Altered Composition - Hocus Pocus inspired - Spell Book with Hangman

I am super excited to bring to you today my Hocus Pocus inspired Spell Book with Hangman page saver. I've been wanting to create this for a very long time. I recently found an amazing designer,  Dave Lowe, and I have started following his blog. He creates so many different and interesting things, especially inexpensive things. I took his Old Creepy Books design and interpreted it to suit my Spell Book.

I covered the entire book with the watered down clear glue and crinkled paper towels all over it. Let it dry over night.

I painted the entire book with the blush craft paint and then brown craft paint.

I then marked the suede paper with red and brown sharpie markers, cut the suede paper, and then stitched the paper with the hemp cord. I glued the Styrofoam ball to the book. Covered the front of the book with watered down clear glue and began to lay the suede paper down. Let that dry. Then I applied some watered down brown and blush craft paint. I then attached the eye lash.

Finally I added my Hangman page saver. I did actually watch a YouTube video to create my noose around my hangman and was pleasantly surprised how easy it was...scary! I am so please with the way this project turned out and I hope you like it too!

This is what he looks like saving my page:

I will be using this "Spell Book" as a sketch book for future ideas.

I used these items to create my Spell Book:

• Composition Book (unused from my daughter's last school year)
• Paper towels
• Clear glue (watered down)
• Sponge brush
• Suede looking pattern paper (to look like skin)
• Brown and Blush craft paint (watered down)
• Red and brown Sharpie markers (cut skin)
• Hemp Cord (stitches)
• Styrofoam ball (cut to create eye lid)
• fake eye lash
• Jute twine (hangman's noose)
• Plastic skeleton (Halloween decoration)

I am entering my Hocus Pocus inspired Spell Book with Hangman page saver in the following challenge at Haunted Design House - HDH #168 - Hangman's Handiwork.

Spooky Skeleton ATC

Another post for today and it is this Spooky Skeleton ATC.  Ok, so it might not be spooky, maybe it's a little cute, I'll admit it.  This was so much fun to make.

Above you can see the little face is layered with some foam squares and even the pumpkin bucket the skeleton is carring is puffed up with a foam square.  I think my favorite part though is the tiny google eyes in the "O O's."

 

 

I used these items to create this ATC:

•  Black, orange, and white cardstock
•  Wooden stamps from Michael's $1.00 bin (I think last year)
•  Misc. Halloween stickers
•  Google eyes
•  Black square brads
•  Foam squares

I am entering this ATC in the following challenges:

•   Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes -with the optional extra to use a non square base card or project. - open til 9/10
•  Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge #48 - Black and White with One other Color - open til 9/11
•  DL ART - Thankful Thursday - 1000 Post - Linky Party - open til 9/30
•  Getting Cricky - Simply Sunday Challenge - Happy Fall Y'all - open til 9/30

Bone Buddies in a Boneyard

The Halloween season is upon us yet once again and it's my favorite time of year!  I was originally creating this card for a particular challenge but I missed it...oh well!  I am though going to enter this card in a couple of other challenges and they are:

• Whimsical Wednesdays - Anything Goes
• Forever Night Challenges- Freaky Friday Challenge #11 - Anything Goes
• Paper Cutz Challenge #111 "Shake, Rattle and Roll" - Make a card, LO, or craft project for Halloween with a hand stamped, digital stamped, or Cricut cut image of skeleton or a scull and crossbones, BUT make it CUTE and NOT SPOOKY!
• Craft Your Passion Challenge #79 - ANYTHING GOES - with a TWIST...RIBBON!!!
• Cooking With Cricut Challenge #54 Anything Goes
• My Craft Spot Monday Challenge #28 Too Cute To Spook - create a cute Halloween project

I used these items to create this card:

• Design Studio
• Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge - for the skeletons, one of the gravestones, the grass and the Witch
• Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridge - for 2 of the gravestones
• George and Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge - for the moon
• white ink - to marblize the gravestones
• ribbon - for the the banner the witch is flying
• star stickers
• foam squares - to give layers to the grass


Here's a look at the inside:

I used these items for the inside:

• Martha Stewart corner punch
• Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge - for the gravestone
• misc. Halloween stickers
• clear stamps

Thanks for looking and I hope you enjoyed my Bone Buddies!!!