I have been enjoying making Halloween gifts for friends recently. It all started with the adorable Tim Holtz card kit that a friend brought to me a couple of weeks ago. I made all 12 cards and then got inspired to make a few gifts to go with them. The previous blog entries have some of them, and today I am going to focus on some of the paper quilt wall hangings I made for two friends of mine who are exceptionally creative and fellow Disney maniacs.
First, I altered the Tim Holtz tombstone card by adding stickle Mickey ears to the bat. :-D
Now on to the quilt wall hanging. This is an idea I got from Susan Stringfellow a couple of years ago. I cut 1.25" pieces of Authentique Halloween patterned paper, crinkle them, adhere them to the background cardstock with a glue stick, and then sew across them for added texture.
Then I cut out these Hitchhiking Ghosts from Disney's Haunted Mansion. I printed them onto paper from Disney Family.com, and cut them out in 1-D. Then printed them onto vellum for the project. You can find them here. Do you know the names of the Hitchhiking Ghosts?
Then I wanted a sign like the one in the hallway at the Haunted Mansion, so I just graphed this one, crosstitched it and then framed it with paper.
Tree was made by attaching some dark brown paper to black cardstock with Claudine Hellmuth Multi-medium Matte. Once it was dry, I inked it with Black Soot Distress Ink and die cut it with a Lifestyle Crafts tree die. The graveyard and tombs were cut from some old wrinkled paper I had from ages ago. No idea who made it. Die cuts were also Lifestyle Crafts. The fence was cut from black chipboard using a crooked fence die from Sizzix.
And there you go -- I really had such a great time putting these together!
Oh! And The Hitchhiking Ghosts are named Phineas (with the bag), Ezra (tall) and Gus (beard).
1 comment:
NO WAY!!! So my ghost is Phineas! How funny is that!!!! Angie and I always get him. It's a tradition.
LOVE LOVE LOVE my frame and the card is also on the mantle. You are so very creative.
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