It’s just about the half way mark to Halloween.
I’m already in the Halloween spirit. The weather is crisp, it’s grey out, and the house is decorated. I almost forgot to mention I’ve been watching my fair share of Halloween movies (most are scary), including-
- A Nightmare on Elm Street
- Friday the 13th
- Halloween
- The Ring
- The Craft
- The Addam’s Family
- Edward Scissorhands
- The Uninvited
- Dawn of the Dead
- Exorcist
- Child’s Play
- Carrie
- Poltergeist
- The Blair Witch Project
- Saw
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
- Hocus Pocus
- IT
- Children of the Corn
- 1408
- The Conjuring
What other movies am I missing, any recommendations? Leave me suggestions below.
Anyway, while watching (or listening to) Halloween movies, I love creating Halloween projects, it’s just something that I do. One of the projects I created was a Halloween card. This card is easy to make and with a bit of changes to the wording it can serve as a Halloween party invitation, a greeting card, or an October birthday card. Yep, it’s universal.
The other great part about this card, I used some leftover Halloween themed paper scraps from last year. Check it out.
Supplies
- White Folded Cardstock (5×7)
- Square Paper Punch (similar)
- Tombow Mono Aqua Liquid Glue
- Twine
- Circle Tags
- Scrapbook Paper
- Scary Harry Halloween Digital Collection
- Tombow Brush Pen (N79)
- Tombow Fudenosuke Twin Tip Brush Pen
Step One
First, I gathered my scrap paper and printed some Halloween paper from Pop Fizz Paper. Then I created a bunch of squares with a square punch (similar). Just an FYI, I really wanted to include skulls and bats into my card but I didn’t have the scrap paper. I didn’t want to leave the house to purchase any so I made my own – here’s how. I just stamped skulls and bats on orange cardstock and punched them out with the square punch.
Step Two
This step isn’t required but I like the way it turned out. I took the white/light colored squares and colored the edges with Tombow Brush Pen (N79). This process gives the squares a darker finish.
Step Three
After applying liquid glue to the back of the squares, I placed them onto a greyish black piece of scrapbook paper. I didn’t measure the exact placement, I just eyeballed it.
Step Four
Next, I lettered onto a circle tag with a Tombow Twin Fudenosuke Twin Tip Pen. Adjust the wording for use as an invite, birthday card, or greeting card. Because I’m making invitations, I lettered mine to indicate such. Afterward, I glued the white circle onto a larger graduated black circle. Here’s another FYI, circle tags can be purchased pre-made at arts and craft stores, cut with circle dies and a die cut machine, cut-out by hand, or made with a handheld circle punch. Also, the circle tag looked a bit bare, so I cut some pumpkins from the digital scrap paper, colored the edges for a darker finish, and glued them to the circle tag.
Step Five
Last, I wrapped some twine around the card (securing the ends to the back with tape), glued the circle tag to the top of the twine, and glued the top layer to white folded cardstock.
