Wicked Wednesday: Toil & Trouble Potion Bottles

Eye of newt. Toe of frog. Wool of bat...

Do you have a hard time keeping all your essential witches brew ingredients neat & organized? Now that I have created these stylish, yet functional potion bottles I can keep all my ingredients fresh and at my warty fingertips! ***insert witches cackle here***

I picked up these bottles at a yard sale a while back (only .75 cents for all three...what a deal!) with the intention of making them into potion bottles for Halloween and I finally got around to doing it.  I was pleased to find that this Shakespeare quote stamp from the Toil & Trouble set fit almost perfectly on the bottles. I used some retired DSP scraps from three different packs... Cast-a-spell,  Pick Your Poison & Witches Brew. The Witches Brew paper is still available right now on the Clearance Rack...so snatch yourself up a pack! I also used some Witches Brew Washi Tape and some Raven Black Lace Trim around the neck of each bottle. The Raven Trim is still available on the Clearance Rack as well.

We're getting ready for our annual party so I've been busy making all sorts of spooky projects. Take a look at these melting black candles I made. I'll have these set out on our food table and not have to worry about anyone setting their costume or wigs on fire.

Can you guess what they are made from? The cardboard rolls from plastic wrap & foil packaging, a glue gun & hot glue sticks, black spray paint and those battery operated votive candles. Pretty awesome way to recycle and a super cool, yet inexpensive prop for our party. I cannot take credit for thinking this up though...I saw it on a Halloween site a few years ago and thought it was a great idea.

Thanks for stopping by...have a wicked good day!

Wicked Wednesday - Bite Me Treat Bags

One more day left before the Trick-or-Treaters come looking for goodies! We live out in the boonies so we never get any kids that come to our house. Instead, I delivered some homemade treats yesterday.

 
I used the Blue Ribbon, Bite Me & Toil & Trouble stamp sets along with Witches' Brew papers to top off these cute chevron printed Tag a Bag Gift Bags.

I was able to fit a ziplock filled with 5 medium sized homemade peanut butter cookies into each bag.

The cookies are thick & chewy, so if you have a flatter cookie I think you could actually fit more of them inside the bag. Here's a closer look...

Another cute idea for the Bite Me set is to make cupcake picks...

You could also use the skull and crossbones from the Toil & Trouble set to do the same idea.

To purchase the Bite Me stamp set or any of the other products used here, please visit my online store.

Have a wicked sweet day!

Wicked Wednesday: Witches' Boo Banner

I like to decorate my mantel and hearth for the holidays so I thought I needed a spooky banner to go with my Halloween decor.

I used Witches' Brew DSP along with the Toil & Trouble stamp set. Both of these items along with lots of other spooktacular items can be found in the 2013 Holiday Catalog. Here's a closer look at the left side of my banner.

and a closer look of the right...

For some sparkle I used Silver Glimmer Paper, Silver Dazzling Details and colored Rhinestones. The large word collage image from Toil & Trouble was embossed with orange embossing powder onto the Black Card stock and then cut out with the Apothecary Accents Framelits. 

The Perfect Pennants Bigz Die made cutting the other base pieces so simple it's scary! 

If you clicked on the top photo to enlarge, you may have noticed a few other projects I've shared here in the past... 

Spooky Luminary

Be-Jeweled Pumpkin

Witches' Brew Shadowbox

Have a wicked good day!

Wicked Wednesday Witches' Brew Shadowbox

I just love Halloween! During the month of October I thought it would be fun to feature a special Halloween project each Wednesday. So, for my first Wicked Wednesday post here's a shadowbox I created using the Witches' Brew products from the Holiday Catalog. The photo is my husband and I as rockers Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie at our Halloween party a couple years ago.

Unfortunately it's really hard to see all the dimension and layers from these photos. The frame doesn't stay together properly without the glass in place so I also had to deal with the glare, when trying to photograph this project. So despite my best effort, the pictures don't really do it justice.

I love how the Witches' Brew Washi Tape fit perfectly on the outside of the frame. It was pretty easy to line up the pattern and cut a mitered corner, with exception to the last corner...so I stamped the little skull embellishment to conceal the odd corner on the top right.

The Witches' Brew DSP made this project so easy! The blackboard style hand-doodled looking sheet was the perfect frame for my photo. All I had to do was cut it to size and embellish. I carefully cut around the top spider web with my x-acto knife so I could slide my matted photo under it. Here's a closer look...

The cute little pennants show some of the other fun patterns in the Witches' Brew pack of DSP. Here's a closer look at the bottom...

I stamped the crow from the Toil &Trouble set and carefully cut it out to perch on the old boards. Lots of orange colored rhinestones finish off this project. The ones inside the skulls eyes actually look like they are glowing! Here's a look at the finished piece sitting on my mantle all decorated for Halloween...

As long as we are on the subject of Halloween...have you seen the new Halloween stamp set yet? It's a photopolymer set called Bite Me.

If you would like to learn more about the Bite Me stamp set you can visit my demo website to see more on this and other new arrivals.

If you live in the US and would like to place an order with me, please use the Hostess Code:  Q7M6ZJM9 You will then be entered into my drawing for free goodies!

Everyone who places an order with me will receive a hand stamped surprise in their mailbox! Everyone who places an order of $40 or more will be entered into my drawing for free goodies. Prizes will depend on the total workshop amount. Remember: if you are placing an large order of $150 or more please do not use the hostess code, because you will be eligible to collect hostess rewards all on your own.

Thanks for lurking on over today...have a wicked good day! Check back next Wednesday for another spooky project.

Toil & Trouble

Having some fun playing with new stuff from the 2013 Holiday Catalog!

I love the subway style art on this main image from Toil & Trouble and how it works with the Apothecary Accents Framelits. I have several other projects in the works using this. The Witches' Brew Washi Tape makes a fun accent on this card...even tho I may have gotten a little carried away with it.

Today is another cold & rainy day here in Michigan...so it looks like I'll be heading down to my stampin' lair for a day of creativity.