Newton’s Nook Designs Halloween Release and Giveaway – Day 2 – Ghostly Good Times & Spooky Line Stencil 

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of the Newton’s Nook Halloween release! Thanks so much for joining me today! I’m so excited to introduce you all the stunning new products that the NND Design Team and I will be sharing throughout this week!

Please note that all the new Halloween products will be available for purchase on Thursday, September 14th at Newton’s Nook Designs online store and other craft retailers!

Today the Design Team and I are sharing our take on the new absolutely adorable Ghostly Good Times Stamp Set filled with the spooky cat and dog illustrations plus some additional small stamps to complete the Halloween scenes! In case you’re interested, there’s the coordinating Ghostly Good Times Die Set. Then comes a fantastic Spooky Line Stencil that allows to ink quick and easy scenes!

Giveaway alert!! NND is giving away new Ghostly Good Times Stamp Set to a lucky winner so make sure you read all the way to the bottom of this post to see how to win!

When I saw this fabulous ghostly set, I immediately decided to try to heat emboss the illustrations in white on vellum instead of stamping them on a white paper and add colors. I created a dark night sky background that would be visible through the vellum layer. I kept the scene quite simple, just highlighting the cute illustrations, and as a final twist added some fun googly eyes!

Key Ingredients:

• Ghostly Good Times Stamp Set
• Ghostly Good Times Die Set
• Clouds Stencil

Step By Step Instructions:

• Heat emboss in white onto thick vellum the ghosts, using VersaMark clear sticky ink and Hero Arts White Embossing Powder. Don’t forget to prep the vellum with a Powder Tool Applicator to prevent the embossing powder to stick where you don’t want it!
• Heat emboss in gold onto Neenah Solar White paper the Moon and the stars, using VersaMark clear sticky ink and Ranger Super Fine Gold Embossing Powder. Once again: don’t forget to prep the vellum with a Powder Tool Applicator to prevent the embossing powder to stick where you don’t want it!
• Heat emboss in white onto black the sentiment, using VersaMark clear sticky ink and Hero Arts White Embossing Powder.
• Color the Moon and the starts with COPIC MARKERS. I used: Y000-Y11-Y13-Y15-YR24.
• Trim and score an extended A2 size card base (5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″) from Neenah Solar White paper. I used Tim Holtz Maxi Guillotine Trimmer and Mini Score Board.
• Ink the card front with Distress inks, using Clouds Stencil and the blending brushes. I picked:
  • Blueprint Sketch Oxide ink;
  • Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink;
  • Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide ink;
  • Black Soot Distress ink.
• Splatter the inked background with some tiny dots of a pearlescent solution and a white gouache.
• Arrange and glue in place all the elements on the card front by:
  • using Therm O Web Tiny Clear Adhesive Dots for the cat and dog;
  • using Xyron Create-A-Sticker Dispenser for the small ghosts;
  • using a foam tape for the Moon and the stars.
• Finish by adding the googly eyes with a liquid adhesive with a clear matte finish like Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue.

Would you like to win the “Ghostly Good Times” Stamp Set? This stamp set will be given away to ONE lucky winner!

Here’s how to win: Comment on the NND blog and Design Team blogs (see list below)! The winner will be chosen at random from the collective reveal posts. Make sure to check out each of their blogs and comment for your chance to win. You will not know which blog has been chosen so the more you comment on the better your chances are of winning! You have until Thursday September 14th at 9pm ET to comment  — winners will be announced on the NND blog post on Friday, September 15th.

Check out all the awesome Design Team Blogs below to enter:
Newton’s Nook Designs
Ellen Haxelmans
Larissa Heskett
Samantha Mann
Diane Morales
Farhana Sarker
Tatiana Trafimovich <– you’re here
Amanda Wilcox

That’s all for today! Hope you like this fun ghostly card! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous day!
Hugs,
Tatiana