Friendly Ghost Card with Quilling

Hello friends!! October is here, and I can hardly believe it. The autumn colours are absolutely stunning outdoors and this weekend we went on four different walks, just to capture as much of it as possible. Beautiful sunny weather and quite warm.

This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge, we have a Halloween theme. Since it is the first Monday of the month, we are showcasing a specific company/designer and the turn has come to Memory Box. You don't have to use Memory Box products, but it is always fun if you do.

I made a card this week, although I actually started doing something different, but I will post that another day because it didn't end up being a Halloween project. For this card I used the Memory Box Swirling Ghosts and Goofy Halloween Decor die sets, as well as the Pensive Alphabet background stamp. 

Years ago, I did a lot of quilling, and I still do now and then, and I was happy to see that Simon Says Stamp now carries quilling paper. So you can expect more quilling tutorials coming along here, and maybe also a video. Speaking of videos, I have some news coming soon in that regard, and my new light and tripod set up is almost done. If Leo just stays healthy, I'll be doing videos very soon (he has been sick an awful lot lately, poor guy). 

I used this Bright White quilling paper by Quilled Creations, and it can easily be coloured with Distress Inks as you can see above. I made a graduated strip, which is lighter on one side and gradually becomes darker. It is easiest to start with the lightest ink, since the inks tend to blend more smoothly then. 

Here's a little trip about quilling paper. Cut a slit at the top of the bag, through just one layer of the plastic, leaving the other side intact and the label in place. You can then easily remove a strip of paper from the one side (from the inside edge), without taking the papers out of the bag and pull it out. This leaves the papers nicely organised and you don't have to handle the strips that you won't use.

You can roll quilled coils with your fingers alone, but I like to use a needle tool, at least to start with. I often take the coil off the tool and finish rolling it using just my fingers. The needle tool leaves a nice round center, which you can see to the left. A slotted quilling tool works great too, and is easier to use. To the right you can see the one by Tim Holtz (included in the Tiny Tattered Florals set). You can see me use it in my Quilled Flowers in a Mason Jar Video Tutorial. Quilled Creations also has a slotted tool. The slotted tool leaves a small notch in the center.

 

For this card, I just make simple open circles, not gluing the ends down. I'll show you how to make more complicated shapes soon.

Die cut the Swirling Ghosts from White Wool Felt, and a shadow piece from a black Deco Sheet. On this photo, you see black cardstock instead, because I changed my mind and forgot to take a new photo. The bat was die cut from black Deco Sheet and from black kraft-core cardstock. I adhered the Deco Sheet to a piece of cardstock before die cutting.

I found a piece of watercolour paper that had been coloured with Brusho Crystals in my stash and decided to use it as the base for my card. Ink the Pensive Alphabet stamp with Distress Inks, mist with water about five times and stamp. When dry, the edges were distressed.

The ghosts were layered and adhered with foam tape. Here you can see the glittery black Deco Sheet, which looked more interesting than just black cardstock. I left the eyes in for the Deco Sheet ghosts, so that they shine through. The ghosts are so cute, and not very spooky.

I also added rub-on words to the background. 

To glue down the quilling circles, hold with a pair of tweezers and carefully apply a tiny bit of white glue to the back. You can use a tooth pick for this, or a Precision Tip Applicator Bottle filled with glue. The quilled circles add a really fun element to the card.

 Layer the bat with the kraft-core peeking out underneath.

You don't have to use holiday background stamps for holiday projects, this background stamp was totally unrelated to Halloween, but still worked great.

I hope you will join us in our Halloween challenge. As every week, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

Do you use Instagram ? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Memory Box SWIRLING GHOSTS	Memory Box GOOFY HALLOWEEN DECOR POPPY STAMPS	Memory Box PENSIVE ALPHABET	Quilled Creations BRIGHT WHITE Quilling Paper	Quilled Creations QUILLING NEEDLE TOOL
Quilled Creations SAVVY SLOTTED QUILLING TOOL	Tim Holtz Distress Ink WILTED VIOLET	Tim Holtz Distress Ink SPICED MARMALADE	Tim Holtz Distress Ink DRIED MARIGOLD	Tim Holtz Distress Ink RIPE PERSIMMON
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK FOREST MOSS	Colourcraft BRUSHO Crystal Watercolors 8 Set	Colourcraft BRUSHO Crystal Watercolors 24 Set	Simon Says Stamp Wool Felt White	Tim Holtz Idea-ology GOTHIC Remnant Rubs
Tim Holtz Idea-ology HALLOWEEN Deco Sheets	Tim Holtz Idea-ology ORANGE AND BLACK Jute String	Tim Holtz Core'dinations KRAFT CORE NOSTALGIC	Canson MONTVAL SPIRAL WATERCOLOR 9x12	Ranger ADHESIVE FOAM WHITE
Aleene's ACID FREE TACKY GLUE	Quilled Creations PRECISION TIP Empty Applicator Bottle	Tim Holtz Tonic PAPER DISTRESSER	Ranger Inkssentials GLOSSY ACCENTS	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Sizzix MINT Standard Cutting Pads	Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT PAPER TRIMMER	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger

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