Saturday, September 4, 2010

Peachy Keen Halloween!

Hello, and welcome to The ThINKin' Spot!  It's Saturday, and a beautiful Autumn feeling Saturday at that, so what could be more fitting than a Halloween card?  I love to decorate the house for Fall.  It's my favorite time of year.  I love the way the sky looks, the way the air feels, and everything that goes along with this wonderful time of year.  Lately, I've been enjoying Michelle Zindorf's background techniques for making my cards.  That's exactly what I used when I made this card with the newly released Nikkity Knack Cat Gang stamp set from Peachy Keen Stamps.
This technique was so much fun.  I did everything on the background by sponging, except the ground, and that was done with the direct to paper technique.  These backgrounds are so beautiful, and work so well with solid stamps like this one.  The card stock all comes from Stampin' Up!, and the patterned paper is from Papertrey Ink's Halloween Prints collection.  Embellishments were kept simple with the black satin ribbon and orange button.  With a scene like this, there's no need for lots of other detail.  The detail is all right there before you.

Peachy Keen Stamps is celebrating it's 7th anniversary, and in the spirit of that celebration, the presents are for YOU!!!  I invite you to visit the Peachy Keen Stamps Website to find all the details about what's going on, and how you can win.  There are special savings available right now, through the 7th, but the par-tay continues all month long with special drawings for prizes each Friday.  It's a Peachy Keen party that you just won't want to miss, so what are you waiting for?  Party on!!!!!!!

I'm so happy you could stop by today.  I hope you're enjoying a beautiful extended weekend.  Be safe, have fun, and happy stamping!

Love ya,

22 comments:

Maureen Reiss said...

Awesome card!!! Love the background!! very cool!

Miss Giebel said...

Lorie,
This is beautiful! WoW, I love the background, it's so perfect for fall time! That little Nikki Cat makes me smile every time I see it!!
hugs,
Heidi

4kids4 said...

What a great card!! That background is fabulous...it adds so much...tfs!

Judy said...

Love the card. Great Job. JEH

Cheryl said...

Love the halloween stamp -- the more cards I see of the new halloween stamps the more I know I just have to have them!!! They are just too cute!!

Cheryl said...

Love the halloween stamp -- the more cards I see of the new halloween stamps the more I know I just have to have them!!! They are just too cute!!

Jessica said...

What a great card! I'm thinking I'll have to get this set if for no other reason but to make my neice (a black cat lover/owner) a halloween card! I usually don't make halloween stuff as I have no little ones. But this guy is just adorable! Thanks for sharing. I love the colors too!

Becky said...

Gorgeous colors and fabulous cat :)

Kristin said...

Great Card!! I love Halloween:)

Angelica Suarez said...

This is just awesome, Lorie!!! I absolutely love it!!! I'm definitely checking out those techniques. I wanna try!!! Lots of love & hugs, Angelica

Emily said...

GREAT card! It looks like a printed image :)

Glora said...

WOW! That background is amazing. The whole card is AMAZING! I LOVE this. It sounds like an awesome technique.

Imke said...

Lorie, fantastic Halloween Card. The background looks so real, very great technique.

scrapn_momof2 said...

Gorgeous card. Fantastic background!!

MiamiKel said...

Another classic Lorie fabulous card! Your coloring just blows me away. So much detail and richness to your card - I'm not a H'ween fan by nature but you make me want to run out and get H'ween things to play along, lol! Happy anniversary to PKS! I need to dust mine off and play along :) Hugs and Happy Long weekend!

Melanie said...

Lorie...this card is AWESOME!! This stunning background is absolutely perfect for this image. Beautiful job!

karen said...

oh gosh Lorie, this is so cute!

dweatter said...

Great card! Love how you made the backgroud. Great dp and embellishments too.

Tasha said...

Fabulous card, love the layout and colour combo
love tasha xx

Janice W. said...

This card is amazing! I haven't been brave enough to try out Michelle's Zindorfs techniques. You have mastered it! I love this card!!!

kadie said...

This is SO COOL! I absolutely love how you did the background with the moon and the shading! Brilliant!

KathyJ Peachy Keen Stamps said...

OH WOW!! LORIE!! This card is ADORABLE! Three little letters sums this up.. OMG! HOW on earth you do this every time.. is beyond me! Beautiful card, Lorie and thank you so much! Big hugs and tons of love!! Kathy :)

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