The Glittery Hands Box Sugar Skull Shaker Card

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I have a shaker card to share using the October box from The Glittery Hands. I used the sequins and papers that you receive with the box.

Cover card with orange paper.

Take a nesting die and place two different sized dies inside each other to create a frame.

Hold in place with washi tape.

Cut out 2 or 3 frames from craft foam depending on how thick it is.

Cut out a frame from the skull papers.

Now take the smaller die out and use the larger die to cut out 1 acetate and one patterned shape.

Glue the craft foam frames to the solid base and leave glue to dry.

Fill box with Halloween sequins and glue the acetate top on.

Once dry, glue on the patterned paper frame.

Glue box to card and decorate with paper flowers and small embellishments.

Cut a sentiment out of scrap craft foam and glue it down to finish.

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The Blank Page Muse November Day of the dead skull

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Today you will learn how to turn a plastic Halloween skull into this sugar skull using The Blank Page Muse Stamps

You will need

The Blank Page Muse Day Of The Dead Sugar Skull Stamps

The Blank Page Muse Art Journal Mixed Media Set

Plastic skull

gesso

acrylic paint in assorted colours

Permanent ink pad

tissue paper

larger resin flowers.

Cover the skull i two coats of gesso and then white paint.

Next stamp out the flowers on to tissue paper and then paint then with acrylic paint. Do this on a non stick surface as the paint with go through the tissue a little.

Once flowers have dried, cut them out and adhere to skull using heavy gel medium. Add resin flowers for the eyes.

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The Glittery Hands Box Easy Halloween Tags

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Just sharing my makes from The Glittery Hands Box for October. I made these tags up using the skull die and tags that come with the kit.

Use the die cut to cut out skulls from different colours of craft foam. Pop out the pieces and swap them around to create different colour combinations.

Apply glue to the back of the skulls and glue onto the neon tags.

Add the sequins around the tag and add a sentiment.

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Entered in Lost Coast Designs Challenge 

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Craft Consortium Mixed Media Card Psychedelic Sugar Skull

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I have a funky sugar skull card to share today using the new paper pads by Craft Consortium.

Cover a 5 x 7 card blank with Moroccan patterned paper. 

Use the plain blue sheet from the watercolour pad and cut into a rectangle  approximately 4 x 6, i used a paper cuter to help keep it straight.

Use a large scalloped circle die and cut out one of the patterned papers, glue it to the edge of the card and trim to fit.

Stamp out the sugar skull and colour in using marker pens, i tried to match the colours to the papers.

Add a sentiment using a cutting die and cut the word out using the Duck egg non shedding glitter card

decorate with mini buttons to finish.

Products

The Essential Craft Papers Range

Craft Consortium 12 x 12 Eastern Influences

Craft Consortium 12 x 12  Watercolour Paper Pad

Craft Consortium Always & Forever  Non Shedding Glitter Card Duck Egg

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Remember When Blog Hop

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We are doing a blog hop and the idea is to use something from your stash that is 10 years or more old. So i have chosen the patterned edged scissors which were one of my first craft tools.

Comment on each blog to win a prize:

JustYolie - http://www.justyolie.com/2018/04/remember-when-blog-hop.html?m=1

It's Oddly Appealing https://itsoddlyappealing.blogspot.com/2018/04/remember-when-blog-hop-starts-now.html

Scrappy Cafe - https://scrappycafe.blogspot.com/2018/04/remember-when.html

Keren

http://www.kerentamir.com/remember-when-blog-hop/

Marie Heiderscheit- https://marienicoledesigns.wordpress.com/2018/04/13/remember-when-blog-hop-giveaway

Linda Israel- http://lindaisrael.com/2018/04/14/remember-when-using-retro-art-supplies-for-journal-cards/

Erin Reed - https://scraps-of-reflections.blogspot.com/2018/04/misted-atc-cards-remember-when-blog-hop.html

Anita Scroggins - https://goo.gl/WRGz6V

Katie Lamb https://whatkatiedid2.blogspot.com/2018/04/remember-when-blog-hop.html

Nadine Carlier - https://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com/2018/04/remember-when-blog-hop.html

Susan M. Brown {sbartist} - https://sbartist.blogspot.com/2018/04/going-back-in-cre8time-remember-when.html

Julie https://juliemcguffee.blogspot.com/2010/01/hey-presto.html

Link Party http://www.inlinkz.com/new/view.php?id=774354


Winner
No 16 Lisa M 

I am offering a word stamp from The Blank Page Muse and something i handmade as a prize.

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Cover a 6 x 6 blank with purple paper and then cut a strip from black paper.

Use the deckle edged scissors along the edge and then cut a large rectangle from grey paper. Use the torn edge scissors around the edges and ink with dark red ink.

Grue the black strip to the back of the grey piece and then stick it to the card.

Take a topper and use 3D foam tape to secure it to the edge of the card and then add a sentiment.  

Cover a blank 5 x 7 card with black paper.

Glue lace across the bottom of the card to hide where the paper joins. I used two sheets of 6 x 6 paper so i had to cover the card in two parts.

Cut out a large rectangle from purple paper and use the patterened edged scissors around the edges. Ink it in purple and stick it to the centre of the card.

Cut put a wide strip of patterened paper and use the patterened edged scissors around then glue it down the edge of the purple layer.

Add the topper to the centre and a sentiment to finish

Things to Alter Day of The Dead Shrines

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I made up a few shrines for Dias De Los Muritos using the MDF Shrines from Things to Alter. Day of the Dead is a Mexican celebration of those who have passed on and families will get together to remember them. They create shrines with gifts and food left out for their dead relatives and that is where the sugar skulls come from as these are made out of sugar and given either to Children or left on alters. 

We have a new group just for Things to Alter makes,Tutorials and crafty tips. Here is the link https://www.facebook.com/groups/1784251875124998/

I used a stencil mask and White Modeling Paste to create the embossed background. I then painted over the top in bright colours using Crafters  Acrylic.

I painted the flowers and sugar skull with white gesso before painting on the detail. Use gesso first to stop the paint soaking into the MDF

I then decorated the shrine with lots of flowers

I used gold Dazzling Metallic on the cross and coated it with gesso first

For this one i glued MDF flowers around the skull and decorated the frame with small resin flowers.

The last shrine is actually one of the coffin boxes that i painted up and added modeling paste to the lid. 

I used Metallic Lustre to add color to the flowers and layered them up.

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Gecko Galz Day of The Dead Cards

                                                              Hi all

I am back with a few cards i made using the Gecko Galz Day Of The Dead stamp set. This festival is celebrated between the 31st October and 2nd November and is a tradition that dates back to the Aztecs. During the festival people will leave the favourite foods and possessions of dead loved ones  at their graves and offer prayers in their memory. The festival is mostly recognised by the colourful sugar skulls that are used to decorate homes and shrines. You can find this stamp set here https://www.etsy.com/listing/246249363/day-of-the-dead-digital-stamp-set?ref=shop_home_active_3. They also run a monthly challenge on their facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/654948344560159/

                    I had so much fun colouring these stamps in with the First Edition Markers. The one thing that stood out with the sugar skulls was that they are alway surrounded by colourful flowers something i wanted to use on the cards.

I used Oak House Studio Inks In A Bottle to dye white paper flowers different colours. I Just grabbed the brightest colours i had and spritzed away.

The sugar skulls are usually made from well sugar or as a cookie which is decorated with colourful icing with the name of the departed written on them. The idea is that these are then made as an offering to attract the soul of the departed back to the living. 

                            I don't find them that creepy compared to other skulls

There are 25 digital stamps in a set and for around £4.50 this is really good value and the stamps are all individual so you can print them to any size you need.

I used a few of the free papers that you can download off the Gecko Galz Pinterest board

I used the First Edition Bella Rose pad on this card and used loads of red and white flowers from last year's Christmas collections.

You can colour these with as many colours as you like or stick with a colour theme.

                                                    Thank you for visiting