Oh My Fright, Frightfully Fun, Halloween Card, Stampin' Up!

 Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a Halloween card to share with you. Please read on to see how it was made. 

For starters I learned how to make four cards from a 6" x 6" piece of Designer Series Paper (DSP).  You mark each side (I marked mine on the left edge) at 1". Make a mark, turn and mark and repeat for all 4 sides. Then cut from the top to the bottom. I used post it tape to put the two pieces back together so I could turn it to the next 1" mark and cut to the last 1" mark. I removed the tape and I had 4 cut pieces. They are all the same size and if you're using a design that has no orientation, you can make all 4 cards the same. You can also place the pieces on other areas of the card. I kept my pieces in the square they were cut so I could see which one I wanted for my card. As it turned out, I stacked them all together so I can make my 4 cards all the same. 

I cut a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of Basic White card stock for the DSP to be attached to. I laid the DSP on the card stock and lightly drew a pencil line so I could see where the words would go.  Since there was lots of room for the words, I taped the left piece in place and then stamped the words. The words are from the "Oh My Fright" bundle. 

On the upper right piece I cut a 3" x 3-5/8" piece of DSP and I taped it to the Basic White piece. You can use an embossed piece here if you like. After taping the second piece of DSP, I cut the edges that were hanging over. I forgot to mention that the DSP is from the "Frightfully Fun" 12" x 12" package.  

The spiderweb was an afterthought and I carefully placed it near the line of the DSP and stamped it using Basic Black ink.

I die cut a tree from Basic Black card stock that had a double-sided sticky sheet affixed to it. I set it in place on the front of the card. I pressed down on the lower trunk area but not on the branches, yet.

I die cut three Basic White ghosts and set them in place behind the tree branches. I also cut a couple of bats using the scraps from making the tree and I placed them on the front of the card. I took my Cherry Cobbler Blends pen and colored in the bat's eyes on the lower bat.  

This was a very fun card to make and now to finish the other three!

Thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Halloween card,
Wanda