Saturday, November 6, 2021

Friends of Unity November Blog Hop

 Welcome back to another fun blog hop! And if you could pardon me for stepping you back in time a week, I was motivated to make these cute Halloween decorations to support this month’s theme …


I think the ideas used here could be utilized again to make upcoming holiday decorations as well! I did take advantage of a few non-Unity items in their creation, including, from Tim Holtz, a frame, regular and the new Mica stains, paper and various ephemera. I also used a bunch of other Halloween ephemera I had collected over the years, Glow in the Dark rocks from Brutus Monroe, a stone mixture, cotton, and a cute box I had received as a Unity freebie with one of the membership kits. I also used a variety of paints, pens and paint.

So, to begin, I first put this cute frame together matching paper with the graveyard scene from Unity’s Toil and Trouble Kit. I stamped and embossed the images and colored it with metallic and white pens. I then dripped paint down the front and cut it down. I then painted the frame with Seth Apter purple paint, and Mica stains to match. I rubbed over the frame ribbing with metallic pastes. 

I found more paper (a plaid and a sparkly star purple) to back the image and used sticky strips to frame it. I then cut all the papers down and attached them and the frame front to the frame back. Then I used tacky glue to add glow stones to both sides. Once dried, I then filled in with more glue and added free white  crafting stones in various sizes, ensuring I could add the skull and gravestone at the top of each pile. I also used pens to add lowlights and highlights and added a grungy gray paste to the top of the gravestone button and cut off the back hole fastener part. I glued both pieces on and used gray Distress stain to darken the stones.

I then found a cute Tim Holtz boy paper doll I could sit atop the skull pile. I stamped the hat from the kit,  colored and fussy cut it out and added it to the top of the boy’s head. Finally, I glued a cotton web and spider to the top corner and called this one done. So fun to create and although not perfect, I’ll be able to remember the fun I had creating it, when I bring it out each year!


For the gift box, I pulled out Hallow Eve’s TreeBoo-lieve and Spooky Girl, and combined with kit above.  I adore how this one turned out. Basically, I colored and fussy cut a couple of these out and stamped the other 2 sides right on patterned paper. I had a lot of fun again, using ephemera, Washi tape, glitter and various papers to decorate each side, ensuring a consistent color scheme. One of the papers, I even added glowing metallic cat eyes… lol! Again, I had a lot of fun decorating the box and will use it in as a small decorative item in a small niche area.



Hope you enjoyed these ideas and how you can transform common items into decorations using Unity stamps! Remember, to comment on each blog in the hop for a chance at some Unity goodness! Thanks for hopping!

Now, on to more fun ideas… you should have arrived here from:

Alaine’s blog

You are now at my blog, and next up is:

Robin’s blog

And if you want to start from the beginning, go to:

Crystal’s blog

20 comments:

  1. Joyce, you are always so creative and your attention to every little detail is amazing!Love, love, love both the frame and the gift box!

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  2. The Halloween scene is simply amazing! I love the gift box and how your decorated with so many layers and tons of interest. I could look at it forever.

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  3. FaBOOlous projects for Halloween! I love making things like the gift box to give to kids on Halloween night. The spooky frame is a delight and I just adore every fun, creepy detail.

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  4. Spooktakular! Love Halloween and can watch cool stuff like this every day! Love it!

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  5. Fabulous ideas to change common things to decor.

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  6. That gift box is so awesome!!!!!

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  7. Great projects! Love the frame and the box!

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  8. I absolutely love your projects, The box is a treat unto itself!

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  9. I love your Spooktacular Halloween projects! I can tell you love Halloween as much as I do! So fun to create Halloween projects! Thanks for always inspiring me!
    Vannessa Osbourn

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  10. Great ideas and
    fun to look at.
    Carla from Arizona

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  11. Wow Joyce! Both projects are really amazing! I really love how you decorated the frame and gift box. Fabulous!

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  12. Eeek!!! OMGoodness I love what you did on the frame and the box. The stamps and details all go together wonderfully. Just spooktacular!!! Love them both!!! Thanks for the inspiration. Happy Holidays!

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  13. Wow!!! These are amazing and that framed piece is gorgeous. That boy paper doll perched on the skull is perfection.

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  14. Amazing projects, Joyce!! That box is a jaw dropper!! Seriously amazing!! And the framed piece is also amazing... you amaze me every month we hop, my friend!

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  15. Spook-tacular Halloween creations.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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