Happy Halloween...

 I have managed to get all of my Halloween cards made and in the mail. Phew! It was a race to get them made in time so they would arrive before the 31st. Here is one I had fun creating:

I had this spooky die-cut house in my stash, and I wanted to use it. I backed it with some silver cardstock because I don't like house images that have "empty" window areas where the background shows through. I also had a narrow strip of white cardstock with the above verse printed on it. I soon realized that it was just the right size to add the house at the bottom. I did exactly that, and I also added the little scalloped border, but there was still something missing.

The verse says the sky is "the color of soot," so I decided to add some decidedly gray clouds. That was just the touch it needed! 

Because my house was black and the windows and doorway were metallic silver, I was able to use my cloud stencil and not worry about getting any gray smudges on the house. 

I liked this card so much, that I made another one where I added the clouds before I adhered the house.

On the inside, I stamped a simple "Happy Halloween."

Since I planned to send this card to a family member, I decided I also needed to make a couple for the thrift store. I had a 6" X 6" distressed Halloween paper stack that I had gotten from the thrift store. There were a couple of pages with some cute Halloween images on them.

 The pumpkins and the little girl were already printed on the distressed background. I added some die-cut bats and a "Happy Halloween" sentiment. 

On the inside I added a computer-generated sentiment. I like this sentiment because it works well for an adult or a child.

I'll have a few more Hallween cards to share with you in the next couple of weeks. Now that I'm done with them, though, I can finally move on to Thanksgiving cards. Those should come together pretty quickly, as I don't make nearly as many of them.

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

Cheryl