Good Morning everyone
So this year ive been in a real halloween vibe, I think as i did alot of crafting with my nieces in the summer holidays and for a few sessions they were making halloween items with air dry clay which also got my mum & myself joining in. Its just good to make something a bit different. So anyway i made a batch of 10 pumpkin shaped halloween cards
After looking on etsy for a digital halloween stamp i came across these amazing images which were just the thing.....of course it might have been the cats that convinced me 😺
So that i could fit 2 on an A4 sheet of card i die cut 2 sizes of ovals, so one set is slightly smaller. Approx sizes are 7x5.5" & 6.5x5" I also used 2 different cardstocks, one is a bright orange pearl card and the other a more muted peach. On the peach ones i used a soft sage green for the stalks and leaves.
After die-cutting my ovals i embossed them with a swirl embossing folder, then Inked the edges with vintage photo distress ink and adhered them together with the middle oval on the top. I then drew around this shape with pencil onto more orange cardstock, cut out, scored a flap on the top edge and glued to the back of my pumpkins, this made my cardblank.
Die cut leaves from green, stamped the greeting and added a hand cut stalk to the top. The smaller pumpkins i gave 2 leaves and 3 for the bigger ones.
I then had fun arranging the images for my little scenes.
This is a rather majestic kitty with her witches outfit, candle stick, skull on books & pumpkin. I added touches of stickles 'diamond' glitter glue so that each one has just a little sparkle
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I die cut the tombstone into an oval added to the middle of the pumpkin with the ghosts
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Sticker reads' An eccentric, but estimable gentleman'
This crow image is magnificent - such intelligent birds and the gentleman reminded me of a vampire, hence the coffin image i placed in the background
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Now this one is a bit creepier, the stickers i chose read
'the young girl became possessed' 'Horrible sight' 'The Jack O'Lantern'
I added some green star gems to this background
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Heres another creepy little girl - reminds me of one of my nieces with those eyes😁
Stickers read 'something wicked this way comes'
'her luminous eyes'
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'In the shadow of the trees'
'in the darkness'
'the witches dance and then vanish'
I added some fab bats and green star gems
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'Elmira is a curious women'
'wonders of a witch'
'smouldering rubbish with an old broomstick'
I added some gold gems to this one
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Now a bit less dark and more autumnal. I added some die cut leaves with this kitty, pumpkins and a clearly besotted sentiment stamp 'autumn leaves & pumpkins please'
One of my cats loves chasing leaves so this is quite apt
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Kitty in leaves version 2 - i had printed the images out in 2 sizes so this was the bigger version of this image which i cut around. Added some more die cut leaves and a lovely pumpkin
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and last but not least. Heres a lovely little wood goblin out collecting leaves and pumpkins
My dads pumpkins have done well this year in the garden so we are planning a pumpkin carving session with my nieces at half term - that will be a new one for me having never done one before
Thank you for stopping by once again. Emmax
Id love to enter the following:
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https://theoutlawzchallenges-monday.blogspot.com/2023/10/october-2nd-monday-greetings-with.html - Fall/halloween & add a pumpkin
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https://inspirationstationchallenge.blogspot.com/2023/10/inspiration-station-october-2023.html - inspired by the pumpkins
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