Thursday, September 29, 2011

Halloween Car Accents


This is my second home decor project featuring Car Accents (and neither used my car this time). I bought this vase at Pier 1 years ago, and I enjoy changing its contents along with the seasons. Using one sheet of black Car Accents and my Cricut Happy Haunting cartridge.

I was able to transform this vase into a Halloween creation. The spiderwebs are very intricate and required a lot of patience to apply. Otherwise, it was a quick and easy project. After die cutting the shapes, I simply adhered them and (reluctantly) bought a bag of candy corn to add a little color. Adam and Lauren have already been sneaking pieces of it! 

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Making Halloween Hurricane Candle


Halloween Hurricane Candle by : Kristen Swain

Glue Arts Car Accents ( Black Out, White Out, and Pumpkin Patch )
Cricut Expression Die Cut machine
Happy Hauntings Cartridge, Cricut Cake Seasonal Cake Art cartridge
Hurricane candle holder ( glass ) and optional - candle

Designer Tip: I used an already swirl frosted glass hurricane lamp that I have as an everyday decoration, the swirls add interest to the spooky additions of the Car Accent vinyl. When the holiday season is over, I can store these accents on sheets of wax paper in a binder and save them for the next year!

Instructions on making Halloween hurricane candle:

1. Cut out black skeleton frame at 6 inches. Cut out white skeleton frame at 6 inches, only using interior frame, placing inside black frame. Cut out orange skeleton frame at 5.75 inches, only using interior frame. ( Keep extra frames to add to other projects)

2. Cut out witch profile at 4 inches, add inside orange frame.

3. Cut out black bat border at 3 inches, adhere along top of hurricane glass.

4. Adhere black skeleton frame to hurricane glass front.

5. Cut out letters for Happy Halloween in orange in 1 inch size. Arrange around black skeleton frame.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Glue Arts Car Accents pumpkins


Glue Arts Car Accents pumpkins by Jessica Barnett

Supplies for making Glue Arts Car Accents pumpkins :
Glue Arts Car Accents in Apple Cider and Blackout (Or choose other colors that you like. Purple, green, 

- orange and black would be really cute too!)

- Assorted craft pumpkins

- Manual or electric die cutter or circle templates

- Circle dies for manual cutter