Great Impressions-Halloween Decorations!

Hello Everybody!

Happy Halloween! This week at the Great Impressions Blog everyone has been sharing their Halloween decorations using Great Impressions Stamps.  And now it is my turn! :)

This lil' pumpkin can stand alone or with a few more pumpkins.

I love making this pumpkins.  There are different sizes but I made the smallest.  You take a heavier scrapbook sheet 12X12 and cut it in half (6 inches).  Then you cut strips 5/8 wide.  (I always have to google a calculator to figure this out.  Then you hole punch each strip on each side.  Then you put a brad on each side.  The sides start to bend, and you fan out the strips.

This is a circle stamp here-and I turned it into a spider.  I drew some legs on it and gave it blue eyes.

Here are the goodies to go inside.  So this little guy is double duty-a decoration and a gift vessel!

Here is another picture of the pumpkin.

One more picture.  I used some tulle for the leaves and bendy wire thread for the vines.  I used the following stamps: E551 Too cute Pumpkins (I fussy cut one out from the pair), C406 Little Ghost, A134 Halloween Greetings, and E645 Retro Circles.

To get better directions you can view this Graphic 45 video.  :)

You can check us out on Facebook and on Pinterest! And a new challenge starts on Sunday so be sure to check out November's theme! :)

Have a Halloween! Until next time my friends...keep craftin'! :)

Unique Laser Designs Vase Accents

Hello Everybody!

I am so excited to share this project with y'all.  It's my turn to make a project at Unique Laser Designs so I made these vase accents using ULD's wood pieces.

My vases started out like this.  I bought them each for 50 cents at a garage sale.  (Score!)  You can use a wine bottle, different shaped vases, whatever you have on hand that needs a little love.  These are both.  

I covered one with jute.  I bought a big spool of it at my big box craft store.  On the lighter colored vase I used butchers twine.  For the jute one I started off with a hot glue gun.  Do use caution with a hot glue gun!  Then I would use a general craft glue.  I alternated between the 2.  For the other vase I used less hot glue gun and more general craft glue.  It's a bit time intensive but the reward is so worth it.   

When I figured out I wanted to make jute covered vases, I knew they would need something more.  When I saw this heart and key I knew it would be perfect.  I used silver embossing powder on the key.  For the heart I just diluted some red brick distress ink and painted it on.  I love the decoration on the heart and didn't want to hide it.  

And here is a close up of the gears accent.  I love these gears (can you tell?)  I used copper, platinum, and gold embossing powders on the gears.  I glued them together with Fabri-Tac glue by Beacon.  

Here is each vase separately.  These accents are so cool because you can change them out.  So when you see a new design at Unique Laser Designs you can get it and know exactly where you will put it!  :)

Sometimes I have a hard time knowing how big something is online.  So these vases are about 7 and half inches tall.

Ok-now let me tell you that I do not have strong floral skills.  LOL!  This extends into the garden also, but that is a story for a different day.  

But I did want to show the vase holding flowers-just so you know it works.  :)

I am linking up these vases to Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge #7 Ribbon, Lace, and Twine Oh My!  The Challenge is to use ribbon, lace, twine, yarn, etc on your project.  I used jute and butcher's twine.

Thank you for stopping by today!  Until next time my friends...what will you make with your Unique Laser Design pieces?  :)