Posted by Oles B
on August 14, 2026
Hi, crafty friends! Lea Lawson here with you today, creating this Haunted House Halloween card featuring the Halloween City Holiday collection by Yana Smakula. You will also need the original City Holiday die set to complete this card. I just love the adorable Halloween additions to this series that help make the cutest Haunted House!
Today I’m sharing my step-by-step process in easy-to-follow photos and instructions. I hope you find them helpful!
Diecut the City Holiday building from Fog cardstock, and the Roof from Anchor cardstock.
Diecut the door and (3) window layers from Raven cardstock. Diecut (3) window layers, the large window, and the windowsills from Brushed Gold cardstock. Diecut the step layers from Anchor cardstock.
Diecut (6) window outlines by taping the two window layer dies together, and the large window from Classic White.
Adhere the window layers, door, roof, and steps to the building layer.
Adhere the window outline layers to the building.
Adhere the windowsills to the building.
Diecut the Holiday City Halloween Decorations from Classic White, Raven, Carrot, Rainforest, and Brushed Gold cardstock.
Adhere the black backers to the ghosts and pumpkins. Not shown: cut an additional backer, and adhere it behind the skeleton's eyes.
Arrange and adhere the Halloween decorations to the building as shown.
3D emboss an A2 panel of Carrot cardstock with the Molded Frame 3D embossing folder. The best plate sandwich for running this through your Platinum 6 is Platform Base A, 3D Embossing Folder with paper inside, and Adapter Plate D.
TIP (not pictured): To help the paper not crack, I like to mist the back of my cardstock with a little bit of water. Some crafters prefer to mist the front, but I have found the back works best for me!
Turn on your Glimmer Hot Foil System, then let it heat up. Once the green indicator light notifies that the platform is ready, place the Happy Halloween Sentiments press plates on it and hit the timer button.
While heating up, prep your Polished Brass foil and white cardstock, and ready your plate sandwich.
TIP: I like to add a cardstock shim in the middle of the glimmer sandwich to help press plates foil more accurately.
Place the foil pretty side down on the hot foil plate. Place the white cardstock over top, remove the platform from the base, then layer the plate sandwich to the top and run through a Platinum 6 diecut machine.
Remove the release paper to reveal the foiling underneath.
Diecut the sentiment with the coordinating die.
Adhere the embossed orange panel to the front of a white A2 card base, then adhere the spiderweb in the upper left corner.
Mount the haunted house to the card front with foam tape, then the sentiment with thin foam strips. Trim away any spiderweb hanging over the card edges to finish.
I hope you enjoyed seeing this fabulous haunted house come to life featuring Yana’s latest addition to the City Holiday collection! I share lots of inspiration on my Instagram feed and YouTube channel - follow and subscribe to see even more inspiration with this beautiful collection. Happy crafting!
Spellbinders Supplies:
Other Products
Liquid glue, foam tape
