Circular Halloween

 

Use Crafters Companion 'Spring Blooms' die set to make the base for this spooky card

I bought the 'Spring Blooms' die set by Crafters companion at a local craft fair recently, knowing that it could have several uses. So, this week I wanted to show you that a spring die could be used to make an autumn card.

This die set has several bits to it, but the two main die pieces make a circle for the centre of a base card. But instead of using the flowery part of the die piece, I just used the stringy part twice to create a circle. I thought it worked well for a Halloween card as to me it looks slightly spooky as it is irregular cut outs.

I used a small Cuttlebug Halloween die that I have had for years to cut the little characters on my card. You can use any stamp, die or punches to make your Halloween characters to decorate the card.

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Mummy Box

 

Make this cute Mummy Halloween pillow gift box from black and white card

I made a bat halloween box a couple of years back (click here if you missed it) and thought I'd have a go at another halloween pillow box this year - this time it's mummy!

I used a sizzix pillow box die but you can use any pillow box die you have or download my template - see the link in the 'you will need section'.

It's basically a black pillow box and then it is wrapped in paper strips - maybe you are a neater crafter than me, but I got very sticky doing this one, so make sure your crafting surface is covered to protect it. 

Luna my dog decided to join me in my make this week - she's so cute but doesn't lay still very often - too nosey! So I thought I'd add her photo so you can see what I have to contend with when crafting - she may look like she is asleep but as soon as I try to run something through my sizzix machine, shes batting it with her paw!

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Owl Card

 

How to make this cute shaped owl card

I love shaped cards - so this week I show you how to make a cute owl shaped card. You can use your favourite patterned papers too, to create the owls feather tummy. As it only needs small amounts of patterned paper it's a great way to use up your scraps too.

I wonder with halloween coming up if you could turn it into a spooky owl by making it in purple, black and orange colours. I feel that this card could be used for anyone and for any occasion just depending on what colours you use. You could even add a mortarboard to make it a graduation card. 

 
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Halloween Bat Box

 

Make these fab bat pillow gift boxes out of just black and white card

It will soon be Halloween so this week I show you how to make these cute bat gift boxes. They are made from an A4 sheet of black card and a small amount of white card. You can then fill them with sweets and gift them.

I will attach a link so you can download a template in order to cut out your bat shapes by hand. However if you have a silhouette machine, send me a message via my contact me page (here) and I will email you a file that your machine can cut out.

I made a lot of these for my work colleagues and filled them with Hero chocolates. I can't imagine the chocolates lasted long but they said the boxes were so cute that they would bring them out again next year and refill them!

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