(4) Peter Pumpkin Ghosty Swing Card

Treat? or Trick! Underneath this little ghost swinger is the cutest little-kid-in-a pumpkin-costume stamp you've ever seen: Peter Pumpkin!

Supplies:

These all come in the Paper Garden Projects "Happy Halloweenie!" kit:

Stamps: The sweet 'Peter Pumpkin' stamp

Cardstock:

• Black Textured cardstock (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 folded to make an A2 sized card)


• 1 piece of the orange textured cardstock (5 2/8 by 4 inches)


• 1 piece of white cardstock (for main image: 3 2/8 inch square; 2 1/2 inch square to cut into ghost shape; scraps to stamp 3 wee trick or treat bags onto


• Black Textured cardstock Mat for image (3 3/8 inch square)


• Green Textured cardstock (3 3/4 inch square scalloped)


• 5 1/2 by 2 inches of Pixie Sticks (Striped & dotted) double-sided patterned paper


• Black Textured cardstock Mat for Pixie Sticks paper( 5 1/2 by 2 2/8 inches)


• Black Textured cardstock (strip: 4 2/8 by 1/2 inch & 3 1 inch circles punched

Things from your stash/Paper Garden Projects:

• Onyx Black Versafine Ink Pad


• Watercolour pencils & Niji watercolour brush or Inks, markers, other colouring medium


• Sakura Star dust Gelly Roll Pen


• Versamark (skeletons) & embossed with clear embossing powder


• Turquoise/blue ink & Colour duster brush to distress the ghost


• Scissors


• White Brad


• Silver cording


• silver marker

Optional Extras:

There's plenty in the kit, but if you'd like extra Ribbon-double-sided square brown/olive it's available by the yard.

Punches/die cuts:

• 1 inch circle punch


• Hand-held 1/8 inch hole punch


• Nestabilities scallop square/ threading --water border punch (to create scallop)

You can download the ghost shape template here.

Instructions:

Step 1: Fold card & cut pieces:

• Black Textured cardstock (8 1/2 x 5 1/2 folded to make an A2 sized card)


• 1 piece of the orange textured cardstock (5 2/8 by 4 inches)


• 1 piece of white cardstock (for main image: 3 2/8 inch square; 2 1/2 inch square to cut into ghost shape; scraps to stamp 3 wee trick or treat bags onto


• Black Textured cardstock Mat for image (3 3/8 inch square)


• Green Textured cardstock (3 3/4 inch square scalloped)


• 5 1/2 by 2 inches of Pixie Sticks (Striped & dotted) double-sided patterned paper


• Black Textured cardstock Mat for Pixie Sticks paper ( 5 1/2 by 2 2/8 inches)


• Black Textured cardstock (strip: 4 2/8 by 1/2 inch & 3 1 inch circles punched

Step 2. Stamp & colour images:

• Stamp Peter Pumpkin in black ink onto the white cardstock (for main image: 3 2/8 inch square & emboss him with clear embossing powder.


• Stamp Mr. Bones skeletons around him & emboss them with clear embossing powder.


• Stamp three "trick or Treat" bags (using Peter Pumpkin Stamp) in black ink & emboss them with clear embossing powder.

Colour the image using Watercolour pencils & Niji watercolour brush or Inks, markers, other colouring medium. The skeletons will show through with the colour.

Step 3. Distress the edges & mount the image onto the black 3 3/8 inch square mat.


Step 4. Make the ghost & attach it:

• Print & cut out the ghost shape template
  


• Trace the template onto a 2 1/2 inch square piece of white cardstock


• Cut out the ghost & distress the edges with ink on a Colour duster brush or a sponge.


• Punch two connected 1/8 inch holes in for his eyes
  


• Lay the ghost over the image so the eye holes are over his eyes & pierce a hole in the top.


• Push a brad through the hole & close it so that the ghost shape can move.
  

Step 5. Create the green scallop using the 3 3/4 inch square piece of Green Textured cardstock & add it under the matted image.

Step 6. Assemble the card base:

• Adhere the orange textured mat (5 2/8 by 4 inches) to the black card.
  


• Adhere thePixie Sticks patterned paper to the Black Textured cardstock Mat ( 5 1/2 by 2 2/8 inches) Distress edges & affix onto the orange mat
  

"Trick or Treat" bag accents:

Step 1. Colour & cut out the 3 wee "Trick or Treat" bags from Peter Pumpkin stamp. Add a bit of silver cording to the back of it as a handle

Step 2. stick it on the 3 black cardstock circles

Step 3. Distress & assemble:

• Distress the edges with a silver marker & Sakura Star dust Gelly Roll Pen.

• Draw lines on the strip of black cardstock with the Star dust gelly roll pen & adhere it to the card. Finish by adding the 3 circles.

Thanks for stopping in! :O)

Mel

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