Halloween Home Decor
Oh, I am so excited about sharing this item!!!!
I know many of the blogs have already moved on away from Fall/Halloween projects and are pursuing the Christmas project traffic. However, Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, and I just can’t give it up yet.
I am a craft supply hoarder! I have had these glass blocks in my possession for about 3 years! I had wanted to do a etched glass piece for Christmas a couple of years ago, but alas, it never got done.
When I saw how great those pumpkin faces worked on the glass containers, another idea popped into my head. This is really very easy, and I took step-by-step pictures. I am hoping to add a slide show with those pictures to this post.
Here are the supplies you need:
- Spooky Expressions from Stampin’ Up! Definitely Decorative Catalog (three faces for only $4.95!!)
- Decor Elements Applicator
- Glass Block
- Small Light Set (if you can find orange lights even better)
- Large Ribbon
- Exacto Knife
- Clean the glass area – if there are stickers, make sure you clean them off.
- Take the plastic plug and use the Exacto knife to cut an X through it. (My dear son, Michael, did this for me!!!)
- Lay the block flat on your work surface.
- Prep the Pumpkin Face piece with the applicator to release it from the grid portion.
- Lay the Pumpkin Face piece on the glass block and use the applicator to release it from the paper.
- Make sure to smooth out any air bubbles.
- Insert the light set into the glass block (remember to cut off any tags).
- Push the "male" end of the light set through the X’d plastic plug.
- Decorate with sparkly ribbon. You may want to put orange raffia inside the glass too (be careful – don’t let it stay plugged in too long!).
- Put it in a window or on your mantle to showcase it!
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Oct 15, 2009 - 09:10:43WOW. I just saw these at a craft fair last weekend for a lot of $$. Yours is a lot cuter. Thanks for the great inspiration.