Hello my pretties! Today is a specially magical day! It is Vanessa’s (A Fanciful Twist) Hauntingly Magical Celebration blog hop! Welcome newcomers!
I’ve been busy creating a bunch of Halloween projects, but I think that the Halloween Countdown is my best one this year. Those of you who subscribe to my newsletter got exclusive subscriber only project ideas!
I hope you can tell that had a lot of fun playing with some of my Halloween stamp sets! My dogs were wondering why I wasn’t paying any attention to them! Missy would sit outside my craft room and let out these huge sighs every once in a while. Boy, I tell you they have such a ruff life!
Here are closeups of each section of the calendar:
I love that the Cast-a-Spell designer series double sided paper uses
the coolest of Halloween colors! Basic Black, Old Olive, Perfect Plum,
Pumpkin Pie and Whisper White. I used those very same colors for my
calendar pages.
I’ve used From the Crypt, Batty for You, Tasty Sweet, Halloween Frights, Twick or Tweet and Graveyard Gala stamp sets, as well as Spooky Treats Rub-ons, all from Stampin’ Up!
Punches featured in this project are: Scallop Circle, 1-3/8″ Circle, 1-1/4″ Circle, 1″ Circle, Scallop Oval, Large Oval, Large Star and Word Window.
The pockets are using the exclusive Stampin’ Up! Bitty Box & Envelope Bigz Xl die.
I used 1/4″ Basic Black Grosgrain ribbon to tie the pages together.
For the hanger, I used Black Gingham ribbon. I punched all the holes using the Crop-A-Dile. On the top page the hanger ribbon goes through Jumbo Eyelets. These eyelets work perfectly with the Crop-A-Dile!
I purposely created irregular envelopes to give the piece a more haunted look.
All decorations are adhered to the pouches with Dimensionals.
If you’re going to be putting “treats” in your pouches, be sure to adhere them using Sticky Strip.
The Halloween tag is a Top Note Bigz Xl die, another Stampin’ Up! Exclusive.
I know, I know you’re thinking Halloween is only 13 days away…but remember, this project can be altered for just about any holiday!
Contact me today to get instructions for this project!
Thanks for stopping by! (If you stop by after Halloween, I’ll have pics of my dead end cemetery on display…)
Super calendar!
Happy haunting party!
Raissa, this is an absolutely awesome and over the top Halloween project!!! Your details are so cool–the broken fence and headstone, the ragged envelopes, the colors, the hanging treat on the bottom.
What a fun project, so perfect for today’s Halloween blog hop party. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Such a cute project! Enjoy the festivities!
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~ Autumn Clark
Happy halloween. Lindax do drop in
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that is an awesome idea – love that countdown – i am going to sign up for your newsletter now 😀
Muwahahahahahaha!
What a fun project! Thanks for sharing and thank you for a hauntingly good party!
I’m visiting from Beyond to celebrate the spookiest Halloween blog party ever! I hope you are having a fang-tastic time today! You are cordially invited to share in the celebration at my party: http://katamommydamacy.blogspot.com/2009/10/welcome-to-blog-of-horrorenter-if-you.html I do hope you’ll stop by!
Have a spook-tacular day!
Spellbinding decor here at this party! Thank you for your hospitality! Please come visit at my party for more treats….if you haven’t flown in already!
Happy Halloween Party to you! 🙂
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That is such a fantastic project!!
Thank you for having me. Happy Halloween!
=) melanie
Just too darn cute cute cute! Just what I need, another addiction, but you really make it tempting to STAMP! Do stop by and party with Alice and Dead Bob, if you dare! **kisskiss** Deborah
That looks like fun to make!
Looks like you’ve been very busy making Halloween fun.
You’ve been a Crafty Witch I see! Great fun project and just purrfect for the occasion!Just not enough time for crafty, designing, visiting and the usual boring household chores…hehehe! Having fun thou!
Happy Hauntings and Happy Halloween
A Witch called Annabelle >^..^<
Great project! Happy Halloween and have a magical weekend! Twyla
Hello Raisa,
nice project you made !
I like to see selfmade stuff : thanks for sharing.
greetings from belgium
Inge
Thank you to all the party goers who stopped by and left kind words…this was my first party with Miss Vanessa. I didn’t realize how festive everyone gets! Next year I’ll be sure to get in the “spirit” and have some neat decorations along with a story to tell…
Raissa, Happy Halloween!
It is pretty crazy, how we go all out, but it is fun, too! 🙂 Your project looks super cute, and i like how really you can do it for any holiday-or even a birthday!
Take care-and stop by the Treehouse if you get a chance!
XOXOXO Have a Spooktacular Halloween XOXOXOX
Hi, Great Halloween project! Happy Halloween to you!
Hi there!
Happy Hallowe’en and great party post!!!
SpOOky Best,
Chris (-:
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So many spooooktacular paper love projects! I looked at the posts below as well, yummy yummmm! Thank you for sharing your hauntingly lovely creations!!
And, thank you for being a delightful part of the festivites!!
FINALLY fell asleep at someone’s party last night…so back to make rounds again today…
Thank you for the invitation…so glad you left the decorations up for me!
Please stop by and see my creative offerings for the party…they’re still up, too!
http://juliesopenwindow.blogspot.com
Wonderful calendar!! Thanks for having me.
Stop by mine please.
Hugs
SueAnn
I like this project! I need to get myself a Big Shot for sure! Thanks for stopping by my blog as well! I’m a follower of yours as well.