HAPPY HALLOWEEN - EEEK!!

Hello, all of you ghoul lovers! This is our reminder that we still have 2 weeks left on our current August Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge. 

For this card, I had some bits and pieces from a previous attempt that I never used and they've been languishing in my stash for a couple of years. I love it when I can use up old scraps and reorganize them! I started with a printed image that I had fussy-cut from some really old printed cardstock. It seemed appropriate for this month's challenge, although it is a bit creepier than the skull and flowers our leaders have included in the mood board.  I thought it would be fun to stamp the sentiment onto a band of red-orange paper and thread it through the eye socket - YUCK, creepy! I prepared a side-folded pale gray card base and then picked up some of the colors of the bird/skull image - mauve textured die cut stitched rectangle, aubergine die-cut filigree frame, and red-orange mat. The skull, raven, and sentiment were attached to the card front with dimensional foam.    

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: August 2025 Mid Month Reminder

We're still hoping to get 25+ challenge entries so the ladies can have a drawing for these Whimsy Stamps alien dies, and the last time I checked it seemed quite possible:

DONNA'S BIRTHDAY

We're sitting here in record-breaking heat today - 107 degrees F yesterday and expecting the same for the next couple of days. I worry about our feral cats, but they always seem to manage to survive. I'll make sure they have plenty of cool water on the covered patio.

Today is my friend Donna's birthday, and for inspiration I went to a couple of challenges:  AAA Cards Challenge Game #296 "Sketch" and Tic, Tac Toe Challenge #276.

I started this card with a white A2 card base. I die cut an oval out of a piece of tissue to provide a mask and taped it to the front of the card, stamping the Hero Arts sun image in black. Using my Copic markers, I colored the sun and sky. The PTI sentiment was over-stamped and black heat embossed. That's it! I'll just lay low for the rest of the day and stay inside.

Here are the challenges:

   AAA Cards: AAA Card Challenge #296: Sketch Challenge  

For this challenge, my card will fit into a couple of these rows - right down, CAS/Sentiment/Embossing and middle down, Summer/Free/Single Layer.

TTTC276- Featured Designer Design Team X - Tic Tac Toe Challenge

AUGUST TWO OLD BATS HALLOWEEN CHALLENGE

It's always hot here in southern Oregon in August, so it's a good time to stay inside and make more Halloween cards. Our two favorite 'old bats' have provided some cute images this month to give us a kick-start. Of course you're not required to use the mood board, but I generally like using it for at least one of my cards each month. Let's see what you come up with:

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge: August 2025 Anything Goes Halloween 

I was drawn to the haunted house in the lower left corner and loved all of the green, pink, and purple tones. 

My card has so many layers - I started with a green card base and a matching panel from the same card stock. I stamped a Newton's Nook tree, a couple of Tim Holtz bats, and the sentiment with black ink on the green panel. Then I started layering moon, die-cut stitched clouds, and foreground, continuing to over-stamp the tree and bats with black ink. Once all of these layers were completed, I trimmed the panel with a stitched rectangular die, matted it with black cardstock, and mounted all of the layers to the face of the card base.

The haunted house (Tim Holtz) was die cut from some aubergine card stock and backed with a scrap of bright pink paper that I stamped a couple of partying zombies on in purple. My last step was to fussy cut a couple of tiny ghosts to join the zombie party.

If you've come here first, go over to the TOB blog and see the wonderful cards our Design Team is offering up for your inspiration. 

AND...we still have these cute alien dies from Whimsy Stamps to give out if we reach 25 entries: