Happy Friday! It seems each year we start getting ready for the holidays sooner and sooner. No wonder I have a Halloween card to share in August! I’m delighted to join Pretty Pink Posh for their August 2019 product release blog hop.
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VIDEO TUTORIAL
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CARD DETAILS
I am using a gorgeous Boo stamp from Pretty Pink Posh, it comes from the Pretty Pink Posh Boo stamp set and aside from this image there are also some Halloween icons included as well as a skinny strip sentiment that reads “Happy Halloween To You”. It’s not one of those scary Halloween sets, but definitely, one that’s on the cuter side.
I gold heat embossed “Boo” on light purple cardstock and ink blended the panel edges with light and dark purple inks for a dramatic effect. For even more drama I ink blended black just barely around the edges.
Next, using white and black pens I colored the icons that make up the “Boo”. Coloring with a white pen on dark colors of cardstock is really one of my favorite ways to color. You can’t achieve this look using markers or pencils, only using paint and with paint, it’s not easy to color such tiny spaces as these here, for example, so using a pen is a fabulous alternative.
Finally, I added a white heat embossed “Happy Halloween To You” sentiment and embellished the card with Midnight jewels.
BLOG HOP
If you arrived from Eloise Blue, I’m the last stop on this hop. You can start over on the Pretty Pink Posh blog.
GIVEAWAY
There are 4 $25 gift certificates up for grabs (two winners each day). Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 8/28/2019. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.
SUPPLIES
I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!
 Pretty Pink Posh Boo Clear Stamps Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Simon Says Stamp Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts Ink Pad Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Grape Juice Ink Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Pretty Pink Posh Midnight Black Jewels Shop at: SSS | PPP |
 Hero Arts Hybrid Ink Pad Orchid Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Misti Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | PPP | AZ |
 Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 Hero Arts Gold Embossing Powder PW100 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ |
 EK Success Powder Tool Applicator Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Simon Says Stamp Lavender Cardstock Shop at: SSS |
 Sakura Classic White Gelly Roll Pens Set of 3 Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ |
 Tsukineko 6 Sponge Daubers Tools Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Scrapbook Adhesives Black Foam Tape Shop at: SSS | AZ |
 Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS | PPP | AZ |
 Journey Craft Glue Shop at: SB |
 FSJ Grid Paper Shop at: SB |
 Electric Sticky Tape Shop at: SB |
 Nuvo – Clear Mark Embossing Pad Shop at: SSS | TS UK | TS USA |
 Spellbinders Black Lace Matte Ultimate Waterproof Brush Pen Shop at: SSS |
Lovely card!
I LOVE this background and the embossing! This is soooo cool! THank you for the video!
This card is beautiful!
Love the colors! Great card.
Such a fun and festive card.
What an awesome boo card! Love the colors and the embossing! And those jewels are a perfect addition! 🙂
This is such a creative way to use the new “BOO” set, which I love! Thank you for sharing this amazing card!
I like how the colored background and how it makes the BOO sentiment stand out.
I love, love, love this beauty! This is one of my fave sets of this release. I think it’s so much fun.
As usual….your card is amazing and fun! I love the ‘BOO’ die!
What a cute card. I recently received one of the Jane Davenport pens as a free gift from Scrapbook.com, but I haven’t know what to do with it!! Thanks for demonstrating them. Appreciate the video, Yana. Hope all is well.
Love your updated Halloween card. That “BOO” die is great.
Oooooooooo, or should I say BOOOOO? This is really great–love the color of the background, and then how the black and white stand out. NICE
What a fun card! I love how you embossed and colored in the Boo image and ink blended around the edges! 🙂
Love the purple background
and the BOO is fabulous!
Carla from Utah
Super cute, love purple.
Beautiful card, Yana. The ink blended background is gorgeous.
Super cute, Yana! I love the unexpected color choices!
That vibrant purple just makes this card pop!
This is amazing! The purple is fantastic and I love the Boo stamp!
Love, love, love this!!!!
Simply wonderful. Love the purples, love the gold, love the black and white, love the whole thing and the fact that, as you said, its cuter not scary. Not much into Halloween but what a cute “hi” type card to send near the day.
Fabulous–love the purple.
Beautiful! I love the purple – my favorite color!
Love that purple color and the blending is so smooth!
Gorgeous colors! Love this adorable BOO stamp with all the cute Halloween icons! Awesome card!
I love your BOO card. The purple and black go so well together and scream Halloween. Thanks for sharing your time and talent with us.
Simply stunning .
Love your gorgeous rich background highlighting this clever design using these great new stamps. Thanks so much for the inspiration and for sharing.
WOW! Yana, this is stunning! You make the most gorgeous cards and I appreciate each and every one of them! The ink blending really draws your eye into the BOO and the gold embossing makes an impressive statement. Your coloring is simple and it looks wonderful. Thanks for the video, it was great!
Love the use of the purple. The shading is
great. Coloring just parts of the design
with the black is a fun idea.
Funtastic card. thanks for sharing
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Wow! Gorgeous card! Just absolutely stunning! Thank you for sharing this inspiration!
Gorgeous Yana–I love how the white pen areas just pop off the cool purple background–good idea about using same color card stock to make ink blending easier.
Stunning coloring! I really like this entire release, I hope to get these in time for my Halloween card making.
Super cute and fun. Great stamp set!
And the winner for the Drama catagory is . . . This card! I love the spooky feel of it with that playful boo stamp it rocks! Thanks for the tutorial as well!
Gorgeous card, fantastic design and inspiration, as always.
Bold colors and fun Halloween images work together to make this a great card!
I love this card Yana! The colour is stunning and I love that it doesnt look super “Halloweeny” haha… if that even makes sense.
Love the color purple – great Halloween card!
This is amazing!
Simply stunning especially the blending with that gorgeous pirple. Soooooo creative and inspiring. Thanks for sharing your techniques and great info.
Very dramatic BOO card…love how you embossed it and then used the white pen to accent it.
OH MY GOODNESS…….what a FABULOUS card. I love that shade of purple.
Beautiful deep purple with the gorgeous jewels! Love your work!
SWOON!! Such a STUNNING Card!! I’m SO READY for FALL!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!
Fun and spooky! The white embossing is great against the dark purple.
Such a cool card! Stunning!
The subtle black around the edges of this cards really kicks the drama up a notch. Beautiful!
Beautiful card! Great idea to use a colored cardstock that you add ink blending on. Something I should try.
Wow! I really like your card! I love the black and white and gold images against the purple background- very striking! Such an awesome stamp!
What a pretty card! I love the way you decorated the Boo and the purple and colors together. Thanks for the inspiration.