THE HORROR!

Hello again,

I have FOUR cards to share with you today using the new Kindred Stamps set "The Horror"! Now I normally don't get "into" the darker side of Halloween, but this set man... it brought my imagination to life.

I started with the murderous clown, it's hard to see with the lighting, but his outfit is colored in light shades of grey and blue. I added accents of red on his hair, shoes, and balloon. I finished him off with some Tonic Glossy drops. 

I added the orange chevron ribbon from American Crafts and mounted the card face onto an orange piece of cardstock. To finish it off, the "You're a scream" sentiment was stamped with Delicata Black ink.

Next, I played with the mummy! This guy is colored in about 12 shades of off-white/tan Copics. I used the Spiderweb stencil from Echo Park with Red VersaFine ink and Black Delicata ink to make my background.

If you know me, you know that I'm not a big fan of tags... they're hard for me to work with! But this one was perfect for this card. I topped it with an Echo Park enamel dot and stamped two of the sentiments in VersaFine Red ink, then I inked up my finger and smudged it around the outside of the tag. 

I backed both the tag and the card face with black card stock. Last, I took Studio Katia Clear Round Drops and colored a few with my black Copic, then placed the black and a few clear drops on the card.

My next card, I featured the pieced together man, AND the new Brick Stencil from Kindred Stamps! I used Distress Oxides in Candied Apple, Vintage Photo, Black Soot, and then softened the blend with Antique Linen to create my background on Kraft paper. 

My monster is colored in shades of green and gray Copics, with a touch of black. I mounted my brick paper onto a piece of Echo Park's Autumn paper stack. 

Again, I went for two sentiment, the built birthday sentiment I stamped in Delicata Black ink, and the "I love you to pieces" is stamped in a dark green VersaFine ink. Both are on banners from an old Stampin' Up kit. I finished the card off in off-white and black Echo Park enamel dots.

My last card, well, it's a labor of the mind! I recently found this house from Stampin' Up and it is kinda the perfect size for my Kindred Stamps people! It is colored with Copics, I then stamped the little walkway, using the rocks from SU set multiple times. My lawn is different shades of green, the sky is black and dark gray Copics. My murder is colored with Copics, and then I added Nuvo Glossy drops on the blood on the knife to make it glisten. 

My sentiment, I got super excited to use a round die for, don't ask me why, I just feel like no sentiments fit on them and got excited this did! Well the big white circle looked weird... so clearly I needed to "murder" it up. I took Catherine Pooler ink in a dark red and smeared my fingerprint across it a few times, then stamped the "Stab you're it" sentiment on it using VersaFine Claire in black. 

Apparently I have a sick mind... who knew!? I hope you enjoyed my take on "The Horror". 

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Thank you for visiting!

~R. Winn