September MMM DT Project Back to School

It's time for all little monsters to go back to school!  Couldn't help using the new Tim Holtz Monster Dies for this month's project at Mixed Media Mojo!  Back to School with books as the twist!

So let's get started making this fun card-

I started by using the new Tim Holtz Monster Dies and the Blueprint Back to School Stamps. The Stamped images were fussy cut.

For the Blue Print Stamped Images, I water colored with Distress Ink Markers and a water brush. You can water color with the makers, the ink pads and the give great color.

Then I inked the monsters with Distress Inks in Twisted Citron, Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet.

I colored in a background to show their faces with Mustard Seed and Black Soot.

 So because my focal points had so much color, I thought it would be best to do a neutral background.
I used an A7 size card stock from Neenah 65 pound weight in white.  Then I colored in with 3 Distress Ink colors in Antique Linen, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo. I went from light to dark on the card.  From there I used Tim Holtz Big Number Stamps and other number stamps that I had from Hero Arts and Recollections. Using the Archival Tim Holtz 4 pack in Black Soot, Hickory Smoke, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso, I stamped all the numbers. These colors are great and you can use a brayer to put the color onto your stamp. Very easy!

After the background was made, I just started to put together the elements to see how best they would lay out on the card.  I stamped the sentiment on a tag and cut out with pinking shears to get the edged look!  And Voila! Easy Peasy and super cute!

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