Rachel- Latern

Halloween is over, but this project can be adapted to fit any of the upcoming holidays or even be made for general decor purposes!

Trick or treaters lantern
by Rachel Burgess

My Minds Eye spiders web trick or treat paper
MME spiders web witches lace paper
MME coastal glitter alphabet (container only)
Basic Grey eerie element stickers
Pink Paislee twilight collection borderlines clear stickers
Orange gems
Battery operated candle
Ranger stickles crystal & orange
Orange-brown inkpad

HOW TO
Empty the alpha tin and carefully peel al the labels away. Clean if necessary

Attach the borderlines sticker around the tin at the base.

Attach one of the border stickers from the errie elements sheet around the middle.

Use a craft knite to cut the windows away from the haunted house sticker and place over the central border at the front of the tin. Decorate the central band with the orange gems.

Inside the tin

Cover the round disk that came out of the bottom of the tin with the witches lace patterned paper.

Place the candle on the back of the patterned paper disk in the centre and draw around it. Cut out with a craft knife.

Cut a 2 inch wide strip of witches lace paper and wrap around the candle. Stick the end down and slide the candle out.

Cut half inch slits 1cm apart around one edge of the paper tube you have created and the slide the tube through the hole in the paper disk with the slits on the underside. Open the slits out and stick firmly on the back of the disc.

Fringe the top of the paper tube which is now sticking up through the hole in the paper disk and curl the fringed edge over. Attach this piece into the bottom of the tin to form a candle holder.

On the lid

Peel the label from the lid and use as a template to cut a disk of trick or treat paper. Ink the edges and edge with the orange stickles.

Attach the witch and moon sticker using sticky foam and edge the moon with the crystal stickles.

Allow to dry and then attach to the lid.

Switch the battery operated candle on and slide into the candle holder before replacing the lid.

Kirs- Be Nature

Work with Making Memories Dye

"Be  Nature"
by Kirs de Ven Smit

SUPPLIES
Making Memories Scrapbook Dye Wheat (outlet shop)
White cardstock , textured
Doodlebug Velvet paper white
Big tag
Basic Grey Chip Sticker Shapes
Journaling Tag (outlet shop)
Sizzix Flowers & Vines, Bird w/Leaves & Flower

HOW TO
You can use the Making Memories Dye in many different ways. You can use them for various embellishments such as Making Memories flowers, ribbons, paper, fabric, etc.

Make the dye according to the description and use the tweezers or gloves.

Now I want something else to try to continue working with a regular card stock paper and felt. It worked well and I like to share with you.

Take white card stock and a sponge (see photo 1.). I've used an ordinary scouring pad and cut them into about 2 cm width. Dip them into the ink and spread them out on card stock in the vertical lines. For darker shade, reapply the ink. Pick a broad brush to drop stains, dip them in the ink and give tap to the brush just above the paper. So you get a nice paper with a wood pattern! Just a parquet floor.

Now with velvet paper. Take a broad brush and dip it in paint. Just above the paper (watch out for splashes) with the brush between your thumb and fingers take (possibly use glove) and make a range of movement with the brush, so you get splashed. Try it first on another paper.

Then with the dryer for drying, velvet slowly dries. In this paper, I have punched out a bird, flower and branches with Sizzix.

I also tried them on a patterned velvet paper.  It is well managed, only you must be very careful when working with the velvet.  Use small amounts of ink on the sponge and be very brief and just pull fast over the patterns. Then it goes well. Otherwise the ink will begin to blend with the paper and you won't see the patterns any more. See also the photo.