Boo Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today I have a cute Halloween card for you.

I started with a white cardstock panel, and used a blender brush to add a light touch of Vintage Photo Distress ink to the background.

Next I die cut all my elements:

• Black cardstock was used for the Haunted House, Fence, Bats and the word "Boo".
• Ghosts were die cut from white cardstock
• Pumpkin from orange cardstock
• Moon from yellow cardstock

To assemble the card, I glued down the moon first, the Haunted House next.  Then I tucked the ghosts behind the house and glued the fence in place.  The pumpkin was glued in front of the fence.  

The word Boo was cut apart from the "Boo to You" die cut and glued in place underneath the fence.

Then I glued the bats to the card front.

I adhered the card front to a black mat and used foam tape to glue it to a white cardstock mat.  This was adhered to an orange cardstock mat and glued to a white card base.

That's it for today!  I hope you have a Happy Halloween!!!

 

 

Supplies

 

94587 Boo Posh Script

94632 Rickety House

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer

30087 Circle Basics Set

SP1002 Sunny Orange

Halloween Scene by Jean Okimoto

Set the scene for Halloween with dies from our Fall '22 and Christmas '22 Collections.  Turn the Christmas '22 Celeste Plate upside-down for a spooky Halloween look with new fall dies.  I see a field of creatures in orderly columns and rows.   Do you see them?

Hi, Jean Okimoto here with another Halloween idea for a year that's gone by so quickly.  

Prep the Celeste Plate by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper to help release the diecut bits and pieces.  Cut it from black cardstock.  Attach it to an orange top-folded A2 Card.

Cut the Nested Globe layers from black cardstock and the dark orange 6x6 sheet in the Sunny Orange Collection.

Cut Rickety House from 6x6 sheets in the Earth Neutral Collection.  Cut a piece of the yellow 6x6 in the Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad for the windows and door.

Cut the fence - from the Rickety House set - from a light orange 6x6 in the Sunny Orange Collection.

The bat and ghosts are from the Haunted Entrance Globe Layer die set.  Cut them from white cardstock and Black Glossy Paper (it's cardstock).  

Cut Boo Posh Script from black cardstock and a soft orange sheet in the Sunny Orange Collection.  Assemble the greeting - then attach the little ghosts.  

Attach everything to an orange notecard.  

Have fun with your Halloween designs...anything goes at Halloween time!

Thanks for visiting our blog!

 

 

 

        

Supplies

 

94587 Boo Posh Script

94632 Rickety House

94532 Nested Globes

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer

94699 Celeste Plate

gp1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

 

sp1009 Earth Neutral

Happy Ghosts on a Forest Path by Jean Okimoto

The new Forest Path from our Christmas 2022 Collection is quickly becoming a Design Team favorite.  It's great for frosty winter scenes like Sara's and Trina's.  Add wide-eyed ghosts from the Ghosts in the Forest set - and it's a Halloween card too!  Hi, Jean Okimoto here sharing a fall scene with a combo from our Fall and Christmas Collections.

Prep the Forest Path die by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper to help release the tiny offcuts around the treetops.  Cut it from black cardstock.

Cut a piece of the dark gray/brown Earth Neutral 6x6 to fit behind the black diecut and attach it.  It's either an old country road winding thru the woods - or a muddy stream after a fall rainstorm.   Attach it to a top-folded dark orange A2 card.

Cut the ghosts from the Ghosts in the Forest set.  Love their faces!  Attach them to the background with foam tape.

Cut Boo Posh Script from black cardstock and the bright yellow-green Lush Green Collection 6x6.

Use a hard rubber brayer and frayed burlap Distress Oxide ink to highlight the texture of Kraft Woodgrain Paper.  Dry the ink and diecut Rickety House - just the main section, not the roof section.  Cut the roof from the dark brown Earth Neutral 6x6.  Cut a scrap of the yellow glittered Twinkling Jewel 6x6 for a sparkly door and windows.

Thanks for visiting our blog - hope you enjoyed this little detour from our Christmas designs.  Halloween cards are always fun to send - and receive - before the Christmas rush.

See you in October...

Supplies

 

94702 Forest Path

94632 Rickety House

94587 Boo Posh Script

sp1003 Lush Green

sp1009 Earth Neutral

gp1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

94622 Ghosts in the Forest

sh44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

Gated and Ghosted Creepy Cabin Happy Halloween by Anne Thompson

I've got an extra post this week and decided to make one more Halloween card before I switch gears and start creating for the December holidays.  The Creepy Cabin sits behind the Fancy Gate while Ghosts in the Forest swirl around.  I think my grandsons will like this one!

to make this card

• start with a white notecard
• cut the CREEPY CABIN 94634 in the center of a piece of BLACK GLOSSY PAPER SH44004; trim it with one of the larger rectangles from RECTANGLE BASICS SET 30086 (or trim with your paper cutter 5 1/4 X 4)
• add scraps of orange paper behind the cabin windows and door
• add a scrap of a coral plaid paper from MADRAS PLAID CORAL AND GREEN PP1013 behind the cabin cut-out
• attach the finished cabin panel to the front of the notecard
• cut the FANCY GATE GLOBE 94623 from another piece of the Black Glossy Paper and attach it over the cabin, bending the side hinges a bit for more dimension
• cut the background HAPPY HALLOWEEN POSH SCRIPT 94585 from a scrap of orange paper and the detailed lettering from a scrap of the coral plaid paper; glue them together and place at the top of the card where it will overlap the top of the gate a tiny bit
• cut three of the small ghosts from GHOSTS IN THE FOREST 94622 using white glitter paper from the MAJESTIC HUES GLITTER PAD GP1008; add them to the front against the black paper with dimensional foam dots

Happy Crafting!

Halloween Easel by Trina Pham

Hello there.  I can’t get enough of these adorable ghosts, so I had to use them again but this time for a Halloween easel card.

Started by die cutting a moon mask with a Circle Basics die and attached it to an A2 size Bristol panel.  Using blender brushes, ink blended Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot distress inks for the sky.  Splattered with diluted black and white gouache paints for some texture.

The Fancy Gate Globe was then die cut twice from black cardstock.  Trimmed off the arches on both; on one of them, cut in half and cut away the gate details.  Adhered them together like so to create a fence with the gate.  Great way to stretch your supplies. 😉

 
Next, die cut the Woodgrain Tree Trunk from black cardstock and the ghosts from white.  Added shading to the moon and ghosts with Copic Sketch markers, then assemble the scene onto the panel.  The right ghost was popped up with foam adhesive for dimension.  Spritz the entire panel with a shimmer spray for some sparkle (sorry couldn’t capture it in the photos).

To create the easel base, scored the front of an A2 size top folding card base at 2.75” and adhered the panel to the bottom half below the scored line.  The Happy Halloween Posh Script sentiment with shadow was then die cut from white and navy cardstock to be used as the stopper.  Here’s a side view of it all propped up.

And here’s the view from the front.

And that is it for my card.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful day.

Supplies:

94623 Fancy Gate Globe

94622 Ghosts in the Forest

94630 Woodgrain Tree Trunk

94585 Happy Halloween Posh Script

Ghostly Garden Greetings by Jean Okimoto

 

Transition from late summer to fall - and Halloween - with ghosts and the new Creepy Cabin.  The floral background from the Garland 6x6 set is perfect for summer, fall and winter projects.  Hi, happy weekend - Jean Okimoto here with another idea featuring a die from our Fall '22 Collection.

Cut the Garland 6x6 floral print with the largest Nested Globe die.  

Cut the Creepy Cabin die from Kraft Woodgrain Paper - leave an extra ⅓" above and below the bottom of the design.  Cut it with a portion of the 3" wide Nested Globe die.  Attach a scrap of the yellow Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad sheet behind the house to illuminate the windows and double-door.

The ghosts and bats are from the popular Haunted Entrance Dome Layer set - a favorite for Halloween cards.  Cut them from heavy white cardstock and Black Glossy Paper (it's very sturdy cardstock that's great for scored and embossed designs).

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded green A2 card.  Add the large Clear Fairy Drops.  Cut an A2-sized rectangle of cardstock to protect the Fairy Drops and card for mailing.

Thanks for visiting the blog...have a great weekend!

Supplies

 

94634

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer

gp1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

pp1010 Garland 6x6 pack

94532 Nested Globes

sh44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

cld101 Clear Fairy Drops

Boo to You by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today I have a clean and simple Halloween card for you featuring new products from the fall release.

I die cut the ghosts from white cardstock and randomly glued them to a black cardstock panel.

Once the glue was dry, I trimmed the overhanging ghosts from the background and glued it to to a orange cardstock mat.  I used foam tape to adhere the panel to a white card base.

I die cut the shadow from the "Boo to You" die from orange cardstock and the words from white cardstock.  I glued the words to the orange shadow die cut, then glued it to a vellum die cut circle.  Next, I glued this to my card and that's it!  Cutting all the ghosts was probably the most time consuming part of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week!

 

Supplies

94622 Ghosts in the Forest Craft Die

94587 Boo Posh Script Die

 

 

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

Location, Location, Location by Jean Okimoto

 

Congrats to the winners of the August Yellow Card Challenge!  Here's some inspiration for September's Falling for Fall Challenge.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with more new designs from our Fall '22 Collection.

It's like a Halloween Street of Dreams here  - with a trio of home designs to chose from.  Cut the new Rickety House and fence from the pale gray Earth Neutrals 6x6 Collection.  Cut just the house portion from the Creepy Cabin die from black cardstock.  Cut the house and part of the ground of the Haunted House Dome Layer from the brown 6x6 in the Earth Neutrals Collection.

Attach little pieces of the cream 6x6 from the Delicate Pastels Glitter Pad  behind the doors and windows of the three houses.

Cut the new Woodgrain Tree Trunk from a brown Earth Neutrals 6x6.

The Haunted Entrance Dome Layer die set includes great holiday icons.  Cut the ghosts from heavy white cardstock.  Cut the bats from a Black Glossy 8.5x11 sheet.

Attach the diecuts to an orange A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼").  

It's always fun to mix and match old and new items.  There are so many ways to combine classic favorite Halloween designs - have fun designing your Halloween cards, tags, treat wrappers,  layouts and  deccor.  

Thanks for visiting the blog - see you again next week!

 

 

Supplies

 

94634 Creepy Cabin

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer

94630 Woodgrain Tree Trunk

94632 Rickety House

sp1009 Earth Neutral

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

94508 Haunted House Dome Layer

Boo to You Tags for Halloween Goodie Bags by Anne Thompson

Did you see Jean's post yesterday?  I hadn't looked at hers until after I had made these tags for my post today.

We both used these same three dies:

•  WILD SPIRAL 94629
• GHOSTS IN THE FOREST 94622
• BOO POSH SCRIPT 94587

to make my tags

• cut the Wild Spiral from BLACK GLOSSY PAPER SH44004
• cut the ghosts with the two ghosts die in the Ghosts in the Forest set using a white glitter paper from MAJESTIC HUES GLITTER PAD GP1008
• cut the background for the Boo Posh Script using a bright orange from the SUNNY ORANGE COLLECTION SP1002
• cut the detailed letters for the Boo Posh Script from scraps of the Black Glossy Paper

• Assemble the tags by securing the ghosts to the spiral with Glue Dots, making sure that their features line up with the black of the spiral.
• Add the detailed lettering on top of the orange background using a Glue Pen and use Glue dots to add it to the spiral.
• Punch a hole near the top of the spiral (I used the smallest setting on my Cropadile) and thread string/yarn/ribbon through the hole.

That's it!  Fun tags to add to bags of Halloween treats!

I'll be busy at my sewing machine soon creating costumes for my grandsons (and my son and his wife) who sent their requests on Sunday.  They always have a theme and dress up as a family.  This year looks like it will be Victorian vampires, so that should be challenging.  I will also sew some Halloween treat bags, fill them with goodies, and add these tags to send along with the costume pieces I make.

Happy Crafting!  

Ghosts in a Wild Spiral by Jean Okimoto

 

Say "boo" with a trio of ghosts swirling through the new Wild Spiral on a Pinpoint Burst background.  A shimmery greeting and golden Autumn Fairy Crystals add a bit of bling.  Hi, hope you're having a great weekend - Jean Okimoto here with another Halloween slimline design - and some yellow card inspiration for our August Challenge.  

Cut yellow cardstock with the 2-¼" x 7-¼" Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Diecut the rectangle with a portion of the

Slim Pinpoint Burst Plate.

Cut three ghosts - from the new Ghosts in the Forest die set - from white and black cardstock.  Assemble the ghosts - offset for a shadowy outline.  

Cut the new Wild Spiral from the bright orange sheet in the Twinkling Jewel 6x6 Glitter Pad.  

Cut Boo Posh Script from black cardtock and the reddish-orange sheet in the Rainbow Reflections 6x6 Mirror Pad.  

Attach the diecuts to the rectangle - use foam tape behind the the ghosts' heads.  Attach the rectangle to a black slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-½").

Add yellow Autumn Fairy Crystals.  Cut a slimline-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

 

Supplies

 

94629 Wild Spiral

94622 Ghosts in the Forest

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers

94557 Slim Pinpoint Burst Plate

94587 Boo Posh Script

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

gp1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

cry101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

 

Thanks for visiting our blog...see you again in September!