Coming Home Halloween

 Creating a Halloween card can be fun, or scary...or what about SPOOKY?

A link to all the products I used to make this fun-spooky card will be at the bottom of the post.  Click on the link there to be taken to my Stampin' Up! online store - select any or all of the products you need.

Here are the steps for making this card:

Base: I started with a card base of Pumpkin Pie cardstock, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", folded at 4 1/4".  

Layer:  I cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock, 5 3/8" x 4 1/8".  Using a circle die, approx.2 1/4" diameter, and the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, I cut out a circle, off center, in the black CS.    This will represent the full moon behind the house.  After cutting out the circle, then emboss the black CS using the Cobwebs 3D Embossing Folder.  I find it best to cut first, emboss 2nd, so as not to flatten the embossing when you go through the machine again.

House & tree images:  Stamp the house and tree images from Coming Home Stamp Set using Memento Tuxedo Black ink:  stamp the house onto whisper white CS, and the tree onto Pumpkin.  Cut these images out with the coordinating Home Together Dies.  Color in the house with blender pens (I used the light of each of these colors): smoky slate, light basic black, night of navy, soft suede.  I also use light Pumpkin Pie along the house outline, to cover any white showing (so as to blend more, into the "moon" when adhered to the card).

Fence & pumpkins/jack-o-lanterns:  die cut the fence in basic black CS using die from Autumn Wheelbarrow Dies.  Cut the pumpkins using dies from Trio of Tags Dies from pumpkin CS.

Spooky - stamp in black onto white from Festive Corners Stamp Set; die cut using Stitched Rectangles.

Putting it all together: 

- Estimate location of the tree & glue it down, before gluing the cobweb-embossed black layer to the pumpkin card base.  You want the tree beneath the black layer.  After tree is glued, then glue on the black layer. 

- Glue the sentiment along lower right-hand side. 

- Using Stampin' Dimensionals, adhere the house, than adhere the fence.  

-Glue the two pumpkins onto the fence.    

You may notice the small birds (bats?) in the sky - I just used a fine-tipped black marker to add those. If you have a small bird, or bat stamp, definitely use that instead.

   There you have it!   What do you think?   There are many of parts to this card, I realize - I went a bit crazy -  but the products I used can be used for many types of cards.  

I hope you enjoyed seeing this card, and maybe found some inspiration from it.  I'd love to hear your ideas or comments on what you might create!  

Here's a quick view of the products used, or to shop any of the items click HERE. 

HOSTESS CODE FOR OCTOBER IS:  77BE4TUF.   

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Take care,     Julie