Skip to main content

It’s November!!! This week's Happy Planner Layout

This week’s Happy Planner layout is flowery — because, well, people in Manila are currently bringing flowers to the cemetery for All Saints’ and All Souls’ Day. Haha! Joke lang. What actually happened was: what I  wanted  for this layout didn’t quite work out, so I ended up adding flowers and leaves instead. Hence, that curved floral thingy smacked right in the middle of the spread. Such an  ugh  layout, but oh wells. I used the  Happy Memory Keeping Floral Memories  and  The Encourager  sticker books for this week’s spread. Sentiment for the week:   Girl, you are super amazing. Crafty things I worked on last week  I finally turned my  Bee Happy Weeklies Aall & Create “paper dolls”  into cards ! It was a little #Inktober inspired project I worked on one afternoon just so I could play with my Distress Oxides again. I made a  hybrid scrapbook layout  for  Traci Reed’s Sketchy Sunday  — it’s a layout for my...
Post a Comment

Digi Choosday Project | Halloween Card featuring Polkadoodles' Bat Girl Boo

It’s Digi Choosday again, and I’m back with a spooky cute Halloween card featuring Polkadoodles’ Bat Girl Boo digi stamp and a DIY ink-blended background! This card was so fun to make — I especially loved layering the Distress Oxides and playing with sparkly cardstock for a bit of Halloween magic. 



 Materials Used:

  • Cardstock: White, black, yellow, violet glitter, light violet glitter, grey glitter

  • Patterned Paper: Polkadoodles Boo Halloween set

  • Digi Stamp: Bat Girl Boo Halloween from Polkadoodles

  • Distress Oxide Inks: Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion, Seedless Preserves, Carved Pumpkin, Fossilized Amber

  • Blending Brush

  • Die Sets: Lawn Fawn Full Moon, Lawn Fawn Giant Trick or Treat

  • Ohuhu Alcohol Markers & Glitter Pens

  • Tools: Cutterpillar Pro, Cutterpillar Crease, Sizzix Big Shot

  • Adhesives: Bearly Art Glue, Foam Tape

How I Made It:

  1. Card Base: Cut white cardstock to 8 1/2” x 5 1/2” and score at 4 1/4”.

  2. Background Panel: Cut another white cardstock to 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” and blend with Distress Oxides in this order: Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion.







  3. Moon & Stars: Die cut a full moon using yellow cardstock and lightly blend with Carved Pumpkin and Fossilized Amber. Cut stars from grey glitter cardstock and a bat from black cardstock.





  4. Sentiment: Die cut “Trick or Treat” in black, then cut the same sentiment in violet and light violet glitter cardstock. Cut the excess from the words and layer over the black for a shadowed look. 












  5. Also die cut a bat in black cardstock and stars using black glitter cardstock from this die set.











    Digi Stamp: I colored Bat Girl Boo with Ohuhu alcohol markers (listed below) and added shimmer with glitter pens in black, orange, and yellow.

    CG050, CGII00, CGII07, BG050, R18, YR3, GY2, P4, V230, Y030, Y3, Y1, Y4, R21, YR070, Y2



  6. Assembly: Arrange all elements onto your blended background. Use foam tape for the digi to add dimension.






  7. Finishing Touch: Cut Polkadoodles Boo Halloween patterned paper to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2” and glue behind your panel. Adhere everything to your card base.






I love how this card turned out — spooky but sweet, and super fun to make! 


Want to join the fun?

Come play along with us at Digi Choosday — a weekly challenge hosted by Polkadoodles where anything goes (as long as you use a digi)! You can join the challenge here.


Let’s Connect!

Follow me on Instagram @my.cat.and.crafts, on Facebook at My Cat and Crafts, or visit my blog at mycatandcrafts.blogspot.com for more crafty inspiration and downloadable freebies!


Happy Haunting! 


Ana

Labels:

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2025 at 5:50 PM

    It’s Halloween so set aside the pinks and the yellows it’s time for the purples and blacks. Though halloween colors may look gloomy and mysterious
    the tricks you used for your halloween card was reassuring yet depicted the theme and it turned out to be an excellent treat.
    It shows your wide imagination using Batgirl instead of the customarily used pumpkins, ghosts, bats, spiders and cobwebs.
    Halloween parties, trick or treating, wearing costumes may be fun but let’s not forget that this is the day we show our love and respect for those who have passed, remembering their legacies and preserving their memories.
    Happy Halloween!
    -aMOMymous

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Mini Album with Tags | Polkadoodles Project

I had so fun creating this sweet little  Mini Album with Tags  using Polkadoodles printable goodies - it was fun and relaxing. This project is simple and it’s super versatile too. I designed the base cut file myself using  Cricut Design Space , and if you’re using DS, you can grab the file right here . It’s a great starting point if you’re looking for a quick and easy project with lots of room for personalization. For the papers, I used the  Happy Cactus Succulent Printable Papers  from Polkadoodles. The cheerful colors (my fave colors too!) and patterns are perfect for a spring or summer vibe. I paired them with solid cardstock for structure, using it for both the base and the tags tucked inside. The sentiment on the bellyband— “Hi, You” —comes from the  Honeypie Greetings Sentiment  pack. It’s such a simple but sweet message that works for just about any occasion. To finish it off, I tied a cute  polkadot ribbon on the tags  for a little e...
2 comments
Read more

Polkadoodles Project - Kicking Off Christmas with a Clear Front Easel Card

First Christmas card of the year — check! I’m officially diving into festive crafting, and what better way to start than with a sparkly, interactive  easel clear front card ? I love how this one turned out. For this project, I combined die cutting, digital stamps, and a bit of dimension to create a unique card that’s both sturdy and see-through (yes, acetate powers!). Here’s how I made it and everything I used: Supplies Used: Plain cardstock (blue) Acetate sheet Glitter cardstock Lawn Fawn  – Snow Flurries Backdrop dies Sizzix Big Shot Ohuhu Markers Foam tape Bearly Art Precision Glue Cricut Maker Polkadoodles Digi Stamp  – Winnie White Christmas Polkadoodles Sentiment  – Seasons Greetings Paper trimmer 🛠️ How I Made It: Cut the acetate  to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. Die cut your glitter cardstock  using any border die you like. I used Lawn Fawn’s  Snow Flurries Backdrop  for a pretty, intricate and sparkly touch. Cut plain cardstock to 4 1/4 x 11 inc...
2 comments
Read more

Digi Choosday Project | Gratitude Journaling Folio with Polkadoodles Autumn Fall Fox

Digi Choosday Project | Gratitude Journaling Folio with Polkadoodles Autumn Fall Fox   This week’s Digi Choosday prompt is  Halloween / Autumn , and while I initially planned on making just one Halloween project, I couldn’t help but want to do an Autumn-inspired one too. So… here’s my second project: a  Gratitude Journaling Folio  featuring the adorable  Autumn Fall Foxes  from Polkadoodles!  This folio is actually a  one-page wonder  design, but I saw the perfect patterned papers in the  Boo Halloween Paper Digital Bundle  and  Enfys Jetsetting Digital Stamp Bundle —so I ended up layering extra panels inside. If you’re recreating this, feel free to stick with a single 12x12 patterned paper, or go wild like I did!  The  cover  is a mixed media combo of a paper doily, trims, flowers, one of the Autumn Fox digi stamps, and the word  “Grateful.”  Inside, I added more sweet words like  “Thankful” ...
2 comments
Read more