Burlap & Twine Holiday Tree Decorations

This week I'm sharing two ornaments with a rustic, country Christmas feel.  You can find instructions for this first one on the Smoothfoam blog.     Instructions for the smaller twine ornament with the cute Blumenthal Lansing snowflake button can be found in Cindi's Simple Solutions at When Creativity Knocks.  

Monster Mash with Rit Liquid Dye

You can find the instructions for the Halloween party favors I designed last year on the Rit Dye website.  This year I made something similar, but with a few twists.  Frankenstein's mouth is embroidered, and his neck bolts are made from straws painted silver.  I also used the same Sizzix Eileen Hull Scoreboards XL Die, and twine from The Twinery.  Thought I'd share those with you too!

Rit Liquid Dye is used to create custom-colored, textured cardstock for this Monster Mash invitation and treat cup.  A Sizzix Scoreboards vase die  is used to make a whimsical Frankenstein treat cup and for the face focal image on the invitation.  Ransom note style lettering cut from magazine spells out the key text.   A hand stitched mouth, silver drinking straw bolts, and fringed hair add to his monsterly appeal. 

MATERIALS  LIST: 

Rit Liquid Dye – Purple, Apple Green (www.ritdye.com) 

White and black cardstock

Google eyes 

Plastic drinking straw 

Black embroidery floss, needle 

Eileen Hull Scoreboards  Eileen Hull’s Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Vase, 3-D (www.sizzix.com) 

Sizzix Big Shot dye cutting machine (www.sizzix.com) 

Green buttons (www.blumenthallansing.com) 

Mandarin Twine (www.thetwinery.com) 

Plaid FolkArt Outdoor Metallics Silver Sterling paint, paintbrush (www.plaidonline.com) 

Magazine 

Elmer’s Craft Bond Adhesive (www.elmers.com)  

X-Actor paper trimmer and scissors  (www.xacto.com) 

Happy Halloween! - Cindi

The Original Projects

Faux Wood Burned Coasters

My latest episode of Behind These Eyes with Cindi Bisson is now online at When Creativity Knocks - Find out how to create easy faux wood burned coasters here. 

Happy crafting - and remember to "dare to be different!" - Cindi 

Recipe Book Re-Do - New Episode of Behind These Eyes on WCK

I'm excited to share my second episode of Behind These Eyes on When Creativity Knocks - Recipe Book Re-Do features fun retro kitcheny papers from Graphic 45's Domestic Goddess collection, twine from The Twinery, and some adorable hen & chick buttons from Blumenthal Lansing.  Best of all, there's a free .pdf download with stepped out instructions and some great recipes from the book itself!