Happy Halloween!!! (9/30/2017 Rose Hill Stamp Camp)

Can you believe it's October already?!  Time to dust off all of my black and orange paper and get to work making Halloween cards!

I'm sure I post this every year around this time . . . but here it is again:  This is my very favorite time of the year!  Halloween kicks off the fall holiday season and gets my creative juices flowing.  To start off this year's season, I'm posting the card we made at my table at Rose Hill Stamp Camp this past Saturday.  Thanks to Stampin' Up! Demonstrator Annette Elliott for pinning the basic card layout.  (You can view Annette's original card on her blog:  http://aestamps2.blogspot.com/2017/08/spooky-hat.html.)

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Materials

Stamp Sets
* Painted Harvest (leaves) (2017 Holiday Mini Catalog)
* Spooky Cat (sentiment and inside) (2017 Holiday Mini Catalog)

Paper
* Basic Black card stock (8-1/2" x 5-1/2"; about 2-1/4" x 2" for cat punch)
* Very Vanilla card stock (5-1/2" x 2-1/4"; scraps for circle punch, banner, and leaves; 5-1/4" x 4" for inside)
* Pumpkin Pie card stock (scraps for circle punch and banner)
* Spooky Night Designer Series Paper ("DSP") (5-1/2" x 2")

Ink
* Basic Black Archival Ink or Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
* Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

Accessories and Tools
* Cat Punch (2017 Holiday Mini Catalog)
* Leaf Punch (2017 Holiday Mini Catalog)
* 2" Circle Punch
* 2-1/4" Circle Punch
* Big Shot Die Cutting Machine
* Bunch of Banners Framelits Dies
* Pinewood Planks Embossing Folder
* Adhesives: SNAIL Adhesive; Multipurpose Liquid Glue; Stampin' Dimensionals

Instructions
(SNAIL Adhesive used throughout unless otherwise indicated)

1. Score 8-1/2" x 5-1/2" Basic Black card stock at 4-1/4"; fold away from score line to create card.

2. Use embossing folder and Big Shot to add texture to front of card.

3. Adhere 5-1/2" x 2-1/4" Very Vanilla card stock to front of card about 3/4'" to 7/8" from top fold.  Center and adhere DSP over card stock.

4. Punch 2-1/4" circle from Pumpkin Pie card stock; punch 2" circle from Very Vanilla card stock and adhere to Pumpkin Pie circle.  Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere to front of card as shown.

5. Punch cat from Basic Black card stock.  Adhere over circles as shown.

6. Use Black ink to stamp three detailed leaf images on scrap of Very Vanilla card stock; use Pumpkin Pie ink to stamp solid leaf image over detailed images.  Use leaf punch to cut leaves.  Apply tiny dots of liquid glue on back of each leaf and stem and tuck under circle shapes as shown.  Apply third set of leaves over DSP near right side of card as shown.

7. Use Big Shot and banner die to cut banner from Pumpkin Pie card stock.  Discard center of banner and use tiny dots of liquid glue to adhere banner outline near bottom right of card as shown.

8. Use Big Shot and banner die to cut banner from Very Vanilla card stock.  Discard outer edge of banner and stamp Happy Halloween on center piece with Black ink.  Use Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere to card inside Pumpkin Pie outline.

Don't forget the inside!!!

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On inside of card, use Pumpkin Pie ink to stamp horizontal lines image.  Use Black ink to add Trick or Treat sentiment over lines and tiny rat in bottom right corner.

That's it!  Below is a visual display of the above steps.

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Hope you're having a great beginning to a wonderful holiday season!

Cathy  ;D