Cofffin Treat Boxes

Tomorrow is Oct 1st already!!! Can you believe it? Halloween will be here before we know it. So I decided I better get crafting on some more Halloween projects. I have a couple more to show you. Today I have the Coffin Treat Boxes. One version I made is shown on pg 70 of the CTMH Autumn/Winter Idea Book. It was cut with the Artiste Cricut Cartridge at 7.5". Because it is one of the cuts on that cartridge of course you can cut it big or small or anywhere in between. The second one I will show you is smaller at 5.5".

This is the 7.5" one made with Kraft card stock.  I used the Halloween stamp "All Hallows Eve" to stamp a background image , a  spider web, and spider.I did a tone on tone look for the background image using Desert Sand as my ink color. Then  I used versamark ink and  black embossing powder on the web. Next I added the spider adding a black sparkle for his body. Finish it off with a little Twine and a banner and you are all set.

For the second one I used paper from the Moonlight paper pack. It has cute little owls on it. For this one I chose to decorate with other cuts from the Artiste Cartridge. There is one page that has a different Halloween image on each button under the same key. So I did the "Spooky" word, RIP tombstone, web border, tag and skeleton. The label that the "Spooky "is on is the same cartridge but different key. There are so many good images on the Artiste cartridge. It is so much fun.

Come back tomorrow for a "Countdown to Halloween Project.
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Baby Projects

 I needed to get busy making some baby girl gifts. I wanted to make something that could be used in the baby's room and something for the parents to place on their desk. So the project above is the one that can be put  on a desk top or wherever you want it to stand. It is a mini clipboard that I converted into a frame for the baby's picture. Starting from the top this is how it came together. I tied a number of pink and green ribbons in the clip at the very top. On the clip itself I took a Rub On from my stash that says "LOVE" and added that to the front of the clip. Then  I used the Lucy paper pack from CTMH for my main piece that  I covered the clipboard with and the strip under the clip and the frame for the photo. I used a Martha Stewart border punch for the lower edge to decorate it a little and I took a Fiskars border punch to make the scallop piece at the top of the base piece. I also added a section from the zip strip that comes at the top of the papers from CTMH for a bit more decoration. At the bottom of the clipboard I drilled two holes with my Fiskars Craft Drill. I put in two fairly long screws and added a nut at the back to secure it tightly in place. Then I placed two ribbons across the lower both to hide the tops of the screws and for decoration.

Here is a picture of the back showing the screws that work as the stand for the clipboard.

Now it's time to embellish ! Along the top of the photo frame section I put a row of Colonial White Roses. They are the daintest and sweetist ribbon! They are in the new catalog from CTMH. I used two paper flowers also from my older stash of CTMH stuff and a glittered misc. flower and layered them together. I threaded a button to secure all the flowers together. Lastly I added a resin piece that says "precious" The tab on the right edge of the photo frame is to add her name and date of her birth. 

The next project is a wallhanging for the baby's room. This is the left side. The background paper is from CTMH's Dakota paper pack. I adhered it to a 12 x12 piece of chipboard for stability. For the different circles I used papers from Flirty, La BelleVie, and Avonlea. I chose to decorate some circles, add pictures to others and use the rest for the stats about the newborn.

On the right side there is a space for a 4 x 6 photo long with a journaling area that the new Mom can write her story about the day of her baby's birth. The journal area is removable. I made a channel for it to reside in.

This shows both pages together. Before adding the paper to the back of each page I made the ribbon hanger. A few final embellishments to add some sparkle and feminity and it is complete.

 

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More Halloween with Moonlight

I am really lovng the Moonlight Paper Pack from CTMH for Halloween laouts etc this year. I am trying to have a couple of layouts ready to just add pictures when the Halloween celebration comes around next month. I posted one a few days ago and Ihave another today for you.

This one uses a couple of techniques. One is a stamping technique called "Swiping". I used that on the "BOO" title and on the "Beware" sign. Take your stamp and ink it up normally but then before you stamp take it and swipe it across the ink pad from left to right. Now stamp your image. You get a really different look to your image. I have a close up picture for you here.

The next technique I used was with the spray pen. I mixed rubbing alcohol and colonial white re-inker together in my spray pen. Then I sprayed intermittently over the Black CS base pages. My goal was to give it a "smokey" "eerie" look. What do you think? I also used the edge distress tool to rough up the base page edges and title edges. Here is a close-up of the spray pen look.

Lastly I did some stamping, added some blingwith black & grey sparkles and some brads from the Haunted Assortment collection. Popped up the photo mats and title and journaling blocks for a little dimension. All products from CTMH. Here is the complete layout.

This layout holds two 4 x 6 photos on each page. One goes on the smokey plum photo mat and the other goes in the black space.

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Moonlight and Halloween....

 I was hoping I  could be ahead of some of the holidays this year by having some layouts, Home Dec items and treat boxes ready to go before the Halloween Holiday happens instead of long afterwards. So with Halloween sneaking up on us I thought I better get started.  My first project is a quick and simple but I think very cute layout. I am also going to make a Home Dec project and a treat box type project in the next couple of weeks so I will be back with those.

Here is my layout using the Moonlight paper pack and the Dimensional Elements that go with the Moonlight collection.  The colors are Smokey Plum. Slate, Sweet Leaf and Black. The papers were all inked with Smokey Plum ink. Along with the Dimensional Elements I also used Black sparkles between the pennants. The left page has room for three 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 photos. The right page is a 4 x6 photo and journal strips to the left of the Haunted House Dimensional Element. 

I love the papers in this Moonlight pack. The colors are so perfect for Halloween and yet they can be used for masculine cards etc and much more. Most all of the CTMH papers can be used in a number of different layouts etc.

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All Aboard The Birthday Train

Our little Grandson turned 2 years old recently. So of course I had to make him a card. He is really into trains and the Dinosaur Train right now. So I got out some of my cartridges to put a card together for him. I couldn't find a  dinosaur in my cartridges to put in my train but  I did find a lion. ROAR!!!  I used the Animal Cookies paper (Retired) from CTMH because of it's bright coloring. I used a swirl stamp to make the smoke coming out of the stack. I paper pieced the train and the lion to give the dimension between all the pieces. I took an alphabet stamp to make my title and for the number two in the trains window. I added Prism Glitter to the number two and the lions birthday hat. On the inside I cricut cut "Happy Birthday" and layered that as well with the blue and yellow colors. My picture of that came out blurry so didn't post it here.

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