This week’s Create with Connie and Mary blog hop theme is “Spooky Forest”!  I love the tree die in Aspen Trees and combined it with the new Bag of Bones Dies!  I also added a spooky night sky by blending inks on Basic White cardstock!

BAG OF BONES

Stampin’ Details:

• The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Misty Moonlight cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded to form the base card.
• The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic White cardstock was colored with Lot Lagoon, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy and Blackberry Bliss Inks using the Blending Brushes and added to the front.
• The moon was punched with the 1-1/2″ Circle Punch from Basic White cardstock and lightly brushed with Misty Moonlight Ink, then stamped with the single bat in Memento Black Ink.  It was adhered towards the top of the night sky background.
• The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Basic Black cardstock was cut with the Aspen Tree Die and adhered on front of the night sky layer.
• The tombstone from the Bag of Bones Dies was cut from Basic Gray cardstock and stamped with the Bag of Bones greeting in Memento Black Ink.
• The pile of bones was cut from Basic White cardstock and adhered at the bottom of the tombstone.  The tombstone was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• The skeleton was cut from the Them Bones Designer Paper and added behind the tombstone with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• A trio of Glow in the Dark Bats were added to the background.

 

My oldest grandson will get a big kick out of this card for Halloween!  OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Connie and Mary website, then on to creative Mary Brown, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

 

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:
Stamps:  Bag of Bones
Inks:  Lost Lagoon, Misty Moonlight, Night of Navy, Blackberry Bliss, Memento Black
C/S:  Basic White, Basic Black, Misty Moonlight, Basic Gray, Them Bones Designer Paper
Accessories:  Bag of Bones Dies, Aspen Tree Dies, 1-1/2 Circle Punch, Glow in the Dark Bats & Ghosts, Adhesives

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