Trio of Flying Mice Halloween Card

Hello! Today I am sharing a whimsical Halloween card that showcases three mice soaring on a broomstick above a gate that spells out “Happy Halloween.” The mice were stamped with a Penny Black stamp and watercolored. Beneath the gate, pumpkins enhance the festive spirit.

• • Stamp Penny Black Bewitched image in VersaFine ink on Cold Press watercolor paper. Heat set. Color with watercolor mediums of choice. I used Distress inks. Once dry, fussy-cut the image. I cut off the tails of the mice, as I was unable to fussy-cut them. Read ahead for what I did to stamp and color the tails.
  • Cut a circle from vellum and position on card base for moon. Apply yellow ink to the negative area of the vellum mask.
  • Cover the moon with a circle cut from masking paper. Apply Tumbled Glass ink for the sky and Hickory Smoke for the base.
  • Now, stamp the Bewitched image on to the panel in the desired position. Color in the tails of the mice. Adhere the watercolored, fussy-cut mice to the card over this stamped image, lining up the bodies to the tails.
  • Cut the Halloween Gate from black cardstock and add to the panel.
  • Add pumpkins cut with dies in the Carved Cuties and Pumpkins & Leaves set.

The Penny Black Bewitched stamp has been around at lease since 2015. In 2015, I created two cards with the same image as on the card above for my blog and for the Penny Black Simplicity site, which is now defunct. I have included those cards below. On the first one, I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens on watercolor paper and on the second, I used watercolor pencils on watercolor paper.

Supplies: 30-318 Bewitched, 30-240 Textures, 51-077 Eeek!