I love the juxtaposition of the dark and spooky background and the cute happy witch dressed in bright blue on this darling card from Deborah! The witch is stamped and colored with alcohol based markers and placed on a pre-printed scene with some die cut ghosties and a stamped and die cut word bubble sentiment. Learn more at the Whimsy Stamps Instagram page.
Now that September is here it’s time to begin creating handmade cards for Fall and Halloween and the paper crafting companies are not disappointing this year with so many amazing new products! One of my favorite themes for Halloween is witches, they can be scary and spooky or adorable and sweet but they are always a classic icon of Halloween that I use again and again when creating cards. So let’s hop on our brooms and check out some new ideas with some cute Whimsical Witches.
A witches clowder of cats is getting into some mischief brewing a potion, waving her wand, trying on her hat and sleeping on some spell books in this wonderful card from Catherine. She used wonky oval die cuts of purple pattern papers to draw in the eye, putting it all on a scalloped card base. Find more info at the Lawn Fawn blog.
Who says ghosts can’t be witches? These cute ghosties are riding brooms, wearing hats and getting into all the witchy vibes on a trio of ATC art cards from Rachel. I love the mixed media backgrounds and the foiled sentiments, they add so much texture and unique patterns! Watch her video tutorial at the Hero Arts blog.
This adorable owl is getting in on the witchy action with a broom and witches hat. She’s been die cut with some ink blending and white gel pen used by Christina for shadows and shine. I love that this die can hold a variety of items making it so versatile. The frame is a zig zag oval die with a stencil pattern, white ink splatter, some die cut bats and heat embossed sentiments. Find more details at the Pretty Pink Posh blog.
This card is inspired by the brightest witch of her age, Hermione Granger, one of Harry Potter’s best friends. She’s stamped, along with her cat Crookshanks and standing in front of a die cut store front window filled with die cut books and Herbology plants with a brick background and Hogwarts letters floating around. I spotted this idea on the PaperMaker.Lab Instagram page.
Vera’s cute retro ghost also wants to be a witch but a groovy one with a purple hat, 60’s inspired flower sunglasses and a pastel striped treat bag. She’s on a die cut pastel pink bag with stamped sentiment, perfect for filling with treats. Take a closer look at the Mama Elephant blog.
Inspired by The Wizard of Oz and the popularity of Wicked comes this darling collection of dies from Simon Hurley. You can created a sweet Glinda or witchy Elphaba with these fun layering dies that can mix and match with many cute accessories and sentiments. Take a closer peek at the Spellbinders blog.
A witches adorable black cat is snuggling under her big hat on this cute card from Melissa. The stamped cat is on a die cut circle layered with spooky pattern paper, a long grey tag, spider web paper and a dark grey card base. She breaks it all down at the Stamp with Melissa blog.
This darling digital witch is standing with creepy pumpkins in front of framed spooky portraits with large die cut Fall flowers all around on a striped pattern paper background. There’s other fun details too like a hanging spider, spider webs, fluttering bats, and an Oct. 31 sign. Take a closer look, if you dare, at the Polkadoodles site.
This whimsical Boo-t card from Tina has a fabulous dry embossed and stenciled background with a witchy die cut boot. The boot is filled with felt die cut flowers with real button centers and cardstock leaves, laced up with white die cut “thread”. Find a link to her tutorial on the Cards and Coffee Time blog.
These two little cuties are brewing up some Halloween fun on a sweet card from Bonnie. She stamped her images and colored them with Ohuhu markers, adding some black inking and some hand drawn stitching around the edges with black brads at the corners and a dimensional cat sticker too. Find more info at the Stamping in the Light blog.
Melody’s wonderful card has so much movement with all the different witches hats tossed in the air. There’s a cool purple stenciled cloud background with orange stars and all the stenciled and die cut hats with a bold gold embossed sentiment in the center to finish it off perfectly. Take a closer peek at the Taylored Expressions blog.
And lastly is this amazing card from Kailash featuring a vintage hutch filled with everything a witch needs. Her teal background has large stamped Halloween sentiments and the stamped black furniture has loads of spooky items stamped in different ink colors along with a Happy Halloween banner across the front. Check out hers and all the design team ideas using this stamp set over at the Papertrey Ink blog.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this broom flight with me to check out some sweet and whimsical Witchy card designs.
-Heather
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