Happy Halloween with Purple Cows and Duetica.com

It's time to start decorating for Halloween!  

FONT USED: DT TIN WHISTLE A00 (bold 150 pt)

 
13" Hot and Cold Laminator  #3027
Hot Pockets Letter 8.5 x 11 #4080
2 in 1 Combo Trimmer #1040
Melt Dual Temp Craft Iron with 6 tips #5000
Gem Setting Kit #5071
Wind it #7100
Wind it Wire #7103 Silver

Other Supplies: card stock (white), patterned paper (My Mind's Eye Halloween Scary Sparkles), specialty paper, (Silver Shimmer, Petallics by Worldwin Paper), 6 black eyelets and tool kit, Clear jewelry twine or fishing line, Corner rounder punch, purple stickles (Ranger Ink), PC and printer, Krylon satin black spray paint, craft knife, super sticky tape.

Directions:
1. Use the duetica.com Lettering Art Studio to create a document to print onto decorative paper.  Print and trim to size (about 4" x 8").
2. Round corners and add stickles to the printed font.  Let dry completely.
3. Laminate and trim.  Add the eyelet to the top center of the project.
4. Print the silhouette images onto white card stock and cut out.  You don't have to be too precise because you're going to spray paint both sides.  Do this next and let dry completely.

5. Pencil sketch a web form onto the silver shimmer paper (half sheet) with a pencil and ruler, then cut out with a craft knife.

6. Attach the web behind the header (printed font block) with super sticky tape and adhere the spider to the web.

7. The bat is attached to the header using eyelets and invisible string.

8. Using the Heat It tool and Gem setting kit (tiny red gems) heat set "eyes" onto each silhouette.

9. Use silver wire and the Wind It! tool to create fancy hangers for your holiday decorations!
 





 Thanks for stopping by!   I'll be posting more Halloween and Autumn decor ideas in the following weeks.
Craft on!
Becky

WOOHOO! Another Term with Robin's Nest DT!

TODAY I GET TO SPILL THE GREAT NEWS! I was selected for another term on the Robin's Nest Design Team! Woohoo! Congratulations to the whole team, jump on over to the Robin's Nest Blog: Chattering Robins for their announcement and meet the entire team.

SHARING MY DT PROJECT AGAIN.

As promised! Here is my finished table setting for Christmas using lots of gorgeous
Robin's Nest papers.



I gave you a sneak peek last week of the place-mat.

Robin's Nest Supplies:
PAPER!!!!! Red Snowflakes, Black and White Holly, Glitter Snow Covered Trees (I used the pseudo solids on the reverse sides), Glitter Silver on Creme Swirl.

Other supplies: fine art glitter, Cricut "Joys of the Season" Poinsettia and Holly, "Celebrations" confetti, stickles: crimson and gold, sewing machine w/ gold metallic thread, decorating chalks, red fine art glitter (tulip), Canson Drawing Paper 14x17", dark green card stock, Spellbinders Holly border die S5-056, white duck tape, Elmer's spray adhesive, iridescent art glitter.

Here is the angel. She's an altered doll! I made her top out of white duck tape, the wings are many small pieces of white cardstock rounded like feathers and glued in layers. Then I sprayed each wing with adhesive and covered with iridescent art glitter. Her waist band is made of Glitter Silver on Creme Swirl. embellished with a layered poinsettia like the ones on the napkin rings and place mats. The skirt is white paper with waves of glue and art glitter with a holly border.



NAPKIN RINGS: 1 1/5" strip of white card stock embellished with green Holly Border and a large poinsettia. (directions below)



PLACE CARDS: 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" white card stock folded with a layer of Red Snowflakes, and another layer of white with a large holly leaf and berries (directions below).


Directions:
1. The poinsettia is 5" (green card stock), 4" (Black and White Holly), 3" (Red Snowflakes), cut off the leaves of the 2 red layers, assemble and then outline the edges with glue and add fine art glitter. These were used on the place mats and napkin rings. The angel has a smaller identical set: 3 1/2, 2 1/2" and 1 1/2".

2. The holly is cut from Black and White Pine Tree paper (back side), make sure to cut one with the "FLIP" on so it's a mirror image. Make the berries red w/ stickles. These were used on the place mats and name cards.

3. I actually adhered the "confetti" (Black and White Holly) to the background, then stitched in gold, some straight stitch over the confetti and then zig zag around the border. Then attached the poinsettia and holly as shown.

Thanks for visiting BC Designs blog, please stop by the Robin's Nest Blog: Chattering Robins for lots of inspiration and project ideas!

Cheers!
Becky

Duetica.com: "Live Simply" Canvas Art

I made this Tuesday 8/16 to brighten my mood, it's been raining and chilly here for 2 days!
Be sure to visit duetica.com for ideas and inspiration.

Duetica Fonts: DT Mandolyn-2-A00

Other Supplies:
6x6 wrapped canvas
Acrylic paint -lime green, pale yellow, brown, tan
metal butterfly (old Home Interiors & Gifts)
cream mulberry paper
Alcohol Ink-Adirondak Stream, Denim (Ranger)
Ice stickles (Ranger)
fabric flowers - Teters
Brass Charm - unknown
Flower Soft for center of flowers
Xyron sticker maker

I first painted the canvas, blending both green and yellow. The title is printed onto mulberry paper, then moistened around the edges and torn. I use the Xyron to adhere it to the canvas, then stippled the background with both yellow and green paint to help soften edges of the paper. The branches are hand painted and random. Attach flowers, the colorful centers, and the charm. I pounced alcohol ink onto the metal butterfly, let dry and attach with glue. The title is highlighted with a very small amount of stickles.

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