Happy Tuesday!!!
Welcome to Day Two of: Five Days, Five Haunting Halloween Projects! Today, I have the 7Gypsies Tray to share with you. This was definitely a challenge to cut each panel individually. I had so much fun creating this project! I knew I wanted to add lots of dimension, and texture to the panels. In a few of the them, I decided to raise some of my embellishments. I did a lot of my favorite things to this home decor item. You will see a lot of stamping, inking, layers, more layers, and fun embellishments!!
Here is a picture of the tray, I used for my "Beware Halloween 7Gypsies Tray":
I teamed up this wonderful home decor item, with some spooky Halloween Paper, by the Girls Paperie. It is called Toile & Trouble.
a few details:
The skull charm is layered on top of a very large black button. I found these wonderful treasures when I was in Big Bear. I only have ten left, so I am using them very sparingly! LOL I love big, and bold embellishments!
The candy apples element is actually a digital design by Kerri Bradford. She designed digital elements that are exact measurements, for this printer's tray. Her tray is absolutely gorgeous, and I loved her Halloween graphics. However, I only used the candy apples from her digital kit. I did print this element on cardstock, and again on a transparency. I layered the two together, so it would stand out more. I wanted lots of dimension, and texture on mine. I can see myself using the other digital items on other projects. You can see her beautiful tray, and information on her kit by {clicking here}!
The bones are cut from the Spook Alley Slice Cartridge by Making Memories. It has so many great designs that you can use over, and over again! (The bats in the above snapshot, are also cut with this exact cartridge.)
I knew when I saw this tray, I would use the lower right hand corner to display the date of Halloween. {October 31}
one last detail: (if you are still with me! LOL)
One of my favorite panels, is the one with the mini wooden spools. They fit perfectly, and I simply layered with patterned paper. The clock panel, has many layers here too. I began with an orange diecut with the glittered witch, layered on top of this a large clock transparency, and finished with a smaller circle transparency. Then accented with small bats.
The large glitter spider is from Michael's and he is perfect for sitting in the upper left hand corner!
Thank you for taking a peek at my project! This tray is a perfect accent to our Halloween Home Decor! The kids love it, and I had fun creating it! (It has been raining the last couple of days, so I did my best to photograph.) (:
Have a wonderful day my friends,
you are AMAZING. I love every inch of this and i think I need to come back and study it for some new technique ideas!!
Posted by: samantha sibbet | October 05, 2010 at 02:57 PM
This is stunning, I love it and all the details. What an awesome decoration for the holidays!
Posted by: Sandy Davis | October 05, 2010 at 04:10 PM
Goodness, Suzanne, what a GORGEOUS project! Looks like a lot of work that certainly paid off! :-)
Posted by: Deana | October 05, 2010 at 04:31 PM
Oh Suzanne!!! You did an amazing job on that tray!! I just love every single detail!!!
Posted by: Christine Campbell | October 05, 2010 at 10:57 PM
Suzanne this is brilliant and congratulations on being the Featured Project at Two Peas!
Posted by: Melinda | October 06, 2010 at 05:37 PM
I can not tell you how much I LOVE this tray!! Your details are just amazing!! Everytime I see a little box & think WOW, the next box is even more WOW! LOVE those paper roses!!! GORGEOUS job my friend!
Posted by: Sara Rossi | October 08, 2010 at 06:59 AM