Halloween Fun Owl by Jil Lebel

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I had to fit in one last Halloween card with this adorable owl from the Happy Meow-lloween Set 4786. I has a candy pail and is reaching for candy so I had to do something a bit different with it.  I decided to make a background with the small piece of candy that came in the set.  We used to do this all the time before we had patterned paper available.

Randomly stamp the candies all over your Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth card stock with a Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink because it's Alcohol Ink Friendly.  Color in the candies.  I used my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Ink markers because they are inexpensive and I love how they blend.  I'll list the colors at the bottom of the post.  Cut your paper out using the All Prettied Up Die From Mama Elephant. Stamp the owl on a separate piece of the same paper and color and cut out leaving a small border of white if you like that look.

Create the background on a piece of Canson XL Cold Press XL Watercolor paper.  Sponge on Four color of Distress Oxide Inks using the Tim Holtz Round blending foams. Start in the top corner with Fossilized Amber using a circular sweeping motion.  Next come in with Spiced Marmalade Using the same motion next to the Spiced Marmalade blending the two together a little.  Your next color will be Wilted Violet and your last color you use will be Black Soot.  As you go through the colors blend them into each other using the previous color for smooth transitions.  Once you have your background to your liking.  Spray it with large drops of water using the Distress Sprayer or use your hands. After about 30 seconds pat the water off with a paper towel. Add some drops of Perfect Pearl Spray and let it air dry.  

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Happy Meow-lloween

Hello Ai fans!

I told you this in my last post, I love Halloween!  I also love bats and cats.  With all of that being said, you might have guessed that the Meow-lloween Set 4786 was practically made for me. I has three main images and several greetings.  I just had to make a shaker card with it!

It was quite difficult to get a picture of this card.  The acetate and sequins we giving me a hard time.

I stamped my image onto Strathmore 140 Lb. Watercolor paper with a Jet Black Archival ink pad using my Mini Misti.  I then colored it using my Marvy LePlume II markers.  Colors will be listed below.  I scribbled the markers  onto my Ai Watercolor Palette & picked then up with my WC #4 brush and a small amount of water.
The greeting is stamped onto a flag banner with Versamark Watermark ink and embossed with a Stampendous PearLustre Orange embossing powder.

I made this into a shaker card using Stampendous heat resistant acetate that I glued behind the black die cut layer with glossy accents.  I applied a layer of black foam tape around the opening.  Be sure to have a complete seal when you're making a shaker card so nothing falls out.  I added three colors of translucent 5 mm sequins and tiny yellow stars before I attached everything together like a sandwich.

I used a retired paper collection called Eerie from Basic Grey.

I used very few Marvy LePlume II Markers for this card.
Bat - Black 1

Cat - Rosewood 30, Brown 6

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