happy halloween {september card night}.

every year that i've had a card night in september, i have to talk myself into making a halloween card.  personally, i think what's the point?  :)  but, each year, i make one, and i always love the result - even if i've never used any of them!

this card appealed to me because the base idea could easily be modified slightly to work for other occasions.  in fact, more than one person at card night did alter the design to make one for a wedding and the other for a birthday.

after i stamped the sentiment, i dry embossed the front panel with my cuttlebug.  why don't i use that wonderful tool more often?  it's such a quick, easy, and beautiful addition of texture to a card.  the inspiration card i based my version from used a crochet lace that was nice, but not quite the look i was going for.  since i couldn't {not surprisingly} find lace with spiders and webs on it, i went into unfamiliar territory -- the fabric section!  i not only bought this wonderful lacey fabric, i bought a rotary cutter and mat to get the job done right.  {my first sewing related purchase!}  i trimmed each piece, roughed them up to give the edges some character, and then ran them through my xyron sticker maker.  a big orange ribbon bow and some pop dots, and this was one of the easier cards i've designed for card night.

i can't resist putting a little something inside the card.  this nice, creepy little stamp is heat embossed to make it raised and shiny, and then two teeny yellow gems were added to that owl's eyes.  so perfect!