Cheery Lynn Designs Inspiration Blog: Whimsical Halloween Cat

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Happy Cat-o-ween by Jenny Alia

Hi, it's Jenny here today with a Halloween card featuring one of the new Halloween dies from the new Fall and Winter release. This cat is perfect for Halloween but would be really cute on an all occasion or birthday card too. It has a little spider dangling from it's tail but it's so simple to snip that off.

I used a die that normally makes flower centers to create the black flowers. They are from the Embellishment #1 die and I love how light and airy they are. The yellow-green flowers are small Tea Roses that have been embellished with green glitter glue and the black centers are from the Embellishment #2 die set. The white flowers are Dandelions, I added them in for a pop of color and I like the texture. I used them instead of adding leaves.

I cut the doily once out of black card stock and then the center of the doily out of whit paper. I cut it out with a Classic Circle die from the L4 set.

Cheery Lynn Designs Dies

Whimsical Halloween Cat Set B850

Tea Rose Small B435

Add a Flourish B456

Dandelions B453

Deutschland Doily DL285

Embellishment #2 B188

Embellishment #1 B181

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Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Happy Catoween by Julie Lavalette

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Hi Cheery Lynn fans, it's JULIE here today. Gosh I can't believe we are into October already and Halloween shall be here very soon. So today I am sharing some Halloween inspiration. I so love making these fun cards with all our fab dies.

I started off with an 8" X 5" card and matted and layered cardstock which I tattered at the edges. For my background I used inks and a web stencil to get a spooky effect, layering up my spiders web with foam strips.

My main cat I added the witches hat to, layering on the belt and buckle twice for added texture. I used the reverse side of my smaller cat on the left hand side of my card to give a mirror image. You don't tend to notice as much you have used the reverse side in black cardstock when you want your die cut facing the other way.

Frankenstein was cut out in several colours layering him up and highlighting his face and clothes with a Fine Liner pen.

My Skeleton I shadowed with black cardstock to help him pop.

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I do hope you have enjoyed my post and feel inspired to make a Halloween Card. Thanks so much for stopping by today and good luck to everyone entering our Bi-Weekly Challenge with a chance to win a $20 shopping spree here at Cheery Lynn Designs.

Crafty Hugs,

Julie xx

# Fun with Frankenstein # Julie Lavalette