Halloween Fun

This past Saturday, I was one of five Close To My Heart Independent Consultants hosting a Holiday Extravaganza. We offered 15 crafts for our guests to create. It was a lot of fun. What I really liked about it is each of us had a different style of crafting so we all learned something different.

 

I just love  this bat card designed by Shawn. The card base is cut from the the Cricut Artiste Cartridge (see page 76 of the Artiste booklet). With a couple cuts from the Cricut and a few stamps, you have a quick and very cute card.

 

Supplies:

Moonlight Paper Pack (X7161B)

Creepy Creatures Stamp Set (C1522)

Sparkles - Red, Pink, and Purple Assortment (Z1326)

Cricut Artiste Collection (Z1790)

 

Shawn also designed a wine bottle label.

 

 

The label is 10 inches by 4 3/4 inches. How  perfect is this for your Halloween party!

 

Supplies:

Moonlight Paper Pack (X7161B)

Magic Potions Stamp Set (C1509)

Glitz Glitter Gel- Green (Z1771)

 

Later this week, I will post the Thanksgiving crafts from the Holiday Extravaganza.

 

Have fun with paper today!

 

 

 

Halloween Treat Boxes

Ready for your Halloween party? Or maybe you need to bring a treat for your kid's class? Here is a fun craft to hold those treats.

Yes, they are paper coffins!

Using the Cricut Artiste, these boxes are quick and easy. You will find the coffin on the first Halloween page of the booklet (page 76). Just select your size, press 3-D Object and the Eek button for the bottom. Press 3-D object, shift and the Eek button for the top. Make all the folds (use a bone folder to make a crisp edge) then decorate the paper. You do need to decorate before glueing the edges. But I like to make the creases first so I know where the sides are. After it is decorated, glue the tabs. The Cricut cuts makes it easy to put together.

This one is really big. It is 7.5 inches on the Cricut dial. This takes a lot of paper and will take a lot of candy to fill. If you need to make a lot of treat boxes, don't use this one.

This coffin is I think the perfect size. I used 5 inches on the Cricut dial. The skeleton is also from the Artiste. The size is 4.5. Press accent 2 and Eek. Then press accent 2, shift and Eek for the head. Don't change the size for the head. The Cricut is set to coordinate the skeleton body and the skeleton head. If you want just the skeleton head and 4.5 inches, then you need to click the real size dial. When cutting out the skeleton, turn your speed dial to the slowest setting and make sure your paper is down. Because of the detail of these cuts, the paper might tear if it going too fast.

Here is the littlest coffin. The Cricut was set at 4 inches for this one.

Decorating the coffin, I sponged the paper lightly with slate and black inks which gave it a bit of texture. I also made sure the decoration went over the edge of the coffin.

Supplies:
Slate paper (X5930)
Slate Ink (Z2173)
Black Ink (Z2105)
All Hallows Eve Stamp Set (C1462)
Grey Wool Bakers Twine (Z1701)
Black sparkles (Z1754)
Red Sparkles (Z1326)
Cricut Artiste Collection (Z1790)