Category Archives: Halloween

more Treats!!!!!

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Connie Mercer

Hi everyone~Connie here with a super cute treat to make for all your special “peeps”!! The paper is by October Afternoon (Cakewalk) and the orange pumpkins (made with an oval punch) are from the Party Games paper sheets and tags collection. Also used are the Bingo Craft cards (orange) and the Family Fun Collection.

The treat bag was simple and fun to make. I used a vintage sandwish bag (made out wax paper) to hold my treats!!! Have a fun and a safe Halloween~

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A Spooky Invitation…

Posted on October 23, 2012 by vintagestreetmarket

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Are you planning a Halloween party this year? Or, just inviting a few friends over for dinner? No matter the size of your Halloween gathering, why not make it special for your guests? And, start with a spooky invitation…

Supplies Used:

G45 Halloween Greetings, Soot Tinted Tape, Numbers Tinted Tape, Bingo Craft Cards, vintage buttons, Platinum Stickles, Black Shimmer Alphas, Vintage Tape Measure, May Arts lace ribbon, Making Memories glassine envelopes

I really enjoy cards with lots of layers, and the G45 Halloween Greetings has so many images, I can make several cards out of it. For this image, I trimmed around the moon with an exacto knife, and tucked in a Bingo Craft Card. I put “BOO” on the card with glittery alpha stickers and trimmed the moon with platinum stickles. Just even a little glitter really adds a nice contrast to the rest of the card. The numbers from the vintage tape measure, Bingo Card and Numbers Tinted Tape also work well together.

Ok, now onto the really fun part, and a bit interactive. Your guest needs to work a teeny bit to get the scoop about your party! I found a flashlight image, and adhered it to a pale yellow/ivory sheet of cardstock. I then trimmed around the image, and left enough of the cardstock to create a beam of light. A mini glassine envelope is the perfect storage for this flashlight.

To create the party details, I stamped a fill- in- the- blank invite (using Black Staz On ink) onto a transparency, and layered that over black cardstock. Numbers Tinted Tape holds it all in place. With a fine black Sharpie, I will fill in the party details. But against the black cardstock, this information will be difficult to read. The party guest will need to pull out the flashlight, and slide it between the transparency and black cardstock in order to shed some light on the subject!

I also recently did this trick for my son’s birthday Spy Party-it was a huge hit! The parents enjoyed it too.

Whether one guest or 20, make it special!

Have a happy day!
Michelle

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Happy Haunting…

Posted on October 12, 2012 by Keri

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Halloween is one of my kids’ favorite times of the year…lucky for me, they enjoy the cutesy/vintage style for this holiday just like I do!

For our Spooky Party invites this year, here’s what I created:

Here’s a bit about some of the details here…I created the little mask for the Family Fun paper doll by layered Tinted Tape over plain cardstock, then cutting out a little mask shape, using a small hole punch for the eyes.

Second, a fun crepe paper technique. I punch a small circle from the polka-dot paper, then put a small square of the crepe paper behind it loosely. Using the cap of a marker, I pushed the crepe paper through the punched circle to create a cool little 3D effect. I finished off the little circles with a little wrap of Twirly Twine around each.

Happy Haunting!

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Halloween Treat Bag and Thinking of You Card

Posted on October 9, 2012 by HBlankenship

Halloween Treats & Charms

Posted on September 30, 2012 by vintagestreetmarket

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Happy October!!!
As soon as the leaves start changing, my creativity swings into full holiday gear. Just love this time of year! Here are a few special projects I plan on creating more of this Halloween season.

These charms, when attached to a ballchain, will make a great seasonal necklace! However, this year, I’m planning on giving some of these to friends to hang from their car’s rearview mirror…a bit of mobile decor!

And they are so quick and easy, maybe you’ll be inspired to make one for your car too!

Supplies:

Ranger Inkssentials Memory Frame

Ranger Inkssentials Memory Glass

Classic Halloween Seals

Vintage Ephemera

Garment Pins

Vintage Jingle Bells

Precision Scissors

Hinge Clips

STEP 1: Adhere vintage seal to vintage paper. Using glass as a guide, position glass over image, and trim around the glass edge with scissors.

STEP 2: Sandwich image between glass and insert into frame. Clip frame together.

STEP 3: Thread a garment pin through a vintage jingle bell and attach onto hinge clip. Tie ribbon to hinge clip.

STEP 4: Attach hinge clip to top of memory frame.

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These treat containers will be perfect party favors for our annual pumpkin carving party! Fortunately, these are also super easy to make.

Supplies:

Black Twirly Twine

Garment Pin

Peat pot

Black crepe

Stapler

Black ribbon

Classic Halloween Seals

Vintage ephemera

Black shimmer alphas

Platinum Stickles

Orange Fringe

Halloween Cardstock stickers

Glue gun

2 inch circle punch

STEP 1: With the glue gun, run a strip of glue along one side of peat pot. Quickly crimp and press crepe strip into glue (does not need to be even folds. The more uneven the better actually). Repeat for the additional sides. For decorative purposes and to secure folds, add staples. Add black ribbon bow around center of pot.

STEP 2: To create tag, adhere halloween seal to vintage book paper and punch out circle. Add “BOO” title. Punch another circle from cardstock and adhere to the book paper circle. Trim rim with stickles. Let dry, then punch hole to top of tag. Attach garment pin and attach to treat bag with Black Twirly Twine.

This treat container was made with orange fringe. Fold the fringe strip in half and adhere to peat pot as above. Staple to keep in folded position and add a black bow.