Thursday, October 6, 2016

Make it Spooky

It's time for a new challenge at A Vintage Journey and this time Anne, our lovely hostess, has asked us to "Make it Spooky".  I have been loving the Alcohol Ink on Yupo Paper technique and have made my tag using that technique.  


This was lots of fun to make using Alcohol Ink to create the different colors for the background and then dropping yellow Alcohol Ink on top to create the moon.  I placed the Bat stencil from Karen Burniston on top and then removed some of the color using blending solution.  I wanted the haunted house from the Mini Halloween set by Tim Holtz to stand out so first I removed most of the background color by stamping and wiping off the Archival Ink while still wet.  I then went back in and stamped it again with black Archival.  I used my Misti tool for that process.  I die cut one tree from the All Seasons Tree set and placed it in the front.  To finish it off I used one of Tim's skeleton charms along with ribbon and twine.

Hope your October is Spooky,
S@ndy

14 comments:

  1. Alcohol Ink spookiness! LOVE the charm and love the whole scene. That moon is perfect! So fun and cool!

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  2. what a wonderfully spooky sky you created with your alcohol inks Sandy! The skull looks great backed with the orange! Julia xx

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  3. You achieved a really cool effect with the alcohol inks and yupo! Your colours are marvelous! And your scene is quite spooky :-) I love your tag!

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  4. What an amazing background you have created Sandy - it really does have that creepy, artistic feel! A great project for the spooky theme! Jennie x

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  5. Love this Sandy what a fabulous design and great technique for the Halloween feel, it certainly exudes that spooky atmosphere Anne asked for. Great job xxx

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  6. Great Halloween tag ! Sandy Love the moody night sky and the sense of distance you have created with the die cut tree.
    Have a lovely weekend x

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  7. I love this S@ndy, it is deliciously spooky with the haunted house, the fabulous moon and tree, the bats look beautifully eerie using the alcohol on Yupo technique. I adore your take on the spooky theme!! Hugs, Anne xx

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  8. Fabulous spooky tag Sandy and the perfect use of the techniques with the yupo and inks.

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  9. Love the eerie effect of the translucent alcohol inks - this is so clever!
    Alison x

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  10. Love your tag Sandy. Ha so real atmospheric feel to it. Clever idea . Tracy x

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  11. I never tire of this Yupo paper alcohol ink resist technique and you have mastered it here! I love the moon, the sky, the bats and that spooky house! Perfect tag for Halloween and love that embellishment you made! Hugs!

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  12. Love the way you created this fabulous Spooky Tag Sandy xx it looks amazing x wonderful background, spooky tree, shiny moon and haunted house. Brilliant

    Tfs and hugs xx

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  13. Fabulous Sandy, you have nailed the alcohol ink technique, this is wonderful! Deb xo

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  14. Knowing how hard it can be to created those alcohol ink backgrounds you've absolutely nailed this one Sandy!! Stormy, evil, bat infested and the perfect venue for your horror mansion. I could see this used for a film set! xx

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