Troublesome Ending - Stampers Anonymous Specimen

I am so grateful to have been asked to make some samples with the new Halloween release from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous. There are some great stamps that can be used for so many occasions all year long. Today's card uses several of the new stamp sets that are all linked below if you haven't gotten a chance to order them yet. LOL

In my post yesterday I gave a photo tutorial for making these backgrounds. You can find that tutorial here. I used two of those backgrounds in today's card. The main background is the iron-off piece pictured in the bottom of the photo above. It is the smaller pattern from the Tapestry CMS414

The resist is so light that it gives the feel of a watercolor stamp, but you can see a slight blue from the Speckled Egg Distress Embossing Glaze.

I love how there are still some slight little details in areas.

The background for the beetle from the Specimen CMS410 stamp was the iron-off of the background set below. I die cut the Stacked Labels die from Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations and then stamped the beetle on the piece with Black Soot Distress Archival Ink.

 I used the bottom piece. It is the piece with the Ironed-off Walnut Stain Distress Embossing Glaze. You really can't tell that it is the upside down image of one of the Renaissance CMS415 stamp set, but if you look closely you can see some bits of the arch way and some of the carved details.

 I stamped not only the beetle, but also the sentiment from Tiny Text Halloween on that piece.

 To make the beetle stand out, I matted the label shape with a piece of Blackout Cardstock. Then I stamped the beetle a second time on some Distress Mixed Media Heavystock and then I colored it with some Distress Inks, I cut out just the body, sprayed it with Distress Resist Spray and then popped it up from the background so that it had some dimension.

 I also popped the entire label piece up from the Blackout Cardstock for even more dimension. and machine stitched around the outside edge with a Sewing Machine before adhering it to a black card back.

This card went together really quickly because I already had the backgrounds made. I highly recommend working on a bunch of backgrounds at once so that when you are ready to make cards, you can put them together quickly without getting out a bunch of products.

Tami

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