Choose Happy Halloween Card

Greetings! 

Halloween is quickly approaching so I had to get at least one Halloween card posted for the season.  The Choose Happy stamp set is filled with images to take us through the entire year, and with a pumpkin and a jack-o-lantern face, it's easy to create a cute Halloween card.  It's also the time of year when using oranges and purples together is perfectly acceptable for a color palette, and with the images used it worked out beautifully!  

Isn't it fun! As I was looking at the different stamps in the set, I realized how easily I could create a background with the word "BOO" and the jack-o-lantern faces. Since the pumpkins are a small image, adding multiples to the card helps create the focal point. The striped print from the In-Color Designer Series Papers (DSP) adds just the right touch to the background and adding a wrap of the Black & Very Vanilla checked ribbon gives it a nice balance.

If you have a hard time, or think you'll have a hard time creating all-over stamped backgrounds like this, grab a couple of images, mount them on clear blocks, and start playing.  Work in a triangular type of pattern, switch the orientation of the stamps, and give it a try.  It usually takes a time or two to get the right spacing so start with the larger image first to help you envision the spacing.  It's an easy way to create your own backgrounds in the colors and images you prefer.

Gather Your Supplies:

• Choose Happy stamp set
• Peach Pie cardstock 
• card base 4-1/4 x 11 scored & folded at 5-1/2    OR    5-1/2 x 8-1/2 scored & folded at 4-1/4
• 3-1/2 x 1-1/2 for pumpkins
• Pumpkin Pie cardstock
• 5-1/4 x 4 panel
• 3 x 3
• Basic White cardstock
• 2-3/4 x 2-3/4
• Highland Heather cardstock
• 3 x 3 
• Peach Pie In-Color Designer Series Paper 
• 5 x 3-3/4 striped print
• Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad
• Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad
• Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad
• Black & Very Vanilla 3/8" large check ribbon - 16"
• Peach Pie 3/8" bordered ribbon - 6"
• Black adhesive-backed Sparkle Gems

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Product List

Choose Happy Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163701]	2024–2026 In Color™ 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163777]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Peach Pie 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [163799]	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [105117]
Highland Heather 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146986]	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099]	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086]	Basic Gray Classic Stampin' Pad [149165]	Peach Pie 3/8" (1 Cm) Bordered Ribbon [163783]
Black & Very Vanilla 3/8" (1 Cm) Large Check Ribbon [161982]	Adhesive Backed Sparkle Gems [161288]

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Here's How It's Made:

Adhere striped DSP panel to Pumpkin Pie cardstock panel.  Wrap checked ribbon around layers, horizontally, tie half knot, tie Peach Pie Ribbon into knot around half knot, then finish tying checked ribbon into knot. Position knots near right side, trim excess.   Adhere to Peach Pie folded card front.

Ink Jack-o-lantern image with Basic Gray, stamp onto Basic White cardstock, re-ink and stamp again, in various orientations, including off edges.  Ink "BOO" with Gorgeous Grape, stamp onto Basic White cardstock, in between jack-o-lantern faces, re-inking each time.

Ink pumpkin stamp with Pumpkin Pie, stamp onto Peach Pie cardstock, re-ink and repeat twice.  Ink Jack-o-lantern face with Basic Gray, stamp in center of each pumpkin, re-inking each time.  Fussy cut pumpkins.

Layer Basic White stamped cardstock onto Pumpkin Pie, then onto Highland Heather, rotating each time.  Adhere pumpkins to Basic White layer with Stampin' Dimensionals in a triangular layout, at various angles.  

Adhere assembled piece to card front near left edge.

Embellish with Black Shimmer Gems.

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Essential Tools:

These are the tools I recommend  for a positive experience with all of your paper crafting projects.  Having the right tools makes every project go more smoothly from start to finish.

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [159276]	Grid Paper [130148]	Clear Block Bundle [165674]	Paper Snips [103579]
Paper Trimmer [152392]	Take Your Pick [144107]	Bone Folder [102300]	Simply Shammy [147042]
Stampin' Seal [152813]	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]

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