Halloween Treat Jar Tutorial

 

I love canning jars.  They're perfect for so many things!  I use them as drinking glasses, flower vases, organizers... and today I'll show you how you can use them to package your Halloween treats.

For this project, I'm using Studio Calico's new Halloween stamp set - in both the acrylic & digital form.  The digi stamps work really well with digital die cutters & I'm using the skull & cross bones image along with my Silhouette.

Open the png file & trace the image.  Once traced, select the image, click on the "Object" tab & then scroll down to select "Release Compound Path."  This allows you to separate the main skull & cross bone image from the outline.

The picture below shows the separated images.  The cut lines on the left are for the outline (which will be cut from black vinyl) and the cut lines on the right are for the main image (which will be cut from white vinyl.)

 

After you cut each image, remove the excess vinyl.

 Apply transfer tape over each piece.

 

Apply the black vinyl first & remove the transfer tape.

 Carefully align the white vinyl & apply.

 I always like to dress up the jar lid a bit.  Use the lid as a template & trace & cut out a circle from patterned paper.  (This paper is from The Underground Card Kit.)

 Use the images from the Halloween stamp set to create a tag.  I used a roller date stamp to add a little detail & stamped the word "poison" using Orange County ink.

 These Halloween Oreos are just too cute!  I'm hoping that by packaging them in a spooky jar that my boys won't eat them all.  ;)

 I used the orange twine from the card kit to tie the Evidence tag in place.

These would make adorable gifts for teachers, coworkers & friends (or just keep if for yourself!)  The whole process is really quick & I love the results. I hope you give it a try!

Lawn Fawn: Hoppy Halloween

Today the Lawn Fawn team is showcasing the new mini set Hoppy Halloween.  If anyone can make Halloween look cute, Lawn Fawn can!  :)

I love the little carrot image that's included in the set!  And that bunny looks too sweet to spook anyone.  I paired this set with Lawn Fawn's Chevron Backdrops set & added color with Stickles.  (Yes.  I admit it.  I still own Stickles.  lol!  They're perfect for when my youngest wants to craft with me... and when a chevron needs jazzed up!)

Make sure to visit the Lawn Fawn blog for even more inspiration & for your chance to win this set and ALL of the sets from this release!

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New Silhouette Cameo - Halloween Treats

I know Halloween is right around the corner, but it's felt like Christmas lately in the Campbell household!  And that, my friends, is because I am the proud owner of the new Silhouette Cameo die cutting machine!!!

I've only had the Cameo in my hot little hands for a few days, but I am already head-over-heels in love with this thing!  I am going to be doing a complete review on this die cutter really soon, but for now, I wanted to show you a project I whipped out this morning.

I was doing a little blog surfing this morning and came upon a really fun tutorial by my fellow Go-to Gal Betsy Veldman.  She is such a clever little thing & today she made adorable treat cones made from a die by Papertrey Ink.  Well... I don't happen to own this particular die & I really wanted to try out Betsy's idea... and that's when the lightbulb came on!  With my new Silhouette machine, I can design and create my own die cut shapes!

So... here's what I did:  I opened my Silhouette software (it's a free download) and pulled in a decorative journaling image that I had downloaded from Two Peas. (the teal image on the top left)

To create my cone die cut, I used just the top of the journaling image & drew lines to create the shape that I wanted.  Then I turned the image on its side to best fit on my cutting mat. You can see what my finished image looked like below:

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I used the same journaling image to create my "treats" panel.  I added text to the inside & cut onto black cardstock.  I cut a second journaling image (stretched it a bit to enlarge) from orange cardstock & added glitter.

The spiderweb is a file that came standard with my Silhouette software!  Most files are 99 cents, but there are a lot of files built into the program to get you started.  I re-sized a couple of spiderwebs and cut them out of cream patterned paper.  I am so amazed at how EASY this machine is to use!

I love that you can use your own fonts to create die cut words!  The word "treats" is from the font AR Christy & can be downloaded for free HERE.

 I punched a slit in the top of the cone & tied on a bit of tulle.  Now I just need to fill up my treat cone with Halloween goodies & hang it on the door!

Thanks so much for visiting!  I have a feeling there will be many more Silhouette tutorials to come!  :)

Too Cute To Spook

Here is a card I made recently for the Garden Girl gallery at Two Peas.  I was trying to come up with a sentiment for it, and after looking at this group of ghosties, I knew just what to do.  They really ARE too cute to be spooky in any way.  They remind me of Casper the Friendly Ghost from when I was a kid.  :)

I came up with a good little trick for creating cheek color with Copics!  Instead of coloring directly onto my image, I dabbed a bit of marker onto my pinkie & then quickly pressed it onto their cheeks.  Voila!  Your finger is dyed for a couple of days, but at least it's a pretty color.  ;)

The word "spook" was originally black, but it kind of got lost in the background, so I topped it with sparkly orange glitter.

Here are the products I used for my card:

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