American Crafts | Halloween

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Halloween is my favorite holiday to document!  I love the spooky theme, colors, photos

and of course the candy!

Supplies: Crate Paper After Dark (ADPPR-80251) - Fright & Fun Paper, After Dark (AD680267) - Paper Pad 6"x6", After Dark (AD680269) -Thickers Shape Stickers Spooky/Glittered Foam, After Dark (AD680272) - Chipboard Stickers Glittered Accents, After Dark (AD680274) - Ephemera Die-Cuts W/Black & Gold Foil, After Dark (AD680277) - Wood Veneer Shapes, After Dark (AD680279) - Adhesive Enamel Dots, Heidi Swapp Minc (HSFOIL6-12113) - Reactive Foil 6"x5" Roll Orange, Minc (HS370124) - Foil Applicator & Starter Kit, Minc (Minc6-80284) - Paper 6"x6" Halloween, Sticky Thumb (ST340261) - Adhesive Runner and Refill Permanent Solid 

How To: Use a scratch piece of printer paper and a pencil to measure the size of the chevron shape that runs across the Fright & Fun paper.  Trace chevron shape and trim, use your trimmed piece as a template to create other chevron shapes out of 6"x6" pattern paper pad.  Trim out about 18 chevron shapes, each out of different pattern papers.  Adhere

to background paper in a pattern moving to every other chevron.  Use a sewing machine and black thread to stitch down shapes.  Splatter black spray mist across the page, set aside to dry.  Print a 4"x6" photo and adhere to center right side of layout. Place a "Happy Halloween" chipboard sticker piece overlapping the top right hand side of photo.  Overlap the "Happy Halloween To You" and "Admit One" chipboard sticker pieces and adhere under photo.  Place "Admit One 31" and "Halloween" ephemera pieces just above chipboard pieces overlapping the bottom right hand side of photo.  Spell out title "EEK" using thickers shaped stickers on the middle left hand side of layout.  Run the "Spooky Fun" ephemera

arrow die-cut through the Minc machine using orange reactive foil. Adhere to page just below title.  Adhere chipboard "31" sticker piece right below "Spooky Fun" arrow piece. Arrange bat ephemera piece, bat wood veneer piece and bat shaped thicker shaped sticker just above title in a sporadic fashion.  Adhere two glitter chipboard chevron pieces just

above photo.  Adhere chipboard spider web and "31" ephemera piece to right side of photo. Apply enamel dots to chipboard star piece and wood veneer star and adhere to top right hand side of layout.  Finish by adding two black ephemera star pieces to page.

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American Crafts | Under 30 Minutes

This is a personal blog. All editorial content and projects are intellectual property of http://americancrafts.typepad.com/.  I do receive financial compensation and material product from American Crafts to develop my craft posts, but all ideas and opinions are my own.

Halloween is my favorite holiday!  Learn how to create this too cute to spook marquee pumpkin in less than 30 minutes!

Supplies: Dear Lizzy Documentary (340315) - Party Animal Paper, Halloween (340369) - Pom Pom Flowers Kit,

Halloween (340375) - Cluster Party Decor Kit, Heidi Swapp Marquee (HS314884) - Love Halloween Kit Pumpkin, Crate Paper After Dark (AD680269) - Spooky Glitter Foam Thickers Shape Stickers, Crate Paper After Dark (AD680272) - Chipboard Stickers Glitter Accents, Heidi Swapp Minc (HSFOIL12-100) - Orange Reactive Foil, Heidi Swapp Minc (HS680288) - Ephemera Crate Paper Die Cuts, Heidi Swapp Minc (HS370124) - Applicator & Starter Kit, Crate Paper After Dark (AD680277) - Wood Veneer Shapes

1. Take out the template included in the Heidi Swapp Marquee Love Halloween Pumpkin Kit, and trace onto Dear Lizzy Documentary Party Animal paper using a pencil.  Use scissors to cut out.issors to cut out.

2.  Use a hole punch to cut out holes for marquee lights.

3. Place cut paper on top of marquee pumpkin.  Place include marquee bulb lights

inside cut holes.

4. Screw on plastic backs, and place lights in each hole.  Work in a step by step

fashion, starting in the bottom middle and going right to left.

5. Next, place Thicker letters onto  pumpkin surface spelling out the word "Boo".  

Run "Fun This Way" die cut piece through Minc machine using orange reactive 

foil and adhere just above title.

6. Add chipboard, wood veneer and thicker shapes to complete design. 

Once your marquee pumpkin is done, enjoy!  Set up with other pieces to complete

the look!