Halloween Witch Gnome Card

For this Halloween card I wanted to use a new background stamp, Cheesecloth, from Brass & Bliss that I picked up at the stamp show a week ago in Duluth, Ga..  Also my camera is not showing the purples on this card but it is picking it up as blue - :0( .    I used scraps to make my witch and all her pieces. Here is the card: 

To start with I stamped the Cheesecloth stamp onto white card stock using gray ink - I wanted the background to be lighter so I stamped it again on a 2nd piece of white card stock and that second piece is the one on the background of my card. For the card base I looked through the bin of pre-cut and scored card bases I have on hand and decided to use a black base. It is cut and scored at the top. I trimmed the stamped background piece to the size I wanted for the front of the card but I decided to cut out a gray frame for the card front piece. I used the Spellbinders A2-B size dies and cut out my frame:

With the card stock base cut and scored, the card front stamped and trimmed, and  the gray frame die cut I then set these all aside and worked on die cutting and assembling the witch. Once I cut out her hat out of the glittered black card stock I used a black Sharpie marker on the edges as my glittered card stock has a white core and I did not want that to show. I sponged the edges of her nose, arms and hands, braids and dress. Put her together using liquid glue. Die cut the three bats out of scrap black shimmer card stock and set those aside. These all come in the Photoplay Halloween Gnomes die set:

At the stamp show I had also picked up the Photoplay bundle of their Iconic Boo & Eek stamps and dies. Here is a photo of that set:

I used the "BOO" stamp and wanted to have a faded look to that so for the bottom of the stamp I used a purple ink pad from Simon Hurley and the top of the letters I did with a marker. Did not want a harsh line across the letters so I used a dauber to tap on the letters on the stamp to soften the line between the ink and the marker. Stamped this onto scrap white card stock and then used the Spellbinders Layering Frames die set to cut it out to the size I needed. Once that was cut I put it onto scrap black card stock and trimmed that with the trimmer. 

With all the pieces die cut and assembled I did a dry lay out of the card front but decided there was not enough colour on the card front so I pulled out my Halloween stash scraps and found a piece of swirly stars printed card stock. I cut that to about an 1" wide or so and put this onto the cheesecloth piece on the left side using the ATG. Then I put the gray frame over these using liquid glue. While that was drying I put foam tape behind the witch and her broom to give her some dimension on the card. 

With the framed card front dry I used the ATG and put the BOO greeting piece at the top of the card. I added the witch and broom. Added her hands. Wanted some sparkle so I added purple gems from the stash and I put the bats on the card front using liquid glue. Once those were dried I pinched their wings so they look more dimensional. This photo shows the background better and her holographic band on her glittered black card stock hat:

Also added a wart to her nose as they have on her on their packaging photo. Used a black Sharpie for that. Easy witch to assemble and the die for her braids is embosses the braids as it die cuts them so that is a nice detail. IRL the purples work well together on this card.