lauralooloo: 10 of My Favorite Handmade Halloween Cards

My favorite handmade Halloween card ideas are always equal parts spooky and sweet, with a pop of bold bright colors. Today I've gathered ten of my favorite Halloween cardmaking ideas that I hope will inspire your fall crafting. At the end of this post you'll find some of my favorite products that make the Halloween magic happen. Ready to creep in and take a peek?

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A few weeks ago I shared some cute and spooky Halloween pencil toppers, made with the Impression Obsession Ghost Die. As I was crafting up those pencils, I made a few extra ghosts that have been laying around my craft space. What better way to use them up than to add them to a handmade card!? This card came together so quickly and easily, especially thanks to the adorable pre-made bows that I added to the ghosts. Simply diecut the ghosts, add the bows, and adhere to a simple layered card base. The sentiment is from the Pumpkins stamp set - isn't it adorable!?

Halloween cards come together easily when you start with awesome products, like this Ghost die. This one simple die, a few pre-made bows, plus a stamped sentiment was all it took to make this spooky-cute card! I'm in love with the stitched edges on the ghosts - it's the perfect finishing detail and it die-cuts easily!

This handmade Halloween card begins with simple die-cutting and assembling. The stitched ghost and die cut BOO sentiment (which comes with that adorable spider) are quick and easy to use for Halloween cards, crafts, tags, and treat bags.

Recognize this friendly ghost? He's back in action on this card, paired with a die cut spider and the word BOO.

Boo! It's almost trick-or-treat time! How about some sweet and spooky Halloween cards today? They all feature the stamp set called You're Batty. It's one of my favorite sets for Halloween, with adorable and slightly quirky bats!

The next three cards all feature the quirky and adorable bats from the You're Batty stamp set. This red rubber stamp set is on SALE at an amazing price, and it's been one of my best loved Halloween stamp sets. These little guys look amazing when heat-embossed in black, or stamped in regular black ink. Easy peasy!

Eeeek! This adorable Halloween card idea features the You're Batty stamp set, plus beautiful printed vellum. Layering colored papers, and a splatter of silver Silk made this a fun handmade Halloween card!

You're Batty! Have fun making a handmade Halloween card with the You're Batty stamp set from Spellbinders. Stamp all the bats onto a white card base for a simple and fun-to-make Halloween card!

Next up, a simple way to create a card with fun patterned papers - dig through your stash, because you might have just the right prints for a Halloween card, even if they aren't technically Halloween papers. Look for polka dots, stripes, and gingham in oranges, greens, or purples and see what you can mix and match! This is a simple card layout for any time of year - just change up the papers and sentiment and make cards for every occasion!

a simple way to create a card with fun patterned papers - dig through your stash, because you might have just the right prints for a Halloween card, even if they aren't technically Halloween papers. Look for polka dots, stripes, and gingham in oranges, greens, or purples and see what you can mix and match! This is a simple card layout for any time of year - just change up the papers and sentiment and make cards for every occasion!

Do you love to watercolor? This Too Cute to Spook stamp creates simple Halloween cards because the stamp fills almost the whole card front. I had so much fun watercoloring this image, but you could use markers, colored pencils, or paper-piece it to add color to this sweet stamp.

Do you love to watercolor? This Too Cute to Spook stamp is perfect for creating simple Halloween cards because the stamp fills almost the whole card front. I had so much fun watercoloring this image, but you could use markers, colored pencils, or paper-piece it to add color to this sweet stamp.

Here's another watercolored Halloween card. This one was loose and messy and fun to create. I started with liquid dye inks, and added them along with water to a sheet of watercolor paper. I let them layer together, mix and blend to create a crazy colorful background. Then I added a little twine - I mean spider webs, and added the absolutely adorable Spider Trio stamps. Those legs look tricky to cut? Not a problem because they have a coordinating die!

This next card begins with some of the sweetest skeletons you'll ever meet! I started with a piece of white cardstock that I inked up using re-inkers on my Gel Press. Then, I embossed the skeletons in black on white cardstock and fussy cut them to pop them up on my card base. They are funny and funky and they make me smile!

This handmade Halloween card begins with some of the sweetest skeletons you'll ever meet! I started with a piece of white cardstock that I inked up using re-inkers on my Gel Press. Then, I embossed the skeletons in black on white cardstock and fussy cut them to pop them up on my card base. They are funny and funky and they make me smile!

It's not quite October, but I am READY - are you? I've pulled out my fall stamps, and I'm using my favorite fall colors on all of my projects. I can't ever get enough of this yellow, orange and aqua color palette so let's take a look at today's handmade autumn card.

Last, but certainly not least. . . not so much into Halloween cards? You'll love this fall idea that celebrates the pumpkins and the season, without the spooky . . .just ALL the sweet.

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