Perfectly timed Halloween Edition 2022

 We've made it to October 1 and this will begin my 2022 cards.  I made so many cards over the course of 2021 that several of them went out the 2022 year.  I did have some new ones, though.  This card is actually still in my stash.  It was a technique I tried to modify from one of Sam Calcott's tutorials, but it didn't work quite like I wanted.  I like the finished effect, but from the back it's a hot mess.  The shaker element is also very bulky and would need hand delivered.  Maybe why I still have it.  All images were cut from Cricut DS.  

Back to 2020 Halloween Edition

 So apparently, I missed this card from 2020.  It was a "look at the scraps left on my desk and here's what I did" .  Seriously, these various die cuts were scattered on my desk and I threw them together for a pretty quick card.  

How about a franken-dog

 More cuteness...can you stand it? As you can see, I added twine to most of these cards.  One day, I just had a coloring session with these stamps and then I sat down another day and created cards.  

Two vampire dogs, Two ways

 As I said, I enjoyed coloring these costumed critters to give them different looks.  These two cards show this well.  The one that says you're fangtastic we gave to Lillian's amazing dental hygienist.  I thought I was so clever.  

Haunted Fireplace

 This fireplace die set is a spellbinders holiday die set for Christmas.  You can see I dirtied it up and combined some Whimsy dies to spook it up!  I thought it turned out so cute.  

Halloween Edition 2021 Another witchy cat

 This card went to my mom.  It is a mini slimline.  I love the change of color I did to the kitty.  Again, switching up the colors to get a different look.  

Slimline friendly ghosts

 This card uses a stamp set from Whimsy.  There's a little word play in the sentiments, and I purchased them specifically for making my uncle a card.  What I didn't realize until it arrived was one of the ghosts is making a very impolite gesture.  I couldn't help but laugh at myself...something I never would have purchased had I realized.  Pay attention to the detail's friends...LOL #buyersremorse.  I used the non-naughty ghosts and added a soft dimensional spider to the scene.  I can't remember the maker of the die set I used but I love the details in the edges.

Another spooky cute kitty.

I enjoyed coloring this cat black and white.  My mom has an affinity for black and white cats.  Cutest witchy cat ever!

 

Sickness took me down

 So sorry I got behind on my Halloween inspiration posts.  I was pretty sick for a couple weeks and when momma is that sick...stuff just doesn't get done.  Anyway, here is my next cute card from the 2021 season. Isn't he just the cutest pirate dog you've ever seen?  I used spellbinders products to make this card and I enjoyed coloring all these stamps in different ways as you'll see as the days progress.  

purrrrr-anormal

 I have really enjoyed coloring these cat and dog trick or treaters in various ways.  It is a set I purchased from spellbinders.  I love the sentiment, Purranormal cativity...so clever.  Added a glittered, wood veneer bat to finish it off.

Halloween for my Little friend P 2021

 This little card came together quickly for my sweet little friend, P.  She has a dog and I enjoy sending her cards throughout the year.  She also has a dog, so I like to send cards with dogs.  I write her very simple letters and hope she gets a kick out them.  

Halloween Edition 2021 for my long time besties

 I have two, dear friends that I meet with once a month.  They have been there for me through thick and thin.  I like to make their cards similar to each other, you'll see that in coming posts.  As I said previously, I only make cards for the same people each year.  I had picked up this very small spellbinder stamp set on clearance in my quest to build my Halloween stash (which, by the way, fits in a tiny basket in craft room).   

I heat embossed this hat several times to get a very dimensional look.  I love heat embossing; it NEVER gets old.  I used a gold, glitter paint pen to color the buckle.  I stamped and cut the candy pieces and adhered to a mini slimline card base.  In the second card, I used the hat to stamp a background and added a clay heart to finish the design.  I enjoyed how both cards turned out and I know the girls loved them.

Halloween Edition 2021

 This card was inspired by the amazing Nichol Spohr.  She is one of my favorite card designers.  I love her videos and quite a soothing voice.  Everything she makes is so detailed and beautiful.  I designed this card before 2021 and knowing I didn't have the supplies she had I went to Cricut DS to see what I could find.  I love how the card turned out and the little heart eyes and that not so scary ghost.  The sentiment was a combination of photoplay stamps and cricut .The background papers were from my small stash and I created the criss cross panel on DS.  

For my sister 2021 Halloween Edition

 This card was created in Cricut DS as well as the sentiment.  I embellished with Nuvo drops (not a huge fan of nuvo anymore since pops of color work so much better) I also added a glitter wood veneer bat from a dollar tree pack of halloween items.  My sister had recently added to black kitties to her house, so I thought this card was a good one for her! Side note, this was not a super simple image to put together...like a jig saw puzzle...and I clearly messed up one of the eyes, but hey, it's halloween, right?