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Halloween Tag day 7 of 31 days

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I was super busy with errands and with a little bundle of joy on its her way next month, it seems like I am getting busier. Today I have a tag with poison bottles and skulls. I enjoyed playing around with the new Tim Holtz stamps and of course using the skull stamp. The skull stamp is my favorite one.

The poison bottle tag I wanted to give the feel of being careful of medication they might not be what they seem. I used mostly Ranger product and I just enjoyed making this tag.

Happy Haunting,

Halloween Tag

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It was a busy Sunday for me and getting use to posting everyday can be a little difficult. However I do have my tag. I decided to do a mini spider Halloween tag in a frame. I wanted something that I can use my many mini frames I have gotten at Michael’s and to display on my counter. I don’t know why I have not done more of them. It seems if it does not have glitter it looks boring, hehe.

I used Tim Holtz products with a Martha Stewart punch. I enjoyed using my mini frames and I used the Boo to hide the spider behind. I was hoping to make it seem like a little window to peek into.

Happy Haunting,

Loren

Day 5 of 31 Days of Halloween Tags

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It might be Saturday but the tags still keep coming and with more glitter. One of my favorite things to use is foil paper. I embossed the foil paper once it was placed on the tag and ta-da! You something metal looking. I hope you are all having a good weekend!

Happy Haunting,

Day 4 of 31 days of Halloween Tags

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Its day four of 31 days of Halloween tags and I decided to do a little bit of Dias de los Muertos tag today. Its weird but I can’t stop using my glitter! I might need help, hehe. I hope you are all enjoying the hop. Thank you everyone for the lovely comments and encouragement.

I do love my purple glitter. I don’t know about you but at times I feel like the tag is not finished and that is how I am feeling about this one. I might go back and change a few things. However, I hope you all still like it.

Happy Haunting,

31 Days of Halloween Tag day 3

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Its day three of 31 days of Halloween tags and I have a pumpkin for you this time around! I am having a blast making this beauties every night. Making tags helps me release my stress and get my little man likes getting involved. He loves to distress my tags. Maybe I’ll post one of his tags some time. Of course this tag was made with ranger products and how I love to use them.

I hope you are all liking and are getting inspired by them. Thank you for stopping by.

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31 Days of Halloween 2013 Wicked Blog Roll
Terra
Black Dragon
Kapree
Shell
Kristy
Susan
Helen
Loren
Alison
Kelli
De Stempelwinkel
Monique
Karen
Airless Chambers
Jane
Jennifer
Emily
Lisa
Lyneen
Wendy
Altered Pages Art Sociates
Leslierahye
Delicious Doodles
Roni
Shoni
Jenn
DominoART
Jessica
Sandy
Carolyn
Carla
Julia
Steph
Trisha
Brigitte
Lisa
Anna
Happy Haunting, Loren

Book Folding Origami & Halloween Tag #2

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Its has been a while since I have posted a book folding tutorial. I have been trying to figure out more interesting book folding techniques. So I took to the internet and I found someone who actually had a technique and has made a PDF file which you can purchase. I learned how to make words with the pages! Want to see what I did?

Can you tell what it says? I did not say I have master it yet. I am going to try to give it one more try and see if my second attempt is better. I think I did not use enough pages to spell Halloween.

If you want to see the tutorial I tried click here. It super easy to read. Now for the fun! I have Halloween tag #2 for 31 days of Halloween. I decided to use owls for this tag and bling.

I love using frames for my tags. I am not a big fan of glitter but I think this add that extra something especially when it purple, hehe.

Happy Haunting’s! Loren

31 days of Halloween Tags of 2013

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Its that time again! I am participating in 31 days of Halloween tags and super excited to share all the creepy goodness I have in stored to for you this year. I am not the only one participating so make sure to stop by the other blogs listed below for more wonderful Halloween inspiration.

If you missed last years tags don’t worry, go on the side bar I have a short video on all my 31 Halloween tags of 2012.

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15 Halloween Inspired Crafts!

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I started Halloween early this year and I already have over 15 Halloween inspired crafts. If you need a little bit of inspiration you have come to the right place. I have creepy Spider Mason Jar to evil Hocus Pocus shadow box spell book. So if you missed anything this past month then come over and take a look at all the scary things I have for you.

It can’t be Halloween without some Mason Jars! I made creepy spider and eyeball Mason Jar globes!

Click here for tutorial.

Do you ever wonder how to make a Halloween bow then don’t look any further than here!

Covering your cabinet this holiday season is super easy to do with fabric come over and take a look.

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Have you ever wondered how to cover wooden letter with burlap fabric? Then I have the perfect tutorial for you! Click here

You can’t have Halloween with out making a creepy Halloween Skeleton Fairy shadow box book! Click here to see how it came to life.

I discovered that I can transfer a stamped image unto a candle! So use your favorite stamp for this creative way to stamp a candle! Click here for the DIY.

Chalkboard paint is almost everyone’s favorite thing to do! I used my chalkboard paint on 97 cent skulls from Wal-Mart! Click here for my super easy tutorial this Halloween.

You remember all does bows I made well I use them to make a creepy skeleton wreath!

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If you are thinking in having a Halloween party this season you have to have a scary flower center piece right? Well then I made one that will make your eye pop! Click here to see the my eyeball flowers!

When you say Halloween one of the things you think of is pumpkins and I have a black butterfly studded pumpkin just for the occasion. Click here for the tutorial.

If you want to have a unique candy bowl this year try your hand on making wire baskets!

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I also made a Hocus Pocus inspired spell book shadow box to hold my special Halloween tags. Come a take a pick inside here.

If you are looking for Halloween inspired silhouettes for you home then try mine! They are free to download here.

Bunting? I did not know what it was until very recently and now I can’t get enough of it. Look at what I did with Halloween inspired fabric!

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I hope you enjoyed a full month full of Halloween inspired crafts but wait I still have a few more coming soon. Happy Haunting’s!

Halloween Inspired Hocus Pocus Eyeball Spell book Tutorial

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Its Halloween and who does not like a good spell book that can look into your soul and tell you your darkest secrets! My leather bound eye book was the inspiration of the Hocus Pocus book of spells. I love its leathery look with its one eye watching the holder of its evil spells.

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If you remember my other shadow box Halloween book of skeleton fairy its pretty much almost the same way to make. Click here see the tutorial. The only difference is that you won’t need to paint it black or add the skeleton to it. Instead you use and eye which I found a bag for 99 cent at Michael’s.

Once you have glued on the Kraft paper to the shadow box book leave extra patch of paper in the center of the book to cut it open and add your eyeball. I cut the eyeball in half so it does not pop out to far.

Once its dry you will need to distress it with gathered twigs.

Use a blending tool color the entire spell book.

Someone is staring at you!

Now that you had a blast distressing, its time to seal the ink. I really wanted the kraft paper to look leathery and using Claudine Hellmuth Studio multi-medium matte it gave that effect. I covered the book with the medium and let it dry.

You can applied it with a brush a little at time.

The inside of the book I wanted to store my 2012 Halloween tags. I covered the inside of the shadow box with scrapbook like my previous book. I added a I. D wire retractable to hang the tags on the inside of the shadow book. I crazy glued one end in the inside of the book and other other end to the inside of the cover.