I made this for a request in the Card Requests forum for Halloween birthday cards - you can read about it HERE.
This isn't the image I was thinking of at all, but I think it's probably a good one for a guy card, less cute than my two other Halloween stamps. I stamped it on watercolour paper and coloured it with distress inks. Hard to see in the photo, but I gave the little cat in the birdhouse an emerald green eye, so in the hand it's easy to see that he's there. I distressed the edges, sponged with iced spruce, and then darkened the distressing up a bit with a black Sharpie.
For the base I sponged carved pumpkin and wilted violet DOX onto white card and blended a bit. I stamped over it with Weathered in Hickory Smoke, and edged the panel with a black Sharpie. I drew a little spider's web in the top corner. I wasn't sure about wishing Happy Birthday to someone who is seriously ill, so I cut the Happy off the garland (it doesn't fit across the card width anyway, except at an angle) and added the Wishes die-cut at the bottom.
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2019 GMT Views: 1083
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Registered: October 18, 2015 Location: Cary, NC Posts: 19903
Thu, Oct 10, 2019 @ 3:50 PM
What a fabulous Halloween birthday card! Made me remember that my grandma’s birthday was on Halloween as well. I love all the elements of your card which is perfect for a guy’s birthday! Fabulous, Sabrina!
Registered: June 27, 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 25246
Thu, Oct 10, 2019 @ 8:18 PM
Great sponged and crackled stamped BG. Little Halloween banner and sentiment die-cuts perfect with that lovely colored, masculine Halloween scene! GREAT card, Sabrina...so love spooky cards!
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Fri, Oct 11, 2019 @ 2:48 AM
Such a fun card for a birthday around this season! Love the image and that bg stamp! Super fun, Sabrina. Hugz
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