Halloween Cat Holder
Hello crafty friends, Marine here! How exciting it is to be back on the blog with this bright and sparkling shaker card! If you’ve been following me and my work for a while, you know that one of my favorite things is to mix and match new items with older ones, and this is what I did on today’s card: the Cat Holder and a few other pieces are from the August 2025 Release, the Cauldron Shaker was released a few years ago, and everything matches perfectly, don’t you think?
First thing first: the background. I cut a large Stitched Torn Rectangle panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, and created a dark spooky background. At the bottom, I applied rustic wilderness oxide ink to create a grass border, and then, going up, I applied prize ribbon and chipped sapphire oxide inks. Next I used the Spooky Trees stencil to add trees to my background. I placed the stencil on my panel, and from top to bottom, I applied black soot and chipped sapphire oxide inks, stopping the inking right above the grass border. As always I added texture to my panel, starting with water droplets that I dried with a paper towel. Next I mixed black soot oxide ink with water and used a slim brush to add more splatters to the tree section, I did the same with rustic wilderness oxide ink on the grass section, and then the same again with copic opaque white ink and brushed pewter mica spray that I splattered all over the panel.
When my panel was dry, I attached it to 5,5 x 4,25 inches light mint panel and then to a white card base, and I built my Cauldron Shaker, following those steps:
1. I cut a Cauldron Shaker frame out of purple cardstock, added wilted violet distress ink to the edges, mixed that same ink with water, added purple splatters to my cauldron frame, and did the same with white ink,
2. To make the inside of the cauldron, I took the inside piece I didn’t use at step #1, placed it on aqua cardstock, traced the shape using a pencil, cut that shape about 2mm out of the pencil line, and erased the pencil line. I applied peacock feathers distress ink to the edges of my piece of paper, mixed that same ink with water, added splatters, and white ink splatters as well,
3. I used my aqua cauldron shape as a template to cut the same shape out of acetate, and I stuck that piece of acetate at the back of my purple frame using liquid glue,
4. Still at the back of the cauldron frame, I added foam strips all along the curvy edges,
5. I poured a bunch of Spellbound shaker beads inside the cauldron, peeled the backing papers off the foam strips, and then attached my aqua piece of paper to the foam strips to close my Cauldron Shaker.
I cut all the Cat Holder pieces out of dark grey cardstock, added black soot distress ink to the edges of each element, mixed that same ink with water, splattered black droplets all over those pieces using a slim brush, and did the same with white ink. And I wanted him to have a cute chubby face, so I cut his head a second time, trimmed it in a curvy way, added the same ink and texture, and assembled the basic shape (with no accessories and details) of my kitty using 1mm foam squares.
Next I cut all the accessories and details that go on and next to my Cat Holder, starting with the broom using Halloween Holder Additions dies. I cut the stick out of light kraft cardstock and the fluffy part of the broom out of dark kraft cardstock, added vintage photo distress ink to each piece to darken them, mixed some ground espresso distress ink with water and added splatters to both pieces, and then did the same with white ink. I cut a Jack o’ Lantern out of orange cardstock and a whole one out of dark brown cardstock using a Halloween Holder Additions die. I applied ripe persimmon distress ink to the edges of the orange pumpkin, mixed that same ink with water, added splatters to the pumpkin, and then did the same with white ink. I attached the orange pumpkin to the brown one using 1mm foam squares, and then put the Jack ‘o Lantern in the kitty’s paws using liquid glue. I cut two hearts out of light pink cardstock using a Valentine Holder Additions die, added texture using picked raspberry distress ink and white ink, and stuck them to the cat’s face using 1mm foam squares. I gave him a pair of wiggly oval eyes, as well as black eyebrows using Easter Mug Additions dies, and to make him even cuter, I tied a black organza triple bow around his neck, glued a tiny spider in its center, and applied glossy accents to that spider, as well as to the kitty’s nose. I cut one extra Cat Holder out of black glitter cardstock, attached my cute cat to it using 1mm foam squares and by shifting them to get a nice glittery border around the cat.
Before attaching everything to my card, I cut three spider webs out of vellum using a Halloween Holder Additions die, and three spiders out of dark grey cardstock, added black soot distress ink to the edges of each spider, as well as white ink splatters, and when they were dry, I gave them eyes using Onyx pearls. The bubbly potion and detached bubbles were cut out of aqua cardstock using Halloween Mug Additions dies and I gave those pieces the same texture as the inside of the cauldron. Next I quickly put everything on my card to see where I wanted the spider webs to go, I stuck them using liquid glue, and then attached all the elements using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.
Next I white heat embossed “Hocus Pocus” from Halloween Greetings on black cardstock, cut it with the matching die, and attached it to the Cauldron Shaker using 1mm foam squares. I also white heat embossed “Let’s spook up some fun” from Sentiment Strips: Halloween on green cardstock, cut it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, applied a bit of mowed lawn distress ink to the edges, and then attached that banner to my card using 2mm foam squares. As the final details and to make my little scene extra magical, I glued fine and chunky glitter to the bubbles.
And that’s it! I hope that you like this super cute card. I love how shiny it is and how sweet this kitty is. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!