Twofer Card Challenge: Silhouettes...

 Here I am again, just under the wire, posting my entry for the latest Twofer Challenge.

Since I was in the midst of making Halloween cards (I just need to make three more and I'll be done!), I thought I'd make a spooky card and a decidedly non-spooky one for this challenge.

I guess I should have photographed these on a lighter colored surface, but you'll be able to see each of them better in the following photos.

I actually really loved how this card turned out. I used a piece of gray/blue cardstock that had some sparkle in it. It was cardstock that was left over from my daughter's wedding--and that was 17 years ago!! It's time I used it, don't you think?

I recently purchased some Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink and, after masking off my moon, I blended some of that onto my panel starting at the bottom.  I LOVE Oxide ink and wish I had more of it. Doesn't it almost glow?

Then I began blending a darker purple hybrid ink from the top down to where it met up with the lighter color. Finally, I blended just a little black Memento ink around the top edges and as clouds across my moon.

I've had my tree die for a very long time. I think it's by Spellbinders, and it was one of the first dies I ever bought. The bats were also die-cut, and my three little pumpkins are dimensional stickers.

The sentiment was heat-embossed with silver EP.

For the inside, I happen to have some of these fancy pre-cut rectangles and decided to use one of them. It was just the right size.

I stamped my sentiment, and this card was done.

I've been itching to use the NBUS stamp you see on this card, and I thought it would go well with a white tree and some tiny "heart" blossoms. I love how it turned out--simple but it gets the message across! And since the stamp set is NBUS, I'm entering this card into the latest NBUS challenge.

I cut the tree from some packaging material that had a glossy finish. I think it really added to the whole look of my card.

On the inside, I used another one of those fancy die-cut rectangles. I added another sentiment from the NBUS stamp set I had used on the front and finished it off with a single pink heart.

I sure hope this card will brighten someone's day.

Last week I got a large zucchini from a neighbor. I have used all but one small piece of it, and here's what I made: 5 loaves of zucchini bread, 1 dozen zucchini muffins, 1-9"X13" zucchini chocolate cake and some raw zucchini slices to have with Ranch dip. That was all from ONE zucchini. I should have taken a picture of it to show you how big it was.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl