Cute Halloween Card

 Hi!  It's me again with my favorite cat - Mr. Sassy Cat (or Clever Cat if you're looking in the catalog for him).  He's been after me to make another card with him, so that's what we're doing today.  For those of you that know me well, you know I'm not a huge Halloween fan.  So since this is the only Halloween set I bought this year, I feel I might as well get him out to play every once in a while.  If it was up to him, it'd be more often.  But who's in charge here anyway?  Yup, don't answer that!

Since the card is really quite straight forward, there won't be tons of instructions today.  Just quick and easy I hope.

The card starts out with a base of Pumpkin Pie cardstock cut at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded in half.  First layer is Basic Black cut at 5 1/4" x 4" attached to base with adhesive.  Next layer is a lovely tweedy print from the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper. This is such a great masculine print, but I think it's a fun contrast to the Halloween theme going on here.   It's cut at 5" x 3 3/4" and also attached with adhesive.

The main layer is Basic White cut at 3 1/2" x 2 1/4".  This has the outside edges lightly colored with the Blending Brushes and Balmy Blue ink to relieve the harsh white expanse, and maybe give a hint of evening time.  Besides I like the contrast of blue and orange, so why not.  The outline pumpkin and hiding cat were both stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  The spider webby line was stamped in Smoky Slate ink and the spider is also black.  The solid pumpkin was stamped using Pumpkin Pie ink.  This was layered onto a Pumpkin Pie cardstock piece cut 3 3/4" x 2 1/2".

Mr. Sassy Cat said it needed something added before he was added to the card.  The Black Glitter Paper in the Halloween section of the July-Dec Mini Catalog was the perfect addition.  The piece was cut at 3/4" x 4 1/4" and laid across the left side of the card front.  It goes edge to edge, so it shows nicely on the orange card base too.  The stamped layer goes on next with Dimensionals, right in the middle of the card.  The sentiment was stamped on a 1/2" skinny Pumpkin Pie strip using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  The right end was trimmed with the Triple Banner Punch.  It was attached with Mini Dimensionals with the left edge overlapping onto the Black Glitter Paper.

The inside has a layer of Basic White cardstock that was cut to 5" x 3 3/4".  This was also colored on the edges with the Blending Brushes and Balmy Blue ink.  The sentiment was stamped in the Tuxedo Black ink, along with the two spiders.  The webby strings for the spiders was stamped with Smoky Slate ink.  I added a 1/4" skinny strip of Basic Black cardstock to the left side of the white to kind of mimic the card front.

After looking at the front of the card when it was finished, Mr. Sassy Cat said it still wasn't quite right and just needed something else.  I tried several different embellishments to give it some bling, even some retired purple and/or orange stars.  Not quite right yet, and he wasn't happy.  Then I remembered the retired star border punch with lots of itty-bitty stars in several sizes.  I punched some from a scrap of the Black Glitter Paper.  Oh yeah!  Just right to finish off the card front and add some very subtle glitter too!  I love it when a plan comes together, and Mr. Sassy Cat was happy too!

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I hope you enjoyed today's post and maybe got a smile on your face.  I know I needed to do something a little fun today to cheer me up.  It's been doing lots of raining here for the last couple of days and has been so gray all day.  That means I'm having a real hard time staying dry when I have to go out.  Unfortunately there's lots more rain coming in the next week too.  But of course, the plants and flowers are loving it, so I can't complain.  Just looking for that rainbow and counting my blessings instead.

Happy creating and stamping!

Sharon