I was so tickled with the Halloween card I made in my previous post that I had to make another one right away! Halloween decorations and things just make me happy! I won’t be decorating my house for at least another month, but I’m happy to start making Halloween cards and other projects to provide some inspiration for you.
I really wanted to use this Spooky Sweet Specialty Designer Series Paper with the little drawings of candies on the gray background. So cute! The card base is Granny Apple Green which goes with the paper, but I felt like the paper stood out more with a layer of black behind it. I made the margins very narrow so the Basic Black is 5 3/8″ x 4 1/8″ and the candies designer paper is the usual 5 1/4″ x 4″. I diecut a Pumpkin Pie circle from the Spotlight On Nature Dies. I could have used Stylish Shapes Dies or a large circle punch. It’s just meant to be a background to help show off the three trick or treaters, however, it also looks like a moon out on Halloween night. I could have tucked it behind the bottom strip of paper and made it look more like a moon. Either way, I think it works.
The three trick or treaters are fussy-cut from the sheet of costumed characters in the package of DSP. It wasn’t as difficult or “fussy” as you might think! It helps to leave a tiny bit of white margin around the image and that makes it easier to cut out. The first and third costumed characters are popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals and the middle guy is glued flat on the card front. I did add that strip at the bottom of the candy designer paper. It is the opposite side of the candy pattern! I made it 5 1/4″ x 1 1/4″. You could make it whatever width you like. The characters just needed something to “stand” on.
The greeting is in the Spooky Halloween Stamp Set along with some cute character stamps and greetings. I stamped it with Memento ink on the opposite side of the character paper. To make it smaller to fit better and to look more interesting, I cut the greeting into narrow pieces and then popped each one up on Dimensionals. When I stamped the greeting, I noticed the little bats stamp in the set so I stamped some bats on the orange circle (before adhering the words!). There were also small blackbirds on the designer sheet so I cut two of those out and placed them on the card. Finally, because once you have them you can’t resist, I added some purple and white Shimmer Star Foam Stickers. These are so fun to use, you really should order some and I’m sure you can use them on other cards for other occasions, not just Halloween!
You’ll find this Spooky Sweet Suite Collection and individual products in the Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives. If you love Halloween, too, you might like the Sweet & Spooky Kit in the Kits Collection to make some Halloween treat boxes. This is a very cute kit!
