Today I wanted to share with you a spooky Halloween card using the From the Crypt stamp set and the Wicked Fun Specialty DP.  It’s funny because although I never really give out Halloween cards, I really do like to make them.

Here’s how I made today’s card:

1. Take a 4 1/4″ x 11″ piece of Crumb Cake CS (formerly called Kraft CS) and fold it in half with a bone folder to create a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ card.
2. Drag a Basic Black Classic ink pad along all the edges of the card to give them an inky, distressed look.
3. Center and stick a 3 3/4″ x 5″ piece of Rich Razzleberry DP from the Wicked Fun Specialty DP collection onto a 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Basic Black CS.
4. Cut a 2″ x 5 1/4″ piece of Spooky DP from the Wicked Fun Specialty DP collection and drag a Basic Black Classic ink pad along the left and right 2″ edges.
5. Stick this along the top of the 4″ x 5 1/4″ piece of DP.
6. Lay a 5″ piece of the black Raven lace trim across the Spooky DP so that the top edge of the lace is slightly above the bottom edge of the Spooky DP. Bring the ends of the lace around to the back of the CS and stick them down with SNAIL adhesive.
   
7. Lay a 5″ piece of Basic Black 5/8″ Grosgrain ribbon across the Spooky DP so that the bottom edge is aligned with the bottom edge of the Spooky DP. It should cover the top edge of the lace trim.  Bring the ends of the ribbon around to the back of the CS and stick them down with SNAIL adhesive.
8. Center and stick the matted and decorated DP piece to the card front.
9. Temporarily stick a 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ piece of Crumb Cake CS to your grid paper using re-positionable Dotto adhesive.  Using a Stamp-a-ma-jig, center and stamp the “Spooky” greeting at the bottom of the Crumb Cake CS piece in Basic Black Classic ink. Keep holding the T-tool from the Stamp-a-ma-jig in place, re-ink the greeting and stamp over the first greeting.  Sometimes when stamping on darker colors of CS (really anything other than white or vanilla), dark colors aren’t as crisp and bold when stamped only once.  I typically re-ink the stamp and stamp over the image as many times as necessary to achieve the depth of color I desire.
10. Using a Stamp-a-ma-jig and Basic Black Classic ink, stamp the skull image onto the Crumb Cake CS piece just above the image. You may need to re-ink the stamp and stamp the image over several times.
11. Center and stick the stamped Crumb Cake CS piece onto a 2 5/8″ x 3 5/8″ piece of Basic Black CS.
12. Lay the matted image piece onto a foam mat and pierce a hole through the center of each of the skull’s eyes.  Insert a medium clear rhinestone brad into each hole and open up the prongs at the back.
13. Stick the matted image to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
14. Punch two bats out of Basic Black CS using the Bitty Bat punch.  Temporarily stick the punched bats to a scrap of CS with Dotto adhesive.  Pat a VersaMark pad all over the bats.  Sprinkle on Heat and Stick powder and then melt it with a heat tool.  Sprinkle some fine black glitter from the Fine Galaxy glitter collection all over the bats.  Heat with a heat tool to set.
    
15. Stick the bats to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  You’re done!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card.

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Stamps: From the Crypt, Wicked Cool
Ink: VersaMark ink, Basic Black Classic ink
Paper: Crumb Cake CS, Basic Black CS, Wicked Fun Specialty DP
Accessories: SNAIL adhesive, Heat and Stick powder, heat tool, Fine Galaxy Glitter, Clear Rhinestone brads, Raven lace trim, 5/8″ Basic Black Grosgrain ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stamp-a-ma-jig

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