Transparent Ghosties - Booyah

Hey There!

Today’s card was a struggle but in the end I absolutely love the card. I hope you do t

I started 3 or 4 cards over the last week using Lawn Fawn’s Booyah stamp set. It is so cute. But I didn’t finish any of them. Each day I’d end up setting the stamps aside and moving on to something else. Then last night it hit me. Ghosts should be transparent. I wanted to make my little spooks so the background color would show through them, but I didn’t want to use vellum. So I started playing. I tried multiple things and several products for both the background and the ghostly image.

Here is what worked for me:

I created the watercolor background using Distress Ink on Strathmore watercolor paper. I stamped the images using Stampin Up Whisper White Craft Ink. Blended it out using a water brush. I wanted the light source to be from the center top so I attempted to give that impression based on how much white I placed. I then mixed up some Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolor in Silver #95 with some Perfect Pearls and applied that sparingly. Once dry I added their personality via a cute little face. I used white gel pens to tidy it up a bit. I used Signo on the faces because it is more opaque and Gelly Roll for accents around the edge because it is more transparent and has smaller tip. I also want to mention the sequins and the awesome green ribbon is from Pretty Pink Posh.  I really like how they turned out.

I used a ton of supplies on this card. Until I can get a link program set up it is just too time consuming for me to list them all. If you have any questions please leave a comment. Hopefully I can get the linking stuff set up this weekend.