Morning, my dear readers! It’s a bright and eerily serene Sunday, the kind of day where shadows seem to hold secrets, and I’ve unearthed something truly unsettling just for you. Today, I’m positively thrilled to reveal a card inspired by the bone-chilling screams that echo through nightmares. So, draw close, my brave souls, as we venture forth into the realms of spine-tingling creativity together! 💀🖤

As we venture into the eerie embrace of October, a bone-chilling challenge awaits you at Park Hopping My Happy Place! And here’s the shocker: I’m ecstatic to unveil my Designer Team contribution, “Scream if You Can,” to all of you! Join me on this theme park-inspired odyssey, and together, we’ll craft something truly spine-tingling! 🎃👻🎢

In other haunting depths of this forsaken month, a sinister collaboration looms with the enigmatic Sneetches and their nefarious Double Trouble Challenge. Trouble Maker, Twisted Sister, and Double Dare extend a chilling invitation, beckoning you to enter their web of festivities…. if you dare.

Brace yourself for a crafting adventure straight out of a theme park nightmare at Park Hopping My Happy Place! 🎉🏰🌈 Embark on a digital stroll through our enchanting realm and prepare to be astounded by the otherworldly creations conjured by our gifted Designers. It’s a journey teeming with eerie wonder and unsettling inspiration that you’d be wise not to overlook. So, heed this warning—don’t dawdle any longer—plunge headlong into the heart of crafting darkness at https://parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com/ and immerse yourself in the chilling thrill of creation! 🌟😱

Hold onto your hats, folks! A thrilling announcement awaits you in the shadows! You’ve got until the sinister stroke of midnight on Tuesday, October 31st, US CST time (that’s 5:59 am Wednesday, October 1st UK time and 6:59 am Wednesday, October 1st CET) to plunge headfirst into the macabre delights of this month’s challenge. And here’s the kicker: there are prizes lurking in the shadows, waiting for their unsuspecting victims! 🎁🌟 So, don’t let this dark opportunity slip through your trembling fingers. Join us in the eerie embrace of creativity, conjure something otherworldly, and you just might claim a prize of your own! Come on over and become a willing member of our delightfully sinister community. Take a gander now, and may your crafting adventure be tinged with a hint of madness! 🏰🎨🕰️🌚

Supplies:

• Papers: Arteza Watercolor Paper, Black Black 110lb cardstock, 110lb Nina Solar White cardstock, Black card stock, Red card stock
• Inks: Distress Spray Stain (Candied Apple, Black Soot) Distress Oxide Stamp pads (Candied Apple Red); Archival Ink Distress Colors (Hickory Smoke, Barn Door, Black Soot)
• StampersAnonymous sets: Tiny Text Halloween, Sketch Manor, Pumpkinhead
• Sizzix dies: Rupert – colorize
• Embellishments: red sealing wax
• Tim Holtz Deckle Trimmer
• Watercolor paint: Kuretake Gamsi Tambi Starry Colors
• 1929 Underwood typewriter: Sentiment

Directions:

Cut the watercolor card stock down to 5.0″ to 7″. Using the sprays, add color to your watercolor paper until you are happy. Allow to dry or dry with a heating tool. Cut black, black-black, and black metallic (appears silver in the photo) from the Rupert die sel. On the background stamp the Halloween Tiny Text using Candied Apple distress oxide ink and then Barn Door Archival Ink offset by “a little” to the background. Allow to dry. Stamp the house, clouds, and moon in Archival Hickory Smoke to the background. Make the knife and mask out of Nina’s solar white cardstock. Apply silver watercolor paint to the knife and cut a small sliver of brown cardstock to function as the handle. Glue them together. Add “blood” using red sealing wax to the knife and the sides of the card. Glue the knife to Rupert’s hands. Trim the black cardstock with Tim Holtz’s Deckle trimmer. Glue everything together. Mat with apply to a red card blank.