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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

For the Splitcoast Inspiration Challenge (IC775), we’re headed to the Eyelet Outlet. They have a lot of fun stuff & I chose THIS for my inspiration. Love all the coffee go cups!

I adore these new coffee cats from Rubbernecker. There’s also a matching die, but I didn’t use it for this. So cute! And the new background images are right up my alley because I love making my own backgrounds. For this card, I used the yellow, orange & cinnamon Color Fuse inks to sponge the gradient color down a white panel. Since it had so much ink on it, I used a heat gun to help dry it before putting it in my Misti & stamping the bg w/ the acorn Versaclair. The cute little coffee cat was also stamped w/ the acorn ink & I water colored it & added a ground line so it wouldn’t look like he was floating.

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Supplies:

RN Coffee Cats set 3330	RN Wavy Lines Bg 1356	RN Circle Stitch dies 5006D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Color Fuse Ink set #1
RN Color Fuse Ink set #2	RN Color Fuse Ink set #3	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Strathmore Water Color Paper 90#	RN Crossover II
MISTI	Versafine Clair ink	Watercolor pan set	Baker’s Twine

I made this card for the Color Challenge on Splitcoast (CC812). The colors are coral, curry & cinnamon. I don’t have any of today’s colors so I got as close as I could. Since I blended the coral color onto the yellow leaves it looks more orange than anything. All I can say about that Crushed Curry color is gee..I thought the Starfruit color was hideous & turns out curry makes it look a little better. So there’s that in the sort of plus column.
This card (or maybe it’s me) has problems..it’s totally a case of can’t see the forest for the trees. I’m working away putting all those teeny tiny leaves on there, arranging the pumpkins, etc. Then I see it..wonderful looking door to nowhere. No house (or else it’s a very, very narrow house, lol). This so reminds me of a trip my sis & I made to NC. On the way back, we saw a nice little house w/ a carport. The carport had a garage door. I still can’t figure that one out. It was still open on the other 3 sides. I guess that’s why this card is similar to that carport.

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Supplies:

RN Door w/ Steps die 5219D	RN Jack-o-Lanterns die 5334-06D	RN Tiny Leaves die 5162-04D	RN Pumpkins & Ivy die 5215-05D	RN Garden Tools die 5309-07DD
RN Wrought Iron Fence die 5215-07D	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	RN Color Fuse Ink set #2	RN Color Fuse Ink set #4	Staples 110# White Card Stock
AC color card stock	RN Crossover II