A Ghostly Greeting…a sanding technique

I had so much fun making this Halloween card. I don’t actually usually make them but thought this was a fun idea came to me…so ghostly ghosts. 😉

Halloween is coming up soon. Don’t you just wonder where the weeks go?! Craft Critique is having a great Halloween Craft Carnival on their site very soon! It will be a lot of fun with lots of great ideas. Do you have a cool Halloween project to share? If so, you may want to check it out at Craft Critique. 🙂

Ghostly Greetings

For this design, I thought hmmm….what if I sanded the paper with a ghost shape behind it. One of the great things about sanding is that it will pick up a texture behind and this produces my faded ghosts. So fun! I was so excited about my idea! LOL Sometimes those ultra-simple smack your head ideas are the best. 😉 I free hand cut out a little ghost shape and then punched out a pair of eyes with my hole punch. After simply laying it under my patterned paper, I lightly sanded until the shape became faintly visible and then repeated for his buddy. 🙂

I had to use some ghostly letters on the design as well to spell out BOO. Heidi Swapp ghost shapes alphabet was the perfect trick and I roughly painted the backs of them to get a worn out look, just enough to be able to read them well. A row of orange brads on the right side and a little scrap of tied on ribbon finishes up the design. Have a fun night!

Edited to Add… I simply use a fine grit sandpaper…the same kind I use to sand paper off the edges of  chipboard

Supply List:

Cardstock: Black – SU

Patterned Paper: Making Memories

Other: sandpaper, ribbon, Ghost Shape Alphabet – Heidi Swapp, white paint & Orange brads- Making Memories,