Scrapping by Design

This Halloween House is a cute Halloween craft project, at least in my opinion. I made it using the same pattern that I demoed in an earlier video, St. Patrick’s Day House Craft Project

I cut the pattern pieces out of a light cardboard box and covered with the pieces of Halloween scrapbook paper left over from the Halloween cards that I made a few days ago.

I embossed the roof and the pathway with a Cuttlebug folder (Elegant Swirls) used with  the Sizzix Big Shot Cutting-and-Embossing Roller-Style Machine.

Many of the embellishments are store bought Halloween stickers, but I made the larger items myself.

The “ghost” in the doorway is fashioned from a flexible, lacy paper with “eyes” glued in the appropriate location.

As for the tombstone in front, reading  RIP, I cut that from card stock and wrote the letters with a glaze pen.  After I took the picture, I removed the RIP tombstone and put it at the bag, along with a second stone reading “Izzy Dedyet.”  I decided the tombstone in front gave a cluttered look to the project.

The jack o’ lantern pumpkin is done with paper piercing, drawn freehand. I used an orange glaze pen to mark the pumpkin’s veins and draw the facial features. I applied 3-D dimensional glue (yellow) to the eyes, nose and mouth.

The Halloween House was an economical project. Other than the stickers, I made it entirely from items in my stash.

I plan on donating this Halloween craft project to the community center where I take my Tai Chi classes. They have a lot of children passing through and I expect the kids will like it.