Spooktacular Greetings

Hey Everyone! I am a self-proclaimed Doodlebug Addict. I love everything they release and was so excited to be invited to guest design. I have two cards to share with you where I had a lot of fun mixing a bunch of products from the new Hey Pumpkin release!

I started by stamping out the pumpkin balloon image and the car from the Hey Pumpkin Doodle Stamps and coloring them in with Copic markers which are alcohol-based markers (sharing below the specific markers I used). I die-cut it out with the coordinating die set. 

For the first card, I ink blended a background onto a piece of Distress White Heavystock with the following Distress Inks: Mustard Seed, Festive Berries, and Wilted Violet. I trimmed this background down to 4” x 5.25” and stamped some of the stars, sprinkle stamps in the Hey Pumpkin stamp set with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Next, I trimmed a piece of patterned paper from the Hey Pumpkin 6×6 paper pad to 2.5” x 4” and adhered it to the bottom of the ink-blended background. I matted this onto some black cardstock sized at 4.25” x 5.5”.

Next, I chose a couple of sentiments from the Chit Chat Ephemera Pack to use. I dusted the edges of the “eek” speech bubble with a little bit of Wilted Violet Distress Ink. I added some Prisma Glitter with a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen to the highlights on the pumpkin balloon, ghost, and scalloped trim on the basket. I also added a bit of sparkle to the Halloween banner and some of the stamped images on the background.

I used a Sakura Black Glaze Pen to trace the face of the pumpkin. 

I added the pumpkin balloon, speech bubble, and sentiment banner with black foam squares to the card. I then sprinkled a few stars, dots etc from the Puffy Icons Sticker sheet.

For the second card, I started by watercoloring a spooky night scene using Distress Watercolor Pencils and Distress Watercolor Cardstock. I dried this background and then splattered some “stars” with Gansai Tambi Starry Colors palette. I then trimmed this background down to 4” x 5.25”.  One of the sheets in the Hey Pumpkin 6×6 paper pad has a variety of decorative strips; from this, I trimmed out the one that looks like a fence. I added this to my background.

I matted this background onto some patterned paper from the same paper pad.

Next, I took the large die-cut “halloween night” moon from the Hey Pumpkin Chit Chat Ephemera Pack, and added some Sakura Black Glaze Pen to the wings of the bats, and traced over the “halloween” letters. I also used a Sakura Quickie Glue Pen to add some Prisma Glitter to the details on the moon. 

I also added some sparkle to the colored in car. I added it on the highlights of the pumpkin, balloons, bumper, headlights and ghost. I used a Sakura Black Glaze pen to dot the eyes of the cat, pumpkin, and ghost. I also filled in the steering wheel. 

I added the moon and car to the card with black foam squares. I then sprinkled a few stars I cut out with the Hey Pumpkin coordinating die set out of black sparkle cardstock. Lastly, I added some glossy accents to the headlights.

I am sharing the swatches of the Copic colors I used to color the images above so you can easily recreate them with your chosen coloring medium. 

If you would like to learn more about coloring with Copic markers or alcohol-based markers, be sure to check out my Copic 101 online class, which includes a workbook! If these cards have inspired you to create something with your Doodlebug Halloween stash, I would love to see what you create! Be sure to tag me on social media!

Cardmaking Supplies Used:

The cardmaking supplies I used are linked below. Click on the picture, and you will be taken to the product. I use affiliate links when available, which means if you make a purchase, I get a small commission at no extra cost to you. I appreciate your support!

Affiliate links may be used!

doodlebug design Shop at: SSS	Doodlebug, Hey Pumpkin Shop at: SSS	Doodlebug, Hey Pumpkin Chit Chat Shop at: SSS	Doodlebug, Hey Pumpkin 6×6 paper pad Shop at: SSS
Doodlebug, Hey Pumpkin Puffy Icons Stickers Shop at: SSS	Distress Watercolor Pencil Full Set Bundle Shop at: SSS | LF	Distress Techniques: Distress Watercolor Pencils Shop at: shurkus	Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry Colors Shop at: SSS | shurkus | LF | HA
Copic Markers Shop at: SSS | BA	Copic 101 online class Shop at: shurkus	Blick Arts, Master Synthetic Round #4 Brush Shop at: BA	Blick Arts, Master Synthetic Round #2 Brush Shop at: BA
Ranger Paintbrush Set Shop at: SSS | shurkus | R	Faber-Castell, Collapsible Water Cup Shop at: shurkus	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Mustard Seed Shop at: SSS | HA | R	Tim Holtz, Festive Berries Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | HA | R
Tim Holtz, Wilted Violet Distress Ink Shop at: SSS | R	Scrapbook Adhesives, Black Foam Strips Shop at: shurkus	Tim Holtz, Distress Watercolor Cardstock 8.5 x 11 Shop at: SSS | shurkus | R	Distress White Heavystock Shop at: SSS | shurkus | LF | R
Lawn Fawn Glue Tube Shop at: SSS | shurkus | LF	Mint Glue Tube Holder Shop at: shurkus	Scrapbook Adhesives, mixed black foam squares Shop at: shurkus	The Ink Stand, square Shop at: shurkus | HA
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Mini Misti 2.0 Shop at: SSS | LF | HA	Wendy Vecchi, 7 inch Stay-tion Shop at: SSS | shurkus | HA | R	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy Shop at: SSS | shurkus | LF	Mermaid Mint Shammy Case Shop at: shurkus
Tim Holtz/Tonic 8.5 Guillotine Paper Trimmer Shop at: SSS | HA | R