Haunting Halloween Card with Postage Collage and Die Cuts: Making the Cut

Hi friends! Happy Wednesday! Please join me in welcoming special guest Nichol Spohr to our blog back in our monthly installment of Making the Cut – our monthly blog series that celebrates the love of all things die cutting! Nichol is showcasing some fun Halloween products to make the cutest Halloween collage card including our Haunted Pumpkin, Trick or Treat Ghosts, Costume Ghost Parade, Jolly Pumpkins, Little Boo, and Halloween Basics! Be sure to watch the video for all of the details, and enjoy!

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A big thank you to YOU, our reader — and to Nichol for being our guest!

Artistic Stenciled Leaf featuring our November 2025 Card Kit!

Hello everyone! Heather Hoffman here today, and I had lots of fun playing with the new November 2025 Card Kit: Give Thanks! Keep reading to learn more about how I created this card:

I started off by doing a bit of a creative stenciling technique with the Red Maple layering stencil set included in the kit, and several of the ink cubes. On a panel of white cardstock, I used 3 of the 4 stencils, skipping the more solid layer. Instead of ink blending with blending brushes, I used the mini ink cubes in Sangria, Honey, and Cabbage directly over the stencil, not worrying about perfect coverage, and just very gently pressing and/or gliding over each stencil layer. Doing this meant the ink didn’t go all the way to the edges, but left these slightly open white areas. I love the finished effect!

Next up, I added some gold splatters using the Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Tarnished Brass paint. I mixed a bit with some water, then flicked it over my panel with a paint brush. I set that aside to dry, and started die cutting my main sentiment. I used the cute Thanks die that was in the kit, cutting the shadow layer from white cardstock, and the detail layer from the included Tim Holtz Idea-logy Gold metallic cardstock, adhering the layers together with liquid glue.

Once that panel dried, I adhered the main sentiment with foam adhesive, then stamped the secondary sentiments from the Small Thanks stamp set directly on the panel. I rounded off one corner, and mounted it with more foam on a card base created with some of the Ivory cardstock in the kit, rounding off the same corner so they matched. I added a few Spellbinders Satin Gold flat sequins, and a tiny bow created with Lawn Fawn white hemp twine!

Have you ever tried using a stencil with an ink cube direct to paper? It’s such a fun technique, with unique results! Let me know if you give it a try!

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Created by Nina-Marie Trapani using Wood Panel Background and Faithful Encouragement
Created by Nina-Marie Trapani using Just Because I Love You and Wood Panel Background
Created by Nina-Marie Trapani using Just Because I Love You and Faithful Encouragement

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