Spooky little Haunted House

Happy Sunday and thank you so much for stopping by on this beautiful fall day.  Today i have a fun project to share with all of you that is made with the Display Tray house with a little bit of a Halloween twist to it.

I started to get out my fall and halloween decorations this week and thought how fun it would be to make up a cute haunted house to put up in my entryway with a few of the other fun GSLC projects that i have made.  I had lots of fun little chippies to use to decorate it too and it really went together pretty quick.  Keep reading for quick directions on how i created it.

1. So to begin my project i cut out all the pieces that i thought i might use and layed them on my project and took a picture.  This way after i paint and all of that i know where to put them back just in case.

2. Then take the back of the house and trace it on the front of the paper and cut it out.  Glue it to the front and let dry.  Then sand around the edges.  Set it aside.

3. Take pieces of the pretty halloween papers and trace through the windows with a pencil.  Cut around the pencil lines about 1/4 inch more so that you can glue it behind the windows when you are done painting.  Set all of them aside.

4. Paint the whole front and sides with black paint and let it dry.

5.  Take out lots of pretty colors in chalk paint and ink that match your paper and ink your little halloween chippies and let them dry.  This goes really fast with chalk ink and you can shadow them if you want more depth on them.

6. Glue those pieces of printed paper to the back of your dry window tray.  Let it dry.  Then glue it down to the front of the back purple piece that you did in the beginning.  Take your little chippies and glue them down to the front of the house like you see below.  Add stickers and glitter on the chippies to make them sparkle.  Add a twine bow in the tree to finish it.

7. Try using other things in your stash to see what kind of fun effect you can get on your project.  I used stickles for the glitter and it came out really neat and a little bit more random verses thick pasty glitter.  The distress stickles came out even better on the pumpkins.  

All these little cuties came in the set called "Spooky Shape Set" and i have lots more to make up a few cards to send out to friends.  

Aren't these 2 pumpkins so adorable?

And that is all there is to make it.  You could even tuck in cute pictures int the squares from your trick or treating with the kids.  How fun would that be to keep up for the coming years ahead!!  

Here is a supply list just in case:

GSLC Display Tray House

GSLC Spooky Shape Set

GSLC Tree 1

GSLC Creepy Corners

GSLC Haunted House Oval

Papers by Doodlebug/ stickers

Paint: Americana Multi Surface Satin

Stickles in lime, orange and purple

Chalk inks

Adhesive

twine

Thanks so much for stopping by.....Teresa

Hippity Hoppity Easter's on it's way

Hi and welcome to the Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts blog today.  It's Teresa here and I am getting a jump start on my Easter decorations for April with a cute little candy box that I made with the Standing Dome Frame Oval.  I had lots of ideas for this neat decorative piece but I decided to use some new Easter Doodlebug on it to make it bright and cheerful like spring should be.

On this piece there is a neat oval frame in the center of a large back round piece.  All around the base there is a cute picket fence and it was perfect to fill up with Easter grass and lots of candies.  

So lets get started shall we.  

1. Start by gluing all the pieces together with a strong glue like Beacon's 3 in 1 or Scotch Quick Dry.

2. Paint the back of the piece like green on the front and back at least 2 times letting the paint dry between coats.

3. Paint the fence white with Chalkboard paint (it has less water in it to warp the pieces)

4. Paint the base of the piece with black chalkboard paint.  Let it all dry completely.

5. Lay the back frame piece on a large printed piece of paper and trace around it.  Cut out the center oval with scissors and glue it to the front of the frame.  Let dry.

6. Using a nail file sand around all the edges to make it even and smooth.  Use brown chalk ink and ink around the edges of the frame like you see below.

7. Take the center oval that you cut out and cut a piece of clear acetate to put on the back of the window that is 1/2 inch larger than the circle.  Let that dry too.

8.  On the Doodlebug paper there is a square tag that you will cut with a circle die cut to make the one that you see above.  Die cut a larger circle in white card stock and glue it on the back.  Die cut a Spellbinders Lacey circle in bright pink and glue that on the back to make the medallion that goes in the center of the window on the acetate.  Glue it on the acetate with strong adhesive tape.

9. Decorate your piece with flowers, ribbons and the stickers that come in the Doodlebug Easter Express collection.  

10.  For the front of my fence I used 3D Foam squares to glue on the little bunny train to make it stand out on the fence.  You get lots of pieces with the sticker set so you can really be creative.

And that's all there is to it.  Just fill the front with Easter grass and set it out to enjoy!  

Here is a list of supplies that you will need:

GSLC-Standing Dome Frame Oval

Doodlebug Easter Express Collection

Americana Decor chalk paints in: Carbon, Refreshing and Everlasting

Versamagic Chalk ink in Gingerbread

Scotch Quick Dry Tacky glue

Spellbinders Lacey Circles and Dotted Circles

3 pink roses and ribbons to match

bright pink card stock and white card stock

scissors, paper trimmer, clear acetate, 3D foam squares, Easter grass

Thanks again for stopping by and have a wonderful and crafty day!!

Teresa