July-O-Ween: Framed Skeleton Shadow Boxes

 

I know it's supposed to be June-O-Ween and Christmas in July but July-O-Ween is going to have to do! I said I wanted to get ahead of the seasons and this still qualifies so there!

Supplies:

• Wood Boxes (Dollar Tree)
• Halloween Scrapbook Paper (Stash)
• Ornate Frames (Stash)
• Skeleton Hands (Stash)
• Multi Surface Craft Paint (Michaels)
• Mod Podge
• Hot Glue
• Glue Gun

I found these little wood boxes at Dollar Tree in various sizes so I bought two of the large and one each of the medium and the small. 

This idea came to me as I was inventorying my Halloween Craft Stash. I had these ornate frames from one of those they were too good to pass up on clearance trips to Michaels and I had some Skeleton Hands from Dollar Tree in there too. Grabbed some Halloween scrapbook papers and started to play.

I painted the two large boxes with Black Multisurface Satin paint (CraftSmart) and cut the scrapbookpapers to size to fit inside. I also dry brushed the boxes with silver paint.

I love this Multi Surface paint and it works just as well as more expensive brands. I painted the Skeleton Hands with silver and dry brushed some onto the frames. 

This is after one coat on the hands. I did a second. When dry, I used hot glue to attach each hand to a frame, then glued to frame into the box. 

The frames already had a little gold on them so I let that peek through the silver dry brushing. I also picked up some black roses from Dollar Tree and popped two from their stems to glue atop each box. 

I'm impatient so the Mod Podge was still drying in a couple of spots shown here. 

Boo!

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Embossed Metal Flower Bottle Tops

 

I finally had a chance to play! It's been a minute with a lot going on the past month and a half or so. I popped in Dollar Tree last week and found these cute bottles. Sea glass looking with the twine and the bee. Had to get! For whatever reason, they remind me of Saguaros which are blooming like crazy right now so that was my inspiration for these. 

Supplies

• Sea Glass Bottles (Dollar Tree)
• Embossable Metal (Amazon)
• Die Cutting Machine (Analog...used my Cricut Cuttlebug)
• Floral Die (Tim Holtz)
• Glue Dots 

This is the Tim Holtz cutting die I used. I've had it forever and still get tons of use from it. On the left is the roll of aluminum embossable metal I've had in my stash. 

My can't justify getting a newer one Cricut Cuttlebug because it's a workhorse. Lots of brands make similar and as much as I enjoy my crafting tech, sometimes analog is the way to go! 

These bottles are so cute!

I cut the embossing metal to size to fit the die, then ran it through the Cuttlebug. Originally, I planned for this to cut the metal as you would paper but this proved a bit too thick. It embossed the metal nicely so I just finished by cutting around each flower layer with scissors.

Then I attached each of the layers using Glue Dots.

To finish, I put two more Glue Dots directly onto the top of the bottle and then attached the flowers. If I decide to use the bottles / flowers differently, they come off easily.

I remembered how much fun metal embossing is so I'm off to work on another project I'll share when it's done! 

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Home Decor: Layered Bunny and Egg

 

Mr. Chocolate now gets why I stop at different Dollar Tree locations. (And yes, I saw where they're closing stores!). We were out and about the other day and there was one next to a place we were going so of course I had to stop and I found some things I hadn't seen at other stores like these thicker "wood" eggs and Buffalo check bunnies! This idea instantly popped into my head. 

Supplies 

• Dollar Tree Wood Egg
• Dollar Tree Buffalo Check Bunny Garland
• Dollar Tree Mini Wood Blocks
• Hot Glue Gun and Glue
• Ribbon
• Acrylic Craft Paint
• Coordinating Ribbon

The bunny garland would be cute as a garland but I already had this idea in my head. I painted the top of the eggs and left the sides bare. 

It only took one coat but I let it dry overnight. I took two of the bunnies off of the twine and replaced it with coordinated ribbon. 

I pulled the ribbon through the holes from the back, tied a square knot, then trimmed the ends as shown. I had some mini-wood blocks in my stash that I used to create depth to glue the bunnies to the eggs.

After I glued the block to the back of the bunny, I used more hot glue to attach the bunnies to the eggs.

Easy Peasy Dollar Treesy! But what to do with the remaining bunny garland? I decided that the remaining four would make two cute 3-D bunnies. 

I had these mini pom poms in my stash and went with the light turquoise ones to cover the holes from the twine. Then I glued two more of the wood blocks to the back and attached another bunny to the blocks. 

Be careful to make sure the bottoms are even so they'll stand up. 

They go with some eggs I did years ago!

And of course, now, I wish I'd bought another garland! 

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Valentine's Decor: Dollar Tree LOVE Frames

 

This is the easiest project ever! I'm almost embarrassed to share it. 

Supplies:

• Dollar Store Silver Frames
• Themed Scrapbook Paper (This is by American Crafts)
• LOVE Wood Stickers
• Foam Squares

I found these wood LOVE stickers at Dollar Tree, and picked up two of these 4x4 frames. The paper, I already had in my stash. I cut the paper to fit the frame size (so really 5x5) and then used the mat that came with the frames.

Once I reassembled the frame with the paper and the mat, then I added one of the LOVE stickers to the top of the glass using a foam square.

That's it!

I kept my entry table simple with two of these and some black velvet ribbon I got a JoAnn after Christmas for 70% off.

I had some wood heart stickers in my stash and stuck them to the candles that stay on this table. I'm actually surprised they've stayed stuck to the wax but they have and they're easily removed. 

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