Ready for Halloween! Card Ideas for You to Try!
Posted by Spellbinders Team on October 15, 2023

Ready for Halloween! Card Ideas for You to Try!

Hello crafty friends! This is Jennifer Rustioni from @armieritagli! I’m very happy to be here again as a guest on the Spellbinders Blog! Today I share with you three Halloween cards I created featuring the new amazing Simon Hurley’s Fall Sampler Stamp & Dies Set! This set is really amazing and perfect for creating cards for Halloween and Thanksgiving as well!

Ready for Halloween! Card Ideas for You to Try!

HERE FOR THE BOOS

For my first card, I chose to create an illustrated card with the super cute little ghost from Simon Hurley’s Fall Sampler Stamp Set. I started drawing the tree on the right with a Copic marker in a light shade. After that, I colored the background in yellow and blue shades. I drew the violet trees on the background and then I colored the main tree and the foreground.

Ready for Halloween! Card Ideas for You to Try!

At this point, I masked the tree on the right and stamped the little ghost with the Distress Ink Picket Fence. In this way, the ghost pops out from behind the tree. I colored it using wax pastels and then added the details with a black fine liner. At last, I stamped the sentiment and added the highlights with a white gel pen.

Ready for Halloween! Card Ideas for You to Try!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

For my second project, I chose to use the super fun pumpkins dies. I die cut twice every pumpkin, to have two pieces of each of them. I die cut the first piece using the facial expression dies and then colored it with the black Copic Marker. At this point, I assembled every pumpkin, gluing the two parts, and colored the facial expressions in orange-yellow shades.

Ready for Halloween! Card Ideas for You to Try!

I realized the background with Copic Markers in black-blue shades. I drew the light line and colored it in the same shades of the pumpkin’s facial expression. I glued the pumpkins on the background and realized the highlights with a white gel pen. At last, I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of my card.

Ready for Halloween! Card Ideas for You to Try!

FANG-TASTIC

For my last card, I used the beautiful bats from Simon Hurley’s Fall Sampler Stamp Set. I started drawing a big moon on the left. I colored it with Copic Markers in yellow shades. Then, I colored the sky in violet shades with Copic Markers as well.

Ready for Halloween! Card Ideas for You to Try!

At this point, I stamped the two bats with the Memento Ink Pad Tuxedo Black and realized the highlights with a white gel pen. At last, I stamped the sentiment and matted my card with a black card stock, as usual.

Ready for Halloween! Card Ideas for You to Try!

Spellbinders Supplies:

Other supplies

Copic Markers: W2, BV29, BV 25, BV23, BG09, B99, B97, B95, B93, B91, BG11, Y02, Y04, BG99, G99, YG63, Y06, Y00, YR23, Y35, Y31, Y11, E49, E59, E57, E08,  V09, V06, V05, V04, RV02, E35, E33, 100, 0. ; Blending Card By X-Press It, Caran d’Ache Neocolor II, Sakura Gelly Roll White, Distress Ink Picket Fence Thanks for stopping by! I hope my projects will inspire you and wish you all a wonderful day!

5 comments

What beautiful cards; you make it all sound so easy. I loved the little white highlights, which I had never thought to add before, but I think that they just make the card pop. I will try adding these types of highlights to my cards as well. Thank you for the tips!

Linda McChrystal,

I love these cards! They are really spectacular, especially with the coloring. I would like to take a class with you.

Jane Smith,

WOW! Just, WOW! These are incredible!

Christine E,

These cards are all amazing! What a gift for coloring you have! Thanks for sharing.

Bonnie,

Love all three mini masterpieces! You are an amazing artist ❤️

CC,

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