Mini Halloween Cards for the Grandkids

Good morning friends

Whew - I have a photo heavy post today! In an earlier post, I said I was going to simplify the cards I make for our five Grandkids in October, because they are getting cards for both Thanksgiving and Halloween. That's 10 different cards from me, and I make my Mom's cards as well ... so that's 20 different cards given to the grands in October. They love getting cards though, so no way we are not going to make them.

I picked up some of the Stampin' Up 3 x 3" envelopes with my order last month, and even though I was finished my Halloween cards for the year I was inspired to make a set of 5 to give them next year. Ha - so I'm 5 cards up for Halloween 2018. Don't hate me.

Card #1 ... The witch hat and Jack-O-Lantern were fussy cut from different papers in the package, and the BOO! is a die cut from Karen Burniston's Halloween Elements. I added oval wiggly eyes to the 'o's in BOO because kids love wiggly eyes!

Inside is a floating ghost and creepy hands ... I animated the ghost using the spinner die from the Rectangle Pull Card. That die set has been discontinued, but it's still fun to use.

Card #2 - a stamped and fussy cut witches hat perches above wiggly eyes and the whole white stitched circle is adhered to the card on an Action Wobble. Love how it bobs around - another thing that kids seem to enjoy.

The inside has a stamped label, layered with a stitched die cut banner and a fussy cut Jack O Lantern.

Card #3 features a printed 3" square panel and a punched cat. Both the cat punch and all the patterned paper used are by Stampin' Up and were in the bundle I purchased. You will be seeing a lot of this cat punch in future cards! Even though I'm a dog person, I am really enjoying this cat punch. The patterned paper came with a sheet of printed cats sized to work perfectly with the punch. A black satin bow and the card front was done.

Inside is a stamped and punched cat and I used the Pop-Up platform from Karen Burniston's Tree Pop-Up to animate the cat inside. This card will likely go to Olivia, who especially likes Pop-Up cards.

Card #4 was really fun to make. I used the Jack O Lantern face that comes with the pumpkin in Karen Burniston's Halloween Elements, only I just used the face die to cut three faces into the front of my black card. So fun - I've been wanting to try this on a larger card, so have to remember this idea for next year.

I backed the faces with orange card stock inside the card.

Here is a look at the inside, with a stamped and fussy cut owl with wiggly eyes, a fussy cut witches hat and a die cut branch. I have really enjoyed this stamp set - the eyes, Happy OWLoween stamp is included in the set.

Card #5 has another one of those printed 3 x 3" scenes. There were two 12 x 12 sheets of them in the paper package so it was easy to cut those sheets into 3 x 3" panels to have on hand for quick cards. I added another punched cat and a fussy cat witches hat but this one has some doodles added.

The BOO! was die cut from the orange circle, backed with black card stock and I carefully added the centers from the B and both O's back in. The orange BOO! was set aside to use on a different project. Then, the whole orange circle was adhered inside the card with an Action Wobble. It's always a fun surprise when they are inside a card.

Thanks for hanging in with me to the end. The cards were quick to make and I think the Grands are going to like their small size. They fit in the little envelopes quite nicely. I actually stamped a label on each envelope to write their names on the envelope, but didn't take a photo.

Supplies for all:
Black, cream, orange, rust card stocks
Patterned paper - Stampin' Up
Cat punch - Stampin' Up
1005 Tree Pop-Up (pop-up platform) - Karen Burniston
Stamps - Stampin' Up
Blueprints #21 (Stitched banner) - MFT Stamps
Black ribbon
1013 Halloween Elements - Karen Burniston
Branch die - Memory Box?
Rectangle Pull Card (Spinner) - Karen Burniston (Elizabeth Craft Designs - Discontinued)
1019 Gift Card Label (Label) - Karen Burniston
Black fine point marker
Wiggly eyes
Action Wobble
Stitched circle - MFT Stamps
Orange gel pen
3 x 3" Envelopes - Stampin' Up

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