Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Sweet Halloween Greetings!

 

I created this card for Lawn Fawn's Challenge #203 - Fun With Food.  I hadn't had a chance to play with their Build-A-Cake die yet and just got the Build-A-Jack-'o-Lantern, so I decided to use them for this card.  And of course, it had to be a Halloween cake!

To created the background for this card, I inked blended a piece of white cardstock with Salty Ocean and Prize Ribbon.  Then I cut a spider web background from pearlescent vellum using the Spiderweb Backdrop.  Because vellum doesn't play well with glue, I glued the edges of the backdrop to the inked background and then trimmed it out with a purple cardstock frame cut with the Stitched Rectangle Frames die.

I used different colors of cardstock to build my cake.  I like to dust my die cut pieces with Distress Oxide Inks to give them some dimension.  For this card I used Villainous Potion, Crackling Campfire, Rustic Wilderness, and Carved Pumpkin.

For the top layer of my card, I used the Starry Sky Hot Foil Background with black glimmer foil on orange cardstock.  I had thought about using the foiled cardstock for the base layer of the cake but it was just too busy.  For the bottom layer, I added a spiderweb and spiders cut from black cardstock using the Cute Cobweb die. 

To make my cake a little more spooky, I used the "goo drip" from the Build-A-Cauldron die.  I also made the tops of the cake layers green with silver glitter sparkles.  

I used Henry's Build A Sentiment: Fall stamp set for the sentiment banner on the top of the cake. It just fit perfectly.

When I glued my cake to the background, I offset it to the left so I had some room for my Pumpkin filled with candy.  I used the Build-A-Jack-'o-Lantern die to cut out my pumkin.  The candy inside was cut using the dies included with the Build-A-Cauldron die.  

Once I had everything glued to the card, I felt like it needed a few little ghosts so I cut some using the ghot dies that were included with the Spooky Forest Backdrop.

This turned out to be such a cute and fun card - I just love it.

Thank you for stopping by today!  

Sandy

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