Happy Haunts and the Hop to Stop

Hello, everyone!  This is my final card for The Hop to Stop in support of domestic violence awareness.  It's been an emotional hop for me as I explained here, but it's enabled some healing I think. I encourage you to check out the purple beauties over at the hop. You still have a couple days to join; the hop closes on Wednesday at 12 noon CST.

None of my hop cards have focused on domestic violence or survival.  I just went with purple, which is the colour for domestic violence awareness, and that's what I've done again today. I made another fun Halloween shaker card - I started the hop with a Halloween shaker and I'm ending it with a Halloween shaker!  For this one I used the three creepy cats from Beccy's Place - Witching Hour Set (I won these in Beccy's challenge last month - thank you, Beccy!).

I printed the images on watercolour paper, masked the eyes, and sponged distress inks (Shabby Shutters, Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac, Hickory Smoke, and Black Soot) to create a spooky background.  I added water droplets and made some splatters with Black Soot and Dusty Concord mixed with water.  The sentiment is from Newton's Nook Spooky Street, and the shaker frame is die-cut with Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles. I added lot of sequins in black, silver, and various shades of purple.

Please become informed about domestic violence, its impacts, and available resources. You can visit the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence for more information. Canadians can find out more here.  I hope to see you at The Hop to Stop to support this important issue.

I would also like to join the following challenges: Allsorts No Design Papers 2/3; Artistic Inspirations AG Halloween UE; Aud Sentiments Halloween Sentiment 2/5; Beccy's Place October AG UE; CRAFT Autumn/Halloween 3/5; Craft Your Passion AG 1/3; Crafty Calendar Halloween 2/3; Crafty Girls Creations 3/3; Creative Corner Halloween 2/3; Creative Fingers AG 3/3; Dies R Us Halloween 2/3; Di's Digi Designs Too Cute to Spook 1/3; DL.ART October Linky UE 1/day; DRS Designs Spooky or Cutesy UE; Get Creative Halloween 2/3; Inspiration Destination AG UE; Just Keep on Creating AG UE; Kitty Bee Aloha Friday Animals 2/2; Left of Center Sketch or LOC theme UE; Not Just Cards AG UE; One Stitch at a a Time AG with Awareness (Domestic Violence Awareness) UE; Our Crafty Corner Getting Ready for Halloween 2/3; Paperbabe Stamps AG UE; Pile it On Funky and/or Freaky UE; Pixie's Snippet Playground Snippet used for purple frame and black cardstock 2/3; Scrapbook Blessings Club AG Use Digi Stamps Only UE; Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Beginning with S (sequins, shaker, spooky) UE; Sweet Stamps October AG UE; The Corrosive The Dark Side 1/3

Thank you for looking at my card!  Wishing you a joyful day!