My Pink Stamper "Spooky" Challenge

It is hard to believe that Halloween is just around the corner.  Where did this year go? 

As you may have read in my previous post, My Pink Stamper Website ~ I Love It!, that I am fairly new to using my Cricut and have gotten a lot of inspiration from Robyn to do more with it.  This week she has posed a "Spooky" Challenge.  If you would like to be in the drawing to win her "Spooky Puns Stamp Set," all you need to do is submit a Halloween or Fall themed project.  To see the full details, you can go directly to My Pink Stamper (by the way, if you are not already a follower, I would highly recommend it!).  Anyways, here is my project I am adding to the list of already incredible entries.  My three "helpers" helped pick out the paper dolls for the card - there's one for each of them!  Just so you know, the drawings are random, which is great for someone like me.  I know my cards are still pretty basic, but having random drawings gives me an opportunity (or the confidence!) to participate.  Plus, it is a nice opportunity for me to see what this Cricut can actually do and take inspiration from other people's creations!

By the way, when you read the details of the challenge, you can scroll down to see the entries.  As I was looking through, there is one that I just thought was amazing - entry #31 or you can check it out at Court's Crafts. 

In case you missed them, here are some previous posts about some Cricut Halloween crafts I've made (yes, they are all similar - I need to branch out a little and try to be more creative!):
Halloween Card for my 6 month old nephew's 1st Halloween
Halloween Card for my 3 year old nephew
Halloween Gift Bag

Halloween Gift Bag

Before getting into the details of my project, I'll let you know it has been a very busy week here.  My son, the oldest of my three children, started kindergarten this week. It is so hard to believe he is old enough to go to kindergarten.  It seems like just yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital!  He had a great two days and keeps telling me he loves kindergarten, which is a huge relief!  On top of that, my husband has injured his foot and can't walk, and just after that, my car made an extremely loud sound, which turned into a $1,000 repair.  It's been quite a week to say the least!  So, to relieve my stress, I decided to work on a little Halloween project . . . . yes, Halloween again.  I am not sure why I am so into Halloween already, it's barely September!

For Halloween I decided to get my nephew some Boston Bruins diecast cars.  My brother and his family live in Texas, so we have to purchase New England sports merchandise here and ship them out.  I figured this would be one gift, my nephew would not already have!  Rather than just wrap the cars in wrapping paper, I decided to use my Circut cartridge Tags, Bags, Boxes and More and create a small gift bag.  I actually cut the bag at 5.5" in just black cardstock.  Then, I used the Cricut Cartridge Paper Doll Dress Up for the Jack-O-Lantern.  It was the perfect size for two toy cars!