Halloween Thank You Cards

Halloween Thank You Cards

Difficulty rating: Beginner

Designer: Lisa Truesdell

No matter the season, I always find myself needing thank you cards. I challenged myself to make these using no Halloween themed papers – I just dug into my stash for what I had on hand. I love how my Fiskars seasonal squeeze punches can make basic patterned paper into the perfect embellishment for any project!

Instructions:

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Bat Thank You

  1. Trim black cardstock to 5.5 inches x 8.5 inches and fold into a card.
  2. Spray the front of the card with opaque white mist.
  3. Cut a strip of striped patterned paper and attach to the bottom of the card.
  4. Punch two XL and one L cloud using your squeeze punches. Attach to the front of the card.
  5. Punch two bats from black cardstock and attach to the front of your card.
  6. Punch one bat from orange patterned paper. Ink the edges and attach to the front of your card using foam adhesive.
  7. Punch a tag using the XXL Lever Punch. Stamp a thank you sentiment on it and add it to the bottom of the card. Staple in place.
  8. Add machine stitching.
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Pumpkin Thank You

  1. Trim black cardstock to 5.5 inches x 8.5 inches and fold into a card.
  2. Spray the front of the card with opaque white mist.
  3. Trim a strip of striped paper. Use your Postage Stamp Border punch along the bottom and add to the front of your card.
  4. Use the Continuous Stamp Wheel to stamp polka dots on a piece of gray cardstock. Layer over the striped cardstock to the front of your card.
  5. Punch 5 'pumpkins' using your Apple a Day punch – discard the leaves. Draw a jack-o-lantern face on one of the pumpkins. Attach them to the front of your card, using foam adhesive under the jack-o-lantern.
  6. Punch two tags using the XXL tag punch. Layer under your other patterned papers and staple in place.
  7. Stamp a thank you sentiment across both tags.
  8. Add machine stitching
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Envelopes

  1. Use the Continuous Stamp Wheel to stamp polka dots along the side of an envelope.
  2. Spray the envelope with gray mist.
  3. Use your Ultra ShapeXpress™ and Journal and Bracket template to cut a label out of yellow patterned paper. Ink the edges and add to the front of the envelope.
  4. Use your Batty for You Squeeze punch to punch a bat from orange cardstock. Ink the edges with orange ink and attach over the label.