Spooky Halloween Cards

The Outlaw family has been hard at work stuffing and selling sausage to raise funds for our outlaw progeny Europe as a student ambassador. We have been surprisingly successful at this endeavor, so much so that our friends have begun to suggest we start a business. Most people love our sausage, but not everyone. So, I came up with this alternative fund- raiser: Handmade Halloween Greeting Cards.

These are pretty easy to make. Here's what you need:

Pre-cut and folded cards and envelopes

Plain orange scrapbook stock

Rustic looking scrapbook paper (gray and black tones look the best)

Ink pad

Stamps (one says Happy Halloween, the other is a pumpkin)

colored pencils

cellophane bags

raffia

Halloween ribbon

1. Rip the orange stock into appropriate sized rectangles.

2. Center and Stamp "Happy Halloween" on the orange paper

3. Drag the ripped edges across the ink pad to make it look rustic, stained, somehow "spooky."

4. Attach the orange rectangles to the rustic papers using gluestick and trim the rustic paper so that it makes a 1/8" frame.

5. Center the whole thing on your card-stock and glue.

6. To finish Stamp a pumpkin on the inside corner of the card and on the envelope flap and color using colored pencils.

7. If you are going to sell the cards, put them in the cellophane bags and tie with the raffia and the ribbon.