If you’ve followed my blog for at least a year you’ve heard about our Halloween tradition. For those of you that are new, here goes.

Bob the Builder and I have enjoyed 16 Halloween’s while living in this house. Florida weather is always beautiful on October 31st so we set up a card table and a few lawn chairs in our driveway.  It’s my responsibility to get the Halloween candy and I fill the biggest bowl we own until it’s overflowing.  I don’t give out the cheap candy either – I give away the ‘hard stuff’ – CHOCOLATE!  Every year I’ve emptied the bowl and have had to refill it.  We get hundreds of kids!

Halloween’s aren’t like they used to be when I was a kid.  The little ones don’t trick or treat alone and for good reason.  We enjoy passing out candy to each child which allows us time to mingle with the kids and their parents.  Our Halloween tradition allows us time to reconnect with neighbors and provides a safe environment the kids.

Rats and potions fill the slanted wood shelves of this "risky" Halloween card. Spooky Cat stamp set by Stampin' Up!

I have three great nephews, Jack, Henry and Luke who are already excited about choosing their Halloween costumes.  I enjoy creating cards for each of them and this is one of them.

Rats and potions fill the slanted wood shelves of this cute Halloween card. Spooky Cat stamp set by Stampin' Up!

I used the Holiday Catalog stamp set “Spooky Cat’ for this card.  You’re probably wondering, “where’s the cat?”.  That’s the best part of this stamp set. Potion beakers, rats, an owl and other images make this set versatile enough to create different Halloween cards without duplication. That’s perfect for me since I need to make a different one for each boy.

Rats and potions fill the slanted wood shelves of this cute Halloween card. Black rhinestones take the place of nails. Spooky Cat stamp set by Stampin' Up!

The textured stamp made creating these wood planks easy.  Instead of nails I used the new Black Rhinestones.  I was sure to stamp all the images before I used the Brick Wall Embossing Folder.  And no coloring!  This set includes images that fill the beakers!

Rats and beaker bottles fill the slanted wood shelves of this cute Halloween card. Black rhinestones take the place of nails. Spooky Cat stamp set by Stampin' Up!

I created the tag by hand.  No measuring, just stamping and cutting.  It doesn’t have to be perfect. Heck, the boys won’t care and let’s face it – the uneven edges lend credence to this eerie card!

This card was entered in the Simon Says: Stamptember Stamp It Challenge

If you don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and would like a copy of the Holiday Catalog I’d love to send you one. Don’t forget to include your mailing address.

Request your copy of the 2017 Stampin' Up! Holiday Catalog here.

Merry Patterns stamp set is free with a qualifying order during September and October 2017.

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