N is for Night

Child Friendly, Fall, Halloween, Holidays, Mixed Media, Seasons, Taylored Expressions

Hello friends!  Once again, it’s another Friday in October!  Two weeks from today will be Halloween!  I may have a few “goblins” showing up for some candy! 👻  This reminds me that I will be needing to make up a few treat bags!

Today is a new challenge over at the Alphabet Challenge Blog!  Our next letter is “N”, and our hostess, Pamela, has chosen “N is for NIGHT” (clouds, moon, sky, sleeping image, stars, etc.)   I think this will be a fun one for Halloween!  *Please remember that this is a bi-weekly challenge, so you have two weeks to enter.*  I hope you’ll join in the fun with us.  Here’s the project I’ve made for this challenge:

Well, you know I had to do this challenge in the Halloween theme, right?!  I absolutely loved making this card!  I pulled out all of my Taylored Expressions Halloween items to play with!

I started with the background and created the moon with the Moonlight Layering Stencil.  I made sure to center it where I wanted the moon to be in placement on my background before I ink blended everything in.  I also used a very light hand when making the moon in greys and yellow tones.  This stencil also comes with a mask to cover the entire moon shape, so I used some Pixie Spray to tack it down to stay in place over my card before I began ink blending the blues in the background for the sky.  While leaving the moon mask in place, I also used some Copic opaque white watered down and splattered over the blue ink blended sky for “stars”.

I was then able to remove the moon mask to finish my card.  I layered this panel over an A2 side folding black card base.  I used the Taylored Expressions Trick or Treat Border die to cut out another black piece to fit over the moon.  I left some space at the bottom of the border to white heat emboss the sentiment from the TE Spooktacular Sentiments set.  I just attached this to the bottom of the moon sky panel and then I die cut some bats from the TE Little Bits-Bats die with the TE Black Glitter Cardstock and attached them to the sky.

  • I’m loving how the moon seems to be glowing over the trick or treaters!  I hope you like it too and will join in the fun with us!  Be sure to check out the challenge blog to see more inspiration!

THANKS SO MUCH FOR DROPPING IN TODAY!!  HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND AHEAD!

Challenges:

  1. Creative Inspirations – Autumn/Something Spooky
  2. Craft Rocket – Autumn/Halloween
  3. Crafty Calendar – Halloween
  4. Let’s Craft & Create – Anything Goes with optional: Things with Wings (bats)
  5. Crazy is our Fame-Stencils are our Game! – Stencil(s) with optional: Halloween
  6. Two Old Bats – Anything Goes Halloween
  7. Unicorn – Autumn and/or Halloween
  8. Crafty Gals Corner – Fill in the Blank: “Spooky________”  – NIGHT!
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14 thoughts on “N is for Night”

  10. Your glowing moon steals the show—it’s so beautifully soft and atmospheric, yet it anchors the entire scene with a sense of quiet magic. I love how the silhouettes of the trick-or-treaters feel like they’re stepping into a storybook moment, especially with the glittery bats adding that extra sparkle of Halloween whimsy. The layering and ink blending are masterful, and the sentiment placement is spot-on. This card feels like a little window into a crisp October night full of wonder.

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  11. This card is amazing Vicky. You nailed that nighttime/ full moon sky. And those little trick or treaters are adorable. That’s a cool die. I know, I can’t believe it is getting so close to Halloween and the end of month. Golden October goes by way too fast. I hope you had a wonderful weekend. hugs-Erika

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