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A Spooky Halloween

I finally had some time to decorate my mantle for Halloween!  I made a new banner this year with the Big Banner with Rosettes stamp set.  A lot of cutting, but I think it came out really cute!

 

The banner says "A Spooky Halloween".  I used Tim Holtz Gungeboard Letters for the letters on each banner and painted them with the Plaid Extreme Glitter black paint.  I love how this paint gives the look of glitter without the mess. 

What I did discover about the Extreme Glitter Paint is that it works best on fairly flat surfaces.  The grunge board has a texture, and that worked fine, but if you notice my large black tree, I made that this year also (that was a big paper mache mess!) and tried painting the whole tree with the Extreme Glitter, but it just didn't have the same effect.  It just looked shiny, which I didn't like.  So, three tubes of black glitter later, I covered the whole tree.  I need to seal it with something to hold the glitter in place till next year, any suggestions? 

My little Lottie Witch (from our Lottie Doll stamp set) also made an appearance this year.  I turned her into a witch last year.  Stamped her on muslin and made a little doll.  If you want to see some better pictures of her, you can see this blog post here.

 

I just love these new little mini clothespins! (They will be available in our online store on Tues., Nov. 2nd) I used those to attach each banner to the ribbon.  What I love about this is that I can remove all the clothespins, stack up the banner, roll up the ribbon and be ready for next year.  In the meantime, I can use the same clothespins for my Holiday banner.

I wish I could say I made that cute little paper mache cat, but that is from an amazing folk artist named Johanna Parker.   Visit her website and see her original designs (she sells them on Ebay) or where you can purchase some of her reproductions. 

Happy Halloween! 

 

  
 

 

 

Halloween Treat Bag

Samantha used the Large Carnival Alpha and stamped directly on to the muslin bags.  Look how cute these turned out.  Super simple to make. 

Sam tried with StazOn ink first and it came out too heavy.  Her next try with Memento ink worked perfectly. 

Cute gift bag for those special trick-or-treaters! 

Vote for Samantha

Samantha Sibbet is one of our very talented creative team members and she recently submitted one of her beautifully vintage inspired designs to an Inkakinkado Creative contest at ScrapbooksEtc.com and the final winner is chosen by reader votes.  We won't tell you who to vote for in the contest (hint: SAM), but just want you to head on over and vote for the best design (hint: that would be SAM's).  She will be awarded a pretty amazing prize if she is the winner and has promised to share with everyone who votes for her (just kidding, but you should still vote for her).  Voting ends on Halloween. 

Vote for Sam:  Sillouette Ornament by Samantha Sibbet

 

Accent stamps used for background patterns

Sometimes the best patterned paper is one that you create.  Kristie used the small accent rosette stamps from the Banner Outline with Rosettes to create a beautiful background design for this turquoise card.  You might have to click on the image to view larger to get the full effect.  Simple, but very elegant.