Wednesday, September 25, 2019

How to Make a Spooky Night Scene with Lil' Inker and the Gel Press

Are you feeling spooky? We're having a Halloween blog hop at Lil' Inker Designs this week, celebrating some bewitching new items to coordinate with the already-awesome collection of Halloween goodness that Lil' Inker offers. 

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For today's cards I made some funky and fun backgrounds on my Gel Press. The Gel Press is a rubbery gel-like plate that I rolled some ink onto and then pulled a print onto a sheet of white cardstock. (Not familiar with the Gel Press? Check out this blog post with tutorial, to learn all about it!)  
From there, I created my simple die-cut scene. I love the way the purples and blues, plus the splatters on top, created a spooky night sky. It's the perfect Halloween night scene! For this card I used the brand new Spooky Script die - isn't that font gorgeous (and well - SPOOKY with those eyes!?) It paired perfectly with a cute sentiment from the Boo & Faces stamp set. 

For the next card, I made my background the exact same way, rolling out three or four different shades of ink across the Gel Press. For this scene I focused on the large and small Spooky Word Dies. I added some enamel dot eyeballs . . .because, well - how could I not? ;)







Thanks so much for coming by today. I hope you'll stop by all of the designers' blogs and enjoy their BOO-tiful crafty projects - this is day 1 of our TWO day hop so be sure to come back tomorrow, and comment along the way and you'll be eligible to WIN all three of the SPOOKY word dies plus the Bats & Broomsticks Dies. 

Here's the lineup:

Laura Pryor/LID Store Blog


Laura Williams (that's me!)
Lisa Henke

In honor of the new release, there's a great bonus goodie - all orders placed during our two-day blog hop will receive the Here for the Boos stamp set. No coupon code necessary! Sweet - I mean, SPOOKY, right!?

Lil' Inker Products Used on Today's Projects:










Other Products:


Want to learn more about the Gel Press? 
Check out these blog posts:

How to Make a Colorful Background Using the Gel Press


5 Easy Tips: How to Get Brave with the Gel Press



12 comments:

Lisa Petrella said...

Super cute Halloween cards! Those enamel dot eyeballs are perfect!!! And I love these new word dies! So fun!

Debbie said...

I love all the spooky word dies! So much Halloween fun!!

Becca Yahrling said...

I love these awesome 'spooky' dies; so fun! And your cards are just awesome. Love the googly eyes - gives such a wonderful personality.

MadeByMeghanK said...

I LOVE your backgrounds! So fun! That SPOOKY die is soooo cute!

Janet D. said...

Very creative cards! Awesome use of the SPOOKY dies!

Kelsey Thomas said...

I love your cards. :)

Denise Bryant said...

Awesome backgrounds and I love all of the spooky word dies! Fabulous witch too!

Creating with the Heart said...

Loving these cards. Cindy Vernon

Jennifer Branny said...

Love your backgrounds! I’ve never used a gel press before.

CJ said...

Think the new Spooky die is a must-have on my list. Great inspiration, thank you!

sharon g said...

You are so good at doing the sky!!

sentsue said...

Love the backgrounds!