Halloween Home Decor

Hey Everyone, Laurie (welajo) here from Creations by Laurie with a canvas Halloween decor project.

My inspiration for this project came from the October 2010 issue of Paper Crafts magazine.  The card with the house and tree just screams Halloween to me.

I used several reinkers to create the background.  Applied using felt applicators.

I started with Buttercup.  I then applied Creme Brulee over the top, not quite covering all the Buttercup. 

I continued up the canvas with progressively darker colors, Honey, Goldrush, Sorbet, Cranberry, Barn Red, and Black.  Again slightly covering the color below.

The canvas was really wet, so I took a rag and wiped off the excess reinker.  I went in a horizontal motion so the colors wouldn't smear.  Every time I wiped the ink, I used a clean area on the rag, again so the colors wouldn't smear.

I used a heat tool to finish drying the ink.

I cut all pieces from Recollections black card stock.  Happy Halloween is cut at 2 inches from Martha Stewart Seasonal Cakes, phrase-poison key.  The house is 5 1/2 inches from Holiday Cake, shift-plain base key.  Tree is 6 inches from the October 31st cartridge.  The fence is 1 1/2 from Happy Hauntings, the fence key.  I used Scotch Quick Dry glue to adhere the pieces to the canvas.

I didn't glue all the branches of the tree down to give it a little bit of dimension.  I'm so happy the way this project turned out.  

Cricut Info & Other Supplies:

Designed By:  Laurie with inspiration from Paper Crafts magazine

Cricut Machine Used: Cricut Expression

Cricut Cartridges Used: Holiday Cakes, October 31, Martha Stewart Seasonal Cakes, Happy Hauntings

Other supplies used: Canvas, Reinkers from Close to my Heart, Tim Holtz Felt Applicator