Twisted Houses Slimline
by Janet Katz
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 watercolor paper. I put four drops of gray reinker into a tiny mister along with some water. I spritzed the paper several times and dried with a heat tool. I punched a 2” circle from masking paper. I adhered 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 deep purple cardbase. 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 bright yellow card stock to serve as light in the windows. The largest house I popped up with foam adhesive. I threw in some glittery pumpkins using Memory Box Glitzy Glitter Pad because what is Halloween without pumpkins? Finally, I glued everything in place, including the BOO which I cut from the same glittered card stock.
Stay tuned for more Halloween and autumn makes. I just love this time of year!! If you'd like to see a 1-minute process video of how I made this, check out my reel at @tinypaperblossom on Instagram.
Supplies
2403 Pile of Pumpkins
2470 Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel
2490 Snowman and Trees
2486 Cottage Globe
2498 Whittle Creatures
gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad
2473 Boo Poe Script
2500 Twisted Houses
Comments
Hi Janet, Love it, love it, love it !! Your background is amazing and truly 'ethereal' with all the colours used, I adore the twisted houses and the pumpkins etc. A truly fabulous card.
Lots of love from Patricia xx
Thank you so much, Patricia
This is such a fun Halloween card! Love seeing the process - brilliant use of those lovely bare trees too! Love this Janet!!