Halloween pocket letter

I'm not really into Halloween, but people and swaps have sucked me into it. I had a few years collecting Halloween crafting stuff that I didn't use, so I did a destash swap with someone this year for my Halloween crafting stuff. I kept a few things. I did want to create a Halloween pocket letter, so when the opportunity arose in one of my groups, I jumped on it.

 Mostly everything is stuff people have sent me throughout the years except for a few stickers. All the layered papers except that tag at the top were journaling cards with this strip of decoration on the side, of course it wasn't big enough for the whole card, so I just layered it. The stickers on the first card, the fourth and fifth card were from my collection. The stickers on the bottom row are foam. I like how it turned out.
Goodies:

 a cupcake pic, Casper die cut, sequins, some tags, stickers, washi and foam stickers.
Back:

I don't have any big pieces of Halloween paper, so I just went with this zig zag paper.
Here's what I received in return:

 The back:

I'm not sure how I feel about it, but I think I'm going to stop doing pocket letters for this group, the last few have been not so great.

Halloween tag

I'm not sure why I signed up for this swap, I don't do a lot of Halloween crafting. I even got rid of all my Halloween crafting supplies after making this.

I realized I didn't have any Halloween but not very patterned paper I wanted to use for the background, so I used a piece of yellow cardstock. I added the green and word Halloween paper on top. I attached the ephemera to some orange paper as I didn't think there was enough orange in it. I put the clear bottle sticker on some cardstock and attached it with foam tape. I added the skull and crossbones sticker at the top.
Here's what I received in return:

I like the dimension of the trick or treat bag at the bottom.
I didn't appreciate that it was just put in an envelope with no note. Is it that hard to add a little note?

Mini Halloween pocket letter

I'm not a huge fan of Halloween. I liked it when I was little and got some cool candy, and then when I was in high school and my friend had a party every Halloween, but it doesn't do anything for me nowadays. It seems like the candy isn't as cool, I don't get trick-or-treaters, but I do love seeing the little kids dress up for downtown trick or treaters.
I'm also not that interested in Halloween art stuff, but I like seeing what other people make and in order to have those things, I have to create Halloween stuff.
I signed to do a mini Halloween pocket letter in one of my facebook groups. Here's what I made:

 I had some paper from another pocket letter, so I trimmed them down for the cards. I also used some vintage ephemera that I picked up at Micheal's last year. It's very simple, but I like it.
Here's the back:

I just put in some more of the vintage ephemera for my partner.
My hope in signing up for mini pocket letters is to keep them at one stamp when mailing, but I'm not that good at it. I think I may have achieved it this time.
How cute is the way my partner packaged my return swap?

 The front:

 and back:

I didn't realize the skeleton was actually attached to the pocket letter until I opened it.

Halloween Index cards

I signed up to make some Halloween index cards in one of my groups, here's what I came up with:

The background is packaging from some stickers. I had the bird sticker from Hobby Lobby last year, it's a clear sticker so I put it on white paper and attached it to the background with foam tape. I thought it kinda looked like a raven, so I spelled out 'nevermore' in gold glittery letters. It needed something else, so I added the foam bat stickers from Walmart.

I love how this one turned out. The background is from my stash. The witch girl I got in a swap years ago. The 'boo' banner is from a swap. I wanted to add some color, so I accented her dress and hat and the banner with some purple glitter glue from Hollar. I thought the tombstone was a cute touch, it's from Dollar Tree.
Here's what my partner sent me:

Halloween pocket letter

I signed up for a few Halloween pocket letters in my facebook group.

 I wanted it every card to be separate but also connected, so I cut three white cards, three green cards and three orange cards. Most of them came from Hobby Lobby, the top left card was from a swap. I also used three different washi tapes on the cards.
First row, first card: the Frankenstein is from a swap. Second card: the bat is from my stash, the boo is from a swap. Third card: the Day of the Dead bride is from JoAnn's.
Second row, first card: the ghost is from JoAnn's, the skeleton is from my stash. Second card: the candy is from my stash, the mummy and ghost are from Dollar Tree. Third card: all the stickers are from my stash.
Third row, first card: the jar is from Hobby Lobby, the gravestone is from my stash. Second card: the Frankenstein is from a swap. Third card: the spider is from my stash, both ghosts are from Walmart, the mouse is from the Dollar Tree.
I alternated putting things on the actual cards and the outside of the pockets. Some of the elements were more 3D than others, so I put those on the outside.
The goodies:

 I always try to include some of the stuff I've used on the front, so I included a lot of stickers. The box of stickers is from Dollar Tree. The sequin mix is from another swap. The adhesive sequins are from Hobby Lobby. The washi is from Dollar Tree, Target and Hobby Lobby.
Here's what my partner made:
Here's another one I made:

 I really like how this one turned out. The skull is on the outside of the pocket letter, I got it from a book we withdrew from the library. I put black cardstock as the background paper. I liked the whole simplistic look of the black background, but I also thought it needed some embellishments, so I added more black stuff. The foam bats at the top are from Walmart. The bling are from a swap, the blingy cat is from a swap. The spider web, 'boo' 'halloween' and 'spooky' are die cuts from a swap. The bat is also from a swap.
The goodies:

I continued the black theme with my goodies. The bats I used on the front. I liked the skull pin from Dollar Tree, the box of stickers is also from Dollar Tree. I don't have just black halloween washi, so I put in black and white mostly from Target. There is a bicycle paper clip, a speech bubble paper clip and a regular black paper clip. I also included some black buttons, some black glitter and black glitter spiders.
Here's what my partner sent:

 Again, I love the shaker on the bottom left. I love that little skeleton guy in the middle and the pom pom spiders on the bottom right.
The back:

 Sadly, there's no letter in it, so technically it's not a pocket letter.
The goodies"

Halloween pocket letter

I signed up to do a Halloween pocket letter.

I'm not a huge Halloween person, but I found it funny that in my all holidays stack from Hobby Lobby those are the papers I have used the most of.
Anywho, all the characters are all stickers from JoAnn's from last year. The foam word stickers are from a swap. The chevron paper is from that all holidays stack from Hobby Lobby. The orange is just plain cardstock from my stash. I added the Halloween washi to the bottom, it's from Target from last year. I thought it needed something else, so I finished some black jewel stickers from Target from last year.
Here's what my partner sent me:

 I love the black and gold

Halloween Tag

I signed up to make a Halloween Tag in one of my facebook groups. Here's what I made:

I used some background paper from a Halloween paper pad from Hobby Lobby last year. The tree actually came in two parts, it was on the back of some cut aparts I got in a swap. The raven is also from a swap as is the 'happy halloween' and the 'eat, drink and be scary'. The orange paper is a scrap from my desk.
I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
Here's what my partner made:

 And the goodies:

Halloween pocket letter

I had signed up for a Halloween swap in one of my facebook groups, but pulled out due to working so much in August. One of the people in the group saw that and offered to send me one, I told her I could get one back to her, it just might not be that quick.

Here's what I created her:

 The stickers are all from Dollar Tree. I bought the sticker packs and thought it would be really cool to make a pocket letter using just those. I love how it turned out.
The goodies:

 monster notebooks from Target last year, stickers from Walmart last year, table scatter from Walmart last year, stickers from Dollar Tree this year, a jar hanger thing from a swap, sequins from a swap, stickers from Dollar Tree this year, Tim Holtz Halloween ephemera.
Here's what she sent me:

 I think it's so cute. I love it!!!
The goodies:

She sent me a bunch of stickers.

Halloween Loaded Bag

I think it's a bit too early to do Halloween, but that's what my art groups are doing. One of them needed another partner for a Halloween loaded bag, so I thought I'd help out.

Here's what I made, front:

 I covered it with some Halloween paper from Hobby Lobby, the word paper is the background, I put some purple paper that had colored spots on the sides. For the pockets I put on some 'found relatives' from Tim Holtz, this one has four boys and their jack-o-lanterns.
Back:

 I created another pocket for the back with a card back and another of Tim Holtz's 'found relatives' this one is a pumpkin farm.
The goodies:

 I put in some notepaper from Target, some stickers from Dollar Tree, the pen is from a garage sale, the pencils are from Dollar Tree, I made the wand with a pin from Dollar Tree, the stickers on the bottom are from JoAnns.

 The owls, witch and skeleton plus a bunch more die cuts in the bag are from Tim Holtz, the tag was my copying of some Target tags last year, the notepads are from Target, the stickers are from a swap, the goblets are from Tuesday Morning, the paper clip I made with a sticker from Target, the pins are from Dollar Tree, the 'found relative' pictures are Tim Holtz, the skull paper clip is made with a skull from Walmart, and the house is from a clip art book.
I wrapped it up with purple tissue paper, some orange tulle from a swap and a black felt jack-o-lantern from Target.

Here's what I got back:

 back:

 The goodies:

 more goodies:

 and even more goodies:

Loaded bag for Linda

One of my regular swappers on YouTube was wanting stamps and stencils, so I thought I'd make her a loaded bag because it's so much more fun to send stuff that way.
Halloween is her favorite holiday, so I did a Halloween themed bag.
The front:

 I covered the bag with this zig zag paper I found in my stash. I just put a few embellishments on it. I added the 'spooky' card to the top, I trimmed it down and ran some ink over the sides. I added the eyeball ribbon to the top of the front pocket and the jack-o-lantern paper.
The back:

I made a belly band from some banner paper. I also added the cat stickers and the sticky notes to it.
I don't have a picture of what I sent her. There were some stamp sets I received in other swaps, some Halloween notebooks, a couple tags I made her, some stickers and a sad wand. There's also some paperclips and a clothespin as well as that strange black skeleton on the front.

Halloween Flipbook

For some reason I really wanted to make a Halloween flip book. I think part of it was because I found a pack of 6 (maybe) felt jack-o-lanterns at Target for $1. So, I did a private trade with someone on one of my FB groups. I'm still waiting to receive mine, but here's what I sent her.

 The backgrounds are from a 6x6 paper pad I picked up at Hobby Lobby. I used the silver foil spiderweb washi from Target for $1. The "boo" foam sticker was from a swap. The gem tape at the bottom was from Target for $1.
When you flip this to the left:

 Close-up of left side:

 I had a hard time with this page and still feel like it's missing something. The "boo" foam sticker was from a swap. The 'smiley' faces were from Walmart on clearance. The October 31 chipboard sticker was from a kit I got at a garage sale. The pumpkin sticker is from the Dollar Tree. The "Happy Halloween" is from an all seasons 12x12 paper pack I got at Hobby Lobby.
Close-up of right page:

 I had this cute Tim Holtz ephemera that had this quote on it, so I just tried to illustrate it. It says "Halloween Greetings Screeching owls and flying bats Fighting spirit in black cats, Will make a spooky Hallowe'en With lurking witches and ghosts unseen" The background paper has flying bats. The owl is from the same Tim Holtz Halloween ephemera pack, it's layered on a skull cupcake liner that I got in a swap. The cat is a sticker from Hobby Lobby. I stamped a ghost in the background. I have no idea where I got that stamp.
When you flip this page to the right:

 Close-up of middle page:

 The background has bugs all over it. This napkin I got in a swap, so I just glued it to some cardstock and made a pocket with it. I probably shouldn't have put the Frankenstein sticker on it, but the page was kinda blah, and it needed some color.
Close-up of page on right:

 I probably shouldn't have used this paper as background, it's really busy and I also had a hard time with it. I ended up just making a spooky scene. The postage stamp sticker is from Walmart, the bats are from Hobby Lobby and the gravestones are from Walmart. The haunted house is from a clip art book, I just colored it with a gold gel pen.
When you flip this page to the right:

 Close-up of third page:

 This one is my favorite page. The large monster is actually a wall sticker from Dollar Tree, I just added a gemstone mustache to him. The green monster was in my stash. The blue and purple monsters are from Walmart. The mummy is from a sticker book from Micheal's. I tried to pick monsters that looked like they were dressed up.
Close-up of right page:

 This one just kinda came together. The strip at the bottom is from the all occasions paper pad from Hobby Lobby. The cat and pink post-it notes are from Target. The Witch piece is from the Tim Holtz ephemera pack. And the "W" sticker is from my stash.
The back:

 This background is actually from that all occasions paper pack from Hobby Lobby. I don't know if you can really tell from the picture, but I fussy cut some of the sweets and attached them with foam tape so they stood out. The label is from the Tim Holtz ephemera pack.
I love wrapping up my stuff when sending it out:

This one I wrapped up in a Halloween towel I got in a swap (I don't decorate for Halloween, so I wasn't ever going to use it.), I used some orange lace to make a bow and tucked in this purple skeleton guy. I'm not really sure what he's supposed to be, but he was cute.

I've already bought a 6x6 Christmas paper pad, so I'll probably be doing more flipbooks.