eyezing” the Skull, as well as the Antique Brad and card base corners.
- Rosette! A 1″ x 12″ strip of Pick Your Poison Designer Series Paper was scored every 1/4th of an inch using the fabulous Simply Scored Tool. A First Edition Scallop Circle, distressed and crumpled, tops it off. (It does look like my rosette is a little crooked, and unfortunately I gave the card away and can’t fix it and re-photograph. I hate it when that happens. Arghhh!)
- Vintage Touches! Even Halloween cards can go vintage. Curl the corners! Distress the edges! Add a snippet of tea-stained Victoria Lace! And how did I achieve such wonderful tea stains? By using the Tea Stain Ink Spot and the Flat Stamp from the Distressing Essentials kit.
Stamp Set: Piece of Poison (W 123752, C 123754—Holiday Mini); Ink: Jet Black StazOn (101406), Soft Suede (115657), Cajun Craze Stampin’ Write Marker (119681); Designer Series Paper: Pick Your Poison (124001—Holiday Mini), Pick Your Poison Quick Accents (124263—Holiday Mini), First Edition (121878); Card Stock: Naturals Ivory (101849), Basic Black (121045); Tools: Simply Scored (122334), Big Shot (113439), Top Note Die (113463), Paper Snips (103579), Corner Rounder (119871), 1-3/4″ Scallop Circle Punch (119854), Seven Sided Tool/Cutter Kit (106958), Distressing Essentials (118762), Sponge Dauber (102892); Glitz and Glam: Basic Pearls (119247), Dazzling Details (124117—Holiday Mini), Victoria Crochet Trim (118481), Basic Gray 1-1/4″ Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (125061), Antique Brads (117273)
Extremly creepy! Love how you put pearls on a halloween card….I wouldn’t of thought of that…yet it works spookinly! 🙂
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Cute-sy Halloween card! I always love the pearls!
Fantastic card! The glitter glue is fabulous, and only you could make pearls work on a Halloween card LOL!!!! You are endlessly creative and I always love to see what you’ve come up with each week!
Ok, so I popped by the PPA today and wondered exactly how I missed this beauty when i visited your blog earlier! This is shabby-spooky-chic! Yup, it’s a new term and you , my friend, have created a masterpiece! Who knew pearls could be scary? As always, your details are beyond amazing, Ann! You need to start casting some “creative spells” on to the rest of us by waving that Color Spritzer around in the air! Bibbity-bobbity- BOO! 😉
I absolutly LOVE your card. Unfortunately Halloween is not very popular in Germany. I always try to talk my kids into celebrating Halloween parties, but they don´t want to 🙁 So I don´t have no excuse anymore for buying halloween stamps and designer paper. Too bad.
As always wonderful work (do you ever make bad cards?) When I saw the DSP I thought how can that be used, well you showed me. TFS
Love the pearls in the corner! Great idea!
Gorgeous but scary!! I’m more of a “cute” rather than scary Halloween girl, lol!
Who knew that a Halloween card look so beautiful! My gosh Ann,you certainly put a lot of work into this card and it shows. I love the way that you curled the edges of your your DP, the flower that you made and the pearls that you added. You are such an inspiration. 🙂
Mary
Great card, Ann! Kathy in az.
Fabulous vintage halloween card. Love all the details you put into the card. I am not fond of halloween but you crafted it to your stampin’ schach. Thank you.
Your card is fabulously creepy! I love the destressing instead of cute too. I see your touch of elegance in it too. *smile* Hugs,
I’m glad to see some creepy Halloween cards too. It has a place in our holiday creations.
Spooky/sweet? Whatever! I just couldn’t figure out how you wuold use the crocheted ribbon in this but it works and that tea staining is just really cool on this card. Those eyes of pearl are sort of haunting – what color are newt’s eyes – black? I love the corners curled up with the pearls. I am still not decided on the skull and such. Thank goodness you didn’t bling the rat yet in the set. I have had two live bats in our house the last two weeks so I am a bit tired of spooky and such. Fun card!
Chris R. from Iowa
The pearls in the skull head make it that much more creepy!!! Great job!
That skeleton’s eyes seems to be glowing as it’s lookin’ at me! Very cool design!
Mike
Wow! Totally caught me off guard. LOL Masterfully done…and creepy, too!
Well I am right. It is a Halloween card. Very different take on Halloween but it’s beautiful!!
He has Bette Davis eyes…………and I love the P in Poison! Terrific Halloween card!
Your card is amazing. It always intrigues me how you can always work those pearls in…and they look good! Great job.
Diane G.
You just made me love Halloween even more! The curled corners, tea-stained lace, pearlized eyes, glitter, and popped-up P all make for an awesome Halloween card.
Oh I love this, so fun! I thought it might be a Halloween card.
I love your card. Pearls on a Halloween card? Yes, if its Ann’s.
Fabulous!!!
Babe
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Another wonderful card, Ann! Love all the extra Ann details and the DD on the designer paper, really adds dimension and life. Feels like he is intensely watching us!! Hugs
Ann this is fabulous. Love the highlighted “P”… and those pearls used as eyes… Wowzer! Love the tea stained rosette. how cool is that!
PS: Going to make a card to play along, but it has to “grandbaby friendly”…. Hugs.
Great card, I love all this look!
Definitely creeply…….but perfect for Halloween! Love all the layers. (And your Rosette is just fine!)
Great Halloween Card, pearls and glitter for halloween, who would ever had thought!! The eyes just pop out.
I’m creeped out by the most boo-tiful skeleton ever! Thanks for sharing this masterpiece, Ann!
I think this is absolutely terrific! One of the greatest Halloween cards I’ve ever seen, thanks to all of your amazing details. Yay!
Fooled me on this one ~ love all the bling! So. much. goodness in this fabulous Halloween card.
Love the “creepy” vintage look. You always come up with the most unique ideas…keep them coming!
Ladonna
SPOOKY Beautiful !!!!!
Love the Halloween idea of poison with pearls!
What a perfect Halloween card. Love the use of DSP.
Hugs, M
I don’t get into Halloween – at all! But this card really gave me lots of great ideas and reminders…like using the “flat stamp” & distressing inks….I forget I have them. & popping up that first letter!! Wow, Ann, you just keep “raising the bar” on creativity. Thanks!
Ann, what a wonderful Halloween card. The Dazzling Details really add to the flourishes and make them stand out. I like your use of pearls for the eyes
Great card Ann! Love the vintage feel.
Ann your flower is sensational! I love your use of pearls, always.
All your elements work so well together to create an amazing Halloween card. Just fabulous! Dar
Great card! Fabulous details.
You constantly amaze me with your creative ideas! Love how you popped up the “P” and I would not have thought of pearls on a Halloween card! This is one of the many reasons I enjoy following your blog. Thanks so much for sharing.
What a great Halloween card! Love how you did the “P”. Of course I also love the pearls.
Love this vintage Halloween card, another winner, it is “perfectly poisoned” LOL, love it!
Love that you always find a way to add a little bling. I never think to turn up the corner and add a few pearls….love this card
Ann, this is such a beautiful card. The only thing scary about it are those pearly eyes. They look like they are looking right through you…I love the glitter glue, nice touch.
hugs
Darlene-Joy
This is so cute. Love the skull eyes, lol. And I could not tell your Rosette was crooked, it’s fabulous.
I didn’t know poisonous could be so chic! Love this card! Thanks for sharing!
Positively poisonous! I love this vintagey Halloween and the inspiration photo is so sweet!
This is definitely a creepy vintage Halloween card! Popping up the “P” is the perfect touch and cajun craze adds to the vintage flair. I don’t know how you do it, but you do it perfectly card after amazing card!
I’m going to need you to come hold me now. The eyes of that skull are scary!!! Great job on this one; vintage, pearls, and Halloween! Oh my!
wonderful card
Gorgeous! As usual!! I’m loving the medallion and guess I’ll have to get the Simply Scored tool. The Poison suite was not on my “gotta get” list, but it is now!
WOW, another fabulous creation! I love all the details. Who would have thought putting Poison, lace and pearls together for Halloween?
Hauntingly Beautiful!
Wow! Super card! Love the use of pearls for eyes in the skull and Love the popped-up “P”! Spectacular touches!
Absolutely love this card. Who thought Halloween could be so elegant? Love all of the details.
Only you could bring poison and elegance together! LOL! It really is a great card. Wonderful job!
Wow…this was a “treat”. I love how this card used the set Poison and it’s not creepy looking!
Of course it had to have pearls or it just wouldn’t be a card made from Ann Schach!!!
I’m never disappointed by your cards, this one continues to be fabulous, love all the details
So cute!
Wonderful Halloween card.
ColleenB.