Buggy and Bats

     Ever since I spent an afternoon crafting and card making with my friend who introduced me to stamps from Victorine Originals, I've looked for reasons to buy some of their stamps.  I went on a spending spree right after I discovered them and now have stamps by them for most holidays or at least seasons.

     For this card, I combined two totally unrelated stamps but I thought they made a great Halloween scene right out of a Dickens or Poe novel.  What do you think?  Can't you just imagine an old, Victorian hearse on its way to the cemetery right at sunset with the bats swooping past?

     The "hearse" stamp is actually called "Buggy" and the bats stamp is called "Flying Bats" (I think -- not sure as I borrowed that one from my friend and the name is a bit worn off.)   I used both stamps as silhouettes, stamping them with Tuxedo black ink.  I used my ProMarkers to color the sunset sky.

     Then I started digging through my stash of paper scraps, building layers in alternating dark and light shades of autumn colors as I went.  I put everything onto a colored card blank, including the textured ribbon wrapped around the card front.  The sentiment is another Victorine stamp, also colored with ProMarkers, then hand-cut and mounted on dimensional dots.

     For final touches, I did a few die cuts (Cottage Cutz - Bird on the Branch plus Impression Obsession - the pumpkins) and added them along the bottom corners.  When it comes to die cuts (or even silhouettes), I much prefer animals to people.  Even the simplest shape of an animal, like the birds and bats above, are so easy to recognize regardless of what they might be doing.  :-D

     Challenges:
Allsorts
Aloha Friday
As You Like It
Aud Sentiments
Di's Digi Designs
Hiding in My Craft Room
Jo's Scrap Shack
Morgan's Artworld
Take It, Make It

     I seem to be coming down with a cold and am doing my best to fight it off.  What I thought was going to be fun crafting time turned into a day spent tucked under the covers, sipping hot tea with honey and lemon.  That's part of the reason today's post is so late but I'm staying up to get a post ready for tomorrow so it should be posted at a normal time (which for me usually means midnight my time. :-D)  Happy Crafting.  NanaConnie