Halloween-a-thon: Interrupted part 2

Okay, here are the two pix that wouldn't fit in the last post.

To see the rest of the ornaments and the finished Halloween tree, scroll down. Thanks for looking!

Halloween-a-thon: Interrupted

So, I actually had this project finished and photographed by Wednesday evening, but I had to work late yesterday and didn't feel like blogging it. Still, I can't believe I actually posted 12 days in a row--I think that's a record for me!

Today's post is a project I actually planned since I saw THIS blogger's post last year. Unfortunately, by the time I realized I had to do it, all the MS Glow-in-the-Dark glitter had been snapped up. Luckily they offered it again this year.

What you do is take those glass balls that you can get from Mike's or Hobby Lobby. Take the top off and pour in a little Future Floor Wax (I think it's actually called Pledge with Future now). Swirl it all around the inside of the ball and use a paper funnel to dump in some of the awesome glowing glitter (it really does glow in the dark--my son had to take it into the closet to make sure LOL) and shake it all around until the inside of your ball is coated with glitter.

Then I used my Cricut to cut some Halloween images out of black vinyl.

I painted a cool stick from my back yard black, stuck it in some florist's foam in a black plastic cauldron that I got from the Halloween store. I got some purple LED lights from Wal-mart and wound them around the tree,

The scary critters were all cut from the October 31 cartridge, and the spooky words are cut from Happy Hauntings.

Here is the finished product! Blogger wouldn't let me put all my pix in one post, so the last two are in the next post. I love how this turned out! Thanks for dropping by.

Halloween-a-thon Day 12: Wish shoe a Happy Halloween

So, another Cricut card to show you today! This is from Happy Hauntings, cut at 4". All the DP is last year's SU. The ribbon is from Mike's--it matches much better IRL, I promise you!

I plan to do a computer-generated greeting--"Wish shoe a Happy Halloween!" Have a great day! Thanks for looking!

Halloween-a-thon Day 11: Jack-o-lantern Card

Ha! Bet you thought I gave up on my self-challenge to post every day in October! Truth is, I almost did LOL! But that would be silly when the Cricut makes it sooo easy to create stuff. So here is today's entry--quick-n-easy!

I used the Wrap It Up cartridge, the card feature, cut at 4.25" high. I used my Gypsy to make sure my layers fit. CS is Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, and Old Olive. And I had fun with embossing folders, as you can see!

Here is the inside. Stamp is retired SU. I love how this turned out! Well, off to make some more cards with my Cricut--have a great day!

Halloween-a-thon Day 10: Halloween Cupcakes

Emily had her bestie, Sunnie, over for a sleepover on Friday night, and she had wanted to make Halloween cupcakes.

Here they are mixing the cake batter.

Sunnie getting ready to put her cupcakes in the oven.

I put orange food coloring in the frosting. Unfortunately I bought the "fun-fetti" type, so our jack-o-lantern cupcakes look all pimply and warty!

They used cut-up green gumdrops for the stems and mini chocolate chips for the features. Isn't Emily the cutest little ham ever?

And here is the finished product! Awesome!

Halloween-a-thon Day 9: If Mummy ain't happy, ain't NObody happy

Here is a picture of my DH wearing a Halloween T-shirt I made for him. He, better than anyone, knows the truth of the title of this post! I used my Cricut to cut out the mummy image from freezer paper. Then I ironed the negative image onto the T-shirt as a stencil and used a foam brush to apply glow-in-the-dark fabric paint. I used criss-cross brush strokes to mimic a mummy's bandages.

Freezer paper is great for this sort of thing, and it's cheap!

I think this project turned out pretty cute, and the model's not bad either! Thanks for stopping by today!

Halloween-a-thon Day 8: Candy Bar Pull Up Treats

I made these treats for my co-workers. It's a Hershey bar in a cute little wrap. You can find the tutorial for this HERE. These are very easy to make with SU's Jumbo Wheels. I used Haunting and Spooky Skyline, both retired. The tag frame is from a retired set that goes with the curly label punch--the stamp has a 'thank you " in it, but I just used a marker to get the frame only. The sentiment is from the current set, Wicked Cool. CS colors are So Saffron, Tangerine Tango, Wisteria Wonder, and Elegant Eggplant.

I actually made two of each one.

I added highlights to each of these with a Spica pen, but of course you can't tell it in the photo.

I love SU's wheels. They are great for doing stuff in bulk because they are very fast. I'll probably be showing you more projects using wheels this month. Hope you're having a great October so far!