Halloween Tag by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Friends!

Tasha here sharing a not-so-scary Halloween Tag featuring the super cute 5487 - Front Porch Halloween Set and 5132 - Tag Stitched Dies. I love making Fall and Halloween projects, but do not like scary things, so this stamp set is perfect for me.

 For the Tag, I started by stenciling a purple brick background before attaching the door image. After the background was done, I embossed the word "Boo" on to the door and attached a branch to each side of the Tag. I love the spooky branches!

To decorate, I stamped several images with black ink and used the includes dies to cut them out before coloring. I used green, orange, and purple shades for the coloring to stick with the Halloween theme and keep the card bright. Purple and green is one of my favorite color combinations!

Lastly, I embossed "Happy Haunting!" on to the bottom of the card and drew in little spider webs on the door image. I also added black, green, and orange thread to bring in more color and to use to tie the Tag on to a gift bag.

I hope you enjoyed today's project and are inspired to create a fun Halloween Tag this Fall!

Have a great day!

Halloween Journal Inside Cover by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Last week I shared the covers for my three Halloween Journals.

Today, I'm sharing the inside of the cover.  I created it with our current Tag, You're It! challenge here on the blog.  You can join the challenge here.

For Dominick's journal I used the fox from 5352 – Halloween Critters Set.
The tags are all from 5132 – Tag Stitched Dies.

My original plan was to have two long tags and have them say Happy Hallloween but it was too long.  I improvised and ended up with All Hallows Eve.

The letters were cut using 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.  All of the images on the thin tags are from 5487 – Front Porch Halloween Set.

Next up is Makena's journal.  On hers, I showed how I'll put a little cash in the journal for them.  This time I used the bunny from the Halloween Critters. 

I used the little pocket from the 5589 – Journal Pocket Die Set

I used some of the papers from 5605 – Halloween Journal Paper Pack.

Here's my final journal.  This one has the owl from the Halloween Critters set.

All three journals were created using the 5543 – Journal Template Die Set.

I hope you're enjoying my journal so far and that
you'll play along in our Tag, You're It challenge!

Click HERE to see my cover pages of these three journals.

Copics used:

YG91, YG93. Y02, Y19, YR16, YG06, E35, BV00, BV11, BV13, N0, T2, W4

TT Gray, TT Pale Rose
Black Micron Marker

Trio of Halloween Journals by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

It's almost spooky season and so I'm beginning a little project now because I know it'll take me a while.  I'm making some Halloween journals for my kids.  I'm beginning with the cover but then I'll be skipping around a bit.  When they're finished,  I'll show you them in order from front to back.
There will be 3 journals in all, one for Art Impressions and one for each of my kids. Each one will be very similar and yet completely unique.

For Dominick and Makena's, I personalized them by adding their names with the 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.  I also added the name Jackson's to the sign post because that's a famous pumpkin farm just down the road from us that they've gone to since they were babies.

My kids are grown now, but they've loved Halloween since they were little.  My plan is to put a GC and a little cash in here for them.  They're also each getting a Halloween Tea Towel and probably a favorite candy. Though you can't tell in the pictures, the stars are cut out of glittery white paper.

I colored in the negative space in between the skeleton's bones to make him pop more.
I hope you're inspired to give the Ai Journals a try.  They're so fun and can be personalized for any theme or person that you wish.  The possibilities are endless.

5543 – Journal Template Die Set (for journal)

5408 – ShadowBox Window Die (window frame)
M5051 – Haunted House Window (under window frame)
5456 – Spooky Wagon Set (pumpkin, ghost and BOO sign)
5457 – Christmas Truck Set (blank sign "Jackson's" and star die)
5562 – Journal Letter Die Set (for names)
5487 – Front Porch Halloween Set (skeleton)
Sakura Pigma Micron 05 – Pigment Fineliners – 0.45mm (to write Jackson's and fill in space between skeleton bones)
Memento Ink Pad (to stamp all images)
4773 – Acrylic Block 5 Pack (Variety) (to stamp smaller images, larger images were stamped on my Stamp Perfect)

Copics used:

100, Y02, Y19, Y23, YR16, E35, T2, YG06,
YG91, YG93, B12, B95, BV00, BV11, BV13