October 2010
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Halloween Costume- Quick Tip
Last Minute Costume Tip! Cute, bewitching costumes start with skin-tested Glue Dots®Adhesive Products. Attach small rhinestones to the skin with Mini Glue Dots® and medium-sized gems using Craft Glue Dots®.
Before applying rhinestones, make sure the skin is clean and dry. Then, apply Glue Dots® to the rhinestones and rhinestones to the skin.
To remove, use warm water and a mild soap....
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Halloween Invitation Ideas
Horror Movie Night Invitation Instructions from Designer Nancy Rykiel:
Black Cardstock to start.
I used a Kraft Ticket (Maya Road), and put a Jolee’s Werewolf sticker to the ticket and covered it with large negative strip, and slid into a Maya Road Kraft envelope. I used Tim Holtz Film Strip Ribbon across the envelope along with several Jolee’s Stickers.
I also used the...
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Halloween Card Ideas
Supplies:
Pattern Paper: Lost & Found (My Mind’s Eye) Ribbon: Lost & Found (My Mind’s Eye) Dies Cuts: Label and Skull - jamielanedesigns Font: Edwardian Script ITC Ink: Charcoal and Chestnut Roan (Cat’s Eye Chalk Ink) Adhesive: 1/2” Craft Glue Dots® Jewels – Black (Zva Creative) So where is the svg file you ask?! You can get the Skull SVG HERE, the Tombstone SVG...
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Halloween Ideas for Kids
Halloween Kid Crafts!
B and I decided it was time to do some simple Halloween crafts this week and I thought I’d share them with you as they are easy to replicate with common craft supplies and a willing child of about this age. Project 1: Boo! Supplies: Patterned paper - 3 sheets (8.5x11 is fine) Glue Dots® Glue Lines Pencil Safety Scissors Embellishments of your choice (See project...
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Decorate Pumpkins with Glue Dots!
Use any of the Glue Dots® product assortment to decorate pumpkins without the mess for Halloween.
We used glitter papers, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, and false eye lashes!
We even used a bit of mascara to ensure our pumpkin’s lashes were very pretty!
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A Toasty Halloween Treat
These cupcakes are not only that but they will keep your feet warm! Supplies Needed:
1 pair ladies or childrens socks in halloween colors (I chose black) 1 sheet or cardstock or patterned paper(I chose Bo-Bunny’s Boo Crew) Glue Dots Sparkly Fluff by Our Craft Lounge Scallop Circle Punch by EK Success for Stampin’ Up Gussetted Treat Bag Rubberband Metal Rimmed tag Charcoal Cat...
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Trick or Treat Cigar Box
Supplies:
Glue Dots® “Pop Up”
Glue Dots® “Craft”
Glue Dots® “Glue Lines”
Cigar Box
Gesso
Stamps: Stampotique Original: “Kitty”, “Welcome Door”, “Spider”, “Honeycombs”, “Crow on Line”
Stamps: Moon by Fancifulstamps
Stamps: Quote by PXS Stamps
Stamps: Stars from Martha Stewart
Colored Pencils: Faber-Castell
Ink Pads: India Ink by Stewart Superior, Memories Dye Ink “Yellow”,...
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Create Halloween Monster Treats
. To create each monster:
1. Cut a monster body out of solid cardstock.
2. Ink the outside edges of their body.
3. Cut eyes out of Eye’m Watching You paper by SEI and attach using Craft Glue Dots.
4. Draw in mouth with black marker. Using white marker add teeth.
5. Attach Pop Up Glue Dots on the monster’s body. Sprinkle with glitter or Sparkly Fluff.
6. Cut out arms, legs and...
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Glue Dots Haunted House
How to Make:
1.Start off painting a chipboard house with black paint.
2. Cut strips of white cardstock and ink each strip with brown and black ink.
3. Layer strips on the base of the house using Continuous Glue Lines®.
4. Create windows by cutting thin strips of cardstock and paint them using black acrylic paint. Attach to rectangular pieces of Cup of Eyeballs paper by...
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Make a Halloween Card
Happy Halloween!
Photo Credit: Chris Hurley
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Witchy Bride Halloween Project
Supplies:
Paper: Jillibean Soup (Monster Stew)
Paint: Clearsnap (Silver Foil Smooch)
Adhesive: Glue Dots (Craft, Glue Lines, Mini)
Glitter: Our Craft Lounge (Sparkly Fluff 24K Gold)
Other: Paper Mache Witch Hat, Tulle
Project and Photo Credit: Brianna Nevill
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Make a Halloween Spider Wreath
Supply List
Grapevine Wreath (I used a small size but use any size you want)
Black Paint (preferably spray paint)
Craft Glue Dots®
Plastic Spiders
Ribbon
Scissors
The Goods Begin by spray painting the wreath black. Be sure to get in all the crevices and paint both sides. Allow the wreath to dry thoroughly before attaching the spiders. Starting to get Creepy Attach the spiders to the...
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Make Your Own Halloween Treat Bags!
Check out these adorable treat bags!
Use the Boo! stamp set from myStampBOX.
And large glassine bags from my shoppe.
Stagger (2) stamps on your block for less stamping work…
And stamped them (4) times starting in the bottom corner, and then to the side and then up and over.
StazOn ink is the best ink for stamping on glassine bags!
Then cut out little tags from Graphic 45′s...
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Halloween Decorations and Embellishments
Check out this Halloween Decoration! It’s an accordion style decoration that stretches about 3 feet in length and stands about 6 inches high.
Here are the steps to take to create this piece. Cover your boards with glossy accents and patterned paper. A Making Memories foam brush and Tm Holtz craft knife were used here to do this. To make the edges even more finished, give them a light...
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Make Your Own Halloween Mask
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Supplies:
Glue Dots® – Continuous Lines
Glue Dots® – 1” Glue Lines
Glue Dots® – Craft
Glue Dots® – Mini
Other Supplies :
dollar store plastic halloween mask
wooden dowel
gesso (Ranger)
crackle paint in a light colour (Ranger Distress “Milled Lavender”)
glimmer mist (Tattered Angels “Tattered Rose”, “Starfish”)
patterned paper (Prima)
lace (Prima)
assorted flowers...
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Halloween Decoration Ideas: Mummy Pumpkin...
Step 1: Cut 2 white circles by hand, or you can use circle punches.
Step 2: Cut 2 smaller black circles, or you can use punches
Step 3: Adhere the smaller black circles onto the larger white ones with Mini Glue Dots®. These are your Jack O’ Lantern’s Eyes.
Step 4: Adhere the eyes onto the pumpkin with Craft Glue Dots®.
Step 5: Unravel your gauze.
Step 6: Lightly...
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Halloween Treat Bag Toppers
To complete this project you’ll need:
small Kraft paper bags ledger paper decorative scissors punched paper shapes, (shown here, a large scallop circle, a small scallop circle, a small circle and a bat paper punch) Ribbon rhinestones Mini Glue Dots® Pop Up Glue Dots® stapler
Directions
**make sure that your treat bags are filled with candy first!**
1. Fold a piece of the ledger...
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Halloween Treat Bags- Make Your Own this...
Cut down a long kraft envelope to about 6” tall.
Punch large holes in the top with 1/2” circle punch.
Cut and adhere patterned paper and coordinating strip at the bottom with Glue Dots® Dot N’ Go.
Layer doily and bingo card with Glue Dots® Dot N’ Go as well.
Apply Pop Up Glue Dots® to the back of tag and adhere.
Tie ribbon,...
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Halloween Wreath Decoration- Halloween Craft
Supply List
1 Styrofoam 12 inch wreath
6 sheets of 12x12 papers (Papers used were GCD Studios - Paris Nights)
1 ribbon
2 flowers
1 box of Craft Glue Dots®
Instructions:
Cut 1x6 inch strips with all your papers
Use a Glue Dot to hold both ends together - it is important that you do not fold the paper in half.
Adhere the flat part of the papers to the foam wreath with Glue Dots ,...
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Make Your Own Halloween Treat Bags
Here’s an idea for Halloween- Halloween Crafts- Treat Bags Featured Products: Pop Up Glue Dots®, The Craft Lounge Sparkle Fluff
First cut a piece of paper 7” long x 31/2” wide out of thick black card stock. Score in the middle at 3 1/2” and then again at 4”. Punch two holes at the top of your treat bag, and use pinking sheers to trim the top of your bag. ...
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How to Make a Halloween Goodie Tin
Supplies:
Adhesive: Pop Up Glue Dots and Glue Dots Glue Lines®
Tin Box: Darice Inc.
Patterned Paper: Colorbok
Die-Cut Embellishments: K & Company
Dimensional Sticker: Jolee’s EK Success
Halloween & solid ribbon: Celebrate It
It’s time for some Halloween fun! Pick up your favorite Halloween paper and decorate Halloween goodies for your favorite loved one! ...
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Create Your Own Custom Halloween Invitations
Planning a Halloween party for your child, this year? Why not let him/her help you create the Halloween party invitations? With this simple card design, you can have 12 personalized invitations created in just one afternoon.
Materials:
2 - 9x12 Watercolor papers (90#)
1 - 4x6 blank greeting card with envelope
1 - 4x6 cardstock, white
1/2 inch letters: b, o, o
Glue Dots® Continuous...
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Make Your Own Halloween Banner Decoration
Cardstock: white, orange, purple, green, black, yellow, orange glitter
Craft Glue Dots®
Sparkly Fluff - Our Craft Lounge
Cricut machine and cartridges (Used Here: Sure Cuts a Lot software-the Happily Ever After Cricut cartridge, and the George and Basic Shapes cartridge. You can find similar images on other cartridges.) – Provo Craft
Souffle pens – Sakura
Stamps: Everyday...
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Trick or Treat Box Decoration
The idea behind this Halloween decoration is that you’re not quite sure what you’re gonna get when you open the box! While you can fill the box with treats, it can also be filled with any type of treasure like photos, a mini scrapbook, or memorabilia.
Here’s what I used to create it:
Glue Dots®
One unfinished wood box (found at any...
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Spooky DIY Halloween Decorations- Make a Halloween...
Here are the different ways to use Glue Dots® Adhesives.
The spider web was made with Glue Dots® Adhesives Continuous Lines and covered with Martha Stewart black flock. Lay down each line of adhesive, rub it with your finger then remove the plastic. Rubbing the adhesive down before removing the plastic assures that the Glue Dots® Adhesive is evenly adhered to the...
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Halloween Boo Banner Decoration
Here’s how you can make your own Boo Banner:
1. Cut 8 Banner Shapes from Card Stock. A silhouette was used here to cut these shapes, but you can also find a Cricut cartridge that is similar, or cut rectangles by hand. The shapes measure about 4”x5”.
2. Cut patterned paper a bit smaller than your card stock. Layer on card stock using Craft Glue Dots®. (Echo Park Happy...
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Make Your Own Haunted House Halloween Decoration
To make this cute Haunted House, start off with a plain wooden house that you can find at craft store.
1. Paint the entire house and ground area black with acrylic paint.
2. Trace and trim patterned paper one section at a time, and adhere it to the house using Glue Dots Glue Lines®.
3. After you’ve covered your house in paper, go...
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Homemade Happy Halloween Card
Materials Needed:
Glue Dots®
Card Base: The Paper Studio 5x7 Kraft Card Base and Envelope
Patterned Paper and Journaling Cards: Graphic45
Alphabet: American Crafts and Adornit
Staples: Tim Holtz
Other: Orange Colored Vintage Milk Cap
Directions:
1. Trim double-sided patterned paper 1/2 inch smaller than card base length (6.5”) and add 3” extra to the width (8”) to create the pocket...
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Halloween Decoration Idea- DIY Treat Jar
1. Ink the lid of a small, plastic jar with Slate Alcohol Ink. (An inexpensive jar from the kitchenware section of the store was used here.)
2. Cut out a circle of paper (Cloud 9 Design paper was used here) to fit the top. Ink the edges with Black Soot Distress Ink and adhere to the lid with Glue Dots®. You will want to use one of the flat varieties of...
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Halloween Decorating Contest- Halloween Ideas and...
Enter the Glue Dots Halloween Decorating Contest! Submit your favorite photo of your Halloween decorations for a chance to WIN! One “Grand Prize” winner will receive a $500 Visa Gift Card and an assortment of Glue Dots Products with a retail value of $50.00!
Photos may be current or from years past. Photos may include indoor decorations, outdoor...
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Dress Up Your Halloween Treat Bags
As we get closer to Halloween, we’re always looking for fun ways to dress up all of the Halloween treats! Here are a couple of design ideas using Glue Dots® and office tags that you can pick up at your neighborhood office supply store from designer Windy Robinson.
Anyone see where she used Glue Dots? We’ll give you a hint… they are not at all hidden or concealed on these...
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Make Your Own Halloween Coffin Treat Boxes
Instructions:
1. Cut out coffin shape using Cricut and SCAL Program 2. Score on fold lines 3. Fold and place Mini Glue Dots® on each side 4. Decorate Front as desired
Photo and Project Credit- Danielle Ryerson
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DIY Halloween Trick or Treat Bags
Greet your hosts and collect your booty with these hauntingly clever Trick-or-Treat bags. Here’s what you’ll need:
Required supplies for both bags:
Craft Glue Dots
Continuous Glue Lines
Paper gift bag
Feather boa or Halloween themed garland
Scissors
Black and orange foam
Additional supplies for skeleton bag
Pop Up Glue...
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Franken Jar Halloween Project
Parents and kids together can create this Spooktacular Halloween candy jar with Glue Dots, paint, black paper and a few embellishments. Try this great kids Halloween craft project.
Required supplies:
Craft Glue Dots
Plastic container with a screw lid, (coffee, mayo or pretzel containers work well)
Oval wiggle eyes
Spray...