I am in dire need of Halloween cards and have no inspiration whatsoever so I cased this wonderful card by Qtpy here: Cricut fun! by Qtpy at Splitcoaststampers. I made a few changes from her fabulous design, but I kept the moon, branch and black kitty cat. When I was done making this card I realized this could also fit for the Alphabet challenge for K (for Kitties). This card starts with the moon. I sponged squeezed lemonade, then wild honey distress inks very heavily onto the largest SB classic circle die. Then I squeezed out some water onto my craft mat and loaded up a very small paint brush with the water and splattered it onto the moon. I let the water sit for a minute, then pressed a paper towel into it to lift off some of the water (just like Qtpy did). We have a lot of bats where we live (because we have a bat house) so I wanted bats in this card rather than the spooky fun clouds Qtpy had so I stamped them onto the moon. I love how it appears that Ms. Kitty is looking at these bats. The picket fence was a lot of fun to make. I took a silver paint pen and dabbed it here and there onto the black card stock fence die. Then I used a clear wink of stella pen and went over the entire fence to blend out the silver ink and give this fence some real shine in the moonlight. I originally thought I was going to use the Cheery Lynn cat die on the branch (see the kitty on the fence?), but it did not work for me so I ended up going with the Impression Obsession kitty instead. I made other Halloween cards this year, cut all the pieces out, colored them, and realized I just hated them. I am so pleased I walked away from that idea and chose to case Qtyp's design here instead because I am really much happier with this card over my original.
Date: Saturday, October 22, 2016 GMT Views: 1495
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Stamps: Martha Stewart Elegant Witch (for the bats)
Paper: StampinUp Basic Black and Whisper White; Unknown DSP (most likely from Hobby Lobby)
Paper Size: 5 x 7 card base
Ink: Marvy Matchables Black; Tim Holtz Distress inks in Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey
Accessories: Spellbinders Classic Large Circles and Picket Fence Dies; Memory Box Branch; Impression Obsession Cats (cat on tree) and Cherry Lynn Cat (on fence)
Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Mon, Oct 24, 2016 @ 8:24 PM
What a gorgeous and spooky (to me) card, Karen!! I love the cat on the limb and the one on that fantastic fence!! You made a fantastic Halloween card, my friend!!
Registered: August 27, 2014 Location: Santa Rosa, Texas Posts: 12127
Tue, Oct 25, 2016 @ 2:44 PM
This is so cool. I would have never thought of putting the cat on a branch where I didn't show the whole tree. We know it's there, but we don't need to see it. I agree with everyone, your picket fence is amazing along with your moon, cats, and background. It's eerie just thinking about how perfect this card turned out. Was magic or a spell of some sort involved? "Witch" is it?
Registered: April 14, 2009 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 2721
Wed, Oct 26, 2016 @ 8:39 AM
Sooo beautiful!!!! I bet the bats are teasing the cat, making sure it will never get them. :-)
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