Hi Everyone!
You've heard of "Christmas in July"? Well, today we are celebrating "Halloweeen in July." Yesterday I told you about the SEI paper that I recently purchased. Well, their "Eerie Alley" paper stack was included in that purchase and I just HAD to create some cards with it. There are 24 pieces of paper in the 4.5" x 6.5" paper stack. There are 12 patterns in the stack and 6 of them are varnished. One of the patterns is 2 pages of Halloween phrases.
This first card is my favorite. It reminds me of a country wall hanging. The jack o'lanterns were cut from one of the varnished papers. "Carve out some good times" is from the text page. I added some large and small brads from my stash and paper pierced the edges of 2 of the papers I layered onto the card.
The orange and black wavy stripes on this card seem to move as I stare at them. I created and cut a ghost out of white tag and then paper pierced the edges of it. I added some wiggly eyes to it just for fun and used a marker to add a mouth. "Happy Haunting" is one of the phrases in the stack.
I used a Martha Stewart edger punch to help me create the gate for the 5 little jack o'lanterns. The owl is from one of the varnished papers and so is the text. I used pop dots to give the jack o'lanterns some dimension.
This was an easy card to create. I just added some alphabet rub-ons to the squares on the paper to create my message. I also added some gems from my stash.
I used my Scor-Buddy to help me create this gatefold card that I know Jeanne will love. "Hoo's there?" is from the text page in the stack, but I used some of my alphabet stickers from my stash to create, "Knock knock." I put a pop dot on the back of each owl to give them dimension. When you open the "doors" on the card, there's a photograph of one of Jeanne's favorite trick-or-treaters. That's my son Robbie when he was 4 months old. I made his Halloween costume that year out of a blue velour shirt and some red velour pants. "Trick or treat" is from the text page in the stash.
Have a great Friday night! Marie's making us eggplant parmesan for our supper. YUM!
Carol
Way to go! Eerie Alley is till a great, classic halloween line. Love your pumpkins in a row and the "knock, knock" door is very clever.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Eerie Alley was fun to work with. I have plans to make a few other different cards with it too. Have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteOkay, finally catching up on my blog reading. I absolutely remember when you took Robbie trick or treating as a baby! I'm sure I took that adorable picture. :-) (For those of you who don't know, I am Carol's sister and Robbie and Marie's dear aunt.)
ReplyDeleteI LOVE these Halloween cards. (I can hardly wait to see what you come up with for Christmas.)
Love them. You make them seem so easy to make.
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