Eileen Hull

I met Jen at CHA about four years ago and was immediately struck with her sunny personality and ready laugh. She is one of my favorite people 🙂 She is very talented web-wise and helped me out a lot and never once laughed at me and my lack of skills. Just for that I love her. Jen is also an amazing artist. Head over to her blog where the fun begins.

I must confess I wasn’t quite sure what this whole Movember thing was… here’s what Google said:

As an official global charity, Movember’s vision is to have an everlasting impact on the face of men’s health. During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of millions of moustaches on men’s faces around the world. Through the power of the Mo, vital funds and awareness are raised to combat prostate and testicular cancer and mental health challenges.

• Moustaches Roller Stamp by Clearsnap
• Color Box Archival Dye Ink- black
• Color Box Cat’s Eye
• Sizzix Labels and Buttons die
• spray adhesive
• dictionary page
• 8″ x 10″ piece of scrap matboard (2)
• 4″ x 6″ photo
• backing material and scrap foamboard

1. Coat a 8″ x 10″ piece of matboard with spray adhesive and place a dictionary page on top. 
2. Cut a double window in the matboard OR buy a double mat in desired size for photo. 
3. Ink up roller stamp in black and roll across the mat from top to bottom, keeping lines straight and evenly spaced. Re-ink as needed. Overstamp as desired.
4. Ink edges with Platinum or Black Cat’s Eye.
5. Insert picture in opening and tape in position.
6. Die cut label from matboard and add your message or title. Tie or tape label to mat

 

It wouldn’t be a birthday with presents! Visit here to enter to win this great giveaway from Graphic 45.

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

1. Reverse and size image. Print haunted mansion and Boo! text to size on Craft Attitude film. 
2. Cover matboard with Tacky Adhesive Sheets. Die cut Garden Gate. Remove release paper and cover with purple glitter.
   
   

3. 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.
4. 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.  
5. 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.
6. Use twine to tie two card pieces together.