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Let’s get batty together (a free Halloween cut file + printable bats for you)

October 2, 2014

Let’s get batty together (a free Halloween cut file + printable bats for you)

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I make no secret of my love of all things Halloween. I guess you might say I’m Halloween out and proud. And while I’ve been filling up my Instagram feed with pumpkins, wreaths and skulls, I wanted to share some of that love with you, my fellow Children of Darkness. Because the other thing that I love this time of year? BATS!

Last year I bought a Silhouette Cameo right before Halloween. I’m not sure what my final push was but I’m fairly certain it had something to do with seeing this image on Pinterest.

The first thing I ever cut was a bat. It was without a doubt my finest moment in paper crafting. I used a bone folder to score my bat wings to give them a little dimension as they trailed up my wall.

Here’s what that wall looked like last year.

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I would’ve shown you a current photo, but I’ll be damned if it wasn’t so gloomy yesterday I couldn’t take a well lit shot to save my life.

But what I would love to do today is to share my Gone Batty cut files package with you. It includes one glorious bat outline in SVG, DXF and PNG formats. I even tossed in a sheet of solid black bats in a printable PDF so if you don’t own a fancy die cutting machine, you could still print out some bats and go old school on their asses… with scissors.

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I know. I’ve gone batty and I don’t care who knows it!

DOWNLOAD HERE: CZ_GoneBatty

Halloween? It’s kind of my jam. Thank you for indulging me in the silliness spookiness.

NEED MORE CZ HALLOWEEN? Find more of my Halloween-themed products here.


Note: I recently joined the Amazon Affiliate Program because Minnesota decided to let its residents play with Amazon again. I will only promote products that I personally use and love. I have no tie-in with Silhouette. Trust me. I tried to get one for free. It didn’t quite work out. If you purchase an item through my links, I earn a tiny percentage, or so the Amazon Affiliate Program says.

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  1. Carla Crosby says

    October 2, 2014 at 6:54 am

    Thank you for the cut file you Batty Girl 🙂

    Reply
  2. Patti says

    October 2, 2014 at 9:16 am

    Thanks for the freebie! I will try to go ‘batty’ too. Also, I love your gallery wall…very nice. 🙂
    Patti 🙂

    Reply
  3. Michelle t says

    October 2, 2014 at 9:17 am

    Wow, awesome! Thanks, Cathy. I appreciate your kindness. Michelle t

    Reply
  4. Christine K. says

    October 2, 2014 at 9:18 am

    Thanks for the freebie. I’m in the mood for bats.

    Reply
  5. Isabel says

    October 2, 2014 at 9:21 am

    Thank you for the batty 🙂

    Reply
  6. heidig says

    October 2, 2014 at 9:30 am

    Gotta love the bats – thanks Cathy!

    Reply
  7. Natalie says

    October 2, 2014 at 9:59 am

    Thanks so much! I’m gonna go old school on their asses! (Best line ever!) happy October! 🙂

    Reply
  8. Ruth G says

    October 2, 2014 at 11:02 am

    Fabulous! I love how your bats work their way over the pictures! Great way to take an idea and fly away with it!

    Reply
  9. Simona says

    October 2, 2014 at 11:16 am

    I’m all the time interest how you stick them? It’s can damage my new colored room?)))
    You have some secret? ))

    Reply
    • Cathy Zielske says

      October 2, 2014 at 11:28 am

      Scotch Tape. : ) Didn’t leave any marks last year. : )

      Reply
      • Simona says

        October 2, 2014 at 11:57 am

        Thank you. I will try.

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      • Simona says

        November 2, 2014 at 12:34 pm

        Thank you!!! It’s was fantastic idea, my boys very like decoration..
        You can see how finally it’s looks – http://mybestboys.wordpress.com/2014/11/02/halloween-party14/

        Reply
  10. Amy says

    October 2, 2014 at 11:31 am

    You are AWESOME!! Thank you!!!

    Reply
  11. Dalon says

    October 2, 2014 at 12:18 pm

    I love your blog! Love following you. 😉 (I’ll try to warn you first before I randomly show up on your doorstep to meet you in person …) :-p

    Reply
  12. JensHappyPlace says

    October 2, 2014 at 12:46 pm

    You CRACK ME UP. I literally laughed out loud here at work. Now I’m getting those funny looks, but i don’t care. I am a super huge fan of October and love going batty, too. Thanks for your posts, Cathy! 🙂

    Reply
  13. Jen says

    October 2, 2014 at 6:40 pm

    Thank you Cathy!

    Reply
  14. Tiffany Hayden says

    October 2, 2014 at 6:51 pm

    You are so awesome, Cathy! Thanks for sharing!
    My tween daughter wants to have a Halloween party this year so I think I must make a bat wall similar to yours!

    Reply
  15. Nettie says

    October 2, 2014 at 9:35 pm

    Thanks for the bat – and the smile in my day!

    Reply
  16. Jill Broyles says

    October 3, 2014 at 1:52 pm

    You are the best! Thank you as always for the fun.

    Reply
  17. francine says

    October 3, 2014 at 8:31 pm

    How fun! Thank you! Love your wall!

    Reply
  18. Tina says

    October 3, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    I’m pretty sure these will be going up on my garage door 🙂

    Reply
  19. Sue Kimmet says

    October 4, 2014 at 7:44 am

    I love your batty wall! Think I’ll do the same today. Thanks for the file and the idea…

    Reply
  20. Jen L says

    October 4, 2014 at 10:38 am

    Thanks so much for these files and the ghosts! They are so cute!

    Reply
  21. Joana Costa says

    October 5, 2014 at 9:55 am

    Thanks for the bats and the cute ghosts. I absolutely love them!

    Reply
  22. julie says

    October 5, 2014 at 12:01 pm

    Cathy,
    Thanks for the bats, my cats will love them!
    Julie

    Reply
  23. Kim L says

    October 6, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    Thank you!!

    Reply
  24. Mindy says

    October 7, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    Thanks for the bats! I just cut them on my Silhouette – made them little, sprayed with Heidi Swapp Tinsel color shine spray and put them on the front of my Halloween cards. Love them! Am I dreaming or did you have some adorable ghosts somewhere? I’m thinking that I need to cut some of those – they can float around somewhere in my house!

    Reply
    • Cathy Zielske says

      October 8, 2014 at 6:37 am

      I sent the ghosts out to my subscribers, but… i’m sharing them here tomorrow!

      Reply
    • Mindy says

      October 8, 2014 at 8:31 am

      Thanks Cathy! I’m a subscriber so I found the adorbs ghosts in my email. I knew I had seen them – just couldn’t remember where. I blame it on old tired brain! 🙂

      Reply
  25. Faye says

    October 18, 2014 at 5:46 pm

    Thanks Cathy, that is just what I was looking for.

    Reply
  26. Tara says

    October 20, 2014 at 12:21 pm

    WHO HAS TIME FOR SCISSORS?
    SEND ME SOME BATS.

    Reply
  27. Lynette says

    October 29, 2018 at 7:30 pm

    Just found your blog while looking for bat svg files. Thank you so much. I have to say, that antique radio you have in your photo made me smile. We have the same one! It was my husband’s grandmother’s. Nice to see how you incorporated it into your decor. Off to subscribe.

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    • Cathy Zielske says

      October 30, 2018 at 7:51 am

      Yes! It’s an old classic!

      Reply
  28. Teresa Rawnick says

    September 25, 2019 at 5:36 pm

    I seriously love that whole room. The wall color is gorgeous. You photo arrangement & the black frames with the black & white photos, superb. And then the Halloween decorations tie right in. Thanks so much for the free “Gone Batty Cut Files”. So sweet of you.

    Reply
  29. Maura Clark says

    October 10, 2022 at 6:46 pm

    Can you email me the zip. For some reason my computer won’t let me download the bats sadly.

    Reply

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