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Happy Fall Saturday, and for those Halloween crafty friends today, I have two cute to spook monster cards for our little grandkiddos for Halloween that is only a few weeks away. I created these cards using the Sizzix Tim Holtz Costume and Sizzix Tim Holtz Mischievous die sets along with the Simple Stories Vintage October 31st stickers.

The Sizzix Tim Holtz Costume is basically layers of dies that you build up following the color code stamped on the back of each die. Of course, Halloween comes with kitties. I added the Sizzix Tim Holtz Mischeaveous featuring eight curious cats that are perfect for adding spooky kitties to these cards. The set comes with 16 dies of eight cats and eight coordinating heads to make those kitties pop!

I highly recommend first to watch tutorials from Sizzix for the steps of putting these monsters together by click HERE. My first attempted for each monster assembly was a learning experience and had to do it twice to get it right. I found the mummy to be more challenging at first than the other two monsters. I would highly recommend to NOT do all of the cutting at once in the beginning since those little pieces get easily lost. Therefore, cut one die and glue to base before continuing to the next die that will be cut with a different colored cardstock. At first, you will refer to the tutorials and the color guideline to get you through the first assembly as well as the picture on the front of the die packet of the monsters.

I sponged each card with the yellows and blues of Ranger Distress Oxide ink pads using a brush. I cut out a circle using a punch and stuck it on before sponging and then sponged around the circle to make for a moon. After sponging the blue, I used Ranger orange and yellow ink using a brush for the moon.

For additional to the background, I dug out some ole Halloween dies and stamps to use for these cards.

Additional Supplies for these cards:

Beacon 3-n-1 Glue

My Colors Cardstock

My Colors Black Cardstock

My Colors Golden Rod cardstock

EK Success Scoring Board

EK Success Cutter See Scissors

Ranger Distress Faded Jeans ink

Ranger Distress Fossilized Amber Ink

Ranger Distress Crackling Campfire Ink

Ranger Distress Chipped Sapphire Ink Pad