The orange and black theme at Color Hues #143 – Orange and Black seems to have triggered me into another Halloween card.
For this one I used a black note card and some textured orange CS cut smaller allowing a border. I had some strips left from a spooky photo from last year and wanted to use them up so I cut them to size and added them in an L shape. The bat comes from a Vinyl Sticker package that I acquired in Michaels. I used 2 sentiments and a star stamp from an old GKD set. One was added at the top directly onto the orange layer and the other on a white piece that I stamped some orange stars on first.
He kind of looks evil, but I’m probably not being kind to bats when I say this as they are, in general, harmless and beneficial to the environment. They are endangered around here, but we can’t add a bat box as the orientation wouldn’t work for them. They need specific conditions to thrive.
A couple of gems finished the card. It was a fast and easy one to do and my hubby was quite taken with it.
Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate you and your time as well as any comments you may leave.
Nice card! We have bats that are visible in the evening. I assume they have a home high in the trees.
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Thanks Lisa. We do see them sometimes, but where they roost we have no idea.
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Perfect Halloween card with that scary looking bat. Like your layout.
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Thanks Gerry
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Great Halloween card and I love the black textured L paper as it looks like branches at nighttime when the bat would be out and about.
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Thanks. The black paper is a photo printed on a textured paper. It didn’t print well the first time, so I got the discarded piece and D tried again.
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Awesome Halloween card. Your vampire bat is quite spooky….perfect for Halloween.
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Thanks Gayle.
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I do think bats are rather maligned! We have quite a few species living in the forest park near here – I took my sons over there a few times on an organised bat walk to see them. Fascinating!
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I agree.
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FUN Halloween card Johanna and great use of our challenge colors too! Thanks so much for playing along with us at the Color Hues Challenge! Marcia (DT) :0)
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Thanks a lot.
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This certainly is a wicked bat, Johanna! A perfectly spooky Halloween card! Thanks so much for sharing it with us at Color Hues!
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Many thanks.
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