Halloween Scrapbook Cards - Part 2

Here's is part 2 of my Halloween Card week - easel cards and some haunted houses!

These two easel cards were fun to make! The All Hallows Eve was traditional and the Book of Spells was more interactive with a pull out of spell ingredients - of course I had to add some of my black cats!

The two spooky house cards were made from leftovers, a Tim Hotlz stamp, and some of my favorite witch and pumpkin stamps from the bargain bin. I also used some 3-D kids stickers I had laying around. These were a lot of fun to make - I wish I had more time!

Happy Halloween!

Items used: Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells - Impression Obsessions Cats Die - Glossy Accents - Tim Holtz Time Collage Stamp

Halloween Scrapbook Paper Cards

I recently had a week off from work and was bound and determined to get my Halloween cards made! It was also an opportunity to use up some scraps I had left and to try some new styles of cards that I had never made.

I love the steampunk papers from Graphic 45, and I had lots of card cutouts left so that' where I started. The steam punk lady was pieced together from 2 4x6 card cutouts, and the inside was made from left over scraps glued together. The stamps were ones I had gotten years ago in a Michaels $1.50 bin - I use them a lot. The same was down with the time piece card also below as a gate-fold.

[Inside Card on LEFT]

[Inside Card on RIGHT]

[Gate-fold : He's watching you!]

[Inside Gate-Fold]

 

 

This weekend you'll get part two - some easel cards I'm really happy with and a few haunted houses. I'll also include a short list of some of the materials used.

Recycled Christmas Wrapping Paper Cards

Here is my first Christmas project of the year! These tags and cards were made from clearance wrapping paper and recycled Christmas cards, a few stamps I had, and some plastic snowflakes I bought years ago. I love taking wrapping paper and cards, cutting them apart, and making something new.

The snowman was cut from wrapping paper several times and layered on the tag with foam dots. I love the sheet music card and vintage tree, I got these sometime ago out of the Michaels bargain bin. I hope these get some ideas flowing for the Holidays to re-use and recycle!

The Inside

Some of the supplies used

London Scrapbook 3-D Card

This project came about after seeing a lot of stair-step cards on Pinterest, so it inspired me to try my hand at it. I had just gotten my new stamps from Tim Holtz (London Sights) and a few extras from the Deep Red company. I stamped then embossed them with red embossing powder, and used my water pen and vintage photo to do a little water coloring to accent. I like the dimension of it. It gave me a lot more ideas for 3D cards in the future!

Scraps and Notecard Vintage Garden Mini Album

I wanted to make a quick and pretty book, so I decided to take some of the notecards that you can get at Michaels in the $1.50 bin and try my hand at making a mini photo album with them. It was pretty quick and easy! In making this, I decided I could use a lot of my scraps.

The front has one of the notecards and some left over fairies and roses; I used Tulip Diamond Glitter fabric paint to add the bling - I find using it is a lot cheaper than Stickles, and I can add color to it if I want. I used some pink camo duct tape for the binding. Inside, the waterfall is made from the cards, taping them on either side and mounting them onto an envelope. This makes a pocket! On the back of each one, I used some leftover papers and stamped and embossed them.

 

 

The tags were from papers I had from a scrap magazine - sorry, I can't remember which one! The pulls on the tags are made from a Martha Stewart corner punch, then cut out with 1 1/2" circle punch. The tags on the pocket side were all made from pieces I had leftover. The tags open up with paper on both sides, the album will hold about 30 pictures. I really like the way they turned out and think from now on I'll use my scraps from each project this way, that way I won't have a million lying around.

 

 

Large Wallet Girls Babyshower Photo Album

This is the second wallet photo album I have made. This one was for a friend's baby girl. I love these kinds of albums for gifts because they always turn out so nice and are very quick, easy, and fun to make! I added a little extra to the gusset so I could add a waterfall to hold more pictures. I was inspired by this Youtuber's great tutorials.

Here are few more examples of the pages inside:

Tri-Fold 'Thinking of You' Shutter Card

This card came about since I wanted to try another new fold - I'm really happy with the way this one turned out!

The Prima Fairy Rhymes A4 Pad papers I used were too pretty! If you like this card and want to give it a try, search Pinterest or Youtube for tutorials. The ones I saw made it with 12x12 papers, but I really wanted to use the papers I had so I adapted it to suit my needs!

As usual, I did some fussy cutting and the 'bling' I used were from Michaels $1.50 craft bins. I used Tim Holtz' Scattered Straw and Tea Dye distress inks for the edges, and as always I used Martha Stuart Score Board, Fiskers Paper Cutter, and Elmers quick dry craft bond glue - I can't do anything without them! I also made the envelope out of scrapbook paper with my We R Memory Keepers (a life saver!).

Card in a Box Project

These came about after I saw all the cute cards on Pinterest! I decided to try my hand at a spring themed card. I played with the size since I wanted a taller card. I made them out of cardstock, covered them in paper, used a few butterfly stamps, and fussy cut a lot of flowers! I couldn't have achieved the look I wanted without Graphic 45's Botanical Tea and Sweet Sentiments sets.

I also used a birthday stamp and a label dye for dimension. These were a lot of fun to make, and the girls I gave them to loved them! I can't wait to make some more. Click for larger images.

Easter Egg House Candy Gift Boxes

I always like to give the ladies at work something special on holidays and birthdays, so I dcided ot make something to hand out Easter candy in. I love miniatures, so egg houses seemed like the perfect treat idea! Hope you enjoy the inspiration I had from using the papers from Graphic 45 papers - love them!

Things I Used

- File folders and cereal boxes to make the 'house'

- Graphic 45 papers: Sweet Sentiments and Secret Garden
- Inkssentials glossy accents
- Tulip metallic fabric paint in white
- Studio G glitter glue
- Impression Obsession dies for the door and window
- Xyron Create-A-Sticker
- Big Shot
- Tim Holtz distress ink

Easter Bunny Paper Cards

 

These cards were a last minute thought. I had found some really cute bunny napkins in one of my drawers along with some Easter stickers I had bought on clearance last year and I had to make something with them! Hopefully I can get back into the craft room before the Easter spirit leaves me and make use of the rest of them for next year. The life of a craft hoarder... :)