Kind of Batty Release Blog Hop Day 3



Welcome to day 3 of a 3 day blog hop celebrating Catherine Pooler's Kind of Batty release. If you missed the other days I have links below for you. 
You can see all the amazing products HERE

Let me start by saying that I am not known to make Halloween cards or to even get too excited about Halloween. My kids are grown and I've never been much of a fan. BUT when Catherine gave the design team the choice about creating with the Halloween theme stamps I opted to say yes because I had a feeling these stamps were going to be different. And boy was I right! I love them! They've got a perfect balance of cute and creepy.

My first card features:



While this one didn't turn out exactly like I planned I thought I would still share it. The first thing I did was stamp and die cut the house out of the panel. I used a blender pen and colored it in with Twilight, Sand Castle, Black Jack and Over Coffee inks and Sauna for the windows. I set that aside and then did some ink blending for the sky on the piece I cut the house out of. Using a circle punch I made a mask for the moon and then began blending Sauna, Grape Crush, Juniper Mist and Midnight inks. Once I was happy with that I stamped the scene with Midnight ink. I removed the mask and sponged some Juniper Mist ink very lightly onto the moon to give it a bit of dimension.
I layed the panel onto the card base, added some adhesive to the back of the house and placed it into the spot where it was originally and stuck it to the card base. I removed the panel, added a piece of plastic to the back of it because the plan was to make a shaker card. I added the craft foam around the edges and put in a few die cut bats and thought some sparkly glitter would be good too. (This is where it went wrong). I adhered it all together, gave it a shake to send the bats flying around and all the glitter just stuck to the plastic sheet and it became a mess. So I took it apart, scooped out the glitter, gave it a dusting with my embossing buddy and then put it back together with just the bats. Fingers crossed I gave it another shake and the bats moved a little. Anyways, that's what those black things are. They're very lethargic bats. I heat embossed some white stars onto the sky and then with a white gel pen I added a few more tiny ones.

My next two cards went very smoothly.
This one features:



I love these boots! They're so cute and I thought they needed to be purple. I stamped both images and the sentiment with Midnight ink and used a blender pen to color with Grape Crush, Twilight and Black Jack inks.  It's hard to see in the pic but for the card base I stamped the whole thing with the Going Batty background stamp using versamark ink and then heat set it with white embossing powder. I cut the panel with a die from the Postage Stamp Dies and added it with craft foam to the card base. I adhered a small strip of striped paper from the Black Tie Gala paper pack to a piece of Midnight card stock and tucked it into the side.


My last card features:


This last card was fun! I used the eyes from the Who's There? Cover Plate that were left over from a card I shared here to make the witches face. I popped the hat and the spiders up with craft foam onto a white panel that I cut with the Postage Stamp Dies and tied one of the spiders to the hat. I added some striped paper to the bottom, tied some twine around it, added another spider and added it to some Midnight card stock. I layered that piece with craft foam onto some purple striped paper and then onto a midnight card base.





It's time to hop along now.
Be sure to leave me a comment and at each stop along the hop for your chance to win one of 3 $25 gift certificates to Catherine's store.


Susan Powell - that's me
Laurel Beard - go here next


In case you missed the other days, here they are:

Happy Stampin'
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Comments

Ingrid said…
Great cards Susan - SO much fun. The Trick or Treat is my fav...may have to make that one!! though I do love those bats trying to get in the window - I hate bats...lol. :)
Marcia Rollins said…
I love the witches' face card! I, too, am not a big fan of Halloween stuff,and I still won't be purchasing this set of stamps,(sorry, Catherine), but this is one crazy great card!
Becca Yahrling said…
Awesome cards! I have to say that I love the last card!! The witch's face ...
that's just genius and looks sooo cute! Loving all the purple in all the cards.
spelsue said…
Absolutely love the witch card!
Betsy Calvin said…
Neat witch card and witches shoes. Different way to use the house stamp, going to use the blender pen to color with.
Lori Walker said…
Your witch card is so creative!!! I love it!
Unknown said…
I think the haunted house turned out great. Love those witches boots too. What a great release!
Denise Bryant said…
Fun Halloween cards! Love that haunted house!
Kelsey Thomas said…
I love that haunted house stamp! :)
Such great Halloween cards...and I love that witch's face!
Donna Hawkins said…
Love the haunted house. Great cards!
Jeanne Beam said…
Great cards. Love the haunted house.
Thanks for sharing...
Mary Holshouser said…
Love the wonky house, all the bats in the windows.
Fantastic card. The sky is mysterious.
thanks for sharing. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
Anonymous said…
Love your cool and clever Halloween cards!
Susan said…
Such fun Hallowe'en cards. I loved your lethargic bats comment -- it made me laugh out loud!
Jill D. said…
These are cute stamps to work with if you celebrate Halloween. You did a great job on showcasing them.
Teresa Selby said…
Great cards. Love Halloween. There is a bountiful of different kinds of stamps to make great cards. Love the colors you used. Thanks for sharing and have a great weekend.
Brand6 Duncan said…
I think you did a great job with the Halloween products. I think your haunted house came out really cute and quirky. The bottom witch card is so unique. I was drawn to it at first site.
Laura said…
Like others have said: Great cards. I like the witches face and the drifting spider. Just as long as I don't walk thru its web!
Denise Mlady said…
Your Halloween house is great, love the background you created. Great idea to make the witch face, really fun cards.
Laurie said…
Cute cards!! Love the haunted house and the witches hat. I think the witches hat is my favorite.
Sue D said…
Fun designs for Halloween cards.
Ellen C said…
Fun cards. The witches card is my favorite.
Nana Griffin said…
Oh these are great ideas.The haunted house is so dementional looking!
Cyndi said…
Fun cards. Love those styles and love this "batty" release.
Dana M said…
Such creative and fun cards! Great inspiration using the new products.
Debbie Bonczek said…
These are so fun! The scene on that first one is fabulous. And I love how you used the eyes from the cover plate.
jandbspiegel said…
How cute - your cards are adorable.
Sharon said…
Cute cards, really love your last card. great ideal doing a witch face. Awesome! Thanks for sharing and have to say this is a wonderful release.
sharon g said…
LOVE the background. It looks just perfect with the spooky house
Nancy-Anne said…
Oh how creative o.n that last card!
And the stars in the first card are awesome
Kim S said…
Those little bits of witches are just perfect!!