Halloween Picture Frame

I just got back from a camping vacation, which was wonderful, but now is time to get some more crafting in before school starts again.  I made a picture frame for Halloween.

The frame is a plain wood frame that I got a local craft store,  I painted the edges black.  I then covered it in a spider web patterned card stock from the Spooky Delight stack by DCWV.

The tree, sign post, and raven are both from the "Creepy Critters" cartridge.  I used the "A Frightful Affair" cartridge to cut the words in the signs, then backed them with grey card stock.  The ghost and fence are also from that cartridge.  I inked up the edges of the ghost with antique linen Distress Ink.  I used a circle to cut the moon.  I created the shine with some shimmery yellow spray ink.  The little bat is from the "October 31st" cartridge.

Spooky Pumpkin

I created this card using my Gypsy. The card base was made by welding two of the frames from Happy Hauntings. I hid the inner cut on one of them, then cut just the inner part out of the green cardstock. I covered the inner part of the cut-out with acetate. The card is about 4 1/2" tall. I placed puple gems around the frame. The bat is cut from Designer's Calendar at 1 1/4" (real dial size). I covered it with purple glitter and used pop-dots to adhere it to the card. The pumpkin is from October 31st, cut at 2." The spider is from Wrap It Up, cut at 1 1/4." I used some white floss to create the "web" it is spinning. For the inside of the card I stamped the sentiment then covered it with lavender Stickles.

I made this for the following challenges:

• Cupcake Inspirations: cupcake photo inspiration (see right)


• 365 Cards: "Day 230" - sketch


• Cricut 360: create a spooky project with a spider and the colors purple, orange and green


• My Sheri Crafts: pumpkin

Fright Night

This is some Halloween wall decor. It is 8"x10." The background cardstock is from DCWV, the Midnight Spell Stack. The tree is cut from Paper Doll Dress Up. I cut it large enough to fit the page, I don't remember what size that was though. The vulture is cut from Life's a Party at 2 1/2." I used crackle accents on the head and feet, glossy accents on the beak, black diamond Stickles on the body and white flocking on the ring around the neck. The moon was cut using George and Basic Shapes. I was inspired by the moon I saw this morning on my way to work (yeah, I work early enough that it was still dark and the moon was out). It took me a while to find the right combination of colors and paper. I used an ivory cardstock and a yellow-tinted vellum, which I embossed using the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder. The bat was cut from October 31st at 2 1/4." I covered it with glossy accents. The ghosts were cut from silver-tinted vellum at 2 1/2" (the ghost on the right) and 3" (the ghost on the left), both are from Happy Hauntings. The pumpkin is also from Happy Hauntings, cut at 1 1/4." I used the Distress Stripes embossing folder for the orange cardstock. I am loving this folder for pumpkins...it was like it was made for it! I used Happy Hauntings and my Gypsy to cut "Fright Night." It is cut at 1.15" using both the shadow and regular vampire font features. I adhered the moon and bat to the background cardstock. The tree was pop-dotted with thinner pop-dots, as was the title. Everything else was adhered with thicker pop-dots, except the ghosts. I adhered the lower part of them to the background cardstock, then curled them up slightly for some dimension. I am putting this in a shadow box to hang on my wall for Halloween.

I made this for the following challenges:

• Cupcake Inspirations: cake photo inspiration (click here to see cake)


• BBTB2: "Life's a Party" - vulture


• Fantabulous Cricut: create a project to hang on the wall


• Friday Mashup: Halloween themed project

Happy Haunting

Here's a nice spooky Halloween 12"x12" layout. The patterned cardstock came from the DCWV Midnight Spell stack, except for the green mat, which is by K&Company. The large photo mat is for a 4"x6" photo, and the three small ones are for 2 1/2"x3 1/2" photos. The corner spider web is from October 31st. The cricular spider web and the black widow spider is from Pumpkin Carving. The bat is from Wrap It Up and the jack-o-lanterns and title are from Happy Hauntings. I covered the spider webs with diamond Stickles, put glossy accents on the bat's wings and the hourglass of the black widow. I used crackle accents on the spider. The jack-o-lanterns are embossed with the Distress Stripes folder. I used purple flocking powder on the body of the bat and the title. I also gave the bat some red gem eyes. I finished it off with a spider button on the circular web.

I made this for the following challenges:

• Stuck On U Sketches: layout sketch


• Fantabulous Cricut: pumpkins

Creepy Candle

The challenge this week at Bitten By the Bug 2 is to use the candle cut on the October 31st cartridge. I combined this with the challenge at Clean & Simple and the challenge at 365 Cards, which is "Keep it Simple." The challenge is to use one image, one sentiment, one embellishment and to only use 1/3 of the available space on your card.

I came up with this 5"x7" card. The patterned papers are from the DCWV Midnight Spell stack. I used an EK Success border punch on the black spider web paper. The purple spider cardstock is cut at 3"x6." I used a piece of ribbon and wrapped it around the purple cardstock twice. The sentiment is computer generated using a font called "chiller." I matted it with some black cardstock. I used my Gypsy to cut out the candle four times at 3 1/2." I cut it out in black twice, once using the hide contour feature to hide all the cuts in the candle and again with all the cuts in place. I cut it out of a light yellow cardstock, again hiding all the middle cuts. Finally I cut it out of a dark yellow cardstock normally. I cut off just the flame of the yellow candles and used some yellow Stickles on the light yellow flame and layered on the dark yellow flame. I layered the blacked out candle with the cut candle. I then used Glossy Accents on the top layer. I used two layers of Glossy Accents for a really shiny look on the candle. I really like how it all turned out. Enjoy!!

Autumn Night

The challenge at Cricut Cardz this week is to make a fall card without using the colors brown, orange or yellow. This goes really well with the challenge at the Alphabet Challenge Blog, which is "T is for Trees." What says fall more than a tree with few or no leaves on it? I used the sketch at Clean & Simple because it just seemed perfect for combining these challenges.

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I used white cardstock for the base, but covered the front with a piece of this dark blue paper with the stars on it. I was going for a nice, cool autumn evening and the paper seemed like it was a good fit. I used a piece of black cardstock that was 4 1/4"x3 1/2," then I used an EK Success border punch on both sides. The circles is another EK Success punch and is 2 1/2." I cut the tree from October 31st at 2 1/4." It is hard to cut that tree so small, but I slowed down my speed and it worked out pretty well. I used Gypsy Wanderings for the "Autumn" sentiment, I wrote it out with a black Cri-Kit gel pen. I then colored it in and cut it out. I used pop dots to adhere the sentiment. A nice, super simple card that shows a cool, autumn evening with a full moon.