Halloween Themed Challenge - Card #1

It was nice to have a relaxing weekend after a fun, crazy busy week! After getting the house cleaned up and organized last Monday, we had an unexpected visit from family for a few days! Our brother & sister-in-law and their two kids thought they would take a detour up to Prince George. It was so good to see them! We had a great time - short, but sweet :) My hubby and I then went on a date night to see Great Big Sea in concert! What an awesome show it was!
I then took advantage of this past weekend to catch up on some much needed sleep and get my craft on! (only two weeks till the next craft fair!)

Since Halloween is quickly approaching, I thought I would play along with the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:

 

HALLOWEEN  or HALLOWEEN COLOURS

 



For this card, I pulled out my favourite Halloween stamp set -- Googly Ghouls (can't get enough of these cute characters!). I love using Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black for Halloween and was happy to see that this orange was in the new "Witches Brew" DSP from Stampin Up!

 



Black striped ribbon wraps around the card front. The mummy and sentiment are cut out free-hand and popped up to give the card some dimension. I added googly eyes to both characters to complete the card.

 

Thanks for stopping by! I hope to share another Halloween card tomorrow!

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Googly Ghouls, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Witches Brew DSP

Ink: Staz-On Black

Tools: Circles Nestabilities, Scallop Circles Nestabilities

Accessories: Black Grosgrain Ribbon, googly eyes

Googly Ghouls Halloween Card

It has been a gloomy weekend here in Prince George. But a rainy weekend is the perfect excuse to stay indoors and craft! With "World Cardmaking Day" on Saturday, I was determined to complete several cards to add to my stock. And I did just that! I had quite the productive weekend. Let's just hope this motivation continues this coming week. With 2 weeks left till my first craft fair of the season, I'm starting to feel the pressure!

One holiday I love making cards for is Halloween. Even though I don't generally send out cards for Halloween, Stampin Up has the cutest Halloween stamp set, called Googly Ghouls and I love making cards using these cute characters!

For todays post, I'm playing along with The Paper Players - a Halloween theme. I chose an older Mojo Monday sketch, pulled out the Howlstooth and Scaringbone designer paper and designed this fun card:

 

 

I love how these patterns coordinate so well together and the layout is full of layers - my kind of layout! I added googly eyes to the characters as an added embellishment. The 'ticket sentiment' completes the Halloween theme.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

Card Ingredients:
Stamps: Googly Ghouls, That's the Ticket
Paper: Basic Gray, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Tangerine Tango, Howlstooth and Scaringbone DSP
Ink: Black Staz-On
Tools: Circles Nestabilities, Ticket Duo Builder punch
Accessories: Googly eyes