Sunday 19 September 2010

Beware the Mummy!

We don't "celebrate" Halloween in our family and it's not really a big thing in England, so I've never made any Halloween cards before. It's a shame really as there are some great images for the occasion, and they're a lot of fun to do
This Mummy is a freebie from Just Inklined Digital Stamps, and the sentiment is from Bird's Cards where you can also find loads of different images and sentiments. Both are coloured with Promarkers (just Ivory, Black & dusky pink) Because I don't have any Halloween papers/embellishments in my stash, I decided to try and go for a more tattered look. The card is actually backing cardboard from a pack of handmade paper, but it distresses really well round the edges, and the bottom half of the card was done by wrapping masking tape around a piece of card (after trying to distress the edges). Then I sponged everything with Tim Holtz rusty hinge distress ink!


Challenges I'm entering:
Just Inklined - Halloween Challenge
ABC Challenge - D for Distressing
Stamp Something - Use a Digi
PaperCutz Challenge #59 - Halloween no black/orange

14 comments:

♥ Lydia ♥ said...

A fab card Esme...thanks for joining us at Just Inklined! ^.^

Ann Whitfield said...

This is a fun card Esme - though this mummy looks more like it wants a cuddle than to scare anyone! Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann's
Ann x

Jane (Carroll's Creations) said...

Great card

Thanks for joining us at SCSC :)

Hugs Jane x
SCSC DT

KraftyKoolKat said...

How fab is this Esme. I am sorry to say he looks gorgeous/cute though. Thank you for sharing him with us at Crafty Ann's.

Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx

Curly said...

Hi Esme
lovely design and colours great image, thanks for joining us at SCSC101: Anything goes, Good luck, Hugs Bridget x. SCSC DT

Kym's Crafty Cards said...

Esme, what a lovely scary card - not sure I'd want to bump into that Mummy!!! Thanks for joining in with Crafty Ann’s Challenge this fortnight. We hope to see you back again very soon. Best wishes, Kym xxx

Anonymous said...

Fantastic card...the image is so cool...
Thanks for joining our special launch challenge at SCSC, and good luck with the draw
x
Vicky

Heather said...

Hi Esme, fabulous card, love the 'cute' image and brilliant work on your backing paper.
So glad you could join us at Truly Scrumptious.
hugs Heather xx

Claire said...

Wow, great card, i love your inking and that image is fab!! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ann's, hope to see you again soon
Claire xx

Mandy said...

Great card....Love the image and great work with your backing paper,like the texture on the bottom paper...Thanks for playing with us at Truly Scrumptious....
Mandy xx

Cathy said...

Fab card. Thank you for joining in the ABC challenge this time.

Cathy x

Lorraine A said...

very cute card Esme :-) the image is adorable and the sentiment is fab :-)

thanks for joining us on the Stamp Something Challenge :-)
luv
Lols x x x

mfc.melissamade2 said...

Fabulous card - love the mummy image and what great colors. Perfect for the challenge at Paper Cutz! Thanks for playing along!
Melissa

Jeri said...

This is fantastic. That image is wonderful. Don't feel bad, I live here in the states and I don't really care much for halloween and I'm so glad my kids are grown now and I don't have to worry about it. Thanks so much for playing along at PCC.