Friday, 31 August 2012

WMSC #112

Here I am again, LATE as usual! LOL! 5 days and counting until my little darlings return to school, and I can get back into my usual routine!

Heres's the fabby Waltzingmouse Sketch, this week designed by Mona Pendleton:


And here's my take:


I have used a variety of WMS stamps - Text It for the background in the Gothic script, Hocus Pocus for the beautiful Bat Wreath design on the middle panel, and the railing strips under it. Halloween Party for the bats and pumpkins, and sentiment, and the jar is the single Candy Jar.



The background is stamped in Old Paper and Frayed Burlap distress ink, and the Pumpkins were stamped using Versamark and the new ink from Memento Potters Clay, then embossed them with clear powder, cut out and arranged in the black embossed jar. I layered this onto a doily cut using Spellbinders Ironwork Motifs, and wrapped some dark brown twine around the middle panel.

All edges were distressed with Tea Dye and Vinrtage Photo Distress Inks. I added some little green stems to the top of some pumpkins, and added some green ink to their eyes and mouths for a spooky look.

I would like to enter this into Tuesday Throwdown - Use a Colour you don't normally use - I very rarely use orange or black! And Craft Your Passions - Embossing, I have embossed the Jar, sentiment and pumpkins.

Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline

26 comments:

Michelle said...

oooohh! so spooky and pretty!! awesome mix of stmps!

Julia Aston said...

Cute, cute, cute Pauline! Love your jar full of jack o lanterns!

Helen Berry said...

Wow, such a cool idea to pop those pumpkins into the candy jar! Love all your brilliant stamping - wow, there's so much loveliness to see here! Thanks for playing along with us at Tuesday Throwdown this week ;)))

Thrifty Finn said...

I think this is a completely new take on Halloween cards! I love it! Thank you for joining Craft Your Passion this week!

Deborah Frings said...

Love the jar of pumpkins!! Super background with the bat wreath and gothic print - great card!

crafty-stamper said...

love your Halloween card and the jar of pumpkins love all your detailing stamps-thanks for joining us at Tuesday Throwdown this week
carol DT x

Anne-Elise said...

What a fun card, Pauline! Love your background with the jar full of pumpkins!

Joyce said...

Super card. I love all those pumpkins tumbled into the jar. I hear you on the countdown to school. I'm not looking forward to the homework grind, but I will enjoy a quiet house again.

Vickie Z said...

Yippee....Halloween! Love all the stamps you used here! Wonderful!

Jean Martin said...

Pauline this is outstanding!!! I love your combination of stamp sets. WMS has the most wonderful Halloween sets right?! :) Thanks for joining us this week at WMSC! :)

Sasha said...

Perfect Halloween colours and card, Pauline! Lots of lovely stamping! And I love your jar full of pumpkin treats! x

Jeanne J. said...

Pauline, There is so much I love here - the fence border, the jar of pumpkins, the bats..... Great way to showcase all the different sets and how well they work together. Amazing! Just like you!

Meredith MacRitchie said...

My favourite part of this is the border you built out of the old fence - this is SO perfect!!!

Stamps and Paper said...

Great fun card Pauline and halloween will be here before we know it...

Anne

Savitri said...

Just adorable!! LOVE the pumpkins in the jar and the bats are just perfect! I love that background stamping on the orang and pattern paper.

Kim Heggins said...

This is just FABulous! I love your jar with all of the crazy pumpkins, just too darn cute.

Kim Duran said...

This card is amazing! I love how clever you are to fill the jar with pumpkins for Halloween! So adorable! Thanks for joining us this week at Waltzingmouse!

Davi said...

What a very fun card Pauline!! I love the way your pumpkins look like real cookies in the jar :)

Lynn Mercurio said...

Well done, Pauline. All the wonderful techniques you used bring these jack-o-lanterns to life, and the way you corralled them in the jar is so cute.

Naturally, the orange and black are perfect for this design. The spooky fences make great borders too! Great creation!

Unknown said...

This is gorgeous Pauline what a super card well done , You will miss them when they go back to school , things will be so quiet !!.
Thank you so much for your super comments on my blog . Have a super weekend
Big Hugs Elaine

Donna Mosley said...

This is gorgeous Pauline love the design and all the cute lil' pumpkins.

Donna x

xxxtglxxx said...

Love the font on that text stamp! :)

Glorious autumnal colours Pauline, it looks fab hun!

hugs

xxalisonxx

Ren-Yi said...

oooo - really interesting take on the jar, Polly! this is what i call thinking outside the box...er...jar. Love the background stamping...

Maria said...

Wow! Great job on those pumpkins! Love the finished look you achieved with them! I do admit that they do look spooooky! Great job with this Halloween card! Take care, hugs!

Cathy Dineen said...

I love your jar of pumkins! Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion this week! :)

Vicky Hayes said...

Definitely the prettiest halloween card I've ever seen Pauline! Vicky x