This Spooky Halloween Tree card was so much fun to make!  I used Glossy White card stock #102599 so that I could do lots of sponging of color. I wanted a big moon in the sky so the silhouette of the tree would show.

The way you make the moon is with the 2 1/2" Circle Punch #120906 and post-it notes….or at least some sort of circle stencil. I punched a hole in a post-it note with some sticky on the back.  First I placed the punched-out piece down like a stencil to color in the moon.  I used a sponge and several colors of yellow classic ink with a touch of Pumpkin Pie.  Then I removed the stencil piece and stuck on the circle I had punched as a mask to cover the moon I had just sponged.  That way I could sponge the background sky without getting ink on the moon. I just used different blues…I think Pacific Point, Not Quite Navy and Night of Navy…with a little Pumpkin Pie thrown in and maybe some yellow.

Next I stamped the tree from Season of Friendship #111776, the bats and the word "spooky" from Wicked Cool #120600 (clear).  The owl I stamped in Chocolate Chip from Spooky Bingo Bits #123946 (clear) and cut him out with my Paper Snips. The Halloween greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

It was really fun to play with all those colors and doing the sponging.  So if you need some Halloween stamping supplies, be sure to go to my Online Store HERE and place your order!

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If you are looking for ideas for a Halloween craft or Halloween crafts for kids, I think something like this Halloween card would be fun! Basically just use some paper scraps and punches or scissors and make a monster face!

I was planning to make some simple Halloween card and opened a magazine to get some ideas.  The magazine had glass jars filled with candy and then some monster face features pasted on the glass jar.  I got the idea to make a card instead and came up with this!  I guess it is a form of "punch art" since I grabbed a variety of my Stampin' Up! punches and just had a creative moment!

See if you can figure out what punches I used!

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Today, October 1 is World Card Making Day!  This is the day to celebrate card makers from around the world as we begin the busy crafting season of fall and leading into the holidays.  Why not grab some of your stamping supplies and make a card for someone?  Now if you would hate to actually send a card you went to the trouble to make, maybe you should make two…..keep one, send one!  But as long as you have all your stuff out, why not make three cards, and then you'll have an extra…after you send one and keep one!  We can never have too many cards!

Here is a card I sort of challenged myself to make.  I sat looking at the doilies poking out of the Flirtacious Specialty Paper #122360….yes, you get a whole page of doilies….you can cut them apart or use them how you want. I wondered if I could make a Halloween card with a Melon Mambo doily!  Well, yes, I could!  I got out my Color Coach to see what colors would coordinate with Melon Mambo and there they were….Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive!

If you don't feel you have any creative ideas, just find a picture in a magazine or a design on your clothes or in the store and use those colors or shape to make your card.  It really works!

Happy Card Making Day!  

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