Sunday, October 26, 2014

if you thought ♥PINK CHRISTMAS♥ was a stretch...

...howsabout PINK HALLOWEEN*???!?! that's the current challenge at the sisterhood of snarky stampers, and it's a doozie, don't you think?! technically, it's called "H is for Hopeful Halloween" and you can choose between making a breast cancer awareness themed project OR a halloween project... but... if you choose halloween it has to be MOSTLY PINK!!! i have to admit this one even gave me pause, and there are not alllllll that many crafters who love pink as much as i do! but eventually, i came up with this:

haunted house cut from some dcwv patterned paper; tombstones etc fashioned from doodlebug and 7 gypsies scraps; moon and background created using artist's loft watercolor paints on strathmore watercolor paper... then stamped with rhonna farrer flourishes using ranger archival ink; other stamps: purple onion text + tim holtz crackle pattern; sentiment** and bats drawn with faber castell pitt pens in medium, superfine and extrasuperfine and shadowed with a grey tombow marker; gems: recollections; adhesives: staples brand gluetape runner, 3m foam tape

i took my cue from a couple of the (awesome!) SoSS design team projects, in which the designers used pretty traditional halloween images, but used pink where a more traditional rendition would most likely have gone with orange or gold. after that, it was pretty easy! the only fiddly bit came after i decided to color the plain white windows of the patterned paper haunted house a sort of orangey yellow. i actually finished and assembled the whole card and went to bed, thinking i was done.


the next morning, when i saw it again, i found the window color just completely jarring. luckily i realized that it would not be that hard to affix small pieces of pink patterned paper over each of the windows. so that's what i did. it took a while to cut allllllllll those little suckers out and fasten them on, but i definitely think it was worth the effort!



and now i hope you will check out the amazing projects at SoSS and consider linking up your own ♥PINK HALLOWEEN♥ masterpiece before noon on friday, october 31st!!!

*yes, i will at some point get back to a normal schedule in which projects that are NOT pink get made and shared, i promise!!! :)

**i've been looking at, reading about, and practicing hand-lettering all summer, and this blog post is one of the best ones i've found for creating "faux" calligraphy; the secret is to write the whole phrase in your THINNEST pen, leaving some extra space around the letters; then fill in just your downstrokes with a thicker line. easy, peasy!

17 comments:

  1. Love this pink Halloween card. Is there really a "sisterhood of snarky stampers?" sounds like an interesting group!

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  2. Great job! I think the pink windows look better too-- thanks for showing the "before." Interesting to see the difference. I recognized your 7 Gypsies # paper-- I have some too. Whatever happened to that co? They haven't had new paper out since last year that I've seen anyway.

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  3. I'm certain that this will definitely be the newest trend...pink Halloween. I love it.

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  4. Sometimes the fiddly bits make all the difference. Those windows sure do! I love pink for any holiday. Okay, maybe not St. Patrick's or 4th of July, but just about any other one!

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  5. You made the pink rock for Halloween! Love it!

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  6. Absolutely awesome card! I love the patterned windows and all the pink! Your calligraphy is gorgeous...thanks for the site info on that. Thanks for joining our pink fun at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

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  7. this is pretty much the *BEST* pink Halloween card i've ever seen (and, no, it's not the only one) - the pink windows were absolutely the right call!

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  8. YES YES YES!!!!
    You rocked pink Halloween! And I love the pink pattern paper windows!!
    Thanks for playing along with the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for the Hopeful Halloween challenge!!

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  9. Wowsers what a fabulous card, love everything about it and couldn't pick one thing that was more awesome than the next. I too love PINK and my fav. Purple. Thanks for playing along with us at the Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers H is for Hopeful Halloween challenge.

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  10. This is terrific! Pink and spooky and fun! Your hand-drawn bats and lettering are amazing. Thanks for joining the fun at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

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  11. This challenge had you all over it, Lauren!! The pink windows are AMAZING! And even more amazing is that beautifully done sentiment! *sigh* this just makes me happy!

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  12. Pink Halloween, but of course!!!! I do like the pink windows, too. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks about cards in their sleep.

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  13. I bow down to the Halloween master! You not only did pink Halloween, but you completely rocked it girl!! I love every bit of this deliciously pink card! Super well done!

    Thank you for joining us at The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for our 'H is for Hopeful Halloween' challenge! Hugs, Pamellia GDT :)

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  14. You seriously ROCKED the pink Halloween challenge! I had to keep looking at all the incredible little details you loaded onto this! Wow! Thanks for joining us at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

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  15. I like it both ways. I love the haunted house with the pink background. It is great. Thanks for joining us at SosS

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  16. LOVIN the pink for Halloween! Great combo! Wonderful card!

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  17. Congrats Lauren! You were crowned the Queen of Snark at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers! We hope you take us up on our offer to be our next Guest Designer! See our blog for all the deets! Congrats again!

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