Halloween Cards

I finally had a couple of free hours to work on Halloween cards.  After die cutting out a few scraggly trees, haunted house silhouettes, tombstones and a few fences, I came up with the idea to make a Z-fold card.  I searched my stash for background paper, and like always, couldn't find exactly what I was looking for.  Now that I'm on a very fixed income, I'm determined to use only supplies I already have.  With those limitations, I selected printed paper in fall colors and had to be satisfied with that.  With the exception of their size being different, the cards themselves are pretty much the same.

Looking Forward to Halloween

Though I love all holidays, I have to admit that Halloween and Christmas are my favorites when it comes to crafting.  I enjoy making greeting cards and decorations around those two themes.  With the exception of a birthday card here and there and some scrap booking of photos, I don't craft much for other occasions.

Here are a couple of projects I have already made for Halloween and am looking forward to working on a few more.  Though starting on Halloween projects during the summer might seem a little premature, when you're as busy as I am with volunteer work, family and friends, it never too early to try to carve out blocks of time here and there.

Here's a little paper Halloween village I made with my Wishblade ( yes you read that right, I still use a Wishblade) and patterned paper.  I cut the tree, bats and fence from black card stock.  I plan to display it on top of a stack of old books.

Here's a simple step card I decorated with shapes I cut with my Wishblade and covered with a print r that I purchased from a seller on Etsy and printed off.