Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Honesdale is Haunted

I got some new stamps from justjohanna and so I made some cards. This is one I can show you. The other one I made today is being submitted to a magazine.

The row of buildings here is called Honesdale. I also used the three sizes of bat stamps. The first thing I did was take a large jar lid and used it as a template for the moon. I held the lid down on the white cardstock and stippled VersaMagic ink in three different colors around the jar lid. Afterwards, I used the lightest color to stipple color in the moon.

Then I stamped the honesdale stamp near the bottom of the card. Since I wanted the buildings to look like they were in shadow, I colored them with my Prismacolor pencils in a darker shade of gray. I imagined that they all had lights on inside, so I colored the windows yellow and a light orange and then used my sparkle pen to add a little pizazz. I stippled the brown street area with VersaMagic ink. After all that was done, I started with the smallest bat, then medium bat and then large bat stamped with Versafine ink. That's it.

8 comments:

thimbles bobbins paper and ink said...

Oh how cool! I love how you've put this haunted Honesdale together. It is fantastic. Looking forward to seeing what you've submitted too! :)

Tami Bayer said...

Thats it? That's amazing is more like it! Your creative mind is such a cool place, thanks for the glimpse.

Julie Prichard said...
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Julie Prichard said...

This is an excellent card! I love the bats flying there....very very good. A+

Auntie Jill said...

I'm REALLY liking Honesdale! MUST HAVE! Thanks for sharing this awesome piece with us. I can't wait to see what you submitted.

Thanh Vo said...

This card is so debbie-licious! Why didnt you submit this too? I think I read on the shack that you thought it was too simple, hello im the queen of simple. I think it rocks.

Godelieve said...

Spooky!! I really love all you did here Debbie! Fantastic card!