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 | Halloween

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.

This week on the American Crafts blog, we are celebrating Halloween using their brand new Halloween collection!

Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  I love the crisp cool weather and 

getting to watch the kids dress up.

Supplies: Halloween (340370) - Dimensional Stickers, Halloween (340390) - Buttons, 

Halloween (340389) - Brads, Halloween (340378) - Adhesive Layered Embellishments,

Halloween (340374) - Adhesive Ribbon Bows, Halloween (340363) - Washi Tape Black

& White Stripe/Orange & Black Star, Halloween (340371) - Doily Die-Cuts Spider Web 5",

Halloween (340384) - Tags Journaling, Thickers (370553) - Rootbeer Float Foam Letter Stickers, Cardstock (AM71-793) - White Smooth

How To:  Paint orange watercolor paints across a white cardstock background, set aside to dry.  Adhere large doily spider webs to page.  Flick black spray ink across the page.  Spell the the word "Halloween" with black thickers across the page in a sporadic fashion. Print two small wallet sized photos, set aside.  Adhere journaling tag to bottom right hand side of page, next to spider web.  Tear off a small strip of washi and adhere to bottom of tag. Adhere small photo on top. Adhere second phototo top left hand side of page.  Use a journaling pen to add journaling to right hand side of page. Use a sewing machine to add a 

straight stitch across thickers.  Finish by embellishing page with buttons, 3d stickers, brad and bow.