This is another super quick one! Supplies needed: Shadow Box (get these at pretty much any craft store, even Target and Wal-mart have them) Foam Tape Spooky Patterned Paper Instructions: Cut the patterned paper to fit into the back of your shadow box. Print from your photo editing program a spooky phrase. I used the Bleeding Cowboys font and printed it onto orange paper. Stack about 4 squares of foam tape to each other and tape your phrase to the back. You're finished! Try adding a spider to the front, or a few gravestones. You have lots of space to work with, so make sure you use things with different depths to take … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday-Googly Eye Wreath
I LOVE the googly eyes that you buy at the craft store. What better time to use them than Halloween time! So today's project is a spooky googly eye wreath. It rained last night so I took the picture inside on my pantry door. (I usually have a wreath hanging there too. Who said that you could only use wreath hangers on your outside doors!) I bought the wreath at Michaels using my 40% off coupon. Items you'll need: 1 wreath Glue gun 1 can black flat/matte finish spray paint 1 bottle each green and purple acrylic paint googly eyes in various sizes (my Michaels had a bag with a variety of sizes for about $2) First, paint your … [Read more...]
Fabric Pumpkin Update!
Thank you so much everyone for all your comments! I appreciate all of them! I've worked out an alternate top for the fabric pumpkin pattern. This top involves much less hand stitching, well, actually none. If you don't remember how to do a blanket stitch, or want to get your cute little pumpkins done faster than this pattern is for you!Download here.It also involves some slight changes when you're sewing your pumpkin. The changes are as follows:Once you get your pieces cut out, sew them together so you have two groups of three pieces. This will give you two halves of the pumpkin. Below is one half of the pumpkin.Then, sew up the stem with … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday-Quick Napkin Rings
Alright, how about another super quick project? I found this awesome clear transparency "paper" from Hambly Prints (I love Hambly Prints!) and thought it would look really fallish with an orange background. Is fallish a word? Anyway, here are the directions: Cut a 12" long, 1 1/2" wide strip of the orange paper. Cut in half and this will be the base for two napkin rings. Cut a 12" long, 1" wide strip of the transparency paper. Cut this one in half as well. From here, you can make the more modern one, or the one with the ribbon. Modern: Wrap around and staple. All done! Ribbon: Set two eyelets about 1/4" inside of the ends. … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday-Embellished Candles
I can't believe it's time for Tutorial Tuesday already! This week's project will only take you about 1 minute. Yep, only one minute! For this project you'll need the following: Candles (Any color will work. Since the embellishments are NOT flame proof it doesn't matter too much what they smell like because we're not going to light them. Mine are peppermint, leftover from projects last Christmas.) Halloween/Fall themed ribbon Scotch Transfer Tape (The red Tacky tape will work too.) Now, cut a ribbon piece slightly longer than the circumference of your candle, put tape on the back, and tape the ribbon onto the candle. Done. Hint: … [Read more...]
Pet Pumpkin Rocks
So my husband and I carved our pumpkins a little early. :) Why you wonder? Because these are our little Pet Pumpkin Rocks and they will last until Halloween! See that one in the back there? The one with the vampire teeth? His name is Edward. :) So these are SUPER easy to make. You know me, I keep my projects short and simple. The longest time for this one is waiting for the paint to dry. Here's what you need: 1 can each Orange and Green Spray paint Various sizes and shapes medium sized rocks for the pumpkins Smaller rocks for the stems Sharpie Permanent Marker E6000 adhesive To get started, wash and scrub your rocks … [Read more...]
Every Other Tuesday-Quick Sketchbook
So this one is super easy to whip up! Gather the following items: 1 sheet of colored/patterned cardstock for the outside 5 sheets of cardstock, or more if you use plain printer paper (just remember your stapler will have to go through them!) coordinating ribbon Cut the following: (2) 4" x 8" pieces for the outside of the notebook (10) 3 7/8" x 7 7/8" for the inside Now, just stack everything together and staple on the left-hand side. I then covered the staples with a piece of ribbon. You can embellish the cover however you want. Try a monogram, embossed stamp, felt stickers, or anything else you'd like. For mine, I used two … [Read more...]
Sticker Pizazz
If you're like me, you've got lots of flat stickers that are cute, but just don't cut it anymore on a card or scrapbook page. Many of the online card swaps I've done specifically say that you can't use flat stickers...so what do you do? Here's an easy trick to add a little extra pizazz to your flat stickers: Stick your sticker on a blank piece of chipboard. (If you don't have sheets of chipboard, try a cereal or pasta box.) Then trim around your sticker. Now you've added dimension to your flat sticker. I used the technique to make this vase. The entire circle is a sticker, but it looks like the printed chipboard that you see everywhere! … [Read more...]
Paper Flower Tutorial
This would make an awesome Mother's Day Gift! And it's very versatile. You can make globes, embellishments, and flowers! Click on the link for the tutorial in PDF format. Versatile Paper Flowers … [Read more...]
Tweet Day Gift Bag
Swap is tonight and the theme was a gift bag. It could be a gift box, bag, or anything else to give a gift in. I bought the craft paper brown bags and embelished them. A little tag. (hint: tag sentiment and border might be images from my new stamps. Do you like them?) Close up of the birdie. I cut out the shape from the paper and adhered that to the bag. Then I used tacky glue and traced around the bird. I pulled out a skein of yarn that I bought just because I liked it. I outlined the bird with the yarn for a little dimension. I think it turned out nicely. … [Read more...]
