Good Morning fellow crafters and bloggers! :) Dont ya just love autumn?
I adore this time of the year, the misty mornings, glorious colours, wind, rain, dark nights and things that go bump in the night! lol :) October is also my favourite month as its my birthday - I was born 2 days early for Halloween, although my mum used to say I was quite a little witch anyway! :D lol.
This weeks challenge over at Cheery Lynn Designs is Halloween and my card today uses some of my favourite Cheery Lynn Dies ever! I started off with a 6 x 6 blank card base and layered MME papers onto black American Crafts cardstock. This is also the same paper and card I used to cut all my dies with.
For the border I cut 6 of the spider web corners and then added the gorgeous French Lattice Die (which is sooo elegant) on top. I layered the smallest of the 2 of hearts die for dimension and tucked that behind. The cute bats (yes I think bats are cute!) look brilliant when they are cut and come in 3 sizes. The flowers are made from my favourite Roses dies and the leaves and stamen are from the increasingly useful Build a Flower set.
The gorgeous Morticia image was gifted to me from my special blogging buddy Judy who thought I needed cheering up after having a tooth removed last week :) aww ! It certainly did the trick - I LOVE this image ! Thanks hun ! :)
All dies used on this project are:
You still have lots of time to enter our Halloween Challenge this week, so I hope you find time to join in and I look forward to seeing some very spooky creations! Dont forget there is also gorgeous and fresh inspiration from the rest of the uber talented DT over on our Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog today and have a smashing week!
What a fabulous Halloween card Alison!Just love those spider webs and the heart is gorgeous!! x
ReplyDeletestunning halloween card Alison, love those spider webs!
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Fabulous card alison, love the image and wondeful colouring, and those dies are fabulous, love the bats..
ReplyDeleteLuv CHRISSYxx
Alison this is stunning love it all the detail just gorgeous as for the tooth I feel your pain
ReplyDeleteJacki xx
this is just incredible!!!! That image is awesome and I love your coloring!
ReplyDeletewow Alison - stunning Halloween card.
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Doreen xx
Such a lovely Halloween card, Alison. Love the colours! Your die work and layout are fabulous!
ReplyDeleteHope your teeth have settled down. Your card reminds me of that old TV series 'Bewitched' which used to capitvate me as a child. I must admit I rather like the misty cosiness of this time of year, not sure about the spooky aspects, but I love the smell of autumn & have fond childhood memories of roast chestnuts etc......
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WOW! This is fabulous Alison. The image is gorgeous and I love the colours and all the detailing is just wonderful!!
ReplyDeleteHugs Sue
Woweee!!!! Alison this is amazing! I love how those spiderwebs frame the card...great colours - I like how it is a little non traditional too. Fantastic as always! :)
ReplyDeletewow, this is just amazing, love those black cobwebs and what a fantastic image too!
ReplyDeleteDebxx
Great card Alison. Love the image, perfect colouring and the die cuts are amazing. Totally fab
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Wel i just knew you would do justice to tht image! Alison this is fabulous! Oh WOW just look at those cobwebs and bats! Definitly very Halloween! Pleased you like the image too. Judy x
ReplyDeleteReally cool Halloween card Alison, the colours are great but without being too dark & your spider web framing is fab! x
ReplyDeletewow stunning card Alison, love those webs and Bats dies.
ReplyDeletebeautiful done.
greetings karin
A stunner! I love the image and colour. The spiders web and all the sparkle look fabulous too.
ReplyDeleteLorraine x
I just love everything about this card Alison. the spiders web idea has worked so well and really stunning.
ReplyDeletex catherine
Great card and a fab sentiment
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OMW, what an amazing card!! Just fabulous!!
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Hi Alison!
ReplyDeleteThis card is FAB!!! Love everything! The colours, details, decorations :)
I couldn't agree with you more about autumn :) Love it! And it's the perfect excuse to sit inside and make cards. :))
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Oh my gosh ! I have not looked at another card for this challange…. but….in my book you are the winner. Great card , I love the black and purple for Halloween.
ReplyDeleteSimply gorgeous hun...and loving the layout and all your fabulous dies too :o)
ReplyDeletebig hugs Vicky xx
so stunning alison.love the fabulous dies and image and really gorgeous dark colours ;D
ReplyDeletei hope all went well having your tooth out.
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Brilliant card Alison - the image looks like Morticia from The Adams Family LOL - love all the dies too. Hugs, Claire x
ReplyDeletewow stunning card Alison, fab image pam
ReplyDeleteHi Darlin' this is awesome. I love how the web goes over the card. Love the purple!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous halloween card Alison, love the colours and the adorable image.
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Debby
Wow! This is fab. Love the spider webs, and the colours and the image. In fact, I just love the card!
ReplyDeleteSusan x
Hi Alison, finally catching up with everyone's blogs (again!) and been wandering around you blog ooh-ing and aahh-ing over your beautiful cards.
ReplyDeleteLove the vintage ones, the House Mouse is just darling and this one is sooo fab! Love the colours and, like some of your other followers, makes me think of The Addams family.
All together now - They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky - ha, bet I got that stuck in your head now!!!!!
Cheerio
Sarah
LOVE THIS! xxx
ReplyDeleteWOwzer Alison, this is stunning!!! Love those web die cuts and the bats, and flowers and gems .. and image .. that's paper pieced too ... now I see it.. It's lovely , everything love it :D xxx
ReplyDeleteWow sweetie this is fantastic!!! love all of those webs down the edge and everything its brilliant love it big huggies June xxxxxxxxxx
ReplyDeleteWow, this is gorgeous!! I love the web die cuts, and that image is so sassy!
ReplyDeleteA fantastic halloween card!! lovely colours combo and you've used lovely dies!! hugs, Marlies
ReplyDeleteFabulous Halloween card Alison. Love the image and those fabulous webs.
ReplyDeleteDebbie x
Gorgeous Halloween card! The layout looks fantastic and I love how you've used the web die.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Dawn
Very cool, love the web borders and the latice background, neat image and terrific coloring!
ReplyDeleteOh Wow! this is Spookylicious Alison!! Morticia is wonderful… Love her paper pieced dress and the way you've coloured her hair… the papers and embellies are SO scrummy… love the spider's webs and the bats! it's a fab card hun!
ReplyDeletenot long until Downton again!! :-))) - btw Season 2 of Borgias is fab! thought it was even better than first!! very exciting…
Hope you have a lovely weekend!
Big Hugs
Sue xx
The spider web and bats look fab on this gothic styley card. Gorgeous. X
ReplyDeleteWOW Gorgeously perfect! x
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