I think that I probably enjoy making and sending Halloween cards
more than any other card that I send throughout the year. Don’t get me wrong, I
enjoy sending Christmas cards as well, but there is something about Halloween
that makes creating cards fun. I don’t have to limit myself to the holiday exactly;
I can choose anything that I consider suitably spooky to share by way of my
card. I have found so many strange, unusual, and downright bizarre things over
the course of the past couple of years that I have my Halloween cards planned
out for the next decade.
These cards went into the mail over the weekend, and I’m pretty pleased with this
one. When you first look at the front of it, my guess is that most if not all
of you would not have the painter Vincent van Gogh popping your head first
thing. But it should, and now it probably will, because this is an early work
by van Gogh. I loved doing the research on this, the details of which are
contained on the interior of the card.
The envelopes are something I enjoy doing as well. Truth be told, it is a rare
day that an envelope goes out of this house without some sort of embellishment,
even if I’m paying the tax man. I just can’t let a plain envelope go. As a
consequence, I have accumulated a lot (an embarrassing amount) of Halloween
rubber stamps, largely those produced by Tim Holtz, because his are among the
finest, cleverest, easiest Stamps to work with.
These cards went into the mail over the weekend, and I’m pretty pleased with this
one. When you first look at the front of it, my guess is that most if not all
of you would not have the painter Vincent van Gogh popping your head first
thing. But it should, and now it probably will, because this is an early work
by van Gogh. I loved doing the research on this, the details of which are
contained on the interior of the card.
The envelopes are something I enjoy doing as well. Truth be told, it is a rare
day that an envelope goes out of this house without some sort of embellishment,
even if I’m paying the tax man. I just can’t let a plain envelope go. As a
consequence, I have accumulated a lot (an embarrassing amount) of Halloween
rubber stamps, largely those produced by Tim Holtz, because his are among the
finest, cleverest, easiest Stamps to work with. Those that I used on the envelopes include:
Mini Blueprints
#7
I was disappointed that the post office didn’t come
out with a stamp with a Halloween theme this year, so I had to stick to those from
years past. I know that with each passing year, it gets more and more expensive
to mail things, but that’s not going to stop me. I love doing it, and I do
believe the recipients are pleased as well.
Happy Halloween!
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I love your cards! I never knew about the Van Gogh skeleton painting! How interesting!
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Donna
Pattie these are fantastic, card and envelope! I zoomed in to read the blurb and was shocked to read Van Gogh. What a cool story! Those stamps on the envelopes - LOL on the witch hat! I love that these are from Stanley and "his pet".
ReplyDeleteI like that you still send cards - I was thinking I might send out Christmas cards this year for the first time in three years...
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea. People love getting mail the old fashioned way too.
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