Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween 2014 Blog Hop- Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 of the 31 Days of Halloween Blog Hop. As you know by now, I am participating in this month-long blog hop with some extremely talented artists.  The complete list of Wicked Bloggers (that's what we are called) are in my side bar.  There are lots of prizes in the daily scavenger hunt, and a Grand Prize worth over $300.

To see all of the rules and regulations for 31 Days of Halloween 2014, please visit THIS POST.
To see Scavenger Hunt winners from previous days, please visit THIS PAGE
My next project is a journal card-holding mini album from my Silhouette cut file.  This pic shows it put together and covered with the MME papers.  I used mini magnets to keep it closed.

 Here it is, spread open with the help of my creepy friend!

It will be a continuation throughout the month, as I fill it with more journal cards and embellish the pages.  Each day I will show you another "piece" of it until it is completed.

Each journal card measures 3"x5".  You could certainly make your own, but using the Silhouette just made it quicker and easier.  Here is my first journal card using a paper piecing technique.

I first stamped the moonlight witch with black StazOn ink onto yellow and grey CS.

I used a 1-3/4" circle punch to cut out the moon and adhered, aligning it with the bat's wings and witch.  I also stamped the image directly onto the journal card.  Next, I fussy cut witch on grey paper, and the broom on a separate scrap of grey paper.  Layer those, as shown.

I wanted to do something a bit different with my embossing folder, so I embossed it onto a piece of grey CS, hit the high spots with the black StazOn, which helped me to see where to fussy cut it out.

Add white pearl Pan Pastel on the journal card from the bottom up to about mid point before layering the graveyard scene at the bottom of the journal card.  It gives it that feeling of spooky mist in the graveyard.

Stamp "Life's a witch, then you fly!" onto white scrap paper with black StazOn.  Color with Peeled Paint, then cut each word out in a funky fashion, edging with Black Soot, and layered onto journal card.

Supplies:

Black card stock (CS)
Yellow CS; Orchid CS; Grey CS
My Mind's Eye (MME) 12x12 Haunted paper pad
Silhouette machine and cut file (mini album with tags)
Sin City Stamps Halloween Takes Flight stamp set
Quickutz Graveyard embossing folder
Distress Ink Pads:  Peeled Paint, Black Soot
IMAGINE Crafts Jet Black StazOn midi ink pad
1-¾" circle punch

Well, I'm last on the list of bloggers, so no need to send you to the next blogger unless you are skipping around.  In any case, have fun and I hope you are enjoying the hop.

Barbara Rankin