Aug 28 2007
Quick and Easy Halloween
Halloween is not something we celebrate in a big way at our house. I guess I love the fun of the dressing up and the goodies but am just not too into the more ghoulish side of it. LOL So any Halloween card you are likely to see here is not going to be very scary. 
I’m leaning more towards cute and simple.
Pumpkin Card
This design is super quick and simple. I love the bold look of the Making Memories patterned paper and adhered it to my cardfront in panels. The pumpkin is super simple too. I used a Stampin Up large oval punch to punch out three ovals from Pumpkin Pie Cardstock. A little Close to Cocoa ink sponged lightly around the edges gives it a little shape and then the ovals are layered over each other.
Quick Tip: don’t have an oval punch? How about a circle punch? Creating a pumpkin with a circle punch in the same manner looks super-cute as well…instead of tall and thin, you have a nice round squat pumpkin.
To finish off my pumpkin, I free-hand cut a little stem from Always Artichoke cardstock and then trimmed some tiny strips of cardstock. To curl them I wrapped them around the needle of my paper piercer. Be careful! It is sharp! I always love adding a little scrap of ribbon to a design and I love this black gingham for Halloween. I punched a circle from black cardstock and wrapped it around the side of my design. After setting an eyelet with my Crop-a-dile, I tied the ribbon through. Super quick card!
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awwwwwwww super cute, Julia! I haven’t tried that pumpkin yet, but need to!
Super cute, I love your punched pumpkin!
Wow! I love seeing the possibilities of things I already own! This is too cute!
I love your Halloween card! Your oval punched pumpkin is perfect, and I especially love the curly vines! The designer paper is so fun and perfect as well!
Like yourself….I love the fun cutesy side of Halloween.
I love the Halloween card. Where did you get the Making Memories patterned paper? i it a new item for this season? I can’t find it in the stores. many thanks for any advice you can give.
Gotta love those curly vines….oh so clever!
Very, very cute. And very clever. I likie alot.
Too cute. Love the dimension on the pumpkin.
Julia - love it - simple and cute! Another great creation! Thanks for sharing; I’ve got Halloween on my mind and its great to see your post today! Have a great day!
Beth (mommy to a busy 4 yr old)
This is so cute!
Love it!! It’s adorable!
What a great idea to make a pumpkin. Going to have to try that!! Thanks so much.
OOOH I love this!!! HOw did I miss it?! LOVE the paper, colors, pumpkin..soooo cute!!
So cute!! Love those patterns and the tab with the ribbon!
Adorable!