Hello everyone and welcome to the September Control Freaks Blog Tour Featuring Halloween Projects! I’m on a plane at the moment on my way to see a very good friend. Nothing like posting from 30,000 feet! If you are following the tour you should have arrived here from my good friend and very talented stamper Sandy Mathis’ blog. Her projects were just amazing weren’t they?!?! I have two fun and different projects for you this month. A nifty Halloween Wreath and a fun Halloween clock! Yes… a clock!
First up I have my Wreath. I was in a store the other day and I saw this pre-packaged halloween wreath and I thought well I can make that with my Stampin’ Up! goodies so that’s exactly what I did! For the backing of the wreath I cut out a piece of Basic Black Card Stock with my Circles Collection Framelits Dies. The cones are made from 12 sheets of Witches’ Brew Designer Series Paper cut in 4″ x 4″ squares. Out came the hot glue gun and after about two full sticks my cones were assembled and glued to the base. The center of the wreath is a piece of Basic Gray, again cut out with the Circles Framelits, and a rosette made from some more Witches’ Brew DSP. A piece of Summer Starfruit cut out with the Labels Collection Framelits Dies and pierced with the Festive Paper-Piercing Pack is the backing for the stamps. Both of the stamps are from the Halloween Bash Stamp Set, the Pumpkin Pie one is cut out with the Decorative Label Punch and the Basic Black one with the Scallop Oval Punch. They are all adhered to one another with Stampin’ Dimensionals. A pretty neat take on a wreath that you can make larger just by changing the dimensions of your squares!
My second project is a really fun one. I was inspired when I was meandering through one of the local craft stores and happened down the clock aisle. I thought wouldn’t it be fun to make a Halloween clock?! For the base of the clock I used my Circles Collection Framelits to cut out a piece of Coaster Board and a piece of Witches’ Brew Designer Series Paper. I glued them to each other using Multi-Purpose glue and used my Paper Snips to make the hole in the middle for the movement to go through. The numbers are from the ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers Stamp Set and are stamped in Pumpkin Pie and punched out with the 7/8″ Scallop Circle Punch. All of the other stamped images and greeting are from the Halloween Hello Stamp Set and are stamped in Pumpkin Pie too. I used my Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Markers to color in the candy corn and adhered everything to the clock face with Stampin’ Dimensionals. I really love the way the greeting spins around the center and the candy makes it’s way around the clock face too!
So what do you think?!?! A little different and fun huh?! I really hope that you enjoyed my projects for this month’s Control Freaks Blog Tour featuring Halloween Projects. Now you are off to see the talented Connie Babbert’s projects. She always has some fun ideas! Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the tour! 🙂
Stampin’ Up! products used:
Wreath:
Card Stock: Basic Black, Basic Gray, Summer Starfruit and Very Vanilla
Designer Series Paper: Witches’ Brew
Ink: Pumpkin Pie and Basic Black Classic Stampin’ Ink
Stamp Set: Halloween Bash Clear Mount
Framelits: Circles Collection and Labels Collection
Punches: Decorative Label and Scallop Oval
Tools: Big Shot, Simply Scored, Festive Paper-Piercing Pack, Paper-Piercing Tool, Hot Glue Gun, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL
Clock:
Card Stock: Very Vanilla
Specialty: Coaster Board
Designer Series Paper: Witches’ Brew
Ink: Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin’ Ink
Stampin’ Write Markers: Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight
Stamp Set: Halloween Hello and ABC-123 Sketch Alphabet & Numbers Clear Mount
Framelits: Circles Collection
Punches: 7/8″ Scallop Circle and 1 1/4″ Scallop Circle
Tools: Big Shot, Paper Snips, Multi-Purpose Glue, Stampin’ Dimensionals and SNAIL
Awesome!!!
Thanks Lisa! 🙂
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Fun projects, that first one would make a beautiful Christmas ornament in some of the Winter Frost dsp. You know my thoughts on Halloween, although you do make it look good. Thanks for sharing your clock too, fantastic work Justin.
Thank you Carolyn! I know you are not much into Halloween but these could definitely be turned into Christmas projects easily! 🙂
OMG!!!! Fantastic, both are just fantastic!!!!!!
Yeah! Thanks Linda! 🙂
WOW! The grand kids would absolutely LOVE making these. Great job Justin.
Thank you very much Grace! 🙂
As always, you think outside the box, Justin. A clock? I love it! I can’t wait to see it in person and see the little candy thing tick around! I love the wreath, too. I’m thinking that by scaling it down you could make ornaments, or a tree topper. Very inspiring projects!
Thank you Sandy! You gotta mix it up! I will bring it with me next time. That’s a good idea with the scaling down for ornaments!
LOVE the wreath!! And that CLOCK??? Ohmygoodness!! SUPER FUN!! 🙂
Thanks you Wendy! 🙂
Wow love the wreath – so cute!
Thank you Lisa! 🙂
WOW….love that clock ! How clever you are !
Have a fun week end with your friend . !!!!!
Thank you Sonny! I’m having a great time so far! 🙂
LOVE IT!!!
Thanks MaryJo!
Terrific! The clock is INSPIRED.
Thanks Diane! The clock was fun! 🙂
The clock is SO creative, Justin! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it! I never would have walked down the clock aisle in my local craft store and thought, hmmmm Halloween is a ticking! Still can’t wait to hear where your plane will land. . .
Thank you so much Crystal! LOL! I have random thoughts all the time! Stay tuned for tomorrow’s post! 🙂
AWESOME!!!!! so outside the box, love them
Thanks Lynne! 🙂
Great projects, Justin! I see a definite CASE! Thanks for sharing these…. 🙂
Thanks Katy! Glad you enjoyed them! 🙂
You outdid yourself with that clock! So clever…..and cute!
Thank you Linda! I will definitely make more clocks! 🙂
Love it, the clock is brilliant.
Thank you Heather! The clock is my fave too! 🙂
awesome!!
Thank you Patty! 🙂
Brill! Almost makes me wish I liked halloween!LOL!
LOL! Thanks Lesley! I never used to like it, but I do now. It’s never too late to have a change of heart! 🙂
Justin, you are such a clever one! Love it!
Enjoy your time with your friend!
Thank you Vicki! I had a great day with Brian! 🙂
I love your products, Does that clock really work? Love the idea.
Seeing your work, all I can say is “Tim H. move over”
Thank you Joyce! Yes, the clock works! I appreciate your visiting! Have a great weekend! 🙂
I love the clock, Justin! It is perfect for October!
Sue Erickson
http://www.soggystamper.com
Thank you very much Sue! Have a good weekend! 🙂
Absolutely genial. Awesome. Love that clock OMG. So out-of-the-box!
Glad you had a great day with Brian. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. 🙂
Thank you Louise! We are having a great time! 🙂
So. Darn. Cute!!
Thank you Patti! 🙂
Wait! This post is from last October? I used the link on this month’s tour! ??? What is going on? Spooky!
Oh, that’s weird! I wonder what happened?!?!