Ghost House Tag Tutorial

Hello friends and welcome back to another Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. I hope your weekend has been good.

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This week we have a Spooky/Halloween theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge blog. I hope you will join us! Don't miss the project by our October guest designer Lyla aka A Chief’s Wife’s Heart’s A Fire.

I made a Halloween tag this week with a haunted house and lots of texture. There is also some heat embossing and a fun night-time inky sky.

Start by white embossing a spider web and a spider on a tag. Ink with various Distress Inks.

Mist and splatter with water.

When dry, add stars with a white gel pen.

Stamp the ground with Simon Says Stamp Crackle Background. Stamp more than once to create denser crackles.

Ink the ground with Hickory Smoke and emboss with clear embossing powder. The shiny, almost icy, ground gives a nice contrast to the sky.

Die cut one of the Tim Holtz Ghost Town 2 houses from heavystock paper.

Ink with Frayed Burlap.

Ink the roofs again with Frayed Burlap and emboss with Ranger Hammered Mixed Media powder.

Stamp the house with Simon Says Stamp Wood Planks background.

Cut a piece of Clearly For Art Modeling film, or acetate, to fit behind the house. Ink with alcohol ink.

This becomes old and dirty windows. I also added some mummy cloth curtains.

Color the door and add details with a black marker. Stamp here and there with one of the texture stamps from Simon Says Stamp All Seasons Tree. This is meant to be a leaf stamp, but it works for many other things too.

Die cut ghosts from vellum using the Tim Holtz Halloween Vault Series.

I also die cut some bats using the Halloween Vaults set. Tie a piece of folded over Design Tape to the top of the tag.

The roofs have a cool metallic texture.

I adhered the house with foam tape, for dimension. And of course it also has a street number.

I like that you can see a hint of the curtains.

The tag was finished with a couple of Clippings Stickers.

I hope you will join us this week in our Spooky/Halloween challenge. You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

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

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