WHAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU THINK OF IN FEBRUARY?

Halloween cards, of course!!

It's the beginning of a new month and a new challenge at Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge. And our fearless leaders, Darlene and Diane, have come up with some unique Halloween images combining Halloween and Valentine's Day! I had a hard time settling on one of the images in the inspiration board, but finally decided on the top left quadrant - bats bearing gifts!

Last month, while wandering around my favorite arts and crafts store, I hit a sale of expired Halloween stamps and dies. The "Is the moon out tonight?" stamp (Impression Obsession #CL553) was where I started by stamping it with Hero Arts Pigment Ink "Unicorn" on a square of gray cardstock. I cut and folded a 5" x 5" black card base and mounted the gray square to that. I overlaid a partial printed tree image from my Parklane "Boo" that I fussy cut from a larger image. The count and bats are a new-to-me die from Whimsy Shapeology #WSD406 "Dracula Going Batty". I attached Dracula to the face of the card with black dimensional foam and finished with a fussy-cut heart of candy corn from some very old Halloween paper.

Usually, I don't finish up the insides of the cards until I send them out at Halloween, but this time I couldn't resist! I created the sentiment on my computer, cut it out with circle dies, and added 2 more bats and an orange heart cut from the same paper as the candy corn heart.

I used up most of the last scraps of my hoarded Halloween hearts paper on the envelope, although there's a tiny piece left that may end up somewhere on my mid-month card!

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: February Anything Goes Halloween

This is a really fun mood board that you must try your hand at! Take a look at the fabulous cards from our Design Team.