Halloween is sneaking up on me faster than I know, and I LOVE Halloween!  I was ready to post a Christmas project yesterday when I realized I should be doing Halloween! FINALLY I was able to find all my supplies I knew I had purchased to decorate these pumpkins.  At the Stampin' Up! Convention this summer Brent Steele demonstrated this project with white pumpkins, so I wanted to try it!  I bought these pumpkins at a craft store so I could save them to use next year.

For this project you need the Spooky Things Decor Elements #120909 in the Holiday Mini Catalog.  You get a whole set of ten vinyl images, so you will have plenty of decorations left over!  Decor Elements are pretty much like big rub ons, so don't be afraid of them!

I cut out the word I wanted to use and used my handy dandy Decor Elements Applicator #114285 rub the Decor Element from its backing onto the transfer paper.

When you carefully peel away the grid paper, the vinyl will be attached to the transfer paper.  If any bit is still stuck to the backing, just rub some more and then peel again.

I stuck the word onto my pumpkin, touching only the white paper outside the word in case I needed to move it.  It's a little difficult to transfer the vinyl onto the uneven pumpkin but it wasn't too hard at all.

Just use the applicator again to rub from the center out, making sure everything is attached before completely pulling off the paper.

If you would like to watch a video about using the Decor Elements vinyl, just click HERE to watch Shannon West from Stampin' Up! demonstrate.

Now we'll do a little more transferring and applying of the beautiful Black Flourish Designer Jewels #120987 in the Holiday Mini Catalog. You get a beautiful full flourish in the package, but you can cut it smaller and use the various parts where you want.  In the package, you receive this piece of sticky transfer paper which you rub over the jewels and then peel off the backing so that you can apply and stick the jewels to your project.  Directions are included, so don't worry!

You're working with "stickiness" so sometimes a little tricky but not bad!

Apply to your project where you want it and then remove the sticky transfer paper.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

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Now that I am beginning to get a little bit caught up, I realized I should have a Halloween design in my Simply Adorned necklace!  This is what I made very quickly, with little thought or planning.  It would be fun to make some more!

Here are the inserts alone.  I used some Wicked Fun Specialty Paper #117400, stamped a sentiment in the stamp set Wicked Cool #120600(clear) and cut it apart, punched a strip with the Scallop Trim Border Punch #118402, added a little Rhinestone #119246 and also a snippet of the Raven 1/2" Lace Trim #120988.  The tiny pumpkin is made from three circles punched from the cute little punch in the Itty bitty Shapes Punch Pack #118309.  (You've gotta have these punches!  They are so itty bitty and cute!!)  The tiny green stem doesn't show up against the DSP in the background.  You can see I also tied on some bits of the Raven Lace Trim right onto the necklace chain.

Here are just the inserts, front and back, alone so you can see them better. They are just 1" x 1  1/4".

Think about what a great gift these Simply Adorned Charms and Chains would make for someone!  If you are the creative one, you can make them some inserts and give as part of the gift.  If you think they would enjoy the creative side, just give them the jewelry.  Maybe they just want to add a photo for now.  And of course, anything YOU like when you purchase a gift for someone, I think you should get one for yourself too!

Right now you can save $10 on this specially discounted Simply Adorned Bundle of charm and chain!  Check out the Perfect Handmade Bundles at my Online Store and click to find the details of each bundle!

 

It's a new month and Stampin' Up! always provides us with Projects of the Month.  They are always over in the left side bar on my blog.  Last month, two of the projects were for Halloween, so I have chosen to leave those up for October, and I just added the new projects!  Be sure to check them out!  Just click on the photo!

I'm sure the Halloween House will be a favorite!

Here is one of the many things I have been doing lately to get ready for the wedding.  These are the favor tins partially decorated and being shipped off to the bride to fill and finish.  When I was left with the plastic buckets the tins came in I thought, THROW THESE OUT SO THEY DON"T ADD TO THE MESS!  But then the craft devil said, "But you might be able to use these to wrap Christmas presents!"  Isn't that always the way it happens and then we wind up with all kinds of stuff saved "in case we need it"!  And then I got the idea to take out the paper lining the clear plastic container and decorate it for Halloween!

I used the Wicked Fun Specialty Paper #117400 in the Stampin' Up! Idea Book & Catalog and the stamp set Wicked Cool, also in the Idea Book & Catalog.  It was REALLY time for me to stop and stamp a little bit. When I get a little more time I think a cute punch spider on top would be cute! Hope you will be inspired to make something fun out of something you have sitting around!

If you need some Halloween stamp sets, paper, or accessories, be sure to check out my Online Store soon!!