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Alyssa’s card is the perfect example of Summerween, a cute stamped ghost lounging on a flamingo floaty enjoying an ice cream on a colorful backdrop. I love the watercolor crayon background she created and the glitter on the sunglasses! Visit the Kindred Stamps blog for a closer look.

It’s August, it’s hot and sunny and am I thinking about hanging out by the pool or making a cold drink? Nope! I’m thinking about Halloween, because that’s just the type of girl I am. It’s Summerween and I’m buying new Halloween decorations, excitedly checking out the new Halloween paper crafting drops and planning this years Halloween costume. Summerween is a fun break in the middle of Summer when all the new spooky merch comes out and brings us thoughts of cooler Autumn days to look forward to after a very hot and humid Summer. And if you’re so inclined you can decorate and craft with spoopy (cute and spooky) designs with pastels and ideas that combine Summer touches with Halloween vibes. So let’s get in the mood with some handmade Summerween card ideas!

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Renata designed an amazing shaker card with stamped ghosts floating around a die cut cocktail filled with spooky ingredients. There’s shimmer from a golden sentiment banner and glittery stars. And the stenciled spider web on the bold purple backdrop really pops! Visit the Lawn Fawn blog for more info.

This cool card has a batty pattern paper background with a die cut spider web over top and a cute sentiment in orange. There some sparkle added with gems on the web and big bats eyes. I spotted this idea on the Keight Krafts Instagram page.

Davina used a trendy and Summery color combo of orange and pink for her stunning scene card. Little stamped witches are whipping up some spells in front of a shelves of potions. The plaid and floral pattern papers and die cut pink bow add super sweet touches. Learn more at the Mama Elephant blog.

This darling witch card is easy to create with a printed card front. Mugdha also added die cut frames, row of pumpkins and sentiment banner with heat embossed sentiment too. I came across her card on the Whimsy Stamps Instagram page.

Here’s that trendy orange and pink color combo this time on a faux quilted card from Laura. She die cut faux stitched triangles from pattern papers and cardstock for the background and added a fun stamped sentiment over top. I came across her card in her Soul_Shine_Designs gallery at Scrapbook.com.

Alberto always blows me away with his coloring skills!! And this delicious witchy drink card is no exception. He colored stamps from Picket Fence with OLO markers for this stunning design. I spotted this card on his loshakeratoalberto Instagram page.

I love green and purple for Halloween and Summerween cards! Justin has used Tim Holtz products to create a crackle background with Distress Inks, adding a die cut witch, cat and broom sprayed with sparkle spray as well as the funny die cut sentiment. I spotted this in his Justin Adkins gallery at Scrapbook.com

Here’s another super simple sweet Summerween card featuring a not so spooky Hippo going trick or treating. Shelly used a printed background and fussy cut images from pattern papers to layer over top. Perfect for quick and easy card creations! Visit the Stamping Smiles blog for a closer peek.

This wonderful card from Nina actually glows in the dark, how cool is that!? It’s got a bold colorful background created with layering stencils and ink blending techniques with some shimmer splatter and eyes and stars stenciled with glow in the dark paste. “Shattered” acetate and words cut from pattern paper finish off her design. Watch her video tutorial at the Nina Marie Design blog.

By now we know orange and pink are a hot combination for both Summerween and Halloween like on this wonderful spooky and kooky design. Using dies from Spellbinders and Scrap Diva they combine to create a layered photo frame style card with acetate for a shaker element with some stamped words and sentiments too. I spotted this idea on the maaike_bk Instagram page.

“It’s Showtime!” This card from Lauren is inspired by some of my favorite characters, Lydia and Beetlejuice. She designed the amazing background with layering stencils from Miss Ink Stamps adding stamps from Kindred colored with OLO markers. Watch her how to video at the Lauren Taylor Made blog.

And finally lucky #13 is a sweet card from Crystal with stamped costumed cats and a die cut haunted house from Newton’s Nook. The stripes and plaids add some sweet summery colors that works any time of year. Find all the details at her Tawny Owl Paperie blog.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this early trip into Autumn with some sweet and slightly spooky Summerween card ideas!

-Heather

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