Halloween surprise ball

Hello! You probably already know that I have a passion for my surprise balls. They were almost christmasy themed but this yearI thought that it would be nice to make something for halloween and there it is: my very first Halloween Surprise Ball:

 At Cnavas Corp have some very intresting papers for Halloween. In my case I used the Haun it paper and used various elements: the Hocus Pocus on the outside of the ball, The witchy tag in the inside, the little cat beside the bottles and the little spider and the batts that I used for the bottles etiquetes.
Inside I covered one part of the ball with Black Canvas Corp paper and the other one with the Black and Ivory Zig Zag reverse paper. I used it also to create the stars on the otside with the Sizzix Bigz Die - Stacked Stars.

 I used an old belt for covering the edge of the ball and paint it with the Tattered Angels High Imapct Black Paint. I also used the paint to make the black drops inside. They stay glossy even after drying and the effect is great.

 The embellishments are from 7Gypsies: The tiny apothecary bottles are painted with the Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze (Java). The stars are completed with the 7Gypsies Dome Studs and the key and the Vintage pin are from the same brand. The greeny center inside the ball is covered with different sizes of green burlap from Canvas Corp.On the top of tha ball I created a spider web using a thin wire.

I would say this project requires a bit more effort but I love it. Just try to make one and have a witchy halloween!

Halloween witchy mashroom

Hello everyone. Here is my latest idea I wanted to share with you. I was thinking about making something new this year and here is my Halloween witchy mashrom.

 The idea is so easy. For the stalk I used a soda bottle that I painted in white and distressed. For the hat I used the Canvas Corp Halloween papers. They have some brand new papers for halloween and they are really beatiful. I used The Halloween Stripe on White for the hat and I used a part of the Haunt it for the circle on the side of the hat.

 The mashroom hat is not flat so in between the two paper circle I placed a rounded piece of cardboard and some newspaper to get the puffy look. On the top I glued the cone filled with the smashed newspaper in the way that it's more resistant.

I love the scales on the mushrooms and I used  the Canvas Corp tacks and the 7gypsies dome studs for making them. They really make the difference, without them there is just another thing.

So, this is a very simple idea that you can make and I hope there will be a lot of witchy mashrooms growing out there!!!!

Canvas pumpkin

There is no halloween for me if I don't make a new pumpkin for my collection. Every year I feel inspired and this make realizing new things easy and fun.
This year I decided to use canvas for my pumpkin. I used the canvas Corp canvas where you can find tons of materials for making these autumn queens. In fact I also used some Canvas Corp colored burlap to enrich the stem and covered the canvas stem with some Canvas Corp rope.

 

 

The procedure is so simple.Just some smashed paper wrapped into canvas and you have your own brand new but old pumpkin. The rest is just fun - decorating it as you prefer! I also used the Sizzix Bigz Die - Tattered Leaves using the Canvas Corp Halloween themed paper and the 7Gypsies numbers for the 31! Now we just have to wait halloween and maybe produce something more.....

Here is my idea  -  use it as you wish!

Halloween pumpkin tutorial

Last minute inspiration for Halloween.... A Halloween pumpkin of course!

On my other blog 

ART IN A FAIRYTALE SAUCE 

you'll find the VIDEO TUTORIAL to make it. There are only a few days more to make it, so hurry up!!!!!

There is something else I wanted to share:  if you want to know about the latest SIZZIX offers, news, blog posts, shows, exclusive free papers and projects you can sign up for the Sizzix Newsletter . You'll always find plenty of inspiration and professional support!!!!! It's really a great opportunity!

I hope you'll have a great Halloween and you'll make your own pumpkin!

Pale pumpkin

 Days are getting colder and this is the reason we have to get warmer and more kind. It’s time to surprise friends and family with some little present to make the darker autumn days more enjoyable and at Tattered Angels blog we plan a month of gift ideas and autumn inspired projects . My first project was a present for my mom. She likes red and I thought to make a pumpkin in nude colors with a special accent on the shadowing to give to the red embelishments the right importance. I started to with making a ball of smashed paper and than I covered it with …. diapers. Yes, they are perfect to make a soft surface and the shaping of the pumpkin it’s easy. Than I covered everything with the bandage and primer and this step makes the pumpkin hard and you can’t really tell what is it made for. I sprayed the pumpkin with the Chalkboard Sandy Beach  and then procedeed with the lighter colors (Chalk Chalkboard and Ivory Baseboard) to enhance the rounded pparts of the pumpkin. I also used the Glimmer glaze (Champagne, Icicle) to give to the pearls an anique look.

Tattered Angels products used:
Glimmer Glaze (Champagne, Icicle)
Baseboard ( Ivory)
Chalkboard (Chalk, Sandy Beach)
7 Gypsies products used: Gears Gems
CC products used: Decorative Wall Hardware

I'm coming back tomorrow with a second project.... an invisible witch's hat :-) and you are all invited!

Recycled curtain pumpkin

Hello everyone! Here I am with another pumpkin that I made using an old curtain. I covered it with many mists but first of all I used a primer to make the pumpkin more stable and to have a kind of a crust. I used the Canvas Corp White Waxed Cord to wrap the stalk and also the CC paper for the message inside the 7 Gypsies  Clear bottle and completed the ornaments with some ribbon, some Prima flowers and a Vintage pin from 7 Gypsies. 

For this project I used:
*Glimmer mists (Abominable Snowman, Graphite, Dragonfly, Pumpkin Spice)
*Chalkboard teal High Heel
*Baseboard Ivory
* Simply Sheer Teal

Have a nice day!

Recycled ghost

Hello! How are you? This time I decided to do some recycling. In fact several times I find myself admiring some intresting shapes that plastic container have nowdays and sometimes it's a shame they finish in tha garbage without dressing them in something appropriate for their shape. So, I turned this.......

Into this....

I didn't use the lid and I've glued a plastic egg on the opening. Than I covered everything with bandage fabbric. The procedure was a little bit long because I have to wait the fabbric to dry but I wanted it airy but rigid and this is possible only by covering this thin fabbric with some glue mixed to acrylic paint. It looks wavy but it's solid. I've made a hole in it where I've put a nice verse I alrady had. It's like a bizzare entrance in another dimension. All the rest is just a game of embellishments and colors.

I hope you like it and have a great recycling!

Halloween calderon

Hello bloggers! Here I am with another project. This one is perfect for you children as my son is just crazy about it and keeps playing with it. It's a magic calderon! It easy and quick to do too!

I had this little pot that is similar to a calderon. I've filled it with some paper and I painted the surface with acid green acrylic paint and used the same color for painting many little styrofoam balls. I placed the balls on the top of the calderon with the glue gun and than covered everything with some glossy paint to simulate the boiling of the potion. I also covered the stars with glitter and put them into the bubbles to make the word poof! more intresting.

I hope you like it! Have a great day and return back soon!

Halloween lamp

Hello friends! How are you? I hope you are fine and I hope you'll like my new project. It was a quick one because this old kerosene lamp already has so much charachter that I didn't want to overflow. This piece was part of our family for a long time but one day we (I don't even remember who) broke the glass chimney and now it was waiting for a chance for a new look. As you see the project is simple. I started with painting the frame at the back with black distress paint and I've put some glass color on the glass. I wiped away most of the color so only some little holes are filled with black color to make it look even more antique. I've put some glittery stars on a wire that simulate a magic explosion out of the burner. I just covered the glass on the back with regular stamped paper and added some ribbon - so easy but I like it.

I'm already thinking about another halloween project. And you?

Halloween pumpkin

Hello everyone! How are you? I hope fine. I'm ok except I'm polka dot patterned these days :-) I have an allergy and I have no idea what was the cause and it's the first time for me. I'm a little bit sleepy because of the pills I'm taking but I just wanted to make something. Inspired by the first fresh and colder brezzes I immidiatly thought about pumpkins, falling leaves, harvest...... HALLOWEEN! And here it is : a surprise pumpkin. I had the idea to mke it out of bandages when Kian asked me if he can be a mummy for Halloween and I considered that the two things are related somehow. The colors I decided to use are acid green and intense purple and soft orange. I just adore that combo and I decided to use them also for my home decor this year so you can expect my next halloween creations in this palette.
You already probably know I love to make a surprise effect and I've made the pumpkin that splits in half and inside there is a small message and some place for some candy in a way the kids will have to open it to grab the sweets.

Have a great day and enjoy your creativity!

Witch's hat

A new palette of The Color room and this time the colors are perfect for another halloween project, just with a small difference: yellow instead orange.
This is my take on this palette: a chipboard witch's hat.... I love the smashed chipboard for the upper part because that's what a true witch needs. I did some clear embossing on it and some white stamping before I rolled it and a lot of misting for an extra shiny look (not very visible :-( in the pics ).

Some wired shapes... The two stars are looking out of the top checking for some good spells :-)

But there's more: the hat has a surprise: a hidden treasure in it and it could be anything you want to put under it for halloween.... It's so nice to find and offer surprise, don't you think?

Clear embossed stars with blinks. I love how they seem to dance all over the hat surface...

Have a wonderful and creative weekend!