Spooktacular Ghosts and Pumpkins

Happy Halloween everyone,

today I'm going to show you a quick tutorial using my Amazing Mold Putty and some Scentsy! This is super easy to make and can be used for any holiday you wish!

I started out by cutting some ghosts and pumpkins with my Silhouette out of chipboard.  I cut 5 pieces of each and hot glued them ontop of each other to give them some height.

I added some washi tape around my ghost to give him some dimension.  My pumpkin kinda looks like an apple :(

Then I mixed up my Amazing Mold Putty, and you can go HERE to watch

a video on how to create your own molds using the mold putty.

Molding only takes a couple of minutes and with your imagination, 

you can create any shape you want.

Once the mold has set up, I began by melting some Scentsy wax in a glass 

dish in the microwave at 1 minute intervals and poured it into my mold.

I used Clarity for my ghosts and honey dew for my pumpkins.  

I didn't have an orange colored Scentsy flavor, but you get the idea!

Then I packaged them up and made them look cute.  

Wouldn't these make cute teacher or coworker gifts?

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think of my cute halloween gift.

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

Anything But a Card Week 3 Autumn Magic/Spring Wonder Challenge 40

Good morning

My Post is late because I wasn't feeling well the last couple of days, but I assure you I forced myself up this morning to finish editing my pictures and blog my post.  Over at Anything But a Card we are at Week 3 of our "Autumn Magic/Spring Wonder" Challenge No. 40. 

My best friend's favorite holiday is Halloween and every year I make something for her house.  I think she still likes me making stuff for her???  Maybe I should ask her, but then again, whenever I go over to her house she still has my "creations" on display!

This year I've seen so many bottle and yarn creations it's addicting.  I've pinned a gazillion things and knew I wanted to create a few.  Working for a bar really helps get unique shaped bottles also.  My boss gets a kick out of me coming in and putting my name on the bottle.  She knows that when they are empty to keep them for me.  

This is the bottle I had my eyes on for awhile.  

and with some orange yarn I bought at my local thrift store, some fake leaves, pipecleaners, google eyes, and black scrapbook paper I created her a fabulous pumpkin vase.  

I think he even looks good sitting in my living room.

I hope you will jump over to the blog and link up with us.  Please do us the favor and include this link in your post! Anything But a Card Challenges No. 40 "Autumn Magic/Spring Wonder"

http://anythingbutacard.blogspot.com/2014/10/welcome-to-week-3-of-autumn-magicspring.html

As always, have a great day and God Bless!

Halloween Card Swap

Good morning card makers

I recently asked to join a Halloween card swap.  I haven't make any cards for so long and thought this would be a way for me to get into some paper crafting again.  I've been shopping my stash lately and decided to use ONLY what I have on hand.  I really, really need to do some purging.

I have a huge array of Halloween stuff and this is what I came up with.

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None of these took me very long to make, but I love each one in it's own way.

Which one is your favorite?  Leave me a comment and tell me which number you like the best.

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

Purple and Lime the new Black and Orange

Good day all. I am here again to share a quick and simple pendant. With Halloween fast approaching, I thought I would create a simple pendant using the Amazing Mold Putty, the Amazing Clear Cast Resin, Amazing Casting Resin and of course the brand new Alumilite dyes. I just love, love, love the colors. Purple and green go very well together!

I have an existing domino mold in Amazing Mold Putty from my Patriotic 4th of July pin I made {CLICK HERE to jump to this project}. My domino mold has come in handy for this festive jewelry project, too! The domino was made using the Amazing Clear Cast Resin with the Fluorescent {Flo} Green Dye.

I love the neon effect!

I also used a sharpie to add a bit of doodling to the domino, just because. The skull was cast from one of those Halloween rings and I molded it using the Alumilite Violet Dye. I added some rhinestones in for the skulls eyes. I just love how the colors pick up so well. I still think the purple is my favorite, but I love the neon green with the Amazing Clear Cast Resin. Say goodbye to the traditional orange and black... vibrant PURPLE and LIME are IN!

I had some of the purple resin left over and I never let anything go to waste, so I dripped "drops" onto wax paper and made some tiny circles. I added rhinestones to them for the "dots" of the domino and then I sealed the entire piece with some more of the clear cast resin and viola... a Halloween pendant is born!

Please make sure you hop on over to the Amazing Mold Putty blog to see all of those wonderful things you can make with the Amazing Crafting Products.  I'm sure once you get your hands on it you will be hooked forever.  Who doesn't like making their own embellishments and the possibilities are endless?  I've added a coupon code to the bottom of this post so that you can get your hands of this amazing product but you better hurry because the coupon is only good through September 30th.  Until next time, have a great day and God Bless.

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The Great Pumpkin Hop Day 2 Paper Pumpkins

Hello all,
Welcome to the 2nd day of the GREAT PUMPKIN Blog hop. If you missed yesterday's post, please scroll down.  This HOP is all about the pumpkins!! NO witches, NO haunted houses ... 100% pumpkins/100% of the time!! For this hop, PLEASE make anything that focuses on PUMPKINS. Can be anything altered, handmade, card, 12 x 12 pages , 8 x 8 pages, minis, etc.   If you arrived from Christina, you are in the right place, otherwise start with Amy.

I love Halloween so much because when I was growing up in Germany we did not celebrate Halloween there, so I didn't get the opportunity to go trick or treat when I was a child.  When I moved to the US, I was 16 years old, so I was a tad bit too old to trick or treat. :(  After having children I made sure that every Halloween was special...with homemade or store bought costumes, decorations, parties and lots and lots of candy...you name it, my kids had it.  My youngest is 11 now and he claims he's too old for trick or treating, but we shall see...there's two more days for him to change his mind.  HeheheWith the halloween season just around the corner, I wanted to make some pumpkins.  I used a scallop cut file for the pumpkins.  I sponged them to give them some depth.  Then I folded them and glued together.  My DS inserted the pipe cleaners in the middle and I attached a leaf.  Viola...pumpkins.  Much less messy than carving. 

I also cut some scrap strips of paper and 

ran them through my crimper to give the look of grass.  

Three different sizes and shapes

This is my favorite one.  

Now I hope you liked my paper Pumpkins.  Your next stop will be Jamie and if you get lost, the entire lineup is below.

1. Amy 
2. Melissa  
3. Ashley
4. Anita
5. Nancy
6.  Shannon
7. Amber
8. Linda
9. Colleen
10. Jennifer
11. Lisa
12. April
13. Theresa
14. Jessica 
15. Christina
16. Brenda 
17. Jamie
18. Maria
19. Sherry

The Great Pumpkin Bloghop Day 1 Pumpkin Wall Hanging

Hello all,
Welcome to the 1st day of the GREAT PUMPKIN Blog hop. This HOP is all about the pumpkins!! NO witches, NO haunted houses ... 100% pumpkins/100% of the time!! For this hop, PLEASE make anything that focuses on PUMPKINS. Can be anything altered, handmade, card, 12 x 12 pages , 8 x 8 pages, minis, etc.  If you arrived from Christina, you are in the right place, otherwise start with Amy.

I love Halloween so much because when I was growing up in Germany we did not celebrate Halloween there, so I didn't get the opportunity to go trick or treat when I was a child.  When I moved to the US, I was 16 years old, so I was a tad bit too old to trick or treat. :(  After having children I made sure that every Halloween was special...with homemade or store bought costumes, decorations, parties and lots and lots of candy...you name it, my kids had it.  My youngest is 11 now and he claims he's too old for trick or treating, but we shall see...there's two more days for him to change his mind.  Hehehe

Now today I have a simple wall hanging for you.  I made it as a teacher's gift, but you could alter it to fit anyone.  I love making these signs and hope you enjoy them with me.

Last fall after Halloween Michaels had this package

on clearance and I know I paid under $1.  I love

checking out the clearance section after a holiday, 

you never know what you will find and this was perfect

for my project today, plus I have plenty of leftovers.

Again I started with a 7 x 7 piece of foam core.

I love using it because it's so lightweight.  I attached

some Halloween scrapbook paper to it.

I created a rosette using 2 2x12 inch strips

and adhering them together.  I added 2 pencils

and a pumpkin eraser on top of them.

I got this cute Happy Halloween stamp at Michaels in the

$1 bin and used my glitter pens to outline the words.  I

love the effect these glitter pens have.  I punched two holes

on either side of my foam core with my cropadile and add

some cute Halloween colored ribbon and tied it off in the back.

Now the pumpkin came in the kit, but I added the lines 

inside the pumpkin, inked around it and the leaves.  Using

the glitter pen I added a bit of sparkle and some google eye, 

and upside down heart bling and the mouth came in the kit also.

The vine is also in the kit and is just some sparkly green pipecleaner.

Now I hope you liked my Pumpkin sign and hope you come back tomorrow for another project.  Your next stop will be Jamie and if you get lost, the entire lineup is below.

1. Amy 
2. Melissa  
3. Ashley
4. Anita
5. Nancy
6.  Shannon
7. Amber
8. Linda
9. Colleen
10. Jennifer
11. Lisa
12. April
13. Theresa
14. Jessica 
15. Christina
16. Brenda 
17. Jamie
18. Maria
19. Sherry

Spiderweb Barrette

Good Morning and welcome to my first Creative Paperclay® submission for the new term.  I'm so excited that I was chosen again and want to show you a quick project you can adapt to any holiday.  Since we are so close to Halloween I thought I'd make a Spiderweb barrette.  Now you will need a mold and I made my own using the Amazing Mold Putty and some Creative Paperclay®.  I started with making my mold and if you have missed my previous posts on how to do that you can see it here.

Using an eraser as my object I made my mold

Then I added my clay to the mold and 

let it set up for a little while and ...

layed them out to dry.  I did pinch the sides 

a bit to really give the "webs" some definition.

I painted them with black acrylic paint and 

used my white gel pen to add in the webbing.

I used my E6000 and attached a

hairclip to the backside of the 

paperclay piece and also added

some silver embroidery floss to

the back of the barrette and the spider.

Now, you can attach it in your hair or...

hang it off of a tree branch.  LOL

Isn't this just cute?  I am going to wear my barrette to work on Halloween and see how many people comment on it.  You could even make this into a pin and wear it on your coat or sweater...totally up to you.  I hope you've enjoyed another idea for using the clay and molding material and I will see you back here again on Thursday for another "Halloween" idea using the Amazing Molding Putty...using...well, you will just have to wait until then cuz it's a total surprise.

Circles Challenge at LTC

Good morning friends

Today is another challenge filled day over at Love to Crop.  I just love Amy and her blog challenges...  Have you seen some of her explosion boxes?  WOW.  She is so gifted and I am always honored when she wants ME to guest design.  Well, every other Friday she hosts a challenge on her blog and this week it's all about "CIRCLES".  Easy, right?  So here is my take on the challenge and I hope you like it, cuz this was probably the easiest card to create.

I started with my circle Halloween paper as my background

and punched 3 circles each in black and orange.  I inked around

the edges of the orange circles in black and using my alphabet

stamps I embossed the words BOO with gold embossing powder.

I used my glitter gel pen and traced around the black circles

then pop dotted the orange circles on top of the black ones.

I added my "faux" bakers twine that I colored both

in orange and black and tied a knot in the middle.

Then I added a few rhinestones to keep with the circles 

challenge  that I colored orange with my bic markers. 

I just love making all my own embellishments...easier on the pocket book

Lastly I added one of my Creative Paperclay® ghosts (you can see my tutorial on it here)

See, super easy and quick!!!

Now go and create a project using "CIRCLES" and head on over to LTC and enter Amy's challenge.  I believe the challenge is open until November 3rd, but check out her blog for more details, plus she also has some blog candy you could win for entering.

Halloween Wreath at DTC

Good morning friends
Wow, I can't believe how time flies...Halloween is right around the corner and it's time to Decorate to Celebrate Halloween Style.  I just love this new DT I am on because I can make decorations till the ghosts come home...I mean cows come home.  LOL  Speaking of ghosts...yup you guessed it, today's decoration has something to do with ghosts.  For trick or treating we always go back to our old neighborhood and spend the evening with my best friend and her husband.  She always puts out a huge a spread of food and then we take the kiddos trick or treating.  Well her kids have outgrown that stuff and my Austyn has already said this is his last year, but I have Miss Bella to take trick or treating then.  Anyway, after trick or treating we come back to Kim's house and we have hot chocolate and something to eat...usually sloppy joes or loaded potato skins or loaded nachos...and sift through the kiddos bags and like I said, she puts on a huge spread.  This has been a tradition for about 13 years now and we so look forwards to it every year.  So I always make her something for hosting such a great party before and after the trick or treating.

So this is an eraser that came in a pack of 12

different style, from the dollar tree and I created a 

mold of it using my new found LOVE for 

Amazing Moulding Putty (so be on the watch for more molds)

here is what the mold looks like when done.  It sets

up fairly quickly so I can start making my embellishments

within minutes...yeah, love the ease of this.

Then I used my Creative Paperclay ® 

to create my little ghosts.

aren't they cute?

I did paint them with white acrylic paint 

but I forgot to take a picture

Now as you know I am a frugal crafter.  A while back 

I made a wreath using a frisbee that had the center cut

out of it and have been desperately trying to find more

of those buggers with no luck.  We were cleaning out 

the cupboards last week and I had a dozen ice cream

pail lids so hubby gave me the idea to cut the center

out of them and use them as the wreath base...wow,

really, why didn't I think of that...thanks honey!!!

So I traced another circle inside the lid and cut an X

with my exacto knife and then cut the triangle pieces

out...perfect!!!

Then I wrapped ribbon around the lid

and hot glued the ends.

I also added a pop top to the back as the hanger.

I made a bunch of rosettes and recently I saw someone

had a design on the edges so I used my hole punch and

punched every other score mark with it

I added some stick pins to the top

here is my rosette with the little ghost attached with

hot glue and those cute little google eyes.  I did

ink around the edges of the ghost for depth.

I used my SCAL 3 and the

Ecraft to cut the BOO out

I got this file last year from

somewhere and can't remember 

where from, so if you recognize it

please let me know and I will link you!!!

and here is my finished product.  

Isn't this just the cutest ever?

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I will see you back here in 2 weeks.  Now don't forget to make your own decorations for a Halloween Party and link up at Decorate to Celebrate  I can't wait to see what you create!