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Halloween Fun Fold Cards

Halloween is approaching (as is my Blooming Hill Farm card show), so cards are in abundance. At this point, I'm not even sure what to make. I have cards for nearly every occasion, so you might see me making stranger things than usual. If I've learned anything from card shows, it's never one particular thing that becomes a best seller, it's a wide variety. The more different items--the better.

So what's better than a whole bunch of unusual looking cards.

Over on the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog, they had one idea in mind: "The Colours of Autumn." That couldn't have been any easier to work with. Here are a few autumn flavored Halloween cards I made yesterday:

I learned this technique of card from Jackie Bolhuis. You can watch the full video tutorial on her YouTube. 

Here is a full Halloween card that I'm not submitting to any place in particular:
If you don't know what these card looks like when they're opening, take a look at my video below:
The idea of all these fun folds came from Double Trouble Paper Crafting. They had one idea in mind:
Use your scoring board to create a different fold than normal. My favorite kind of unusual fold is a Z-Card, so I made a special Z-Card just for this challenge. Normally, I decorate my Z-Folds in a particular way, but I went the extra mile with a few extra fun embellishments. There are lots of pictures because there are so many ways to view this card.

The first part is a layer I found from a scrap book.
The second part uses paper from a Halloween Recollections collection and a few mixed media pieces from Tim Holtz.
And then at the end is a Recollections "Happy Halloween" stamp.
And here's a video of the many ways to view this card:
Anyway, as I mentioned before I'm working on some more fall and Halloween cards as my card show at Blooming Hill Farm is on the 26th of this month. Be sure to check back each day for some new and cool cards and craft!

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  1. Melanie HungerfordSeptember 12, 2021 at 6:49 PM

    You have been busy! I really like the Z fold, great papers and such fun Halloween sentiments. Thank you for joining us at Double Trouble!

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  2. Alyson MayoSeptember 12, 2021 at 8:26 PM

    Wow - what a great selection of cards! I can’t choose a favourite - they are all terrific. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble :)

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  3. MacimbaloSeptember 18, 2021 at 12:18 PM

    Danny you won the prize for the Just Us Girls 600th challenge. Please go to the JUGS site by Sept 24th and scroll to the Chic of the Week 600 for info on how to claim your prize.

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  4. papercraftingprincessSeptember 20, 2021 at 6:21 AM

    Thanks for playing along with the Double Trouble Papercrafting Challenge.

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