If you’ve got little ones or even adults that don’t like scary and spooky then try creating cute Halloween cards for those that are just “Too Cute to Spook”. There’s no rules for Halloween, use bright neon or soft pastel colors, include animals in fun costumes, smiling Jack O Lanterns and happy ghosts for darling Halloween card designs. In today’s post we’ll discover some sweet and cute Halloween inspiration.
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Natasha stamped this adorable mouse dressed in a witch costume, coloring it with Tri-Blend markers. I love the geometric background pattern she created with cardstock in the colors of candy corn! The tiny stamped stars, corn and little gems add nice movement too. Learn more at the Hero Arts blog.
As a Harry Potter fan I’m bewitched by this card from Jenn, inspired by Boggarts in the wardrobe. This fun card is interactive with a slider that pulls out the stamped mummy. There’s also a stenciled floor and silver paper for the mirror on the wardrobe. Find all the details at the Mama Elephant blog.
Did you know most metal dies can cut materials other than paper? Many can cut fabrics and thin felt like Amy did for this amazingly cute Halloween card. The felt adds such a soft touch to the doggy dressed up to go Trick or Treating. The embroidery hoop cut from cardstock adds to the handmade feel of the design. Take a closer look at the Spellbinders blog.
This purple cat trick or treat pail makes me think of Boo Buckets from McDonalds. Brenda used bold purple, yellow and oranges with a stenciled crackle background and piles of die cut candy corn. I love the googly eyes she used on the cat, so cute! She breaks it all down at the Pretty Pink Posh blog.
Each year Simon Says Stamps does “Stamptember”, collaborating with top stamping and paper crafting companies to design limited edition products. This fun card from Caly uses new items from Whimsy Stamps for a sweet ghost card. She dry embossed and ink blended the spider web background and added simple color to stamped images with alcohol markers. Watch her video tutorial at Simon Says Stamp.
Stacey used brightly colored striped paper for part of the background of this darling witch card, pulling some of those colors to color in the stamped images with Copic Markers. This is a great tip if you’re stuck on colors to chose. I love the hand doodling she added around the edges too! Take a closer look at The Greeting Farm blog.
Lori’s card literally fits the theme with the stamped sentiment of “Too cute to spook”. For the rest of the card she used stencils from Taylored Expressions and bright ink blending to create her haunted house scene. I love when stencils have coordinating dies! Find the directions at the Make a Difference blog.
Geese on a Halloween card? Sure, why not!? These darling geese want to celebrate Halloween too dressed in their fun costumes. Colleen created a different tag for each goose and designed a neat pocket card to tuck them into. I love the puny goose sentiments! Learn more at the Unity Stamps blog.
Ok, sorry but I had to include another Harry Potter card, I mean look at this stunning design from Amy!! She’s the queen of scene cards, filling the entire card front with stamps and color using Copic markers. These wonderful stamps are from Stampingbella and I love how each character also has their pet! Fly on your broom over to the Thousand Sheets of Paper blog for more details.
One of my favorite supplies is pattern paper and I always end up with lots of scraps, here’s a great way to use them all up. Shelly created a terrific background with layers of rectangles of different Halloween papers adding a stamped sentiment and even the fairy bear and bats are cut from pattern paper too! Find more info at the Stamping Smiles blog.
If you’re short on time digital stamps are quick and easy, just print and color. Lisa used Promarkers to color in this cute Halloween digi, adding a die cut sentiment and some simple layers of black and orange cardstock for a sweet and simple design. Learn more at the Crafty Card Designs blog.
How sweet is this card from Elena!? Using dies she dressed up adorable bunnies as a ghost and fairy. Using dies and stenciling she created the forest background with a heat embossed sentiment. I love the touches of glitter and pastel plaid paper to soften the design. Visit the Lawn Fawn blog for a closer peek.
I hope you’ve been inspired to talk a walk on the cute side of Halloween and design some darling cards this year.
-Heather
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