It's time to get started on those Halloween cards...

I have finally made some Halloween cards. So far I've only made about a dozen to donate, but I am planning on making some for my own use soon.

The idea for this card came about when I found a felt witch's hat sticker in my stash. I cut a deckle-edged circle as a base for it. Of course, I couldn't leave well enough alone and stamped some dots on the circle. When that didn't seem quite right, I added a dot of glue on each dot and sprinkled on some glitter. *Sigh* I should have just left it alone.

The sentiment was stamped, matted and popped up on foam tape.

To finish the card front, I added a couple of purple die-cut spiderwebs and some purple gems.

This sentiment I used on the inside was actually in my Halloween stash. I must have printed it out last year, and never used it.

This card was made with several leftover pieces from last year's cards: the strip of DSP on the left, the hanging bat, the skull candle and the die-cut "Boo." 

The front of this A2 card was scored at 2 1/8" and folded back before the DSP was added. Then I created my focal rectangle before adhering the left half of it to the card front. I made sure I centered it on the card before gluing it down.

This is how the card looks when opened. As you can see, I added a spiderweb border (also left over from last year), a stamped sentiment and three stamped bats.

I made these two cards because I wanted to use some of this printed cardstock. It is such a busy pattern. I've had it for years and have never known quite what to do with it. 

I also have a ton of punch-out letters in diffeent colors, and I wanted to use some of those, too. I found some orange letters that would work nicely, but I didn't have any black ones. To solve that problem, I simply colored some purple ones black with an alcohol marker.

I stamped "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" and then cut it apart to get the words "HAPPY" and "DAY," which I matted before adhering them directly to the card front.

I had a partial pack of black, orange and gold spiderwebs. They are the size of a small doily, so I cut two of them apart and added a portion to each card.

The letters for "BOO" were popped up with thin foam strips. You can see some of those strips peeking out from under the letters in this photo.

I stamped a sentiment on the inside of each card.

Have you started making Halloween cards yet? They are actually my favorite kind of card to make. I'm not sure why, but I really enjoy creating with the webs, witches, bats, skeletons, etc.

I've also been working on my personal Christmas cards. I have made 60+ so far, so I'm well on my way to the 90 I will need. My goal is to have them all done by mid-October. I will start sharing them on the blog soon!

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl