Tuesday 23 October 2012

Schèi Ge-BOO-ertsdag Louis

A halloween themed birthday card I made for Simon's friend Louis.  Unfortunately Simon couldn't attend his party as we were just out of hospital, his hair was matted with EEG gel and we were both exhausted.
The wallpaper was created by stamping the border stamp from WMS Victorian Frippery in purple and embossed in clear - I wanted that wallpaper feel as well.
Using various Spellbinders squares and a Movers and Shapers window die cut I created the window and the frame.  The ghost was cut using a Sizzix original and the bat and spider were cut using a Cuttlebug cut and emboss set. If you look carefully you might see the little moon I tried to create through the window by masking and distressing. The spider web border punch is from EK success.
Louis isn't an English speaker so I knew "Have a Spook-tacular Birthday" would have gone over his head, and opted for "Schèi Ge-BOO-ertstag" a corruption of the Luxembourgish "Schei Gebuertsdag".  I thought I was really clever coming up with this until my son James told me that  the word BOO is unheard of in Luxembourgish.  Oh well perhaps he'll get it one day.
I'm entering this in the Waltzing Mouse Challenge WMSC120, though I've taken a fair bit of artistic licence with Clare Buswell's brilliant sketch.

11 comments:

  1. Great card, Kath! If it is the Louis I'm thinking it could be, he'll be delighted with the unheard BOO..(hi,hi)... LOvely background and great work with the cuttlebug!!!

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    1. Thanks Lena, and if you get it then it's not completely wasted!

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  2. Oh this is an adorable sketch card! I love how you used the window die cut with the ghost and bat peeking through. The spider is spectacularly creepy hanging from the web!

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  3. Love that spider web die and the cute spider in the corner. Great take on the sketch!

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  4. This is so cute, in a Halloween sort of way. Love that little spider (even though in real life, I'm afraid of them). Great job with the Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch Challenge.

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  5. Well, Louis needs to learn BOO..."party pooper"....hehe!! Lovely Halloween card!

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  6. Fantastic Kate, I love it, great color combo and spooky images :) I love how you used the background stamp from Victorian Frippery for the background paper.

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  7. This is so cool, I love the spider. I'm sure it was very well received :)

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  8. Such a cool Halloween card! Love it :) Thanks for playing with us at WMS!

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  9. This is so much fun, love the web border.

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  10. What a fun card. Love the little ghost and bat peeking out from behind the window! So glad you could join us this week at Waltzingmouse!

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