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For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC776), we are headed to Halloween Costumes. Some really spooky stuff there & I was inspired by THIS picture.

For my spooky scene, I die cut the grey bg & all the crows, bats, tree & owl out of black. The moon is just a largish yellow circle & I sponged some orange ink around the edges. The white fence & tombstones were die cut & I wrote RIP on a few of them & added cracks to others (these are all part of the Spooky House die) . I had a sponged piece of yellow/orange & die cut the pumpkin out of it. For the clouds at the top, I sponged on some picket fence Distress ink on the edges in order to have them show up a little more. Then it was just a matter of piecing everything all together. The only stamping on this was the greeting & I sponged the edges of it, too. The eyes were added on the crows & bats using a white Posca paint pen.

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Supplies:

RN Boo Frickety Hoo 475-06	RN Bats & Spiderwebs die 5216-01D	RN Spooky House die 5216-05D	RN Slimline Nested Stitch dies 5326D	RN Slimline Clouds die 5328-01D
RN Slimline Grass die 5328-02D	RN Scarecrow die 5216-04D	RN Pumpkins & Ivy die 5215-05D	RN Owl & Halloween Tree die 5334-07D	RN Color Fuse Ink set #2
Versafine Clair ink	Distress Inks	AC color card stock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Posca Paint Pen

It’s my pleasure to guest host the Watercolor Wednesday Challenge (WCW018) on Splitcoast. The technique I chose is Watercolor on embossed paper. I thought it looked interesting but easy enough for everyone.

Since I wanted to make a Halloween card, I chose a couple of Halloween themed embossing folders to go w/ my cute little die cut owl. I embossed the large bg w/ the wordy folder then followed the instructions on the video using bright, Halloween colors of my Peerless watercolors. After it dried, I thought the words didn’t really pack the punch I wanted so I inked the inside of the folder w/ black soot Distress oxide ink & embossed the watercolored bg again. Much better! Now the words really show up.

I did the same for the little orange Wicked strip & perched my owl on it.

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Supplies:

RN Build an Owl die 5335-01D	RN Build an Owl Halloween Add Ons die 5335-02D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Sun Moon die 5147-07D	Distress Oxide Inks
Sizzix Halloween embossing folders 657465	Sizzix Halloween debossing folders 660045	Peerless Watercolor sheets set	Staples 110# White Card Stock	AC color card stock
Canson Water Color Paper 140#	RN Crossover II

Congrats to Kelly, the newest Featured Stamper (FS705) on Splitcoast! She has a wonderful gallery & I chose THIS card to case. I kept the big feather but used different images & dies & made mine a rainbow feather instead of monochrome. 

For my card, I used only one part of a two part, watercolor image. Instead of using the watercolor part, I opted to color my feather in using Copics. I really like the almost zentangle look of this feather & thought it would look great w/ a rainbow of colors filling it in. The stitched frame was stamped using 3 light colors of ink & a few gems were added along w/ the greeting underneath. 

Here are the Copics I used on the feather.(That’s a YG09 at the bottom, in case you can’t see it.)

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Supplies:

 

RN Watercolor Feather 1132	RN Simply 1319-18	RN Stitched Frame 1101-02	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Color Fuse Ink set #6
RN Color Fuse Ink set #9	RN Color Fuse Ink set #11	Memento Inks	Copic Sketch Markers	RN Crossover II
X-Press It Blending Card	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Rhinestones