Sunday 31 October 2010

Happy Halloween to you All

Happy Halloween everyone, and this is definitely my last Halloween card for this year, this one will go away for next year as Ive sent out all mine to the grandchildren, so it will mean Ive got a head start already. Anyway the reason for this card was to try and enter it in the Penny Black inc Challenge but Ive no idea how to get my uploaded card onto their site its all done with Yahoo Flicker and although Ive tagged it, it still not showing on their site so I thought Id used it for another Challenge instead, and this one is for Crafty Creations Challenge "Halloween" so Ive got a use for it after all.
This is a gorgeous PB image of a cat and his pumpkin and as usual hes been coloured with my copic pens then cut out with the Pumpkin Nestabilitie and Ive used the same die to draw around and create a mount for it out of orange pearlescent card, the sentiment is one from my stash and has had the same treatment given it, I should also say Ive used an orange inkpad to distress the edges of both.
The base card is a 6"x 6" white card with a first layer of orange card with my first paper, one of Donna's Bearlymine Halloween designs this one is a all over sentiment paper, and the second and third papers are from the same design set but these have been cut into strips then Ive punched along both edges with my pumpkin border punch from Martha Stewart, then on top of this is a strip of the same orange card but Ive run this through my cuttlebug with a spider embossing folder from Sizzex.
The mounted image was then positioned to the left and my sentiment at the bottom on the right, my final flourish is the three charms stuck down the right hand side.
This card is to be entered in the following challenges:-

15 comments:

Marianne said...

Great card!!! Love the cat and all the pumpkins. Lovely halloweencard!!!

Kerrie said...

Happy Halloween Shirley!... good to see you have a head start on next year (LOL) ... gorgeous card!

Wishcraft said...

So cute! Love that little cat :o) Lisa x

Mandy said...

Happy Halloween Shirley, your card is so cute and gorgeous, the image is adorable and I love the embossing
love and hugs Mandy xx

chris said...

Hi shirley wow weee!!!
this is such a beauty and so fitting for today. hugs chris xx

craftyb said...

oooooooh....thats a scary cat!! lol Great image, love your pumpkin dies and all the fab charms! Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Creations! bx

Shirl said...

Hi Shirley. Fab card for Halloween. Had a great time in Belarus - a shame that I had to do some work whilst I was there. But, back late Friday night, I am definitely back into that challenge thing! Hugs, Shirl

rozzyb said...

such a fun card. the image is great and the papers and that embossing is fantastic. It really made me smile :)
have a good week
hugs rozzy xx

Sarah said...

Gorgeous Halloween card Shirley, I love that image!!!

Janette said...

Fab card Shirley, love the image and that paper is brilliant, hope you had a good day, my family have gone home now and I am exhausted...lol...xxx

Saskia said...

Hello Shirley!

Oooh... beautiful card, so cute and so spooky! :)

Thanks for joining us at Crafty Creations Challenge! Good luck!

Sweet greetings, Saskia
(guest designer)

Melodie said...

Gorgeous card, dear Shirley, the cat is so cute.
Hugs
Melodie

debby4000 said...

Fabulous cute card Shirley, love the papers too.
luv
Debby

Cami said...

Cute, cute, cute! Oh Shirly, that cat on the pumpkin is just too cute! Love the DPs and your charms! Hugs, Cami

Unknown said...

Playing catch up Shirley wasnt on much over the weekend, he is a great image and love the embossing, I used these papers yesterday they are the nicest Halloween ones I have seen.
Chris x