Over at the wonderful Claudine Criner’s blog we are up to week six out of 26 weeks of altering playing cards. Please come and join in, it is a wonderful challenge and is helping me to use items i wouldn’t normally think of using.
This week Claudine has got us to use Halloween as out theme, i don’t own most of the supplies Claudine has so am using my own and trying to cobble something together from there.
The background of both cards have been gessoed, this one has a swirl design in the background which i thought would go well with the witch’s spells card.
Used Pan Pastels on the background then sprayed with Cosmic shimmer sprays, sealed both layers with hair spray.
Added some decoupage images that i found i still owned, thought i had thrown all these away as i didn’t get on well with decoupage. Have used only 1 layer and gave the body a pumpkin head and then added the hat. Her cat is trying to talk with the bird not eat it, remember there are spells being cast all the time so they can talk with each other.
Made the background the same as the one above and added the bird image from a book called Beyond The Deepwoods which has some wonderful drawings in it. The book was one i purchased from a local library when they throw them away.
Hope you like the Halloween themed APC’s and enjoyed your visit today, looking forward to reading your comments.
xxx
Love the little details like the swirls and the spots. All the elements, hat, pumpkin, cats etc go so well together. Well done for cobbling together, you'd never know. Xx
ReplyDeleteI like your Halloween themed APCs MOH ... yes!
ReplyDeleteLove your altered playing cards!! They are soooo close to my Halloween spirit! :)
ReplyDeleteI love how you created your pumpkin figure--I bet you are glad you held onto those decopage images--even if you didn't know you did! The bird in the second card is really spooky and just perfect for a Halloween theme. Both of these are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteFab makes, love the top one which you cobbled together, fab idea to use the pumpkin as a face with the witches hat xxx
ReplyDeleteYep love these spooky ones M,I love the way you have so much fun creating them :)
ReplyDeleteBig hugs
Donna xxx
Hi! These cards are wonderful! Love your designs!
ReplyDeleteThere's a new challenge at the Speed Craft tomorrow so hope you can hop over and join in again! ;) xx
Two very fun cards excellently put together. I love the pumpkin head one most with the fab cat talking to the bird. Well done another set of great altered cards xxx
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a great challenge and you examples look fantastic! Love the pumpkin head, and such a good idea to just use a single layer! Both cards look wonderful"
ReplyDeleteFun spooky cards you have created! Love the witches pumpkin head. Great idea! You really got me inspired. I like the cards challenge a lot! I try to join too....,,,,,
ReplyDeleteI love these festive Halloween altered cards! Both are spooktacular! I really like how you used things in your stash, and especially the pictures that you used from a book that your local library was going to throw away. Genius! Thanks for sharing these with all of us!
ReplyDeleteThese cards are terrific Mo! Love your Halloween theme and they are so fun! You have a real talent for doing these cards! big hugs :)
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, these are fabulous! Love what you've done this week.
ReplyDeleteI love how you've mingled all the elements on these altered playing cards! I love that pumpkin person and the way she is holding the little cat. The hands are so beautiful. Lovely backgrounds and - Wow! that bird is terrifying! xx
ReplyDeleteThese look fab! xxx
ReplyDeleteVery excellent APCs. Love them both :D
ReplyDeleteHello. Love your pumpkin headed witch. What a hoot. The bird you took out of the book is fantatstic. Two great APC's to add to the pack. Hugz
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