It’s time for a Halloween Design Team Challenge! I used the Bitty Ball and the Mini Ball Add ons Gnomes to create a spooky fun card.
I have the Gnome Witch popped up on a mini action wobbler!
Inside I created the witchy gnome! So fun!
I used the Autumn Elements, Skeleton and Bats, and Happy Halloween dies to decorate the inside.
I also did an inky background for the inside.
Enjoy the card and don’t forget to check out all the other designers. Karen will post tomorrow. Hugs, Fran
These use the same layout and same die to get two different looks.
For the Halloween card I used a lawn fawn stencil to ink the sky in Wilted Violet, Crackling Campfire and Mustard Seed Distress Oxide inks. I used the Long Nature Edges 2 to die cut the tree line in black. The fence, pumpkinseed bats were die cut with Haunted Tiny House Add-ons and the sentiment is from Happy Halloween. They are matted on the Long Rectangles- Crosshatch. Very spooky!
To change the look but use the same dies, I stenciled the sky in blue and cut the Long Nature Edges 2 in green and brown. Trim the trees from the green and add the brown behind it. Then add the fence, pumpkins and bird in autumn colors. Autumn Blessings is from Word Set 7-Autumn. This is all matted on green Long Rectangles – Crosshatch.
So if you’ve made a design you like, copy it into different seasons or holidays! Hugs, Fran
The Karen Burniston Design Team is getting spooky today with a Halloween card challenge!
My card is a 5 x 7 and starts with the Castle Pop Up used as a background. The clouds are stenciled in Seedless Preserves, Crackling Campfire and Mustard Seed and the moon is die cut using the Crosshatch Circle. The smaller bats are from the Haunted Tiny House Add On and the larger are from Halloween Scene. The grass is from Long Nature Edges. I dotted the sky with a glaze pen.
Inside features the Vampire (Character Add On 1) and more bats! My vampire has bats floating above him on an acetate strip. Happy Halloween was die cut and inked.
I like having the Flap and Closure flap go from the front to the back – leaving the entire front open to decorate. On the inside I stenciled the clouds with white ink on to black card stock and added another “moon.”
Isn’t he handsome? Make sure to check out all the design team creations! It’s spooky fun! Karen’s card will be available tomorrow. Hugs, Fran
It’s Friday the 13th so I definitely need to share a Halloween card! This card measure 5 x 7 and opens with the Flap and Closure die on the right. The front is decorated with the Castle die and some bats, ghosts and sentiment from Halloween Charms.
Inside is the vampire from Character Add-ons 1 and some more Halloween Charms! He’s such a cute vampire! I also used the Crosshatch Circle die to make an area to write your greeting.
Some spiders decorate the sides.
Here’s a close up of his smiling face. Be careful out there today!! Hugs, Fran
It’s time for another Karen Burniston Design Team Challenge and this month it’s Ghosts! I’ve create a large 6 x 6 Basic Black card stock base card to share today. The tombstones from the Halloween Scene dies were stamped in Basic Gray ink on Smoky Slate card stock using SU’s Marbled background stamp. The bats and pumpkin are from Halloween Elements and the fence is from Karen’s House & Fence Pop Up. The background is Distressed Oxide inks pounced and sprayed and smooched until I liked the results 🙂 I added black Nuvo drops scattered around the scene.
The inside uses Karen’s Flower Pot die as a big tombstone with ghosts flying out of it! I repeated most of the outside elements to the inside and added some retired Halloween stamps as a greeting.
The ghosts are attached to strips of acetate to make them float. The bricks on the tombstone/flower pot are done with SU’s brick stencil and embossing paste tinted with Smoky Slate re-inker. I went over the bats and pumpkins with Shimmer pen – gotta have glitter!
Have fun checking out all the other spooky creations from the team! Hugs, Fran
Shelly Hickox – http://shellyhickox.blogspot.com
Summer – Hills Painter – http://1craftypainter.blogspot.com
Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca
Helen Cryer – http://diningroomdrawers.blogspot.com
Kelly Booth – http://cruzinkellster.blogspot.com
Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com
Today is the Paper Pros Challenge and it’s Halloween! The first thing I thought of when I saw Stampin Up’s Season to Sparkle was The Phantom of the Opera 🙂 So here’s my Phantom card. The card is a 5 x 7 and has a circle die cut from the front. The chandelier is die cut twice – once for the outside (which is mostly trimmed away) and one for the inside. I covered the chandelier with Glossy Accents and sprinkled it with Dazzling Diamonds. The jewel border was die cut, colored with Copics and adhered to the top. The graveyard scene is from Karen Burniston’s Halloween Scene die. First I stamped the Basic Gray card stock using the Marbled background stamp, then I die cut it. The sentiment is embossed in white on black card stock.
On the inside I used Karen Burniston’s Katherine Label die so the chandelier swings above the cemetery as it’s opening. The little spiders dangle as it moves. The creates are an Art Impressions stamp – Spooktacular – colored with Copies and fussy cut. Make sure you check out all the other Halloween creations! Hugs, Fran
Karen Burniston – http://karenburniston.typepad.com
Sandy Diller – http://sandydiller.blogspot.com
Karen Aicken – http://paintedmountaincards.blogspot.ca Raquel Mason – http://raquelmason.blogspot.com
Caz Counsell -http://stampingcaz.blogspot.com
Frances Byrne – http://stampowl.blogspot.com
Raquel Mason – http://raquelmason.blogspot.com
Fran Sabad – https://fransabad.com (You are here)
Time for little spooks and ghouls! I needed a simple treat for some little boys so I used a file from svgcuts.com called Santa’s Sweets to create a Halloween house filled with lollipops. The stamp set is Cookie Cutter Halloween and the house is made with Halloween Night Specialty DSP.
The windows have images from Spooky Fun peeking out on vellum card stock.
Happy haunting! Hugs, Fran
This challenge uses the sketch (which I sort of followed!) I started with a huge 6 x 8 card and Karen Burniston’s Pop It Ups Midnight the Bat and Halloween Scene dies. He is hanging out on Stampin Up’s Sliding Star Framelits so he spins around the tree branch.
Spinners are hard to put down!
The sentiment is from Stampin Up’s Spooky fun and the DSP is the new Halloween Night Specialty paper. Check out the other Crazies designs for this sketch! Hugs, Fran
Halloween! Spooky or cute? That’s today’s Karen Burniston Designer Challenge.
I started with a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card the Karen Burniston’s new Labels and Circle die and her Halloween Clear stamp with the new Stampin Up Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper. I stamped the sentiment on 3 layers of the Labels and Circles dies and re-stacked them for the front.
And when you open the card –
A cute little Trick or Treat scene featuring the Twist Circle Pop Up die. The ghosts and pumpkins are from the Halloween Charms die set. I left the ghost as 3-D pieces so the pop up (!)
The little Trick or Treat bags are hand cut. So I guess my answer to the challenge question – spooky or cute – is cute! Make sure to check out the rest of the designer cards by going to Karen’s blog or Facebook page. Hugs, Fran
I say “Ghouly!”
This challenge is a Halloween challenge – Girly or Ghouly. I started with the Karen Burniston Pop It Ups Accordion Circle Card die, the Bat Stencil, Iron Fence Pop Up AND the Halloween Scene die! Yep – I went a little crazy!
And as you peer through the card, you’ll see it just gets worse 🙂
On the left inside panel I continued with the fence and spider – cutting out the center of the Accordion Circle die.
The center panel uses the Halloween Charms dies – ghost and pumpkins. Love the 3-D ghost!
The bats and spiders are cut from Stampin UP’s Black Glimmer paper and the sentiment is from Spooky Fun. And it was fun putting this scene together. Make sure you check out Karen’s Facebook page and blog for more spooky or girly inspiration! Hugs, Fran
