Hello and welcome to the Creativity Abounds Holidays Blog Hop. If you are new here, thank you for hopping by. I am very excited to have been asked to join this fabulous group of amazing Stampin’ Up!® demonstrator. The group is well established and contains demos from around the world, who love to share inspiration to others.

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This month our theme is Holidays! We have a wide selection of Holidays to choose from, some celebrated more than others. With it being October, I thought I would share a Halloween card with you. This is not one of our largest Holidays here in the U.K., but one I have always enjoyed.

When Hayden (our son) was younger, we celebrated Halloween abit more than we do now. Mainly down to fact that he wanted to dress up and go ‘Trick or Treating’. Now he dresses up but takes himself off to the Uni bar for a party. I do like to decorate my little season tree that I have in my craft area and pull out a few decorations to put around our living room.

For my card I have used the Frightfully Fun Suite and a selection of other products. All are listed below.

My Holidays Halloween Card.

Create an A6 cardbase, measuring 14.9cm x 10.5cm, using Pretty Peacock cardstock. Cut a piece of Frightfully Fun DSP, measuring 14.4cm x 10cm, and adhere to your card front. Die-cut two webs from Basic White cardstock and adhere to your DSP. Trim a piece of Basic White cardstock to 12.5cm x 3cm, banner cut both ends and adhere to the centre of your card front.

For my Pretty Peacock ribbon, I cut a length of Peaceful Pine ribbon, measuring 14cm, and coloured using dark Pretty Peacock Blend. Fold in half and attach to Basic White banner. Die-cut two trees from Pretty Peacock cardstock and adhere to your card front.

From Basic White cardstock, die-cut two large and one small cloud. Using Pretty Peacock and Basic Gray ink, add light blending to your clouds with a blending brush. Add to your card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Use your dark Pretty Peacock Blend to add splatters over your card.

On Basic White cardstock, stamp a spider, bat, two cats and your sentiment using Basic Black ink. Stamp a ghost using Pretty Peacock ink.

Die-cut your images and fussy cut around your sentiment.

Colour your images using Pretty Peacock, Basic Black and Smoky Slate Blends combos. For my ghost, I used a blender pen to blur the ink slightly where I wanted some shading.

Arrange your images onto your card and adhere into place with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

Finish your card with several Rhinestone Basic Jewels.

There is lots more inspiration available on the Creativity Abounds Holidays Tutorial Bundle. The tutorial contains full written instructions, diagrams and photos where needed to make 13 different Holidays cards. These have been created by the Creativity Abounds Design Team.

I do hope I have given you some inspiration, and you will create your own Fun Fold card. All products used are listed below and available to purchase from my online shop (unless stated otherwise).

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Happy Crafting

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Oh My Fright Bundle (English) [168176] £45.00	Web Of Fun Bundle (English) [168211] £50.25	Frightfully Fun 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [168168] £13.00	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] £5.75	Peaceful Pine 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon [167551] £8.50
Basic White A4 Cardstock [166781] £14.00	Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock [150886] £14.00	Pretty Peacock Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161676] £11.25	Basic Black Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154843] £10.25	Smoky Slate Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154904] £10.25
Basic Black Hybrid Stampin' Pad [166648] £11.25	Pretty Peacock Classic Stampin’ Pad [150083] £8.50	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] £8.50	Blending Brushes [153611] £14.00	Blender Pens [102845] £14.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] £27.00	Detail Scissors [170902] £9.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] £4.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £5.75	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] £131.00

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Hello, thank you for stopping by and allowing me to inspire you to get creative! Today I would like to share with you how I created this Simple Halloween card, for the Global Design Project #GDP363. This week we have a theme challenge.

I’m not a huge Halloween crafter and do not buy supplies solely for Halloween. This card is created using the Cottage Wreaths Bundle and Gingham Cottage DSP (Designer Series Paper).

Simple Halloween Card

Cut a piece of Pumpkin Pie DSP, measuring 10cm x 14.4cm. Using Basic Gray ink and a Blending Brush, add ink around the edges getting lighter towards the center. Repeat with a little Memento Tuxedo Black ink, to the edges for added depth. Add splatters, for added texture, by flicking the brush nib of a Basic Black Blend/Write Marker from the cap.

Trim a piece of Gorgeous Grape cardstock to 10.3cm x 14.7cm and mat behind your blended DSP. Create an A6 card base, measuring 10.5cm x 14.9cm, using Basic Black cardstock and adhere your mat to the front.

Stamp your twig wreath onto Basic Black cardstock, using Versamark ink. Cover with white Stampin’ Emboss Powder, shake off excess and heat until melted. Die cut using the coordinating die. Adhere to your card front, using Stampin’ Dimensionals. Stamp your spider image, under your wreath, using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and draw a Basic Black line connecting your wreath and spider.

Stamp your sentiment onto Pumpkin Pie cardstock, using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and die cut using the small banner from the Stylish Shapes Dies. Tie a bow from black Baker’s Twine and adhere to the of your sentiment, using Mini Glue Dots and adhere to your wreath.

To finish your card, add several Gorgeous Grape Glossy Dots to your wreath. For an extra bit of sparkle, add Wink Of Stella to your spider.

I do hope I have inspired you to get creative for Halloween. All products used are listed below and available in my online shop.

Happy Crafting

Cottage Wreaths Bundle (English) [159659] £49.50	Gingham Cottage 12" X 12" (30,5 X 30,5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [159651] £28.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] £28.00	Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock [108601] £8.75	Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] £8.75
Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £8.75	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165] £7.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] £5.75	Versamark Pad [102283] £9.00	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] £17.00
Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] £10.25	Glossy Dots Assortment [158827] £7.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] £7.50	Blending Brushes [153611] £11.75	Mini Glue Dots [103683] £5.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [154974] £4.50	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] £4.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] £24.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] £59.00	Paper Snips [103579] £10.25

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A Simple Halloween Card using ‘Sparkle of the Season Bundle’

Hello and welcome to this months Tech 4 Stampers Blog Hop. Today we bring you Seasonal Fun – Autumnal or Christmas. I have chosen to share with you a simple Halloween card, using the ‘Sparkle of the Season Bundle’. This bundle is a stamp set and dies bundle, available from the July – December 2021 mini catalogue. This bundle would be perfect for Autumn and Winter, as well as Halloween and Christmas.

I do not tend to craft for Halloween, as my child has now out grown trick or treating and unfortunately, it is not celebrated locally. When I purchased this bundle it was to create Christmas cards, but with this months theme I want to make a simple Halloween card. I do hope that my card inspires you.

Simple Halloween Card

Cut a piece of ‘Pumpkin Pie’ cardstock, measuring 14.4cm x 10cm, to create a card front and using ‘Tuxedo Black Memento’ ink for all your stamping, stamp the branch and leaves image, several times to the top left hand corner. In the opposite, right hand corner, stamp several of the bat images. Using the leaves stamp, stamp several times in the bottom left hand corner.

Stamp the swirl image slightly above centre. Die cut the starry swirl from ‘Basic Black’ cardstock and adhere over your stamped swirl.

Die cut three pumpkins from ‘Pumpkin Pie’ cardstock and three bats, plus one broom, from ‘Basic Black’ cardstock. Adhere your broom to the bottom left hand corner and two of your bats below your swirl.

Add texture to your pumpkins, using ‘Pumpkin Pie’ ink and a ‘Sponge Dauber’, and place these to the bottom right hand corner using ‘Stampin Dimensionals’.

Take a ‘Sponge Dauber’ and ‘Basic Grey’ ink, and add a light covering to your card front. Create a ‘Basic Black’ card base, measuring 14.9cm x 10.5 cm, and adhere your card card front.

Stamp your sentiment on ‘Pumpkin Pie’ cardstock, using ‘Tuxedo Black Memento’ ink. Trim to 1cm x 8cm and layer onto ‘Basic Black’ cardstock, measuring 1.4cm x 8cm. Adhere over your swirls using ‘Stampin Dimensionals’ and finish by adding your third bat to your sentiment.

I do hope you enjoyed my simple Halloween card. All products used are listed below and available to purchase from my online shop.

Please do continue to hop round for more inspiration and creativity.

Sparkle Of The Season Bundle (English)

[156765]

£43.00

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

£5.50

Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad

[149165]

£7.00

Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad

[147086]

£7.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

£8.25

Pumpkin Pie A4 Card Stock

[108601]

£8.25

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[154974]

£4.50

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

£3.75

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

£23.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

£112.00

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