All Hallows Eve...

Hello again crafty peeps! Today is All Hallows Eve.

I make two cards each year; one for my brother’s kids and one for my sister Jennie. They all love to receive my cards, so I try to make one for every opportunity that presents itself. There is nothing better in this world, than making something by hand that is truly appreciated.

This past summer my twin niece and nephew mailed me cute letters from summer camp. Actually I received two from my sweet nephew, and the second one asked me if I still made cards.

So Auntie Sandra took that as a hint and mailed him back using one of my stash cards. When I saw him recently, which isn't often, he told me that the other kids thought it was super KEWL!

I’ll tell yeah, it sure makes the heart feel good when a 10 year old tells you he loves your cards.

Anyway, I am showing only one card today because my sister received the Headless Horseman card I made last year (hit the archives in case you forget the ones I made), so I only needed to make one this year.

I bought a collection of Halloween digis from
Make It Crafty, called Mini Monztaboyz.
It included an Eerie Halloween Scene, Dracula, Frankenstein and the Headless Horseman.

The one I didn’t use last year was Frankenstein, so this year I made sure he was. I designed my own little scene for him and I hope you like it…..



I printed the image onto Neenah card stock, and then coloured it with my Copics naturally.

Now, the Make It Crafty Eerie Scene comes with a full moon as you see here, but you have to create all the details of the moon’s surface. So, I decided to search the internet for a real photo of the moon instead.

 I simply printed it out on regular copy paper and then cut it out using a spellbinder circle die cut.

I cut the bats out from the eerie scene and I coloured them and used some glossy accents on top.

Here's a closer look at Frankie...

 

While I was searching for the moon I came across this cool clip art grave stone. Don’t you just love the inscription?

 

The grass was made using my Memory Box die cut, and I coloured it to look like dried up grass.

Whatcha think peeps?

 

Copic colours used:

Jacket – E50, 51, 53, 55 N3

Pants – E30, 31, 34, 37, 39 N5

Shirt – N0, 01, 02

Hair – N02, 04, 05, 07, 10

Face – YG000, 00, 03, 63, 67

Grass – E31, 34, 37, 39 N5


I will be entering my card into the following challenges:

Love to Create – Halloween #28

Stampin for the Weekend – Something Spooky

The Outlawz Challenges – CAS Halloween

 

There you have it! So, until we meet again, please take care and thanks for stopping by :)S