The inspiration for this card came from a free online class offered by Kelly Klapstein of Kelly Creates last year. It features two images often connected with Halloween, a moon and a black cat. While they rarely occur on Halloween, full moons have long been linked with strange and insane behavior. Words like lunacy and lunatic come from the Latin for moon. I suppose it fits with the customs of Halloween where abnormal behavior, like disguising yourself, demanding candy, and pulling pranks, is acceptable. How black cats became connected with Halloween is unclear but in medieval Europe they were associated with witches. I live with a black cat who has a lot of “character” so I also associate them with craziness.
The card uses the same style of base as the Thanksgiving card described in my last post, with a window made using a Fiskars Everywhere Punch (scalloped circle). The picture was painted on Artist’s Loft watercolor paper from Michael’s, the stars made with Winsor & Newton silver-metallic aluminum ink, and the fence and words were done with a Sharpie.
If this card were a person, they would be a little zany but when they go out on a clear night, they always pause to look for the moon and say “Thanks moon, for reflecting the sun’s light at night, moderating the earth’s axial wobble, guiding navigators and migrating birds, and providing the rhythm of the tides.”