A Haunted Neighborhood

I love autumn and Halloween and almost everything that goes with them (with the possible exception of gory slasher movies). So when I received the 2022 Poppystamps Halloween release in the mail, I was thrilled to see so many autumn and Halloween dies. What caught my eye first was the Twisted Houses die set. One die cuts out four houses. I immediately had the idea for this haunted neighborhood spread out over a slimline card.

I started with the flatter side of a piece of Arches watercolor paper. I put four drops of Stampin’ Up!’s Smoky Slate reinker into a tiny Ranger mister along with some water. I spritzed the paper several times and dried with a heat tool. I punched a 2” circle from Gina K designs masking paper. I put it down to serve as my moon and then using foam blenders (1 per color), I blended Distress Oxides in Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot to create the night sky. I removed the mask and gently inked the edge of the moon with a dab of Scattered Straw Distress Oxide. I replaced the mask and spritzed and splattered the page with water, dabbing up the water and drying it to make it look spotty. Finally, I cut the piece to 8.25” x 3.25” and mounted it to a cardbase made of Stampin’ Up!’s Concord Crush. My background was done.

Next, I took a piece of black card stock and penciled on a curvy line to serve as hills. I cut along the line and used both halves of the paper and attached them to the card front. The top one I popped up using foam adhesive. Next, using the following dies, I cut out all the elements for my spooky scene:

• Twisted Houses NEW
• Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Set (bare trees)
• Snowman and Trees (more trees)
• Cottage Globe (fence)
• Pile of Pumpkins
• Boo Poe Script NEW
• Whittle Creatures (ghost) NEW

I backed all the houses with a small piece of Stampin' Up!'s Crushed Curry card stock to serve as light in the windows. The largest house I popped up with foam adhesive. I threw in some glittery pumpkins because what is Halloween without pumpkins. Finally, I glued everything in place, including the BOO which I cut from the same orange glittered card stock from the Memory Box 6x6 Glitz Glitter Pad.

I actually made a video of my process. If I am successful in getting it uploaded, check out my Instagram reels to see it. 

Stay tuned for more Halloween and autumn makes. I just love this time of year!