Today our thoughts are with Julie, her mom and her family. Please continue to include them in your prayers and positive thoughts as they move forwards with their fight against breast cancer. This hits so close to home with the recent loss of my own sweet mom. I would like to take this opportunity to encourage you to please be vigilent in your own health care. As well, please encourage those who are older who may think they are past the point of ever getting breast cancer to do the same.
We are thankful for the support of so many friends during this time as colleagues step forward to stand beside us in their support of Julie and our team here at Ellen Hutson LLC. The creativity continues on and we hope that we can bring a smile to your faces through this time.
So without further ado I would like to thank Jean Manis for coming to our aid today to bring you a spectacular and boo-ti-ful Halloween card!
I am a very lucky lady to have Jean located right here in Issaquah. When Jean walks through the door Jasper (my little furry mascot who lives to "go to work" --- yep he gets SO excited to come here because he knows he is going to be the center of almost every conversation when someone walks through our front door) rolls over for some fabulous belly scratches. Jean and I talk techniques, trends, industry news and family.
Not only is Jean a wonderful friend, but she is a very talented designer. Her clean, simple style has evolved over the last couple of years and it is a huge honor to have her share her project with everyone today. Her blog right as rain is filled with creative and inspiring projects - please head over and leave a comment or two on the beautiful projects she has created and shared there.
Thank you Jean for sharing with us here in the CLASSroom today; thank you so much for your friendship and support! Please help us thank Jean by sharing a comment for her below :) -Ellen
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. As a child and with my own children, I especially enjoyed trick-or-treating. There was something so powerful about the dark, the crunching leaves underfoot, and the glowing jack-o-lanterns on the doorsteps. It was only natural that I’d be drawn to the cute Trick or Treaters die cuts from Memory Box!
I wanted to create an easily-assembled Halloween scene and die cuts make that possible. Because of the size of the Trick or Treaters, I added elements to the card that wouldn’t overwhelm the figures. The gate and fence serve as a backdrop for the duo and help ground them. I took some artistic license with the bats, which would be huge if I was being realistic, silhouetted by a die cut moon. The Trick or Treaters and bats are adhered with foam squares to add some depth.
The background paper, cut with a square die, allows the black card base to create a frame for the scene. I heat embossed a sentiment from the versatle Hero Arts stamp set, which has a font style that echoes the font in the background paper.
Although I kept my card simple with solid colors, it would be easy to add some bling. For example, the bats and witch figure could be cut from American Crafts Pow! Glitter Paper. Ellen had a great idea to add Distress Embossing Powder in Spiced Marmalade to the die cut jack o’ lantern for texture.
I use Glossy Accents for adhering small die cut pieces; it dries clear and fast. While holding the die cut piece with the tweezers, I carefully applied the Glossy Accents on key points on the die cuts that were applied directly to the card background.
