Halloween Inspired | Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Good morning!

For this week’s Daring Cardmaker’s challenge, Dawn wants us to (ideally) celebrate Halloween… but as Halloween isn’t something I usually make cards for, she’s kindly included a starry sky as a potential interpretation, I kind of expanded it to a snowy starry sky….

Card inspiration from Handmade by Natty featuring The Greetery Destination North Pole

Stamps: The Greetery – Destination – North Pole
Dies: The Greetery – Destination – North Pole, Poppy Stamps – Cabin Snowglobe Pop-Up Ease, The Greetery – Crimped Slimline

Card inspiration from Handmade by Natty featuring The Greetery Destination North Pole

For maximum wintry sky, I knew I’d need to go with a slimline design (which is very difficult to photograph!) as there’s so much more space to blend a wider range of colours.

I started out with Tumbled Glass and Salvaged Patina at the bottom and worked up to the top using darker inks.

There of course needed to be a splattering of snow, so out came the bleed-proof white ink and the splatter box!

While the background was drying, I used scraps of cardstock from The Stamp Market to cut some cabins and trees from the Poppy Stamps pop-up snowglobe easel die set.

The Greetings from the North Pole was pre-stamped from another recent crafty session. I think the colour was Sea Glass from The Stamp Market for the blue outline text – very frosty!

Once I’d assembled everything, I added a gold star cut from the Festive Glitter pad from Memory Box, their glitter pads really are lovely, and I hope to get more now that I’ve found them stocked in the UK. 🙂

Make sure you check out the wonderful projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy (“Halloween”) crafting! 😉


The Greetery - Destination - North Pole stamps
The Greetery – Destination – North Pole stamps
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The Greetery - Destination - North Pole dies
The Greetery – Destination – North Pole dies
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Poppy Stamps - Cabin Snowglobe Pop-Up Easel dies
Poppy Stamps – Cabin Snowglobe Pop-Up Easel dies
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The Greetery - Crimped Slimline dies
The Greetery – Crimped Slimline dies
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Distress Oxide ink pad - Black Soot
Distress Oxide ink pad – Black Soot
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Distress Oxide ink pad - Blueprint Sketch
Distress Oxide ink pad – Blueprint Sketch
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Distress Oxide ink pad - Chipped Sapphire
Distress Oxide ink pad – Chipped Sapphire
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Distress Oxide ink pad - Salvaged Patina
Distress Oxide ink pad – Salvaged Patina
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Distress Oxide ink pad - Tumbled Glass
Distress Oxide ink pad – Tumbled Glass
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Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad
Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad
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Bazzill Cardshoppe - Butter Mints
Bazzill Cardshoppe – Butter Mints
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Bazzill Cardshoppe - Marshmallow
Bazzill Cardshoppe – Marshmallow
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The Stamp Market - Bubblegum cardstock
The Stamp Market – Bubblegum cardstock
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The Stamp Market - Citrine cardstock
The Stamp Market – Citrine cardstock
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The Stamp Market - Emerald Isle cardstock
The Stamp Market – Emerald Isle cardstock
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The Stamp Market - Forest cardstock
The Stamp Market – Forest cardstock
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The Stamp Market - Island cardstock
The Stamp Market – Island cardstock
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The Stamp Market - Papaya cardstock
The Stamp Market – Papaya cardstock
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The Stamp Market - Sea Glass cardstock
The Stamp Market – Sea Glass cardstock
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Memory Box - Festive glitter pad
Memory Box – Festive glitter pad
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Dr. Pj. Martin's Bleed Proof White watercolour
Dr. Pj. Martin’s Bleed Proof White watercolour
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Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive
Ranger – Multi-Medium Matte adhesive
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Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue
Tombow – Mono-Multi liquid glue
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3M Scotch double-sided foam tape
3M Scotch double-sided foam tape
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Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner
Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner
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MISTI stamping tool
MISTI stamping tool
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Craft blending brushes
Craft blending brushes
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Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes
Taylored Expressions – Blender Brushes
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Tim Holtz - Distress Sprayer
Tim Holtz – Distress Sprayer
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Tim Holtz - Stampers Anonymous Splat Box
Tim Holtz – Stampers Anonymous Splat Box
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Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat
Waffle Flower – Mini Media Mat
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Yoseng 8 Finger Ink Blending Brushes
Yoseng 8 Finger Ink Blending Brushes
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Ranger - Artist brush set
Ranger – Artist brush set
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Ranger - Distress Splatter Brush
Ranger – Distress Splatter Brush
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Sizzix - Big Shot machine
Sizzix – Big Shot machine
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Sizzix - Sidekick machine
Sizzix – Sidekick machine
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Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi)
Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi)
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Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small)
Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small)
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One response to “Halloween Inspired | Daring Cardmakers Challenge”

  1. Angelnorth avatar

    Beautifully blended sky Nat, this is lovely!

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