From My Halloween Decor…

Halloween Butterflies
Halloween Butterflies

We have a small, somewhat awkward corner niche in our new apartment. Since we moved in about three months ago, I’ve been searching for something that will look great in this space, but I haven’t found anything that I love yet for year ’round display. However, after I saw the October issue of Martha Stewart Living, I had my inspiration for Halloween. I talk more about my pumpkin obsession and show the pictures that inspired me on my personal blog, Domestifluff.

In order to create the display, I purchased a butterfly paper punch, made a quick butterfly template in a few sizes, and got to punching and cutting out cardstock. I used Zots to attach the butterflies to the wall and the pumpkin, and I really like how it came out! This small project has definitely gotten the wheels turning, and I can’t wait to work on my next holiday display!

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Fog and Thistle Papercuts + Printable Tags

Fog and Thistle Papercut
Fog and Thistle Papercut

I’m a huge fan of papercutting and love finding new artists in this genre. Fog and Thistle creates lovely, evocative papercuts that feature bunnies, trees, and fairytale scenes. Right up my alley! They sell both actual papercuts and prints of their work at the Fog and Thistle Etsy shop.

Fog and Thistle Printable Gift Tags

Also check out these super cute free printable seasonal trees tags from Fog and Thistle. The winter trees would make perfect gift tags for holiday gifts. Actually, any of the trees would be a great addition to your holiday gift wrap schemes. Download the PDF here. Tags spotted at How About Orange.

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New Sponsor : Ink Obsession Designs

Ink Obsession Holiday Photo Card

Please welcome Paper Crave’s newest sponsor, Ink Obsession Designs. Started in July 2007 by owner + designer, Erin Bradley, Ink Obsession creates modern, stylishly designed announcements, invitations, notes, and greeting cards. I’m especially loving these Cherry Blossom photo cards from their Holiday collection.

Check out more from the Ink Obsession collection, and receive a 10% discount on selected items here.

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Paper Crave Halloween Freebies : Printable Halloween Papers

Halloween Freebies

Want even MORE Halloween freebies? Check these out!

Halloween Paper

Holiday Freebies week concludes with these fun, printable Halloween papers. Say hello to the faux bois paper from the treat boxes, this time in both lime green/white and purple/orange, as well as skull and bones paper and horror movie quotes paper. You can use these papers for a variety of projects — scrapbooking, homemade greeting cards and gift cards, and pretty much anything that you can think of!

Download Spooky Bois Lime Green Paper (PDF 25 Kb)
Download Spooky Bois Purple Paper (PDF 25 Kb)
Download Skull and Bones Paper (PDF 28 Kb)
Download Horror Movie Quotes Paper (PDF 596 Kb)

I hope that everyone has enjoyed this week and has found at least one of the printable projects that fits in for what you have planned for Halloween. It’s been a lot of fun putting this together, and I’m going to have to consider creating more freebies and projects on Paper Crave in the future. Happy weekend, and Happy Halloween!

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