Countdown To Halloween

Today to start the month of October I have a Countdown to Halloween project. It was made by using two 3 x 3 chipboard blocks for the base. Again I used the Moonlight paper pack to decorate each block. Add a few Halloween brads,Glitter, Chipboard numbers, stamping, embossing and voila finished cubes to Countdown to Halloween.

I took a few pictures of the different sides of each block. You just turn the blocks each day to reflect the number of days until Halloween remains.

 Try making a set of your own. They were lot's of fun and can be decorated in so many ways.

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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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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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