Mummy Jar By Hattie Walker

A most awesome MUMMY jar by Hattie Walker.  I got to meet Hattie on the Mediterranean Cruise in May.  We were at the same wine tasting table.  :) 

I love this card because I can reproduce it quickly and easily.  OR, maybe I should convert it to a treat bag?  I think I'll try that soon!

Instructions:

1. Fold 8½" x 5½" Smoky Slate cardstock.
2. Stamp sentiment with Basic Black ink on 4" x 5¼" Perfect Plum cardstock.
3. Stamp Mummy Jar with Perfect Plum ink on Whisper White cardstock; cut with framelit.
4. Cut Smoky Slate circle with framelit.
5. Cut Designer Series Paper 4" x 2", 4" x 1½", and 4" x 1"; punch end with Triple Banner Punch.
6. Stagger the punched ends and adhere together.  Tie Basic Black baker's twine around the Designer Series Paper.
7. Adhere Designer Series Paper assembly to Perfect Plum cardstock; trim the ends flush with the cardstock.
8. Adhere Smoky Slate Circle and Mummy Jar to Perfect Plum cardstock.
9. Adhere Perfect Plum cardstock to Smoky Slate card base.

See below for supplies!

Happy Halloween Scene

Driving home after my son's marching band practice, and I caught that twilight / dusky phase with the trees really dark and some bats swooping down to grab some bugs.  This came to mind.  

However, I will admit, my first attempt was NOT pretty at all.  I still had some kinks to work out.

For instance, I do not recommend watercoloring with the Basic Black Archival Ink Refill.  See the swirls?  Yuck for this project!  

Also, my moon was a little blendy with the sky.  Rule number one of watercoloring - let the previous layer dry completely if you do not want the colors to blend!

My other thought was that the ghost is just floating along - where did he come from?  Maybe he needs to ~rise~.........


So here is my second attempt. 

To watercolor the background, I used my aquapainter, watercolor paper, and a couple of drops of Perfect Plum reinker.  I washed that over all the paper.

Then, I added Night of Navy ink with my aquapainter.  At the top of the paper, there was more ink.  As I worked down the paper, I added more water so that the colors faded and blended into each other nicely.

Last, I added the Memento Black.  This is water-based and works much better for the look I want.  I applied this similar to the Night of Navy.

The ghost and the sentiment are both popped with dimensionals.


Supply List:

Hope you enjoyed!