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Brenda used dies from Simon Says to create this wonderful Haunted House card. She ink blended for the grass, added white paint splatter on navy for the night sky and used colored cardstocks for the house and ghost, adding some detail with a white gel pen. I love the witches hat on the house and the ghost! I spotted her idea on the My Papercut Creations Instagram page.

It’s almost time for spooky season, are you creating your own cards this year for Halloween? Every year the new paper crafting Halloween products always have all the classic icons but there will usually be one really popular trend and this year it’s Ghosts! I’m seeing Ghosts on stamps, dies, pattern paper and stencils, I guess they are the “it” creature for this Halloween. But an even bigger trend with the Ghosts is to make them cute with bows on their heads, sweet smiles, and non-traditional color combos like using lots of pink and pastels but don’t worry if you’re not into cute, there’s some spooky one’s too. So let’s jump on the Ghost train and check out a bunch of fa-BOO-lous handmade Ghost Card Ideas.

Hanh’s adorable card uses the negative space of thick die cut letters for the openings on a shaker card. Inside is Halloween confetti and on the front are a trio of cute stamped ghosts colored with Copic Markers, a hanging spider and heat embossed sentiment. Notice how she applied the center of the letters to the acetate for a clear design. Learn more at the Pretty Pink Posh blog.

This little ghostie on Jeanne’s card is popping up out of a Jack O Lantern on her 3D box card. She applied glitter to the stars cut from the background and added a die cut sentiment to the front box panel. I love this color combo of purple, teal, orange and green! She used products from Pink and Main for her design.

Brenda’s card is full of Fall fun with an orange plaid pattern paper scalloped background, a dry embossed and die cut orange panel with vines and leaves and of course the star of the show, the sweet ghost. She’s die cut, holding a large candy corn and wearing a wonderful Witches hat with band, bow and gem. The holes around the die add texture but also are a fun place to add stitching if you want. Find all the details at the Honey Bee Stamps blog.

This cutie is ready to give you ghostly hugs on a fun pop-up card from Mimi. She used dies and colored cardstock with a little inking for shading and texture on the inside of this interactive card design. There’s also a silly sentiment and some hearts on the tombstones to give it an even more cute feel. Learn more at the Lawn Fawn blog.

Melisa’s card has an amazing stenciled circle filled with a cloudy night. She masked of the round area and used a stencil and Distress Inks in purple and black, adding details with a white gel pen. Overtop she placed 2 die cut ghosts and a black foiled sentiment. Find step by step directions on the Spellbinders blog.

I am always blown away by Amy’s coloring, isn’t this card stunning!? She used a digital stamp from Sweet November of a ghost coming out of a Jack O Lantern, coloring it and also creating the background from scratch using Copic markers, adding stars and sparkles inside the pumpkin with a white Sharpie pen. Take a closer look at A Thousand Sheets of Paper blog.

Who says ghosts can’t dress up and go trick or treating too? This sweet card has a die cut ghost wearing cat ears and her black cat friend getting their pail filled with candy. The background has a subtle ink blended edge with lots of stamped stars. I came across this idea on the Hero Arts blog.

Don’t forget to add an extra touch of spooky to any Halloween design with small ghosts like Jennifer did here. She stamped, die cut and inked a large book of unwise wishes (open at your own risk), adding stamped spiders and drips of blood, a lock and tiny ghosts escaping. The creepy background is inked and filled with stamped bats. Find these products at Whimsy Stamps.

Catherine’s darling design has a sweet orange and pink color combo with plaid pattern paper, a scalloped edge and the adorable scene. Her die cut ghost popping out of a pumpkin has a bow and gem on her head, holding a glittery candy corn, surrounded by other die cut Halloween accessories and a fun heat embossed sentiment. Visit the Papertrey Ink blog to check out hers and lots of other cards made with this set. 

Sophie’s card had a funky retro feel with a group of ghosties walking up the lane to a haunted house. She created a terrific scene with a stenciled walking path, adding die cut pumpkins in the yard, the ghosts, fence, trees, bats and house are also die cut and she stamped some sentiments as well. I came across her card on the Concord and 9th Instagram page.

Julissa’s wonderful card has two ghosts with spooky auras around them. She used positive and negative ghost stencils and Distress Oxide inks to create this cool design, using a deckle edge die on the panel and added a heat embossed sentiment strip. Find all the details at the Unity Stamps blog.

Melissa’s card is clean and simple with some ghost having fun in the graveyard. There’s a black on back stamped panel on the base, a layer of Halloween pattern paper, a die cut tombstone with heat embossed sentiment and 2 cute stamped and die cut ghosts floating by. Find more info at the Stamp with melissa blog.

I hope these ghosts didn’t spook you too much!

-Heather

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