Halloween Boo Bucket

Hello, fellow crafters!! Brenda back with you today!! I’m super excited to be sharing a Halloween card featuring the Halloween Bucket Additions Die Set, Crackle Background Stencil and the Halloween Greetings stamp set & coordinating dies from the newest release!! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays to create cards for!! I think it’s the color combinations that I love so much! Let’s get to my card!

I started by creating my bucket. I don’t have the Candy Bucket Die Set (but you better believe it’s on my wishlist), so I decided to improvise and use the Sand Bucket Shaker Dies. Plus, the bucket is larger, so it can hold more candy!! Ha!! I die-cut the bucket and handle from purple cardstock and added shading with Villainous Potion Distress Ink and a blending brush. Next, I die-cut the ears, nose, mouth and whiskers from the Halloween Bucket Additions Die Set from purple, pink and black cardstock. I added shading with Villainous Potion and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. Once I laid all the pieces out, I decided to cut black cardstock for the rim of the bucket to make the ears stand out more. All the die-cuts were adhered together using liquid glue and I used a white gel pen to add some highlights. I thought the google eyes were a fun touch!!

For the background, I lightly blended Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed and Twisted Citron Distress Ink onto a panel of smooth white cardstock using the Crackle Background Stencil. I trimmed the panel slightly and adhered it to an A2 panel of black cardstock. The bucket was adhered to the background with liquid glue. The candy corn dies are also included in the Halloween Bucket Additions Die Set. All the pieces were cut from white cardstock, blended with Mustard Seed and Carved Pumpkin Distress Inks and highlighted with a white gel pen. They were adhered together, then added around the bottom of the bucket with liquid glue.

The sentiment, from the Halloween Greetings Stamp Set, was stamped onto white cardstock with black pigment ink. It was cut out with the Coordinating Die, along with three more layers from heavyweight white cardstock. All the layers were stacked and adhered together with liquid glue, then added to the top of the card. I used clay stars from the Boo To You and Halloween Friends mixes to finish off the card and add a bit more color to the background.

My niece is obsessed with cats, so I think I’ll send this to her for Halloween! Along with a bunch of candy, of course!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!! I appreciate your time!

Brenda