Australia doesn’t have a long tradition of trick or treating on Halloween. However, in recent years, more young people and families have taken this on board.
I would always say that I would put a sign up on our front door showing a Halloween free zone symbol – and my daughters would berate me for being so negative.
It wasn’t until my husband and I visited North America, during Halloween and Thanksgiving seasons, that I realised how spectacular individuals’ homes and businesses look when decked out for the celebrations. I can remember our first trip to the US, in 2007 with our two daughters, seeing a huge wire cage outside a store (name forgotten – but possibly a Walmart) holding hundreds of pumpkins.
Now, while I still don’t do anything personally for Halloween, I still have stamp in some of the sets I have purchased from the latest August through December Mini Catalogue that have Halloween stamps. I didn’t order the Magic in the Night DSP or the Cobwebs 3D Embossing Folder but I decided to improvise.
My Facebook Live yesterday focused on Halloween projects. You can watch a replay if you like – all my bloopers are a hoot! Just click below.
I made one card and two 3D projects. Today, I will share the card with you.
I wanted to use the LITTLE TREAT BOX DIES in a different way. So I decided to use a 2″ strip of Whisper White cardstock to die cut the ‘tag’ ends of the box.
My colour choice for these three projects were – Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Whisper White and Silver.
Without the Cobwebs 3D Embossing Folder, I opted for my HAMMERED METAL 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER featuring the thin outline.
A length of 1.5″ METALLICS MESH RIBBON was wrapped around the embossed foil and tied in a simple know before being trimmed.
As you can see, I die cut three of the ‘tags’ and trimmed them off and stamped onto them. For the broomsticks, I inked up the handle end using the Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. Then I cleaned the stamp and inked the bristles end using my red of choice – Poppy Parade.
The top two labels were glued directly onto the SILVER FOIL and the overlying edges were trimmed back.
The bottom label was popped up onto BLACK STAMPIN’ DIMENSIONALS COMBO PACK. Again, the lower edge was trimmed back. Finally, one die cut red spider was added.
A spider was stamped on the inside piece of Whisper White cardstock. Then three creeping spiders were stamped onto the top left hand side of the envelope front. I wouldn’t suggest sending this card anyone who has arachnophobia.
This was such a fun card to make, I hope you like it.
Thanks for popping by … happy stamping.
These are the products I used to make this card. If you live in Australia, you can any of them through me.
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