Happy Haunting!

Hello friends! I offer 3 different scrapbook classes each month so of course for October we had to make some spooky layouts! I wanted to share one with you today that is a little more traditional Halloween than my pink and gold pumpkin page!

The base of this page is Pear PIzzazz and when I think of this color I picture the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz! Hahaha! I love how a color can evoke certain memories!

In a few select spots on the background I stamped some bats from the Sparkle of the Season stamp set in Pear Pizzazz ink.

Happy Haunting is from the Banner Year stamp set and is on a label found in the Pretty Pillow Box Dies. When you go through your dies you never know what you might find! Behind the sentiment I layered some Linen Thread and some of the Black & White Gingham ribbon! I just love that ribbon!

The Trick or Treat area is actually my favorite on the page as I incorporated ‘October’ from the Days to Remember stamp set is a really unique and subtle way that I love.

I die cut a label from the Seasonal Labels Dies and I ran it through a retired spiderweb folder, I just can’t part with it! Behind it I added a spooky black wreath from the Seasonal Swirls Dies.

The pumpkin is die cut using the Detailed Pumpkins Dies and I brought the sentiment to life by stamping mini spiderwebs on it (from the Banner Year stamp set) and adding some Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon.

Because I am obsessed with the spider web from the Frightful Tags Dies I had to add it onto this page too with a little “Happy Halloween” found in the Sparkle of the Season stamp set.

I added some Cute Halloween elements too—Trick or Treat and the little strip of DSP! And by having two placed to add photos I can snap two Halloween selfies!

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Skull Shaker Card

I love a good shaker card, but what I love even MORE is an EASY shaker card and this one delivers on both!

To make this EASY shaker card you will need one of our clear envelopes found in the Annual Catalogue. They are self sealing but I do add some tape to the back as you will need to fold over the edges a bit. The clear envelope is designed to fit a regular card so you can see how it is folded a bit smaller. Some tape on the back works perfectly when you get to that step!

The base of this card is Highland Heather and has Basic Black layer that is 4 x 5 1/4.

The ‘shaker’ layer is Grey Granite. I stamped the skull faces from the Cute Halloween set along with some little spiders.

The stamp set has two different faces that you can stamp for the skull as well. I stamped them randomly in the background in the matching ink color along with some spiders. Once you have this piece stamped you are going to slip it into the clear envelope. Set it aside for now as you will need to make your filler!

You can really use whatever you like for a shaker card. For this one here I used some skulls that were stamped on Basic White and hand trimmed. I stamped a few Candy Corn as well (from the Cute Halloween Set) and added some Subtle Shimmer Sequins. Once you have added all of this to the clear envelope you will want to seal it up. Make sure you leave a little air so that things can shake around. If its too tight of a seal things won’t really move around freely.

Every card needs a sentiment so I added ‘Hey, Boo!’ from the Cute Halloween set. I stamped a few Candy Corns in Pumpkin Pie ink on the same color of card stock and then used the Layering Circle Dies to cut it out along with a scallop circle in Highland Heather.

I layered a bit of the Black & White Gingham in between the layers too—since its such a fun ribbon! See wasn’t this easy to create? I really love this simple style of shaker cards!

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Eyeball Jam, in a Jar of Course!

Who doesn’t love a jar of eye balls? Only in October though right? I couldn’t resist finding some fun things to put into our Jam Jars for Halloween. And it is actually surprising how much you can fit into one of these little jars!

Let’s talk about the jar first! Once I had filled it with my eyeball jam, I decided to cover the lid with some DSP from the Cute Halloween 6x6 DSP stack in the polkadot pattern. This pattern allowed me to introduce a variety of colors into this project as well. I add the topper to the jar with Tombow Adhesives so it was really sealed down.

“Witch Way to the Candy” is from the Frightfully Cute stamp set. I just love a good play on words, don’t you? I stamped the sentiment in White Craft Ink and embossed it with White Embossing Powder on Basic Black cardstock.

I added some of the Black & White gingham ribbon around the lid of the jar. I colored it with the Old Olive Stampin’ Blends! So easy and fun!

I wanted my jar to be in a little holder so I created a really easy box bottom——

After making the little box for the Jam Jar to sit in, I added a second back piece to give me an area or surface to add in a sentiment. I attached this to the inside back of the box with Tear & Tape so it was really secure. I covered this panel with another print from the Cute Halloween DSP. I love all of the different fonts of the ‘boo’ printed on this DSP.

I leaned into my trusty spiderweb again—seriously, I have gotten my money’s worth from the Frightful Tags Dies!! This time, I cut it from Highland Heather cardstock.

The sentiment, Happy Haunting, is stamped in Old Olive ink and is from the Banner Year stamp set. The little webs are from the same stamp set and are stamped with Smoky Slate ink with a marker spray of Calypso Coral over top! Behind the sentiment I added some Black twine from the Bakers Twine Essentials Package. Both the stamp set and twine are in our Annual Catalogue. The spooky bat is also from this stamp set and needs to be hand trimmed. A mini Black Dimensional fit perfectly behind the bat to add it to the web.

Now, this happy spider is from the Cutest Halloween stamp set and he also fits a mini Black Dimensional behind his body!

I think this project would make such a cute gift for a teacher or a coworker who loves Halloween! It can sit on their desk like a bit of a display piece until their willpower gives out and they need to eat their eyeball jam!