Autumn Card Duo

For the past year or so, I've been drawn to scenic patterned paper. Probably longer than that, but those are the ones I'm reading for again and again when I'm not making birthday cards for the nursing home. I wanted to make a Thanksgiving card using this paper (Amazon .ca) and the Grassy Grove die (Stampin' Up) and decided to make just ONE more Halloween card as well. 

The 3-d pumpkin sticker is from my stash and the sweet ghost is by Hello Blluebird. 

I used the same stamp set for both cards, another old one from Stampin' Up. Washi tape along the bottom of the inside panel to bring the colour inside and I lightly added colour with ink and a blending brush. It's not as blotchy as it appears in the photo though.

Below is the Thanksgiving card with another sticker from my stash. I didn't add greetings to the fronts of these ones as they seemed to detract from the scene and black silhouette trees.

Here is the inside ... the same washti tape and I added a little felt acorn sticker (also from my stash).

 

Halloween Z-Fold Card

It's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog and today I'm sharing one of my favourites - a simple Z-Fold card. I have this package of patterned paper from several years ago (Stampin' Up) and I must have used my Scan 'N Cut on two of the sheets to cut out all the pumpkins and witches hats. The little tree scene was also repeated on one of the 12 x 12" sheets so they were cut down to (almost) 4x4" squares. 

I just pulled out some of those cut pieces and fiddled around until I was happy with the look. Then I stamped the greeting - another old SU set - and added colour to the last words with fine point markers.

Such a fun card - I'm really happy with it!

'Mummy Jar' Wobble Mini Slimline Card

I had fun making this one - and the cute mummy jar (a really old set from Stampin' Up) was attached to the card front with an Action Wobble. It bobs and wobbles around and just makes me smile.

The papers are by Doodlebug Design, and I dug out a word bubble die for the sentiment (Your Next Stamp).

Here is a peek at the inside ... I have had the swirly spider web stamps, which include the sentiment) for over 15 years so I don't remember who made them. Possibly Inkadinkadoo?

Halloween Houses Card

I'm sharing another Halloween card - this was quick and easy and used up a leftover piece of Doodlebug patterned paper that was in the package. 

I added the patterned paper to the bottom of a white panel then topped it with a coordinating 1/4" strip of purple patterned paper. I stamped the greeting above that and adhered the panel to a purple card base. Then I added the Doodlebug skeleton arm on the bottom left, with a little foam tape. Finally, a few resin gems - also from Doodlebug.

I've had this stamp set for many years - I really like the swirly spider web so also added it to the envelope.

Jack O'Lantern Card

I was going through my Halloween papers and found this (older) 12x12" package from Stampin' Up. I must have used my Scan 'n Cut to cut the Jack O'Lanterns from one sheet and witch hats from another as there were quite a few in with the papers. Using black card stock I pulled out one of the Picture This background dies, which cuts these stitched circles.I backed the openings with white card stock then I just played around with the cut outs until I was happy. I added some stamped greetings from a couple of different stamp sets to finish it off.

After adhering the decorated background panel to an A2 sized patterned paper panel I realized that there was an awful lot of black. I wish I had cut the background smaller than 4 x 5/25 and actually make a note on a scrap of card stock and included it in the package with the dies so I remember the next time. 

I found some Peel Off border stickers and decided that they brightened up the edges enough that I was ok with the card so it got mounted to a white card base.

Below is a peek at the inside whereI used an older greeting stamp (by Karen Burniston) and a few more of the cut out pieces to decorate it.

From Our House to Yours, Halloween Pop Up Card

I thought it was time to make a pop up card - and I kept things simple with Doodlebug Designs papers & elements and other dies from my stash. It was fun putting this one together.

Inside I used a basic box pop-up and this cute haunted house element. It's quite large, so worked well in this larger card base. The card & envelope is from Michaels and the cards measure 5 x 6.5" (not 5 x 7") and I've them for many years. 

Patchwork Halloween Card

Everything I used for this card is more than a few years old and they were fun to get out and play with again. I used a Patchwork die from Your Next Stamp to cut the patterned paper into the stitched wedges, then assembled them onto a white panel. I cut that panel with a stitched rectangle die then matted it with black. When I was seeing how it looked on different coloured card bases, I decided to use the two leftover patchwork pieces and go with a white card base. 

The sentiment (Karen Burniston) was stamped then punched out and popped up with foam tape. I wanted a little more contrast, so punched the label out again from black, cut it in half and added  those to the back sides of the white one. Finally I added a Doodlebug spider sticker with a black pen line.

Here is a peek at the inside ...

Halloween Half Shutter Card

I have another Halloween card to share today and since it's Fun Fold Friday here on my blog I made a Half Shutter Card. I used the die set from Divinity Designs but only two of the layering dies.

The long Halloween is from a Doodlebug Designs Odds & Ends package - in fact, all of the elements are from the same package and the patterned paper is also Doodlebug Designs. So cute - I just love their Halloween items.  I folded the 'H' at the front and the 'N' at the end so I could anchor the word inside the card fold, then carefully folded the whole word in half. Then it was adhered inside the card - the rest had already been decorated.

I added a stitched rectangle as a place for a personal greeting and this card folds flat into a standard A2 envelope and will mail for a single stamp!

 

Halloween Card With Scraps

I'm a sucker for Doodlebug Designs Halloween EVERYTHING, and I hoard save all but the tiniest of pieces. When I pulled out one of the Halloween paper packages, I saw there were several scraps that would work well behind the openings of this die cut (Your Next Stamp). Then I went through one of the Doodlebug Odds & Ends packages and puled out the SCARY tiles, the eyes and orange circle.  I added some Pops of Color to the eyeballs to make them raised and shiny, and the tiles were staggered and added with thin foam tape.

Here is a peek at the inside ... the sentiment is very old (Stampin' Up) and the spider & web was punched out of another scrap.

Halloween Ghosts Card

Now that Thanksgiving is over, I thought I'd better get going on some Halloween cards! This one uses a bunch of really old items from my stash. It was fun to pull out that label punch again - back when it came out (Stampin' Up) it was REALLY popular. We didn't have the variety of dies that are available now, that's for sure.

The ghost eyes cut away, so I backed them with some yellow card stock before adhering them to the card with foam tape. I think these are actually tags as there are hanging holes in the top of the ghost arms as well as the bat's head. I just snipped the bat ones away and hid the ghost ones with the bat wings. I also gave the bats and the bottom of the ghosts a swipe with a gold Wink of Stella brush.

DANG - now that I'm looking at the photo, I wish I'd put one of the ghosts on an Action Wobble! Ahh well - I'll have to remember that for another time.

Here is a peek at the inside - the words came from a retired stamp set by Karen Burniston when she was designing with Elizabeth Craft Designs. I have always loved this stamp set and pull it out every year.