Halloween Pumpkin Microscope Decoration.

I am still continuing to experiment with microscope slides, this Halloween themed one turned out really well, one of my best so far.

I stuck the four pumpkin stickers (from a Halloween pack from Flying Tiger) onto a glass, goodness only knows why, because I meant to stick them on the paper, but hey ho, it still worked out ok!

I sandwiched the hanger finding between two scraps of patterned paper and then put everything between the two microscope slides.

Then as an experiment I sealed the sides and went round the edges with black Ranger Enamel Accents, without being sure whether it would work out or not .......

……. it did!  I was so chuffed.

My main problem with making anything with microscope slides has always been the hanger, but this was so easy, the finish around the hanger is seamless.  

The enamel took a while to set, so I had to exert a great deal of patience before adding a few little dots here and there using a fine, permanent black pen and a scattering of tiny, gold, nail accessory stars on the outside of the glass.

The back was then crying out to be embellished, on this occasion, because the decoration was already sealed I wrote/drew on the glass with a fine permanent black pen, but if/when I repeat the exercise I will do it on the inside paper first.

I will definitely make a few more of these for Nanny’s Annual Halloween Sleepover, though being made from glass they will be have to be looked at very carefully by Iris and Bertie under strict supervision.  I am now wondering if I can buy plastic stripes of roughly the same size as the slides to make something similar that they could take home without me worrying?  The answer is yes, 250 for £9.41 from Amazon  – I am thinking about it …… shame I can’t get just £5 worth!

It's also sods law, I think I can make this idea work, but I am down to my last twenty or so of the flat disc pendant findings.  I bought them in bulk quite a few years ago but cannot find any more  anywhere on eBay. It's all about the flatness, using them between two slides with no bulk or gap to fill, however, I do have some very thin, metal star embellishments that I think I can do a work round by adding a small silver spring bail to them, fingers crossed.

I also see that Dovecraft have a range of Enamel Effects for around £1.50 a bottle, half the price of Enamel Accents so I think I might give these a go too, I can see the green and purple working for Halloween and perhaps the blue and white for Christmas? All an awful lot cheaper than the soldering iron and kit I was considering .................