I can’t believe Halloween is finally here!  I still have Halloween projects I would like to make! As I was beginning to mail out some cards the other day, I just grabbed a bunch and took a photo. You will probably find most of these on other blog posts.  And now that Halloween is here, it is on to the other holidays!  Have fun tonight!  Watch out for the ghosts and goblins!

Happy Halloween!

Trick-or-Treat!

I would say this punch art black cat Halloween card has two levels of inspiration on it. One day I saw pink being used in Halloween decorations and I thought that would be a fun thing to do.  I added some bits of Melon Mambo to this card, in the layers, the stamped greeting and in the paper bow on the punch art cat. (Sometimes just seeing a scrap of paper on your work table will provide inspiration!) The cat came from a picture of a cat decoration of some kind in a magazine article I recently read on the plane (the only time I seem to get to catch up on my magazines!) that made me think of the shapes of our Stampin’ Up! punches.

I used the Extra-Large Oval Punch for the cat’s body and the Large Oval Punch for the head. The ears are the top tip of the Tree Punch.  The feet are the Word Window Punch, cut in half. The legs are drawn in with the White Stampin’ Chalk Marker. I don’t remember how I did the eyes!  Maybe I just cut the shapes by hand.  Possibly I used the leaf on the Bird Builder Punch and trimmed it.  Punches just make things easier but there is no reason why you can’t cut things out by hand if you don’t have the appropriate punch – or use something else and then modify the shape.

The greeting is stamped with a stamp from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  Have I ever mentioned how I think this is one of the best stamp sets to own??  It has so many greetings to use, both for holidays and generic.  Very useful.  You can never have too many sentiments and greetings to use. For a little pizzazz, I added two Brights Candy Dots.  I love those cute Candy Dots!  The little stamped stars are from the Something to Say Stamp Set.  The star on the wand is punched from Gold Glimmer Paper with the star punch in the Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack. The jack-o-lantern is stamped with the Howl-o-Ween Treat Stamp Set and punched out with the Boo To You Framelits Dies.

If you are looking for some last minute Halloween card ideas, maybe this punch art black cat Halloween card idea will help you.

If you are looking for a colorful Halloween card, look no farther than this Howl-O-Ween Treat Halloween Trick or Treat Card. The stamps are both from the Howl-o-Ween Treat Stamp Set.  The greeting is colored with three different markers and layered on the front of the card. The pumpkin is stamped and then die cut with the Boo To You Framelits Dies.

The background is simply a piece of Whisper White cardstock, with different colors just sponged on.  I have always cut the Stamping Sponges into pieces and used them that size.

After the sponging, I could see the card was going to need “something”, so I splattered the watered down Multipurpose Liquid Glue (the “green” glue, as we often say) over the card front and the greeting piece with my Aqua Painter, just like you would with a paintbrush. After applying the glue this way, sprinkle the card with Gold Stampin’ Glitter and then of course shake off.  You will have splattered sparkly glitter!  Really fun!

You have to hurry if you want to mail any Halloween cards to friends!  Halloween is Saturday, Oct. 31!

Did you know that Oct. 31st will be the last day of daylight savings time for this year?!  Time to “Fall Back” and get that extra hour of sleep!

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The other day I got this idea to use this background stamp to make this Trick or Treat Watercolor Wash Halloween Card.  The Watercolor Wash is a large background stamp, and I colored it with several markers to make a multi-colored background. After coloring with markers, be sure to “huff” (or breathe) on the inked stamp to remoisten the ink before stamping. I thought using Halloween colors with the Watercolor Wash stamp would be fun and interesting!

I recommend getting these background stamps in the wood-mount version.  I just think it’s easier to use them on the wood block.  I think the really big stamps and the really little stamps are better wood-mounted, and you don’t have to do any mounting as they are all ready to stamp!

After stamping the background, I used the Howl-o-Ween Treat Stamp set for the “Trick or Treat” words, the pumpkin die-cut and the stamped spiders! It’s a fun Halloween stamp set plus comes with matching Boo To You framelits dies.  You can also purchase the Bundle and save 15%.

Don’t forget about the very short Stampin’ Up! Stamp Sale, which ends on Friday, October 23!!  That is tomorrow!  All stamps are 15% off!  Don’t miss out!

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I got the idea the other day to make a Halloween card with two different stamp sets, Work of Art and Howl-o-Ween Treat, so here we have the Work of Art Howl-o-Ween Treat Halloween card!  The Work of Art Stamp Set has been very popular since it was first introduced, and you can see how versatile it can be. Just change the colors and it can be used for almost any occasion. To make it work for Halloween, just ink the stamp with Halloween colors and add some Halloween images, such as the owl and hat from Howl-o-Ween Treat.

If you don’t like cutting out things, get the Howl-o-Ween Treat Bundle that includes the Boo To You Framelits Dies along with the stamps for a 15% discount!  The framelits also cut the “Boo!” which I think is super cute to put on cards.

Even if you do not have “official” Halloween stamps, look through your stamp sets and see what you do have that you can use!  You might find a “Happy Halloween” in a large stamp set of words and greetings.  You might find a background you can use in Halloween colors.  You might find a cat stamp that you make look “Halloweeny”. Just try it and see what you can find! If you aren’t into Halloween, make a fall call in a similar fashion.

HOT OFF THE PRESS:  If you are in the market for some Stampin’ Up! stamps, wait until Monday and next week!  Check back on Monday for all the details (because I don’t have details yet!)! Start making your wish list over the weekend.

How about this for an easy Halloween card with eyeballs??! This card is super easy to make and a good way to use up some scraps! The card base is Garden Green, but you could use many other colors, like an orange, purple, black, red, whatever you like. Then gather all the circle punches you have for making eyeballs and go to town punching circles, eyeballs and pupils! Glue some black circles in the very center of the white eyeball and some on the edges.  Then you can play around with placement when you adhere them to the card, making some eyes crossed or looking up or down or straight on!  Make some of the eyes bloodshot with the thin tip of the Real Red Stampin’ Write Marker.  Just do whatever you want!  For my greeting, I used the “Boo!” framelit from the Boo To You Framelits Dies.

Here’s a new tip I learned and I think it is working well:  Usea piece of parchment paper in between the die and the card stock! It cuts through the card stock fine and releases it easily from the intricate die.

I got this eyeball idea from looking through a food catalog I received in the mail that had a round box decorated with eyeballs. I thought, “I could make a card like that!” So don’t just trash those many catalogs we will all be receiving in the mail for the upcoming holidays.  Look through them for ideas for your projects, whether it is copying something directly or using the same color combination or using the design for an idea for a card or bag or other project.

Have fun making some Halloween cards for your friends and family, like this easy Halloween eyeball card! Your kids could help with this one!

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