Canopy Crafts: spooky cat

Sunday, October 15, 2017

Boo! Spooky Cat PP366

Hiya friends! Just a quick card today for our challenge this week at The Paper Players. Lovely Laurie is our hostess for a fun Clean-and-Simple challenge....

I am really glad this is a Clean-and-Simple week because time during this week sure got away from me! Despite that, I love making Halloween cards and I love the "spooky" element even more.

Black cats, a spooky yellow moon, "crows", and a deep, dark forest all say "Spooky Halloween" to me! I had this piece of Basic Gray cardstock in my stash--it was embossed with the Woodland folder and rubbed with white craft ink. I thought it was just the right smoky, foggy look my spook forest needed. Although I didn't really stick to it, this week's sketch at Freshly Made Sketches inspired my cut out window. Through the window peeks a Crushed Curry moon made with a circle die and sponged ink. The stark white sky needed some spooky clouds, so I used the classic scalloped circle technique to sponge on some Smoky Slate ink. We can't have Halloween without a black cat and this one is embossed in Silver with the Spooky Cat stamp set and popped out with the Cat punch. Easy peasey! I needed a little something in the top right corner for balance and these birds from the HIgh Tide set, in context, look a lot like a flock of crows!

So there you have it...my Clean-and-Simple Spooky card. Hope you like it! Check out the rest of my teammates for some spooky inspiration over at The Paper Players! Thanks for stopping by, friends!

The Paper Players Design Team

Jaydee

Nance Leedy

Sunday, August 27, 2017

Spooky Cat but really an Owl PP359

Hi all! Lovely Laurie is our hostess this week at The Paper Players for a great sketch challenge:

Isn't that a good sketch?! You'll see from the fabulous inspiration of my teammates that there are lots of ways to interpret it, too. I recently received a box of pre-order goodies from the upcoming SU Holiday Catalog and have a sneak peek for you! I couldn't quite bring myself to start making Christmas cards yet but I could get started on my first favorite fall holiday...

I have to laugh at myself...I don't send many Halloween cards but I sure do like to buy the stamps and make the cards. Can anyone relate?! I especially like a bundled set like Spooky Cat that is bundled with an awesome cat punch. Instead of the cat, today I feature the fabulous owl from this set. He looks more realistic than the more whimsical owls I have in my collection. The base of the card is a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock run through the Big Shot with the Woodland embossing folder. The rising full moon is cut with Circle Framelits from some retired DSP, Going Places.

The "tree" is actually two branch die-cuts from the Seasonal Layers Framelits. Cut from Sahara Sand cardstock and then layered together with the fine tip glue pen. They make the perfect perch for my owl and coordinate nicely with the embossed Woodland trees in the background.

You have to see the owl close-up as he photographs quite dark. He is stamped in Fresh Fig ink on to the same cardstock. I fussy-cut the image and then heat embossed his beak and claws with copper embossing powder. How did I get just those tiny parts to the owl, you ask? Some time ago, SU carried a Versamarker pen. The same ink as a Versamark stamp pad but in a marker form--great for small areas! It's retired from SU but I found it for you on Amazon...you're welcome. :-)

Just one last image for you....this stamp set also has a fun stamp that layers over the owl with a great sentiment. I used the branch stamp from Colorful Seasons in Sahara Sand for the owl to perch on and Fresh Fig for his eyes and sentiment. I also added a sponged Crushed Curry moon and some Fresh Fig "bats" (née seagulls) from the High Tide stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to check out the rest of the team at The Paper Players and play along with us before the challenge closes on Friday, September 1st at Noon (PST).