Anything Goes for Cute Card Thursday!

Child Friendly, Fall, Halloween, Holidays, Seasons, Whimsy Stamps

Hello friends!  And here we are almost the first week in October coming to a close!  Wow, time goes so quickly I can’t keep up with it! LOL!

It’s Thursday and time for a brand new challenge over at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog!  The challenge for this week is our monthly “Anything Goes” theme with our sponsor Whimsy Stamps!

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Now how cute is this little Frankenstein girl?!  She could be a trick-or-treater coming around the tree with her arms out trying to walk like a Frankenstein to scare you, but I’m giggling! 🙂    This digital cutie is called, of course, Frankie by CC Designs for Whimsy Stamps.

I wanted to create a spooky scene for her (you know, to help with her trying to be scary and all!)  So I took a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and made a circle mask for the glowing moon and placed it where I wanted it go and began ink blending around it with some Carved Pumpkin distress ink.  I then went over that a bit with some Twisted Citron and then worked my way with Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord and Black Soot for the bottom portion.  I removed the mask and went over circle with some Squeezed Lemonade.  I wanted lots of stars in the sky, so I first sprayed the background with water and picked up the colors, then I added some “dots” with a white gel pen.  I know it won’t show up in the photos, but I sprayed the background with some shimmer spray which really makes the background so sparkly.

To finish the scene I took the Whimsy Stamps No-See All Seasons Tree die set and cut the tree out from the Whimsy stamps Rustic Wood and Brick digital papers and then sponged around the edges of it with some Black Soot distress ink.  I also took the grass die from that set and cut out 3 pieces of it with black cardstock for the ground.  I took the sentiment and spider image from the Simon Says Stamp Spook Up Some Fun stamp set and added it to the scene.  I had an older Whimsy Stamps Halloween die cut set that I cut the bat from black cardstock and added to the scene too.

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Here’s a closer look at the image and how I’ve colored it in.  I tried to capture the sparkle in the background, but it just doesn’t show up like it does in person.  You can see for the “streaks” in her hair that I’ve used a purple gel pen so it’s glittery.  I’ve also used that same gel pen for the trim on her outfit.  I used a silver gel pen for the “bolts” from her neck/face area.  She was fussy cut out and attached to the scene.  I took a glitter pen and went over her skirt too.

I’ve used Copic markers to color her in with and they’re listed below:

  • Frankie’s Hair and Shoes – C8, C7, C5, C3, C1
  • Frankie’s Skin – YG67, YG63, YG61
  • Frankie’s Outfit – V20, V17, V15, V12, YG11, C3, C1

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Of course, I needed to make it even more spooky by adding some plastic spiders to the scene!  And yeah…. if I see a real spider…you’d be hearing a very high-pitched scream coming from me!! LOL!!  Not a fan…but pretend is just fine!  Let’s just hope I don’t drop one on the floor and see it later and scream! LOL!

I hope you’ve enjoyed my spooky Halloween card today!

Challenges I’d like to enter for this card:

  1.  Creatilicious – Anything Goes with optional: use a punch
  2. Pearly Sparkles – Spooky and/or Cute
  3. A Bit More Time to Craft – Anything Goes
  4. Addicted to Stamps and More! – Anything Goes #361
  5. Crafting by Designs – Anything Goes
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22 thoughts on “Anything Goes for Cute Card Thursday!”

  4. This is spooktacular! I love how you coloured her, especially her hair! Your background is amazing and I love the die cuts you used to create the scene! hugs Deb xx

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  6. Funny and charming card. The more I look at it, the more I see the references to old movies and such. The design has so many cute elements. Your colors and presentation with background is outstanding.

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  7. You always do cute so well and this is such a fine example! The image is adorable in the way you colored her, but that background looks wonderful – a true feeling of Halloween is in that night sky! Love the sponging and tree – it all works perfectly with the cute Frankie girl 🙂

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  10. Sorry, Vicki, she’s too cute to be truly spooky! lol Fabulous coloring and the gorgeous night sky is perfect for spooks and goblins.

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  11. Vicki, this is so stinkin’ cute hun! I love what you’ve done with this Halloween cutie! Your background is gorgeous and I love your interpretation of my tree trick, it’s awesome! Fabulousness in every details sweets. Hugs, Wends xoxo

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  16. Hi Vicky, thanks for stopping by my blog. I have come to yours and I have loved this card, you have achieved a very beautiful scenario … scary haha.

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  18. Cute – and love her purple hair – then I moved eyes up and saw the bats and spider in the moon,just too cute to be spooky.

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  21. Oh my, she’s way too cute to be scary! Darling card, my friend! Sorry I’m so late in leaving you comments. Have been WAY under the weather lately. Hugs!

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