I love this frilly-skirted ghost, and I thought this time she needed a starry sky background.
I had some pretty 6" X 6"night-sky papers and chose one of them for her background. I also had the bat and "Spooky" stickers in my Halloween supplies box. They were the perfect addition to this card. Because the bat looked a little blah, I gave it some white eyes with Nuvo Drops. Much better!
The ghost face was backed with a scrap of black cardstock so that the eyes and mouth weren't just empty holes.
She's been popped up on foam squares to give her some extra dimension.
I used some purple ink to stamp the sentiment and a few stars on the inside.
This card was a quick make. I had the Halloween verse printed onto white cardstock already (a leftover from last year). I cut the panel just wide enough to hold the verse and 5 1/4" long.
To put my card together, I cut two narrow strips of black and white Halloween DSP that were each 5 1/4" long and added them to the front of my card on each side.
Then, I added the center panel with the verse. I centered it so that it overlapped each strip of DSP slightly, and then I added a narrow orange strip of CS on each side of it.
Finally, I stamped a bat at the top and popped up a die-cut pumpkin at the bottom.
I stamped "Happy Halloween" on the inside and colored in the "Happy" letters with an orange marker to complete the card.
This card used up a bunch of scraps from my Halloween stash. I created the background first and then added it to my card base.
I cut the arched shape out of white cardstock and then did some ink blending on it, using a few colors from the striped background.
Once the shape was sufficiently inked, I added a die-cut witch on her broom (left over from last year), a "Spooky" sticker and a few holographic stars.
The arched panel was popped up on foam squares.
I stamped a sentiment on the inside, and then I added a strip sentiment with one of those holographic stars at the end of it. I added some purple ink around its edges and popped it up on some narrow foam strips.
I believe I have made close to 50 Halloween cards so far (most of them were donated), and I'll continue to make 20 or so more of them. I'm not sure why, but they are my favorite cards to make, so I'm really having a good time doing it!
Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl
3 comments:
I am absolutely in love with that frilly ghost. She looks great on the starry night paper. The others are cute too. Great job using all those strlips of left overs. We just never throw away bits of paper because they will make a cute card someday.
What great Halloween cards - love the witch on her broom. Great that you use your scraps - something I should do more often
Oh I LOVE these Cheryl! Halloween cards are one of my favourites to make but they aren't common over here, absolutely nobody sends them!! Even the shops sell lots of dressing up stuff and themed biscuits and sweets etc, but no cards!!
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