A Halloween card that I saw years ago much like this Halloween Spooky Ghosts Card is one of the things that inspired me to become a Stampin’ Up Demonstrator! I was visiting my friend who first introduced me to Stampin’ Up! and we went to what was a team meeting, I guess, or some kind of gathering. I was so taken with a creative Halloween card made like this one with a ghost on it that I fell in love with stamping and eventually signed up to be a Demonstrator.
Can you guess how I made these ghosts?? They are die-cut hearts, cut in half! Sometimes it doesn’t take too much to thrill me! That card from years ago will always be one of my favorites, maybe because I like Halloween so much, too!
In addition, I decided to make this one of those new-fangled Slim-Line cards everyone is talking about. I have made others HERE and HERE. They can be made in various sizes, so you can make one longer and/or wider than mine. Just make sure it is going to fit in an envelope!
To make this card, I started with a card base of Gorgeous Grape cut at 6″ x 6″. When you fold that square piece of cardstock in half, you have a card that is 3″ x 6″. It will fit into one of those regular, but small, envelopes you likely have at home. If you make it longer and wider, then it has to fit into one of those regular longer envelopes.
I made the layer Basic Black so the ghosts would show up really well in Whisper White! I die cut several small, medium and large heart shapes with the Be Mine Stitched Dies. You could use heart punches if you don’t have the dies or even just cut out hearts by hand. Then just cut each heart you are going to use in half with scissors, from the point at the bottom right up through the middle of the heart. Then just add some eyes with a black marker. Place the heart halves along the edge of the card as if they are peeking in.
As I was looking for a greeting, I wanted to use this one from the Ghoulish Goodies Stamp Set and decided to emboss it right on the black cardstock with white embossing powder. I also noticed the tiny little “Boo” in the stamp set and thought that would be perfect also embossed on the card. I used my retired Embossing Buddy to remove some of the static on the card before stamping with Versamark Ink. Then I dumped on White Stampin’ Embossing Powder, dumped it back off, and heated the powder with my Heat Tool. I did all the embossing before I adhered the ghosts to the edges of the card. Then I adhered the black layer on to the Gorgeous Grape card base.
So there you have one of my favorite cards for Halloween! It’s so easy and fun, even if you don’t do the heat embossing. You can stamp and adhere a greeting the regular way if you like.
Have fun making a card like this Halloween Spooky Ghosts Card!
