I am excited to join in (even though it’s late) to Pam Bray’s blog hop. Pam has the best hops! I am at Quilt Market in Houston and have had some technical issues but just wanted to share a pic of the project I did.
Archives for October 2013
Bella’s Halloween Birthday Bash!
Happy Birthday to Bella Crafts Quarterly, an online ezine that is published quarterly, with tons of FREE projects, tips and inspiration, and to its amazing creators- Ann Butler, Carol Heppner, Lisa Rojas and Theresa Cifali!
We met through the CHA Designer Section and I am so happy to know them! Each one is a true professional with amazing talent. I was honored to be asked to join in the birthday festivities…
Rowlux, iLoveToCreate, Spellbinders and Westcott sent each designer a box of their products. We were told to incorporate them all into a Halloween project. A design challenge like this really gets my creative thoughts flowing. I usually have something in mind when I start but often the project goes off in another direction. And that’s where the fun begins 🙂 I read somewhere that creating is all about problem-solving and the more I do it, the more I believe that to be true. Here’s what we got in our goody boxes.
Couldn’t resist using one of my Sizzix dies as a base for the project. I decided to make a blingy Halloween Garden Gate card with some spooky accents…
- Rowlux® Illusion Film– yellow
- Spellbinders Shapeabilities- Fascination
- Aleene’s Tacky 2 Sided Adhesive Sheets
- Tulip Glitter- purple
- Westcott- Titanium bonded Non- Stick Scissors- 8″
- Sizzix Garden Gate by Eileen Hull
- Craft Attitude film
- Matboard
- Halloween clip art and Boo!
- die cut machine
- glue
- green tissue paper
- Reverse and size image. Print haunted mansion and Boo! text to size on Craft Attitude film.
- Cover matboard with Tacky Adhesive Sheets. Die cut Garden Gate. Remove release paper and cover with purple glitter.
- Die cut two Garden Gate backs: one from yellow Rowlux® Illusion Film sheet and one from matboard. Trim haunted mansion from Craft Attitude and adhere to front of matboard piece. Place Rowlux® Illusion Film in front so it covers the matboard. The haunted house will look 3D behind the yellow sheet. Place Boo! on top of yellow Rowlux® Illusion Film. You will see the message when you open the card.
- Die cut eight orange scalloped circles from the smaller Spellbinders die. Fold each in half. Cover one circle with adhesive sheet. Fold and press half circles into center. Wrap paper wrapped green wire around a small bamboo skewer and slide off, leaving a straight piece of wire to adhere to back of pumpkin.
- Cut a piece of tissue paper 4″ x 20″. Fold in half lengthwise. and then width wise. Snip random slits for grass. Adhere to bottom of purple fence. Position pumpkin and adhere to grass and fence.
- Use twine to tie two card pieces together.
Happy Halloween my friends!
Candy Corn Cake Slices
It’s that time of year again for the Halloween candy and pumpkins to come out. I made some little favor boxes using Halloween fabrics and my Sizzix ScoreBoards Cake Slice die. ScoreBoards are unique to Sizzix and have been specially designed to cut and score thick materials like matboard and chipboard. They make nice sturdy boxes, albums and folders. Here’s how to make a Halloween version of the Sizzix ScoreBoard Cake Slice die.
Box w/Lid, Cake Slice
Borders & Hydrangeas
Sweet Treats for You
Big Shot, XL Cutting Pads
Little Sizzles Cream Mat Board
black and orange cardstock
glue gun
spray adhesive
Halloween fabrics
brads
- Cut two piece of fabric 6” x 13”. Spray the back of the fabric with spray adhesive and place one on each side of the mat board. This will give you color inside and outside of the box. If you only want color on one side, just add one piece of fabric. You could also paint, ink or stamp one side and use fabric or paper on the other… so many options!)
- Run through die cut machine with the right side of the mat board facing the Cake Slice die.
- Fold all score lines over 180 degrees to break the fibers of the board and make it easier to work with.
- When using fabric to cover boxes, a glue gun is the best bet for a very strong hold. (when making a box with matboard or paper, ThermO Web iCraft Tape works great)
- Butt the end flaps of the cake body to one another and attach them to the flap of the cake bottom.
- Fold the cake bottom over and adhere to the cake body. (click for additional assembly instructions)
- Cut borders from Borders & Hydrangea die and add to the middle of the cake slice.
- TIP: To save time, fold a 12″ strip of paper in half and set it right inside the die cutting line on one end- it doubles the length of the strip and it’s just long enough to go around the box.
- Adhere border to the cake slice placing the fold on the pointy end of the slice. Fold end pieces around the back of the cake slice and adhere in place.
- Cut out the Hydrangea shapes from black and orange paper. Curl petals with a stylus or bone folder. Secure layers with a brad and adhere to back of box with a glue dot, covering the join of the borders.
- Cut a label tag from the “For You” Sizzlit from cardstock.
- Tie a ribbon around the box and add tag and another hydrangea.
- Add candy corn to box or other Halloween treats!
Video Tour of Scotty
As some of you know, I recently purchased a vintage trailer. Turns out, there is a silver lining to the government shutdown- having a very handy and smart husband who is now home! Today we went up and looked at the roof of the trailer and really checked it out. Boo- not too good 🙁 This was not really a surprise because there was water damage inside.
Thanks for all of your name suggestions on Facebook today. I was reading them to my husband as we sweated away and it was fun to hear them as they came in. Stay tuned for more adventures…