..it was a dark and Spooky night..

Råstilig monster stempel motiv, ikke sant? Akkurat i tide for Halloween! Men egentlig funker det vel året rundt, iallefall til en fantasy/scifi/horror fan som meg selv ~ the Walking Dead, Supernatural, Game of thrones, the Vampire Diaries, American Horror Story ++  er kjempefan av disse og mange flere. Og SSD er en av de få som har mange tøffe motiver i monster sjangeren!

Jeg er gjeste-designer denne måneden også for Sassy Studio Designs, og dette er mitt GDT bidrag til SSD's Oktober Progressive Utfordring, som foregår på facebook gruppa deres. .. som jeg nesten glemte av! Fant det ut helt i siste liten *puh*!
 
Om man deltar i denne utfordringen for første gang, mottar man et gratis digitalt stempel man bruker, og neste mnd. får man et nytt å bruke osv. hver mnd. Om man ikke bruker stemplet, må man kjøpe mnd. stempel for å være med igjen! Her er link til reglene :)

..Og så må du ikke overse den kjempeflotte Bloggcandy'en..

..som jeg har akkurat nå (tom. 25 november!) Alle er vinnere!!! :)..

Isn't this a gorgeous spooky babe? She's a cross between all the coolest monsters, ghost, zombie, frankensteins bride and a bit mummy.. a real ghoul! Had such fun coloring her up, then forgot all about it as my migraines kicked in, and tonight I got a flashback that I had something to deliver ~ to the Progressive challenge at SSD's FB group for October.

If you parttake in the ch. for the first time, you get the digistamp for free, otherwise you can buy in if you missed a month. The progressive part is you using that image and you get the next months image for free as long as you keep playing :) Stop by for the next one in November! Rules are listed here.

I'm a GDT at Sassy Studio Designs this month too, so I'm not participating in the Prog.ch. only doing a show & tell of this awesome image..  which I almost didn't make the deadline for *phew* Rushing the layout as I have, I'm not completely satisfied with it... but very happy with the coloring, not a usual type of color combo this, with pale eyes and a zombie skintone ;)

inside detail

I enter my card in theese fab Challenges: [Ends on]

● Simon Says Monday ~ Throwback to.. MonsterMash (missed it) [Nov. 2nd.]
● Left of Center #101. ~ LOC Halloween / Use skulls! [Oct. 30th.]
● Sweet Stampin' ~ Halloween (must stamp=lots!) [Oct. 30th]
● 613 Avenue Create #147. ~ Anything goes or Subway art [Oct. 31st.]
● Morgan's Art World #10. ~ Halloween [Nov. 9th.]
● Deep Ocean Ch. #115. ~ Halloween [Nov. 2nd.]
● Craft Rocket #2. ~ Spooky! [Nov. 3rd.]
● The Pencil Case Wk5. ~ Eerie colours [Nov. 7th.] I made TOP 3!
● 4 Crafty Chicks #269. ~ Happy Halloween! [Oct. 27th.]
● Pile It On #92. ~ Cute and/or Spooky! [Oct. 31st.]

..& Did you see my yummy Blogcandy!?..

..Everybody is a winner :)..

Stamps/Images: Sassy Studio Design digistamp 'Buttercream Babe - Halloween'. Lazar StudioWERX Inc rubberstamp 'Funky Holidays' (swirl). Kort & Godt 'M-143'. Inkadinkado mini clear stamps 'Spooky ghosts', and 'Haunted house'. Purple Onion Designs Stamps 'Vintage Damask Background'.

Papers: Bazzill cardstock. Plain white cardstock.  
Digital kits: Tickled Pink Studio 'Only You minikit'. (journaling frame). Createwings Designs 'October Night' elements (bats).
 I have made (in Photofiltre) the spooky scene inside the card with misc. digi elements and masks.: Studio Blagovesta 'Something Wicked This Way Comes Bundle'. Sweet Caroline Studio by Celeste Knight 'Fright papers - Halloween'. Gallery Yopriceville Free Clipart 'Halloween Tree and Skeleton Clipart Image'.

Embellishments/Tools: EK Success® 'Inverted Corner Punch'. Marvy Uchida punch 'corner rounder small1'. Tigerstore TGR lilla washi.
Techniques: I always use my Scor-Pal to score n fold my cards. I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed). My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use! ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams. I used misc. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors, and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads & markers to watercolor and distress image and papers. 

The damask background is just sooo much more fab 'in real life', with a mica powder shine and made with clear embossing powder (all from Ranger) and Tim's DI 'Hickory Smoke', 'Black Soot', 'Stormy sky', 'Faded Jeans' & 'Broken China'. Check out a tutorial on this technique by one of my crafty gurus, Jennifer McGuire on youtube here: Easy Distress Ink Watercolor Backgrounds. (I didn't iron it off though, and yes ~ Tim is still my crafty guru number one, but Jennifer is a close second.. together with Dyan Reveley ofcourse.. aaand a couple others! *lol*).