I would say this punch art black cat Halloween card has two levels of inspiration on it. One day I saw pink being used in Halloween decorations and I thought that would be a fun thing to do.  I added some bits of Melon Mambo to this card, in the layers, the stamped greeting and in the paper bow on the punch art cat. (Sometimes just seeing a scrap of paper on your work table will provide inspiration!) The cat came from a picture of a cat decoration of some kind in a magazine article I recently read on the plane (the only time I seem to get to catch up on my magazines!) that made me think of the shapes of our Stampin’ Up! punches.

I used the Extra-Large Oval Punch for the cat’s body and the Large Oval Punch for the head. The ears are the top tip of the Tree Punch.  The feet are the Word Window Punch, cut in half. The legs are drawn in with the White Stampin’ Chalk Marker. I don’t remember how I did the eyes!  Maybe I just cut the shapes by hand.  Possibly I used the leaf on the Bird Builder Punch and trimmed it.  Punches just make things easier but there is no reason why you can’t cut things out by hand if you don’t have the appropriate punch – or use something else and then modify the shape.

The greeting is stamped with a stamp from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Have I ever mentioned how I think this is one of the best stamp sets to own??  It has so many greetings to use, both for holidays and generic.  Very useful.  You can never have too many sentiments and greetings to use. For a little pizzazz, I added two Brights Candy Dots.  I love those cute Candy Dots!  The little stamped stars are from the Something to Say Stamp Set.  The star on the wand is punched from Gold Glimmer Paper with the star punch in the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. The jack-o-lantern is stamped with the Howl-o-Ween Treat Stamp Set and punched out with the Boo To You Framelits Dies.

If you are looking for some last minute Halloween card ideas, maybe this punch art black cat Halloween card idea will help you.