Eileen Hull

Vanessa shows us how to make a Cute
Felt Pumpkin in just a few minutes!

Get creative with Eileen Hull with her Pop
Up Bat card. Super festive!

Glory makes a beautiful Autumn
Wreath to hang on your door or wall.

Erika shares with us her cute Halloween
bandana that her dog Sebastian loves wearing!

Cheryl Ball wows us with an adorable Jack-o-lantern
Pin perfect for the season!

Sew a sweet Pumpkin
Placement with Phyllis Dobbs!

Crafty Chica gets her glow on with this Sci
Fi Senorita Head that is totally spooky!

Crafterella offers up some downloadable
custom labels that are super spooky and fun!

Make a spooky Undead
Terrorarium with Silvia Chenault.

Whip up some cute and quirky Moss
Monsters with Missy at Marvelously Messy!

Kate Pullen offers up a fun Pumpkin
Favor Box perfect to hand out at Halloween parties!

Get into the fall spirit with this Pretty
Fabric Flower from Ann Butler.

Pattiewack crafts up some Mummy
Barbies perfect for a haunting Halloween display!

Alexa a.k.a. Swelldesigner makes a bold Orange
and black Mary Jane candy wreath, perfect for hanging or eating!

At CHA this summer, Karen Burniston, Sizzix pop-up genius, gave me one of her latest dies, the Pop-Up Bat. I am ashamed to say that it sat on my shelf for some time. I decided it was time to see what these pop-up dies were all about. Surprise, surprise… they are FUN! The directions were super easy and it came together quickly. I love how my little bat fits perfectly in the ScoreBoard Memo Holder. Pop-up books were my favorite growing up. Wouldn’t this be a fun card to send to a little kid?

I just followed the directions for creating the bat- cut it from black cardstock and assembled as directed. Then I cut a memo holder from orange black core matboard. I love this matboard because both sides of the board are already colored. It just takes a minute to run an inkpad along the edges, if you want them distressed. Some days I like to leave everything clean- it depends on my mood 🙂

The bat was taped into the fold of the memo holder, then I added some bat stickers I had on hand. A string was drawn for the spider to hang on and I did ink the edges of the folder in black. On the front, I printed “beware” on the computer and added that to the memo holder cover. The folder is held closed by a hair elastic and some bright buttons by Blumenthal Lansing. They have a cool new site, by the way, that you might want to check out.

Better get this done soon and in the mail- Halloween is just a week away!

Here’s a bookmark made from my favorite material. This was especially fun to work with because it is a color core matboard. If you did a bevel cut, instead of the regular white core, you would have orange. Love this black and orange combo! I used some sheet music to die cut an H for Halloween, added a rub-on pumpkin up top and wrote my message in a glittery copper metallic pen by Sakura. I tied 2 Halloween-y buttons to ribbon and that was it. Quick and fun gift idea…