Halloween Cone Tutorial

Good morning! I going to share a Halloween cone tutorial with you today. The instructions on the photos aren't very clear, so I'll write them underneath too.

Glue a square of paper (not card stock) to a piece of vintage paper.

Draw a quarter circle as shown using something circular as a template.

Have a cup of tea while the glue dries!

Cut out the cone and decorate with stamps.

Bend the cone around something round to break the paper
fibers before forming the cone, otherwise the paper might crack.

Place a piece of strong adhesive, such as Scor Tape, along one of the long edges.

Carefully bring together edges to form a cone. Often there
is a gap at the bottom - it's okay - we can let it go :)

Finish cone as desired with ribbon, trim and doodads.

Halloween Tag

Hi folks,

it's challenge day over at Gingersnap Creations and this month's supply challenge is alcohol inks. I made this little number using stamps from Oxford Impressions and some vintage text using a coffee dyed manila tag for the base.

I finished it off with a metal washer from the hardware store and some satin ribbon. But where is the alcohol ink you ask? I colored the metal washer with two shades of green ink.


Hope you liked it! I'm also entering the tag into the following challenges:

Vicki's challenge #27 - Halloween
Art With No Boundaries - Halloween

Come back tomorrow because I have a Halloween cone with tutorial planned :)

Pears

I was able to play in my stamp room at the weekend and created some faux designer papers (TJ technique Dec 08/Jan 09 newsletter). Here's one of a few that I created:


I heat embossed the solid pear image on cream c/stock and sponged different shades of ink all over the piece. I over stamped with some script and another pear image, then ironed off the embossing powder to create a smooth surface. To create the card, I cut the panel into three strips and sponged around each edge.

Thank you for stopping by!

Ali


Stamps:
Field Notes from Oxford Impressions; Stampers Anonymous; Hero Arts

Glimmery, Shimmery ATCs

We had a taste of Spring in New England today. The sun was shining and the thermometer almost hit 50 degrees. After taking a really long walk along some new trails, I only had a short amount of time to make something. Still on my quest to try some different things this week, I decided upon a couple of ATCs.

The background of the first ATC was created by dabbing a mixture of reinkers and shimmer paint onto a piece of c/stock (Dabbed Shimmers technique - Feb/March '10 edition of TJ newlsetter). Once it was dry, I added the extra step of running it through an embossing folder.

I had an extra image left over from this tag - she's stamped on a vintage bridge score sheet. The word 'faith' and number 12 were cut from a Jenni Bowlin bingo card (love those things!) and a few latte pearls from Amuse finish it off.

I made this orange guy for Think Monday Think ATC, where they challenged readers to create an ATC that is predominantly orange. The background is a piece of white c/stock that I created using the Antiqued Glimmers technique (Dec '09/Jan '10 TJ newsletter). I also threw in a Tim Holz mask for good measure. Then I simply stamped the image over the top, spotlighted the word 'art' and added some printed twill tape to the bottom.

Have a fun weekend whatever your plans are!

Stamps: Oxford Impressions & Lost Coast Designs

Tag Challenge

I decided to take a little time this week to participate in some challenges. I've been feeling rusty and uninspired recently, so I thought doing some challenges might perk me up. And I have to say that I like this tag. I'm my own harshest critic, but this one turned out okay. You have it in writing!

I made it for Tag Tuesday Challenge #42, which is to use brown plus one other color on a tag and the color I chose to pair with brown is pink.

I can't tell you how I made the base of the tag because it's going to be in a tutorial on Gingersnaps next Tuesday - remember to check it out! But I can tell you that the woman is from an Oxford Impressions plate called Times Past. She's stamped onto a vintage bridge score sheet and I found the name Ella on one of the Kentucky cards also available on the Oxford site.

The other embellishments are old bone buttons, a flower from Maya Road, trim from Making Memories and a double-sided satin ribbon.

Thanks for visiting and have a happy day!