Beware of things that go bump in the night

Hello friends!  I'm just going to call this my Halloween week!  Today I have a wall hanging to share with you.

The wall hanging is made of sturdy chipboard sized 10 3/4 x 6.  I painted it black with some acrylic paint.  While that was drying I cut out my words and shapes with CCR.  'Beware' is cut from October 31st cartridge sized at 1.917. 'of things that go' is cut using the spooky font on Happy Hauntings sized at 1.042.  'Bump in the night' is cut from the Bump In The Night cartridge sized at 2.806.  All were cut with orange cardstock.

The ghost is cut from A Frightful Affair sized at 4.528.  I used a light gray cardstock from Recollections pack  'Citrus Blend' and inked the edges with slate ink from CTMH.

I adhered all the cuts with a liquid glue and then used Mod Podge over the whole thing to seal it.

I used my Crop-A-Dile to punch holes at the  top and add black eyelets.  Then I strung a black satin ribbon through and knotted it on the back to hold it in place for a hanger.

I hope you enjoyed today's project!  Have a great day!!

Halloween Coffin Treat Box

Hello friends!  Once I started Halloween, I couldn't stop!  Doesn't hurt that my Close to my Heart order came Friday with Halloween stamps!  I'll have some projects coming soon using them!  They will be available Aug 1st for purchase out of the new catalog!!

For today, I went back to the Cricut Artiste cartridge to make another coffin treat box. I love these!!!

For this one I used black cardstock and sponged around the edges with white ink.  The box was cut at the suggested size, 7 1/2". I used CCR so there are some unusual sizes for the rest of the cuts because I sized them to fit my project. The moon is a circle cut from George and Basic shapes at 1.417 and I lightly sponged the edge with slate ink.  The bat is cut from A Frightful Affair at 1.264, sponged lightly with white ink and adhered with foam tape for dimension.

The grass is just green paper that is torn and inked with Tim Holtz Peeled Paint distress ink.  I layered the pieces and only adhered the bottom so I could slip the tombstones behind.  The tombstones are cut from Life's A Party at 1" in slate cardstock and inked with slate ink.  I used a black gel pen to write in RIP.  And finally the fence is cut from Paper Doll Dress Up, sized 1.236 out of slate cardstock.  When this fence cuts there are a lot of little lines that cut to show the aging of the fence - for lack of a better term.  But they aren't seen unless you highlight them somehow, so I went over all the little cuts in the fence with my black gel pen and then lightly inked with slate ink to soften it up a little.

I have read a lot of posts that people don't like to use CCR but I have never had the Design Studio software or a Gypsy so I really love using it.  And what I love the best is that I can save all these files to my computer so when Halloween finally comes around I can have my son pick the one he likes the best and just start cutting.  All the work I did designing and sizing is already done.

Hope you enjoyed today's project!

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My first blog post and a Monster Birthday

Welcome to my first blog post!  We celebrated my son's 6th birthday yesterday. Here are some of the projects I made.  Sorry I don't have any sizings or anything, this was a spur of the moment decision to do this :-)

These are the invitations I made with my Cricut:

I used Mini Monsters in Cricut Craft Room and welded two together to make my card.  The top layer was embossed with the Tiny Bubbles embossing folder and my Cuddlebug.  I added some googly eyes for fun.  The tag was stamped with a Jaded Blossoms Monster Mash stamp.

The invitation stamp is one I had for long time, I'm not sure where it's from but probably picked it up at Michaels.

I also made some door signs and a birthday banner with my Cricut:

I used Craft Room Basics for the scalloped squares and circles.  I used the Cartoon Font from Cuttin' Up cartridge and Mini Monsters again to mimic the invitations.

Here's the banner all together:

I made two of these door signs.  I used Ribbons and Rosettes for the postage stamp shape

I think the boo and eek stamps are from a Studio G set I picked up at Walmart around Halloween.
I used fonts from a few different cartridges for the words.  I used Cake Basics for Warning, I used Birthday Bash for Birthday - this was from the phrase feature that says Birthday Wishes and I used the hide option in cricut craft room so only Birthday would cut out.  I faux stitched around it with a black gel pen for a little detail.  And I think I used A Frightful Affair for the Monster font, but I'm not sure about that one.  And again I used Mini Monsters to add the monster like the invitation and added googly eyes.

Here is the cake I made.  This is not the initial design I had in mind.  My son asked to design it himself so I let him design and I just did the work - I think he did a pretty good job!

I hope you enjoyed my projects. I'll be working on small Teacher Appreciation gifts for each day the next week.  I'll be back with these projects and more as I slowly learn about the world of blogging!