Dracula Halloween Cadbury Chocolate Bar

Another Halloween chocolate bar ….. I am afraid they are getting more fiddly as I go along …… sorry!

And, I know that I am terrible for not taking photos as I work …. but I remembered as I did this due to its fiddle fartyness. I hope you can get the gist of what I have done from the above picture.

The fastener on Dracula’s cloak is a small piece of peel off with a sequin at either end.  I just love the effect that a few simple doodles using a white gel pen can bring a project alive, if you’ll pardon the pun!

Halloween Test Tube Favours

I love test tubes!

I got the taller plastic test tube from a site in the US ages ago, http://www.silvercrowcreations.com/ and must see if I can get some more. The smaller tube was from a crafty resource centre I visit now and again, but they are both perfect for Halloween trick or treat favours.

The tags are made using my Stampin Up scalloped and plain circle punches which I have decorated on both sides with Accessorize stickers and handwritten messages using  black and white gel pens.

The tags are on a thread, kept in place by a piece of black and white gingham ribbon (now deleted from Stampin Up range) at the top of the test tube.

The tube is finished off with a large purple flat backed gem stuck on the cap.

The jelly beans are from the Original Jelly Bean Factory, they cost a bit more than ordinary jelly beans, but they are smaller and I can buy just the colours I need in their pick and mix section which gives this idea a lot of its charm.

Inspiration …….

Oh my life how cute are these bracelets  ……

http://www.clothingattesco.com/jewellery/And-Mary-Silver-plated-teapot-necklace/invt/bz011066&bklist=icat,4,shop,catgbrands,and-mary

I have seen other bracelets made using dolls/miniature tea sets and have often stood and ummed and ahhed when I have seen sets in Poundland, but have never taken the plunge …… I think I may just have to now ……… I could be so on trend!!!!!

http://dollarstorecrafts.com/2008/11/teaset-charm-bracelet/

I have also noticed, as I passed on the bus, Wolverhampton has now got a 99p Shop – I wonder if they have a little tea set?

Halloween Haunted House

This Halloween House is a download design from Quickutz Silhouette that I have doodled and embellished.

 
I was a bit disappointed because I thought it was a gift box, rather than a model.

But I have decided that when I make up another house I will put the sweets inside before I seal it up and complete the roof.

So the treat is the sweets ……. but the trick is trying to get them out!  I am so wicked!!!

I’ve used a tiny silver brad for the door knob and the ghost, bats, spider and pumpkins are left over Poundland 3D stickers from last year.

It’s hard to see from the pictures, but the window shutters  do open. I’ve coloured them and the door with black felt pen.

Quickutz Halloween House C00745_18816

Cadbury Miniature Trick or Treat Bag Favour/Sweetie Bag

I love my Stampin Up circle punches, but wondered if I could make a simpler sort of Halloween Trick or Treat sweetie bag using my Accessorize stickers and Cadbury Dairy Milk Miniatures and this is what I have come up with ...

I made a template of the miniature wrapper so I knew what size to cut my “new” wrappers. It was easier to leave the original wrapper on the chocolate  rather than risk ripping the foil and it made no difference to the finished idea.

After wrapping each chocolate, which only took a few seconds (using double sided tape with my ATG gun), I could get on with the best bit ….. the embellishing!  I added a tiny bit of glue to the back of each sticker to make sure they didn’t come off, and then added a few doodles using  black and white gel pens, which really made the stickers pop out.

The bag topper is made using a die from Nestabilities Label set No.4, with a bit of faux stitching and a Stampin Up scalloped circle. I just love these stickers …… it’s so hard to let them go!!!

The Cadbury Miniatures were from Home Bargains - they cost about £1.25 and there are 20 in a pack.

Halloween Coffin Treat Box

 

This project is made using a new Quickutz Silhouette design download, I hope it isn’t too ghoulish for you.

The template is in two pieces and looked quite simple but to be honest was quite fiddle to put together.

The bat was originally a ring (I cut off the back) from a bag of assorted bits from Poundworld.

The plate is a piece of gold card that I have written on with a pen with no ink in.

And then I have finished the edges with a white gel pen, which just has to be one of the best pen inventions for crafters of all time!

The sweets are “Graveyard Rock” from Poundland!

Book of Spells Box

 

There’s been a bit of natter on my chat widget about ‘scary hands’, so I have bought this post forward to show you what we’ve been on about and what I have made with my hands, if you’ll pardon the pun! ……

Someone had asked on UKScrappers if anyone knew where to get scary hands from, and I realised I’d seen them in Poundworld and had dismissed them because I couldn’t think what to do with them, DOH!

So I went back and had another look.  There are ten in a pack and are a rigid plastic, where originally I thought they were rubbery.

Once I got them home my mind went wild, and as you can see I have come right out of my crafting comfort zone for this idea!

It’s basically a box in the shape of a book.

I made a tray in gold card and a book cover in a really thick black card, getting it to be a perfect fit took several attempts, and made my gums itch when I couldn’t get it right!

Before I stuck it altogether I added a ribbon for a page marker, down the spine on the book.

The rest was just a lot of fiddle farting, I used a hot glue gun to stick the hand on a strip of gold card to make the clasp. The strip came round from the back, joining the front and back together and then onto the front. I glued Velcro tape on the back of the foil under the hand and on the front to the box, to keep the clasp in position. (I hope that makes sense)

I also hope the pictures help to show you how I’ve made it  …….. as it’s a bit hard to describe.

I’ve used craft chalk to age the book, rubbing in shades of brown, green and mustard with my fingers, plus translucent micro glitter for a magical sparkle. I’m not sure if I could make the box again ….. it could be a one and only!

Beep Beep Card

These stickers are so cute and I thought they would be great for boys cards, something I don’t make a lot of. The stickers are made from a felt type fabric and cost 99p a pack.

I’ve used pages from a road map book that was free with one of the daily papers for the background paper cut with a scalloped square punch because the proportion of the print is perfect with the cars.

The card is finished by mat and laying  the centre part on silver card.

What’s In My Shopping Basket ….

Not a lot …… but have a look in Poundland and Poundworld at the Halloween stuff, as there is quite a lot of stuff that can be  disassembled for crafty projects. I am hoping Poundland will have some 3D stickers in soon …. but have not spotted any yet.

I thought these looked interesting from Poundworld … I got a pack each of witches, pumpkins and ghosts – there are ten of the same shape in each packet. I am thinking about what to do with them at the moment, other than bunting.  The only fault I can find is that they do smell a bit chemically, so need a good squirt of Fabreeze!

Halloween Card Using Accessorize Stickers

Can you send cards for Halloween?

Yesterday I showed you my Halloween sweetie bags using the new  Accessorize Trick or Treat stickers  and as I was making them I thought how brilliant they would look on my nine square card.

I just love the combination of black, purple, orange and lime green together.

Though there is quite a lot of “stick” on these stickers I tend to add a dab of glue on them, in the past a couple of stickers have come off, and that doesn’t look very “professional”!

Halloween Trick or Treat Sweetie Bags

I LOVE Accessorize for their stickers and I LOVE my sister Jan for going looking for them for me.  Look what they’ve done for Halloween, how cute are they?

 

I know I’ve shown these sweetie bags before, but I just love making them using different stickers etc. to go with various celebrations in year and to see how different they can look.

I’ve used Elizabeth Shaw mint crisps and my Stampin Up punches to make them. On one side I have used the stickers and on the other handwritten “Trick or Treat”

Sometimes it is very hard to use Accessorize stickers and then give what you have made with them away, but what’s the use of having drawers full of lovely things you’ve only looked at but done nothing with.

I have put the sweets in pretzel bags/lollipop bags which can be found on e-bay:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/50-x-2-x-9-CLEAR-Pretzel-Cello-Bags-/260657041086?pt=Uk_Crafts_Cake_Decorating_MJ&hash=item3cb05ecebe