halloween inspirations....

Hello again!  Welcome to a delightful Papertrey Ink group post filled with all things Halloween!  I love that we are starting to think about this fun time of year...one can never start too early I say :).

My first project uses the ever so adorable, Tiny Town:  Spookville + Spooky Yard dies.  I began of course using the Tiny Town:  Basics Die and then added on the Spookville additions.

Gather your supplies as you set about creating these, and just save an afternoon or morning and allow yourself to be creative.  This was such a fun project for me.  I used a combination of patterned paper, Shimmer Cardstock, and glitter cardstock.  

I learned a bit as I went along...I would recommend cutting your porch from cardstock.  I found the patterned paper to not be quite the weight I had hoped for.  

The darling picket fence, eerie tree, and additions such as the tiny pumpkins, bats, and ghosts really set the mood and help build the scene.  I used the large moon die from the new Shaped Sayings:  Halloween and added it behind my house to further add to the haunted feel of my Spookville manor.

Next, I used the new Autumn Pumpkins + Pumpkin Expressions stamp sets and dies on my gift bag tags.

 

I began with the Shaker Shapes:  Pumpkin dies and added die cuts from the Shaped Sayings:  Halloween collection.  The sentiment used on this tag is from the Pumpkin Expressions stamp set.  The leaves on both tags are from the Paper Clippings:  Thinking of You stamp set and the New Every Day die collection.  I also used the Spider Web Trio dies...they are great accents!

The Autumn Pumpkins and Pumpkin Expressions products were used on this next tag....how I love these darling sets!  My sentiment is from the new Spooky Smiles stamp set.

Lastly, the Shapes Sayings:  Halloween dies were used on this card.  They are just so much fun...love that moon!  

I added in another die from the Spider Web Trio collection and a bit of wheat from the Give Thanks stamp set.

Across the bottom I used the Keep it Simple:  Halloween stamp set....stamping in my new favorite colors, Saffron Spice.


So much more to see on the other designer's blogs:

Nichole Heady

Kay Miller

Lizzie Jones

Danielle Flanders

Laurie Willison

Dawn McVey

Amy Sheffer

Heather Nichols

Betsy Veldman

Ashley Newell

Comments

[Becky Green]

SO CUTE MELISSA! You ALWAYS do such a FABULOUS JOB on your creations! The little Spookville Manor is SO STINK'N CUTE!!!!! ;) THANK YOU for all your recommendations with it! ;)

[Jennifer Schmidt]

Adorable, adorable, adorable!!! Even though summertime is wonderful, I've been getting little twinges of excitement lately about fall coming so this was nice to see!

[Marcia Hill]

Oh my....your little Spookville house is SO cute Melissa! I can hardly wait to add this set to my collection. What did you use for the trim right under the roof on the front side of your house that looks like black wrought iron grillwork? I love your little bag toppers and card too. I'm so excited that Fall is coming (like many, it is my favorite season too!) and can't wait to make your pumpkin bread recipe again that you shared last year...or was it the year before? All I know is my family LOVES it!! Thanks for all the great inspiration Melissa and have a wonderful weekend!! :0)

[Jill Norwood]

Melissa love your tip about the porch for your adorable Halloween house! And your tags and card are WONDERFUL too! Especially love how you tucked the moon and wheat into the sweet card scene!
Adorable!

[Bev]

Don't know where to start - your Spookville house is as cute as can be. It is great example of enjoying "spooky" without being too scary. I like the Shaker Shape Pumpkin as the basis for the adorable tags. What a sweet way to decorate treats for little goblins trick or treating.

[Noreen]

The cute tags make treat bags extra fun!

[Nancy Penir]

Adorable! The house is uniquely 'Melissa'! Love every creative bit! And your tags are their usual 'wonderful'. The card's color scheme is so elegant, hardly spooky at all! (Just the way I love it!)

[Diana K]

Love all but especially your sophisticated card in that gorgeous colour scheme. What a beauty!

[Linda (LSN)]

Love how Spookily Sweet all of your creations are. I can imagine little ghosts and goblins being thrilled to come to your house!

Linda

[Kathy Mc]

Amazing creations loaded with lots of special details. It's quite obvious you were having fun creating, Melissa, as everything is wonderful.

[Patty O'Malley]

What adorable projects, Melis! Love the house!