Halloween is in abundance at The Cutting Cafe - so many darling sets to choose among! You'll have a hard time choosing just one! I needed a quick little Halloween gift and I love the spider from Halloween All Around.
I also love chocolate and it's often my gift of choice. I "mummified" a chocolate bar by wrapping it with gauze and finishing it off with a bow. (I think white crepe paper would work - although a bow might not be so easy to tie!)
Had to use those googly eyes again, too! The circle tag is backed with green and black polka from Halloween Mini Colored Set and the circle sentiment is from Halloween Toppers.
Regina will be posting Halloween inspiration on The Cutting Cafe blog on Wednesday. I'm sure there will be all kinds of cute projects to see!
This is a tutorial for the Halloween Nut Cup I posted awhile back for the Paper Issues Blog Hop. I had several emails asking and this tutorial will also be posted by Lowri at Tip Junkie later this week. Okay, here goes:
Start with three nutcups. I like three, because it makes the bottom quite a bit sturdier than only one. Just a drop of hot glue between cups to stick them together and then a drop to hold the styrofoam ball.
To make the handle, twist together two chenille stems.
And then hot glue the chenille stem handle to both sides of the nutcups.
For this nutcup, I kept the bottom decoration pretty simple. Start by pleating the crepe paper and when a few pleats are done start gluing it to the nutcups. (I use a liquid glue.) Black velvet ric rac ribbon is glued around it.
Be sure to back your image for sturdiness and also a little of it may show in the back so select something pleasing. I almost always use old manilla folder.
A serrated knife is perfect to create a slit in the styrofoam for your image to slip into.
Remember that you will be covering the styrofoam with flowers, so place your image high enough to be seen. The fun part is the decoration. Crinkle ribbon tied on along with other ribbon, button, and tag are held in place with embroidery floss. I always add the flowers last. Some of the flowers are stuck in the styrofoam, while others are put into place with hot glue. Be sure to cover the white rim of the nutcup base with flowers.
Creating a nutcup decoration is actually pretty easy. These are great for gifts or to decorate your own house. Have fun!
It's a whole month of Halloween at the Paper Issues blog! Plenty of time to join in and link up your favorite Halloween creations.
This little number is a Halloween Countdown. I called it 13 Days to Halloween based on one of my favorite Halloween children's books of that title by Carol Greene. It includes 13 darling Halloween themed glass magnets, a framed countdown board,
and a box to keep the magnets safe. I created the magnets with Diamond Glaze and glass domes I got from Karen's Craft Supplies. The pictures are from Land of Enchantment and The Timeless Garden.
I bought a metal sheet from Lowes and cut it to fit the frame. That way the magnets stick! Here's what it looks like without all the magnets.
And this is who kept me company while I was taking pictures outside.
That's KittyBoy - doesn't he look like a Halloween decoration? Okay, I'm heading to the craft room to make more of these for friends and family that decided they want one, too! Have a happy Friday and a great weekend!
Wow! What a weekend - I had one of my parties to show what I've been creating. Had lots of sales and special orders, but the best part was getting to see people I don't get to see very often. Of course, I also enjoyed people that I get to see a lot! Friends and family are important and it's nice to have them over, ply them with goodies and have fun things to share.
I love Halloween! And I love this little guy! He posed for his picture on the pumpkin that Dennis got on Saturday. He was pretty easy to make and I actually had fun putting him together. His body is cut from a good quality black cotton fabric and his bones are cut from felt.
He's good size - almost 17" from the top of his head to his feet. Patterns are available at Dolls and Daydreams on Etsy. She's got cute doll patterns and clothes for them, too!
Has your weekend been lovely? I've only left the house one time and that was to go to Michaels. I've been creating away... It's a good thing I like being home!
Love these sweet little girls doing domestic things. It seems I hardly ever have time for "domestic things." Could the problem be that I look for other things to do? I don't have to look further than my craft room for plenty of things to occupy my time. And way more fun, I must say! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week. I'm off to create something else...
It's inspiration time at The Cutting Cafe. This time we're all using one of the Bingo card sets. I'm using the Hot Cocoa bingo card from Fall Time Bingo Cards.
I also used the Hot Chocolate Holder Template to create my friendship gift. The funny little girl is from an old Tobler Cocao ad and the sentiment is from the template set.
This template is really cool - it holds two hot chocolate packets or two bags of homemade hot cocoa mix (which I didn't have time to do before taking this photo).
When you want to tell someone you appreciate them, this might just be the sweet gift to do it. The pockets are plenty big enough to slip in a personal note or even a gift card. All the inspiration photos will go up Wednesday at The Cutting Cafe blog. Also Regina has started a new challenge called Case It Tuesdays at The Cutting Cafe. She posts a card for you to case ( you don't have to use Cutting Cafe files) and the winner gets to choose three Cutting Cafe files! So, be sure to check that out. Thanks for stopping by!
I also love chocolate and it's often my gift of choice. I "mummified" a chocolate bar by wrapping it with gauze and finishing it off with a bow. (I think white crepe paper would work - although a bow might not be so easy to tie!) 
Had to use those googly eyes again, too! The circle tag is backed with green and black polka from Halloween Mini Colored Set and the circle sentiment is from Halloween Toppers. 
Regina will be posting Halloween inspiration on The Cutting Cafe blog on Wednesday. I'm sure there will be all kinds of cute projects to see!
