Simply Spooky Spiders

I have a sixth sense about spiders – little alarms go off inside me when I’m about to see one of our eight-legged friends. I’ve not yet fine-tuned my sixth sense enough to turn around and head the other way, but I’ll get there one day. Spiders aren’t cute or cuddly or endearing – but they do eat flying bugs that bite (and I like that). Today I’m sharing a super-simple card today that’s filled to the brim with spooky spiders. Here’s my card:

And here’s the banner for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge that inspired my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Hallows Night Magic. I don’t always think of Halloween as an elegant holiday, but I really love the elegant style of the Hallows Night Magic stamp set and coordinating dies. Spiders and bats are showcased in this stamp set with some really great sentiments. Here’s a look:The entire Magic in This Night Suite is filled with great products to make Halloween festive and fun this year. If you’d like to look through all the coordinating products in this suite, click on the image below:
• Spiders, Spiders, Spiders. Again, I’m not a huge fan of spiders (except for their contributions to bug-eating). I couldn’t resist, though, to fill the bottom panel of this card with these treacherous insects. I cropped a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock at 3-1/2″ x 4-3/4″ and cut a slant down the middle. I stamped spiders on the bottom panel, the sentiment on the top panel and then popped up both panels with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• Favorite Halloween Colors. My card today features two colors – Basic Black and Smoky Slate. That’s it! I tried to add shine or pearls or ribbon, but I kept coming back to this simple look. I didn’t want to short-change you on inspiration today, so I thought I would share three of my favorite color combinations for Halloween:

Stamp Sets: Hallows Night Magic  Papers: Basic Black, Smoky Slate  Inks:  Tuxedo Black Memento  Accessories: Stampin’ Dimensionals

Hallows Night Magic Cling Stamp Set – 153356

Price: $21.00

Smoky Slate 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 131202

Price: $8.75

Basic Black 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock – 121045

Price: $8.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad – 132708

Price: $6.00

Stampin’ Dimensionals – 104430

Price: $4.00

Hallows Night Magic Bundle – 155188

Price: $46.75

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I hope you’ll pop over to the Freshly Made Sketches site to see the cards by the design team members and to play along with this week’s challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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