From adorable and whimsical to hauntingly elegant, these handmade Halloween cards showcase the versatility of ghostly themes. Whether you’re a seasoned card maker seeking inspiration or someone looking to add a personal touch to your Halloween greetings, this collection offers a bewitching array of ideas.
Explore the haunted corridors of creativity as you witness the clever use of ghosts in various styles, colors, and settings. Each card tells a unique Halloween tale, transporting you to a world where friendly ghosts, spooky scenes, and creative design converge.
I love this sweet card with a ghost and witch best friends. Amy’s coloring on this card is awesome! I spotted this design on the Sweet November Instagram page .(They have some of my favorite stamps for Halloween!)
It’s time to start creating handmade cards for Halloween! Ghost are a popular theme this year (and really every year) and whether you like spooky, spoopy or creepy designs there’s lots of fun paper crafting products like stamps, dies and stencils featuring ghosts. So I’ve gathered together enough ghost card ideas to fill a haunted house to inspire you to make some spectral cards this year for Halloween.
Below each cards photo will be a link, click it find more details like techniques, tutorials and products used.
Ghost or witch? Either way this die cut card is adorable! And check out that amazing ink blended stary night background! Learn more about this card on Rachel Alvarado’s blog.
Amy created this stunning scene card with stamps from Hello Bluebird. Her beautiful Autumn background really helps the cats, pumpkin and ghost stand out and notice how the ghost appears see-thru! Take a closer look on the Hello Bluebird Stamps blog.
This yummy Halloween cupcake card is created with dies, decorated with images like a pumpkin, broom, bat and ghost, cut from colored cardstocks. A touch of glitter and some gems adds some shine and the background has nice texture created with an embossing folder on ink blended cardstock. Visit the Spellbinders blog for more info.
Ghost float, bats fly and a cat is spooked around a tombstone on this creepy card from Silvia. I love the bold green night sky, it’s a fun Halloween alternative to a dark blue. Visit the Whimsy Stamps blog for a closer peek, if you dare!
This cute bear dressed like a witch is riding past a large moon and has ghostly friends following along for the trip. This fun card uses stamps from Waffle Flower and is part of their newest release. Visit their blog to learn more.
Jo has created an amazing Halloween porch scene with the cutest witch, her black cat, a cauldron, a stack of pumpkins and of course ghosts flying around too. She mixed mediums by coloring her stamps with Copic Markers and Zig Real Brush Markers, it’s a great tip that you don’t always have to use the same medium on an entire design. Pop over to The Greeting Farm blog for all the details.
Softer pastel colors have been a popular trend for those who like Halloween less spooky. This sweet Halloween shaker card has a background of yellow water colored paper with subtle stenciled ghosts and purple stars. Fly on over to the Pretty Pink Posh blog for more info.
I love purple for Halloween card and this monochromatic card from Keiko fits the bill! These cute witches are casting some spells under a full moon with a bat and ghost hanging around too. The ghost is made from vellum so he’s slightly see-through. Visit the Picket Fence blog for a closer look.
By using a sectioned rectangle die Mirjam create 3 separate little scenes on this adorable ghost card. Perfect for little kids that are too cute to spook! Ink blended backgrounds with splatter seem to be one of the most popular trends for Halloween cards this year, don’t it? Visit the Heffy Doodle blog for a closer peek.
So what’s a haunted house without a bunch of ghosts? This amazing card has a colorful house in front of a wonderful spooky neon green background with trees and moon and several ghosts floating around. I came across this card on Tonya Brook’s Instagram.
And lastly let’s end on a funny note with this hilarious card idea from Cheiron, inspired by a shirt she saw at Target. You just never know where you’ll find card inspiration! Visit Cheiron Brandon’s blog for more info.
I hope you’ve been inspired by all these cute and spooky Ghostly Halloween cards!
-Heather
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