I had these dimensional stickers (potions and witches kettle) left over from last year's Halloween card-making frenzy, so it was time to use them. The spider web border was also in my stash, and looked like a lacy tablecloth--the perfect thing to serve as a base for the stickers.
The only die-cuts I made for this card were the hanging spider and the stamped sentiment.
Even the computer-printed sentiment on the inside was left over from last year.
This was a super quick card to make. that's for sure!
For this card, I started with a pre-made white card base that had the three circle apertures on the right side. I covered the front with some Halloween DSP. Then I used a circle die that was the same size as the holes in the cardbase to cut the holes in the DSP.
The cat is actually an old rub-on from my stash. It didn't have an eye, so I added some green Nuvo Drops and then used a craft pick to bring the drop to a point, so that it looked more like a cat's eye.
This is how the card looks on the inside. The two spiders were glued in place and the spider web was glued behind the middle aperture.
The sentiment was stamped, and I should definitely have done a better job of stamping it straight!
This card was made with some printed cardstock that featured the clouds, moon and stars across the top. It was a 12" X 12" piece, so I cut it to 5 1/2" X 8 1/2" and scored it at 4 1/4".
I added all the bats and the branch. The two larger flying bats have their wings lifted up with tiny pieces of double-sided foam tape.
The sentiment is also popped up with foam tape.
This is how I stamped the inside.
And now my bat story:
Years ago, we had a bat in our attic. I was home alone for the weekend and decided to clean some stuff out of the attic. Unbeknownst to me, the bat was in one of the boxes that I carried out. All of a sudden it flew out and scared me out of my wits!
I didn't see exactly where it went, so I searched the entire house for it--and didn't find it. It was getting very late, so I decided to just go to bed and resume my search the next day. I really didn't think it would bother me in the night.
The next morning, I woke up and quietly walked downstairs and began looking for places a bat might roost. Sure enough, I spied it in our living room, hanging from the wide crown moulding that went around the entire ceiling. The moulding has a picture rail incorporated into it (we have a 98-year-old-house), and it was the perfect place for the bat to hang.
I didn't want to hurt the bat, but I definitely wanted it out of the house! I went to the kitchen and got a large, long-handled strainer and an old ice cream pail cover. I snuck up on the bat, quickly covered it with the strainer and then carefully slid the strainer over the cover, keeping the bat enclosed. It wasn't happy, but it didn't protest too much. I carried it outside and let it go.
We have since had work done on our roof that has eliminated the possibility for any more bats to get inside, thank goodness! They are valuable animals, eating millions of mosquitoes, but they don't make very good house pets.
Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.
Cheryl
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