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!