Join Me on Wednesday, October 26th at Treasured Memories!

Please join me for my new Halloween Class Wednesday October 26 at Treasured Memories. I will make up some extra kits, so if you'd like one just email me at lisabarrie@Live.com. Click on any photo to make them bigger!

Step 1.  I opened a moon image in Photoshop and got rid of the black sky background, next I and printed it on Prima Printery 12 x 12 paper (I have the Epson 1400). In Photoshop I adjusted the placement of the moon image to the upper left hand corner.

Step 2. With the Cricut, I cut out a decorative square shape from Prima printery paper and added it to my page along with another strip that I punch the end of.

Step 3. I added a die-cut of a Halloween tree.

Step 4. I have my basic layout, now it's time to start adding some elements. I take one of the perfume bottles from my set I designed (they are available here on my blog) and I want to make it shorter but I can't cut off the bottom or the top because of the shape. So I cut out the center and glue the two ends together with some Elmer's white glue. You can see the cut line right below the neck if the bottle.

Step 5. I traced the shape of the bottle on another piece of Prima paper and I cut it out and glued it to the chippie bottle. While the glue is wet and the paper is softened a took my fingernail and gently bent the edge of the paper around the side of the bottle so it perfectly wraps around the chippie shape. Next I printed a potion label from the Internet and glue it to my bottle. Then, I wanted to create some shadows to give the die-cut some dimension. I used a fine black pen and added some pen and ink type shadowing. The last step was to cover the bottle (except the label) with Glossy accents.

Step 6. I gather up all the elements I want on my page and now I spray the page with Sweet Cover, Tuscan Sun and Walnut Gold glimmer mist. To finish the background I flick some diluted black paint to create splatters. (Sorry the pictures not great).

Step 7. As you can see, too much of the moon would have been covered up by a photo and the mats. So I reversed the layout and put the tree on the left side, creating a silhouette against the moon (I lay everything out before I start gluing to make sure I'm happy with the complete design). Now I start adding all the elements to the page including the photo mats, elements from the Printery papers, the bottle, some Graphic 45 basics, a Jolee's Halloween key sticker, some Making Memories glitter foam stickers and a few Prima leaves.

Step 8. I finish the page by inking the edges with black soot and vintage photo distress inks. I add some rub-ons and I cut a haunted garden gate. The last step is just to add a title and photo. I altered a full color photo in Photoshop and chopped it to give it a haunting look!

I think that's about everything.