Chugging Along the Pretty Pink Posh August 2024 Halloween Release Blog Hop

August 14, 2024August 14, 2024 ~ Christina

Welcome to Day 3 of the Pretty Pink Posh August 2024 Release Blog Hop! I hope you’ve been hopping along this week to see all the spooktacular inspiration created with the cutest and spookiest Halloween goodies that are available NOW! 👻🪄🎃
To celebrate this haunting release, there are 3 $30 gift certificates up for grabs, one each day of the hop, with the winner being randomly picked from the comments left along the way. Be sure to leave a comment by 11:59 PM PST on 8/19/2024 for your chance to win. Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh Blog.

Here is your list of spooky stops for Day 3:

🪄Pretty Pink Posh blog
🪄Jill Hawkins
🪄Amy Tsuruta
🪄Mindy Eggen
🪄Jeanne Jachna
🪄Rebecca Keppel
🪄Christina Rannow ⬅️You are here!
🪄Laura Evangeline
🪄Zsofia Molnar

My Blog Hop project features the new Halloween Train Stamp Set chugging along a stenciled nighttime backdrop created with the Layered Birch Trees Stencils. Follow along as I walk you through the steps to create this fun, slimline Halloween scene.

I created the background by stenciling the Layered Birch Trees on dark gray cardstock with white pigment ink using a paper pouncer applicator. This is a 6×6 stencil, so I shifted the stencil over and continued the tree line in order to accommodate the 8 ½” length of the slimline card size. Then, I added a grassy stencil detail over the trees with Distress Oxide Inks. Lastly, I die cut the panel with the larger Slimline: Scallop Frames Dies.

Next, I stamped the images from the Halloween Train Stamp Set with black ink and colored them with alcohol ink markers. I used the coordinating dies to die cut them and added fun details with a white gel pen and a glitter marker. I used a light gray ink to stamp the puff of smoke from the train’s chimney, die cut it, and added some sparkle with a Wink of Stella brush pen.

To assemble my card, I attached the stenciled background panel to a dark gray slimline panel trimmed to 8 ½” x 3 ½ “. Then, before attaching the frame, I stacked it with another die cut frame for some dimension and tucked the train tracks underneath. Next, I attached the train cars and the engine with thin foam squares and the other elements with liquid adhesive.

To finish up my card, I stamped and die cut some sparkles from the new Batty About You Stamp Set and added them to my scene along with some of the glow-in-the-dark stars from the Spooky Sky Clay Confetti. The last step was to add the Happy Halloween Script die cut from orange cardstock and stacked a few times for lots of dimension to the sentiment.

That completes my spooky, cute Halloween project for the Pretty Pink Posh August Release Blog Hop. I hope I’ve inspired you to create something spooktacular with some of the newest goodies over in the Pretty Pink Posh Shop! Be sure to check out all the talented designers along the hop this week for even more inspiration. Happy Halloween hopping, friends!🎃👻🪄