Aloha, all!
Last week a friend and I got together to design and make some Halloween cards that we could show others almost right up to the time of the holiday. I searched the Internet for ideas, and found a Christmas card design that I thought could be a lot of fun for Halloween as well – and it was quick and easy! This was so easy, in fact, that I made a bunch of them. Today I'll share photos of several, and give you a quick set of instructions to make your own for last minute Halloween greetings!
You might recognize at least one of the stamped images in this card as having come from the Jar of Haunts Stamp Set – the sentiment is, indeed, from that set. But the pumpkin is also from the same set! So, no jar this time, but the stamp set hasn't left my desk yet!
The paper in this card is one of the sheets from the Halloween Night Specialty Designer Series Paper set. To make a card using this "folding back" technique, it's my opinion that you need a sheet that has a fairly simple/solid design on one side to set off the more complex design on the other side. This sheet, with the pumpkins on one side and the grid design on the other is just perfect!
Here are the simple directions for making this card front:
- Make a card base from an 8-1/2" by 5-1/2" piece of cardstock, folding it to make a 4-1/4" wide by 5-1/2" high card, folded on the left. Choose cardstock to complement – even match – the colors in the Designer Series Paper you're going to use. For this card, I used Pumpkin Pie Cardstock to complement the Pumpkin Pie color in the Designer Series Paper.
- Cut a piece of Designer Series Paper 4" wide by 5-1/4" high.
- Cut a 1-3/4" slit from middle of the right edge of the side of the paper that will be the front of your card.
- Score from the left end of the slit to the bottom right corner as well as to the top right corner.
- Fold the paper on the score lines.
- Adhere the under side of the folds to the front of the paper so that they stay in place.
- Adhere the folded paper to the card front.
- Decorate the card front with a layered element that lays over the inside edge of the slitted paper.
That's really all there is to it! For the above card, I cut the stamped layer and the next layer under it (Pumpkin Pie Cardstock) with a scalloped square from the Layering Squares Framelits Set. Then I cut the next larger square from Pumpkin Pie Glimmer Paper. Note that, when cutting Glimmer Paper with Framelits, I find it easier to have the Framelits cut the smooth back side.
Here are two of the other cards I made with this design. Both use the same paper, but for the top card, I placed the center element in the center of the card, rather than over to the right side as in the other two cards.
My friend decided she wanted a card using the seasonal colors, but did not want to use "Happy Halloween" on one of her cards. So this is what she made, using a sentiment from the Basket of Wishes Stamp Set.
Sooooo easy and quick! It might be a bit late for the products in this project. But you might like to try them for next Halloween – or even for Thanksgiving (especially that Basket of Wishes Stamp Set!). So here's a list of what I used. Each picture includes a link to my very own Stampin' Up! store where you can find out more about the products and order them right then and there!
Happy Stamping!
Thanks Robin! I had seen something like this but with no instructions. I couldn't get the fold back part right. You made it simple and easy to do. I was just making it too hard I guess. I will try this tomorrow as it makes sense to me! This is really a cute style and a cute card, well all the cards are cute! Thanks for solving the mystery for me!
You're so welcome, Chris! If you look closely, for the first card I did I made the slit just 1-1/2" long. But I decided I wanted to have more of the fold corners showing, so the rest I made with a 1-3/4" slit. Enjoy your cards!