Halloween Spider Cards

Here are the two Halloween cards I made this year, both featuring spider webs but in different ways. This first card was a harder to pull off than I bargained for, but I do like how it turned out.  I started by trimming down a piece of white card stock to 4" x 5 1/4". I positioned my spider web die in the top portion of my card for placement and stamped the sentiment underneath. After stamping the sentiment I did the actually die cutting of the web. However, after running it through my die cutting machine I left all of the little pieces in place without punching any of them out. While they were still hanging together, I very carefully put a small piece of foam tape on the back of each negative space between the threads of the web.  I then added more foam tape around all of the edges of my white panel for support and adhered it to my black card base. Then I very carefully lifted out the web that I had die cut, leaving all of the negative pieces behind. It's hard to tell in the photo but this means that the whole white panel is popped up leaving the black web as a negative space underneath. It looks pretty cool! The spider is actually one of those cheap plastic kids rings that are so popular this time of year. I snipped off the ring portion and used a glue dot to adhere him in the upper right corner. Fun!

My second card is much more straight forward. I again began with a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" white card stock, this time stamping a spider web image in the top left corner. I used Versa Fine Onyx Black ink and then embossed it with clear embossing powder for some shine. I stamped the spider and the sentiment the same way, also embossing them. To create the thread the spider is hanging from I used a ruler and a fine tip black Sharpie. The panel was then adhered to a black card base and that is that!

Happy Halloween!


Supplies:
Stamps: Keep it Simple: Halloween (PTI), Creepy Crawly (Inkadinkado)
Ink: Versa Fine Onyx Black
Paper: Stamper's Select White (PTI), Basic Black (SU!)
Dies: Spider Web Trio
Other: clear embossing powder, plastic spider ring, 3M foam tape

We've Been Boo'ed!

A few nights ago as we were getting the boys ready for bed our doorbell rang. We'd been boo'ed! A bucket of fun Halloween treats had been left on our door step! Here are the bags I put together to bless two other families in our neighborhood to carry on the Halloween fun. The bags are filled with small Halloween trinkets like pencils, stickers, glow sticks, pumpkin carving kit, etc.

I started with a regular brown lunch bag that I stamped all over with spiders using an old favorite set, Inkadinkado's Creepy Crawly.

For the topper I layered on the die cuts! The bottom black layer is the largest of the Nestabilities Labels 1 dies, folded over and tied with orange ribbon to secure the bag. Next I cut the largest of the Spider Web Trio dies from silver card stock. The white tag is Papertrey Ink's Tag Sale #3 die. The web and spider are both from Creepy Crawly. I simply used a ruler and thin black Sharpie to draw the thread from the web to the spider. The small sentiment at the bottom is an old Stampin' Up! set called Teeny Tiny Wishes. The orange tag is cut with My Favorite Things Traditional Tags STAX Die-namics. I used Papertrey Ink's Penned Elegance Alphabet set to stamp the word "Boo". I notched the end of the tag with scissors. The web and two tag dies were attached to the ribbon with orange and white baker's twine. I hope the families that received these bags stuffed with goodies will enjoy them!

Neither of our direct neighbors on either side have kids but I didn't want them to be left out of the fun. My youngest son and I made a double batch of pumpkin bread, then dressed up the loaves with pretty ribbon and tags for a more adult treat.

I used the same orange "Boo" tags and also included a kraft tag letting the recipients know what kind of treat they had received. The loaves were wrapped in cling wrap and then wax paper to keep them fresh, then tied with black satin ribbon and the tags.

Our family had fun going out on our "Boo Missions" under the cover of darkness to deliver these treats to our neighbors!

Happy Halloween!


Supplies:
Stamps: Creepy Crawly (Inkadinkado), Penned Elegance Alphabet (Papertrey Ink), Typewriter Alphabet (My Favorite Things), Teeny Tiny Wishes (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: Only Orange (Stampin' Up!), Kraft, Stamper's Select White (Papertrey Ink), silver
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Only Orange (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: Spider Web Trio, Tag Sale #3 (Papertrey Ink), Labels 1 (Nestabilities), Traditional Tags STAX die-namics (My Favorite Things)
Other: orange and white baker's twine, 1/2" black satin ribbon, 1/4" orange satin ribbon