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Vintage Halloween Circus Poster Card

About this Project

The starting point of this make, came from a panel I had inked some time back with an ombré ink pad. In all honesty, I'm not sure if I used the Desert Heat Kaleidacolor Ink Pad or the Serengeti Sunset Hero Arts one I have in my stash with similar tones, it could have been either and it's been in my 'backgrounds stash' for a while, either would work well! It's such a fun and versatile background stamp. I really love the range of Background Stamps from Whimsy, they have an amazing selection and they have become some of my most used, best loved stash. This Cosmic Swirl is definitely a classic bit of stash I'll never part with. I used Whimsy's Star Dangle Stencil to add the fun star detail at the top of the design. I blended two Lunar Pastes together to get that custom colour. I love how this turned out and the shine is so much nicer in reality, than shows up in the video or these stills. But the angle of this shot below shows it a little better. I love how well all those little dots came out, such great details! The Lunar pastes I mixed together were Guppy and Tangent which is a Neon paste. It worked a treat. I used Glitter Brush Markers on the flame, which again does not show here, but when the light catches it, gives a fun glittery touch to the flame. I used three colours Red Shimmer, Orange Juice and Sunshine Yellow to give the flame a gradient of colour. I have a video of the process of making this card. So if you're interested to see the process I went through adding the stencilled details, and the stamping, you can watch it over on the Whimsy Stamps YouTube Channel. I've added chapters you can skip to if you'd like to watch specific parts or skip back and rewatch any elements.