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Snow Globe Marketplace by Connie Littell
Filed under Announcements, Christmas, Connie Littell, Market Stall
Please join me in welcoming Connie Littell as a new Design Team Member! Connie has made some wonderful projects in the past as a Guest Designer (like the Artist Studio in Miniature and Cookie Houses and Hot Cocoa Bar); and the festive Snow Globe Marketplace featured today! Here’s a bit from her bio:
I’m a Georgia Tech graduate who spent her career in engineering and project management. I’ve got many years of experience as a first generation farmer and shepherd. I’ve always loved figuring out how to make things, whether it’s soap, cheese, ravioli or a miniature replica of a friend’s business. I love travel, cooking, geeky stuff and making tiny things.
Welcome, Connie! Read on for new supplies (most of which are in Connie’s market stall) plus a FREE gift with a winter theme. All of the new items AND the artwork supply list are included in the sale collection — don’t forget the sale COUPON CODE noted below for an extra 20% off!
But starting with Connie’s beautiful new artwork…
Here come the holidays! It won’t be long until snowy weather hits and we have our homes decked out for all the winter festivities. I’ve never been to any of the European holiday markets but can visualize a diverse mix of multicolored booths each one selling prettier things than the last to make your holidays bright. In that spirit I have a miniature holiday market project for Alpha Stamps to share with you today, one that features a 1:12 Scale Market Stall and a bunch of snow globes, ornaments and other tiny sparkly bits.
Note that Connie provides instructions for papering & assembling the stall on her blog post.
For the front of the stall I used one of the new Snowy Winter Village 6×6 Paper Set. This set features so many pretty little snowy scenes it was hard to choose.
With the stall ready to open for business, I set to making cute little wares and decorating little glass globes in as many ways as I could think of. The first thing I tried was coating the interior of some 12mm Round Glass Globes with metallic acrylic paint to make round pearly ornaments. [See the first wide close-up photo below.] I thinned the paint with a bit of water to make it flow easily and dripped enough inside the globe to coat the interior and set them aside to dry.
To display them I assembled the new 3-Sections Curved Display. The interior was painted brown and the exterior covered with a scrap of woodgrain paper. This piece comes with two dividers that can be glued in place wherever you want them. I elected to use just one of them. The pearly globes went on the right and a few of the 18mm Acrylic Snowflakes on the left all to be sold as ornaments.
Connie gives lots more tips on adding sparkles to glass globes on her post (from UV resin — making a mini snow globe that you can shake! — to Stickles to just filling the glass with glitter). Check below for some close-ups, too.
Here’s Connie’s BIG supply list and you can see tons more photos in her blog post!
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Winter Night Mini Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight November 20, 2024)!
Well, you knew I had to start with snowflakes! First is one of the 10mm Iridescent Color Snowflakes (a random choice of colors; also in Connie’s project — see above how she layered them over the Tiny Ornament Frame Sets).
THEN, one each of:
– Giant Snowflakes
– Antique Silver Snowflakes (random choice)
– Wreath Charms – Brass Oxide
– Gold Celestial Icons Charm Set (random choice)
They are all included in the sale, too (in case you’d like to order more)!
Snow Globe Marketplace SALE — and the COUPON CODE
Over 50 items are on sale, including:
– all the new items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– AND all of the supplies from Connie’s Snow Globe Marketplace
(Note: that’s over 40 supply items, from big things like the market stall to all the sizes of glass globes.)
Note: 3 more new items (not used in Connie’s project) are highlighted below (also in the sale)! Hm… I can see those wooden racks being used to turn the stall into a book shop or baked goods.
ENTER THE COUPON CODE SNOWGLOBE when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices — even items on clearance!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, November 20th at midnight PST.
Holiday Shrines, Teddy Bears, Milk & Cookies
Filed under Christmas, Miniatures, Mushroom House Kit, New Furniture, Nichola Battilana, Shannon Cooper
Wow… mid-November this week. How time flies…
Sounds like time for some speedy gifts or holiday decor. There are FIVE mini shrines as art inspiration today (and ALL the Little Niche Shrines are on sale! (Including the Mushroom Niche Shrine (back in stock, with the matching Door & Window Trim Set) in the first project.)
Read on for more new supplies (including a bunch of tiny toys)… plus a FREE gift with a holiday theme. All of the new items AND the artwork supply lists are included in the sale collection — don’t forget the sale COUPON CODE noted below for an extra 20% off!
Starting with A Home Fit for Several Gnomes by Shannon Cooper!
Oh my. Not only did Shannon turn the Mushroom Shrine into a 3D affair (she sculpted paper clay on the front so there’s a bit of depth to the mushroom cap and around the door). But she also cut a larger arched doorway and used the 4×4 Arch Tunnel Book to turn the whole “house” into an accordion book! (Not really a book, as the only “page” that opens is the front door, but there is so much depth inside.)
Here’s Shannon’s supply list and you can see tons more photos and a tutorial in her blog post!
The second wide photo below is a set of Saints, Sinners and Mystics Little Niche Shrines by Nichola Battilana. These are so lovely! Amazing what magic Nichola has created from bits of chipboard and paper! (And gold Dresden & embossing powder never hurts!) Here’s a link to the short list of supplies Nichola used.
Below Nichola’s shrine photo are 2 bright Pocket Christmas Shrines (also by Shannon). Followed by a bunch of new toy options! Read more & see more photos on Shannon’s blog and here’s a link to her supply list.
Both Shannon and Nichola used the same 2 shrines (Starburst and Scalloped) with very different results!
Ok… you can click any of these art photos to see the supply list for just that project. Or see the entire sale collection for the lists all mixed together!
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 Forest Mushrooms Chipboard Set back in stock |
 Mushroom Niche Door & Window Trim Set |
 House Ornament Fence back in stock |
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 Little Niche Shrine – Starburst Psst: used in art above & below! |
 Little Niche Shrine – Scalloped back-in-stock |
 Saints and Sinners Collage Sheet |
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 Hand-Painted Bear with Bow New |
 Red & Green Train Engine New |
 Metal Top Hat New |
 Cast Metal Toy Airplane New |
 Cast Metal Jack-in-the-Box Toy New |
 Tiny Teddy Bear with Bow New |
More NEW Collage Supplies
I did mention Milk & Cookies! Santa would be lucky to get such an array of cookie options!
Beside that photo at left, I also added those to the new White Hutch or Store Shelving at right (with a big bunch of options shown for size, see them all here). Three more of the new items are in those shelves:
– Porcelain Mini Cottage Teapot
– Mini Powder Jar
– Tiny Teddy Bear with Bow
The 6 items highlighted below are just a sampling of what’s new/restocked today. See all the new & back in stock items.
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Holiday Cookies Mini Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight November 13, 2024)!
What a colorful little mix! Starting with a bit of the Classic Christmas Polymer Clay Slice Mix (also in Shannon’s Christmas shrines). Next: THREE of the 8mm Resin Christmas Cookies or Ornaments Mix (three are shown on my finger, a different three on the bottom right of the photo).
THEN, one each of:
– Tiny Polymer Clay Candy Canes
– Red Cookie Jar Buttons
– Sugar Canister Buttons
They are all included in the sale, too (in case you’d like to order more)!
Holiday Shrines SALE
Over 60 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– AND all of the supplies from Shannon’s Mushroom Shrine, Nichola’s 2 Shrines & Shannon’s 2 Christmas Shrines. (Those are links to the individual supply lists.)
I added ALL the rest of the Little Niche Shrines to this sale! (Photos below.)
ENTER THE COUPON CODE NICHE-SHRINES when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices — even items on clearance!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, November 13th at midnight PST.
Retro Ornaments & New Christmas Trims on Sale!
Filed under Christmas, Gifts/Decorations, Lora Mahaffey, Shannon Cooper, Teri Calia
What’s this? A new size of the (back in stock) Ornament Frame Sets: Tiny Ornament Frame Sets! How cute! Small enough to be decorations in a 1:12 scene.
Note that the 10mm glass cabs in the photo are almost half-spheres (I used the snowmen images from the Tiny Round Christmas Labels Sheet as the distortion seemed less odd than a human face). Yes, both those glass cabs and that collage sheet (and the new/back-in-stock frame sets themselves) are all in today’s sale collection! Of course, you may have plans for tiny hanging ornaments without the glass in the center.
Read on for more new supplies (and a ton of ornament ideas)… plus a FREE gift with a holiday theme. All of the new items AND the artwork supply lists are included in the sale — don’t forget the sale COUPON CODE noted below for an extra 20% off!
Wow! Starting with that Jolly Old Elf by Shannon Cooper! I love how the characters in Shannon’s ornaments just pop out of the center (round window) in their chipboard frames.
Note that Shannon’s Santa ornament at left AND those 2 more pastel ornaments directly below (kitty cat and snowman) share the same supply list.
The second wide photo below (with the amazing lime-green-and-red color combo) is a set of 2 ornaments by Lora Mahaffey. Lora’s ornaments are shakers, using clear domes to contain fluffy snow.
Both Shannon and Lora had fun mixing patterns by taking advantage of the inset chipboard layers (using different scrapbook paper on each layer). Lora decorated her ornaments with little dots of glitter glue, adding even more patterns.
Note that all these ornaments use baker’s twine and ric rac to edge the layers; there’s a new Black, Red & White Ribbon Set today with many of those trims!
Ok… you can click any of these ornament photos to see the supply list for just that project. Or see the entire sale collection for the lists all mixed together (including yet another ornament shown far below)!
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More New Collage Supplies
I’ve been searching for some new snowflakes. Two of the three at right are new today: 10mm Iridescent Color Snowflakes and a 15mm Iridescent Acrylic Snowflake Charm (plus shown with one of the 18mm Acrylic Snowflakes for size comparison — those are included in the sale today, too)!
There’s even some snowflakes in those 2 new polymer clay slice (and pearl) mixes below!
What a flurry of bright red holiday colors! The 6 items highlighted below are just a sampling of what’s new/restocked today. See all the new & back in stock items.
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Xmas Stocking Mini Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight November 6, 2024)!
Starting with a new Mini Filled Christmas Stocking. Fatter than earlier version. Approx. 2″ tall; contents are glued in (but with a bit of wiggling I fit some extra candy canes inside, which are also in the gift set). One each of:
– Red & Green Mini Candy Canes
– Larger Miniature Candy Canes
– Chubby Polymer Clay Candy Canes
They are all included in the sale, too (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the COUPON CODE below for an additional 20% off!
Retro Ornaments SALE
Ah… another cute ornament! This one by Teri Calia starts with the Round Ornament Frame Set and the Santa image then layers on tons of snowflakes and trims. Note: the supply list includes TWO ornaments Teri made; see this original post for info/pics of the other one.
Speaking of retro round images… I also added all these collage sheets with round images to fit the frame sets to the sale! A few are previewed below.
Over 40 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– the extra collage sheets I just mentioned
– AND all of the supplies from Lora’s, Shannon’s & Teri’s ornaments. (Those are links to the individual supply lists.)
ENTER THE COUPON CODE RETRO-XMAS when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices — even items on clearance!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, November 6th at midnight PST.
A Little Holiday Baking Table + New Kitchen Minis
Filed under Christmas, Lora Mahaffey, Miniature Baking
It’s getting dark earlier these days. Yes, it’s not quite Halloween but the time for planning/making Christmas decor (or gifts) is upon us!
I’ve brought back the Tile Top Table shown at left, with a wonderful holiday baking scene using it, shown below. Plus there’s now 2 sizes of those sweet deer at right (both used in the scene, too).
Read on for more new supplies… plus a FREE gift with a baking theme. All of the new items AND the artwork supply list are in today’s sale collection! Don’t forget the sale COUPON CODE noted below for an extra 20% off everything in the sale.
This FABULOUS baking scene is by Lora Mahaffey!
Lora started with an unassuming raw chipboard table… and turned it into this fanciful baking scene! I love all the details (Lora is a baker, you know). She also provides a tutorial on glazing and grouting the chipboard tiles on her blog post.
I love to bake for friends and family all year, but there is something about chilly weather, Christmas trees, sparkly lights and the promise of snow that sends me into a baking tizzy.
The state of my kitchen could be described as a ‘cheerful mess’. No one seems to mind, especially when they get handed some gingerbread!
Here’s a snapshot of a cheerfully messy kitchen work table in dollhouse scale… slightly easier to clean up!
Aw… but who would want to clean up this miniature mess? Note: I LOVE that gingerbread house!
Read more (and see more photos — and that tutorial) in Lora’s blog post. Note: as we moved to a new Web site the product links on Lora’s site no longer work. However, you can see her extensive Supply List (including tons of back-in-stock supplies directly below) on the new site… and don’t forget they’re all are included in the COUPON sale!
More New Collage Supplies
Oh, how cute! Those new tiny mice (the standing one is just 1/2″ tall) are perfect for a Grandfather Clock (or warming themselves near a fire, or in a Nutcracker production).
Moving on quickly… the 9 items highlighted below are just a sampling of what’s new/restocked today. See all the new & back in stock items.
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Caffeine for Baking Set is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight October 30, 2024)!
This set includes:
– A back-in-stock Silver Wire Whisk Charm
– A new White Coffee Cup Set with Gold Trim also shown at left (adorable!)
– Red Foam Stamen
– One of the Coffee Pot Buttons
A mini pick-me-up for the tiny baker!
They are all included in the sale, too (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the COUPON CODE below for an additional 20% off!
Holiday Baking Table SALE
Over 40 items, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– AND all of the supplies from Lora’s A Little Holiday Table.
ENTER THE COUPON CODE TILE when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices — even items on clearance!
A few more NEW items and some highlights from Lora’s supplies are shown below.
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, October 30th at midnight PST.
Houses, Stars & Snowmen
Filed under Christmas, Kristin Batsel, Nichola Battilana, Shadowbox/Room Box, Shannon Cooper
I just brought back ALL EIGHT sizes of Mini House Shadowboxes and TINY House Shadowboxes! There’s tons of art options using them below, but first here’s my photo of a few new/old/back-in-stock items that fit in the houses. (The houses used are (L to R): Tiny Little Shadowbox Houses #2, Mini House Shadowbox #4 (repeated a 2nd time with the lamppost at far right) and Mini House Shadowbox #2.) Beside the new decorated tree, chubby snowman and starburst, I also used a back-in-stock Waving Snowman and LED Lamppost… AND a tiny sleigh, set of gifts with bows (psst: those are also in today’s free gift), and 2 trees w/o decor (a 3″ tree plus a tiny tree).
Read on for lots of art ideas (and more new supplies)… plus a FREE gift with a SNOWMAN theme. All of the new items AND all FIVE supply lists are just a portion of what’s in today’s sale collection! Yes, all the props I just mentioned that aren’t new (like the 1:12 scale sleigh) are in the sale, too! Don’t forget the sale COUPON below for an extra 20% off everything in the sale collection.
An Impish Convoy
by Nichola Battilana
Starting my selection of “cute art made with tiny houses” is this delightful group of rolling houses!
Nichola used Mini Houses numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 for the bases of her little caravan. The sweet children who wouldn’t dream of misbehaving are from the Little Imps and Little Darlings Collage Sheets.
Once you have your houses put together, painted, papered and full of glitter; it’s time to start embellishing! Lovely pink roses, mushrooms, leaves and stars are quick additions that you can add to gussy up your caravan with.
Before you think you’re done with your caravan — don’t forget to add your 1 Inch and 2 Inch Wheels. Otherwise your Imps won’t be going very far!
The new Flat-Back Gold Star Studs – Mixed Size Set at left are a close match to the stars Nichola sprinkled throughout her convoy.
Here’s a link to ALL of Nichola’s supplies… and don’t forget they’re all are included in the sale!
More New Stars
Moving on quickly… the 5 items highlighted below or at left are just a sampling of all the new stars.
Some of those rhinestone stars will be seen in the art section… See all the new & back in stock items.
Circus Town by Kristin Batsel
Kristin shows a great way to use the large and small version of the same shape in her project. (Those 2 links are for the chunkier houses from the series; Kristin also used the slightly slimmer Tiny Little Shadowbox Houses #3 — 2 of them of her array of 5.)
Here’s a link to ALL of Kristin’s supplies… and don’t forget they’re all are included in the sale!
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Even More Houses!
Mermaid’s Treasure Mini Houses by Shannon Cooper
Shannon used all FOUR of the Tiny Little Shadowbox Houses in her scene with a poor mermaid wondering what to do with a shoe.
Items worth noting that Shannon used (in no particular order) are the Victorian Dressing Table Set (with the hand mirror, comb, hairbrush, and tiny picture frame), silverware (LOVE the silverware chandelier!), passport, hanging utensils, and a child’s ball.
Here’s a link to ALL of Shannon’s supplies…
Little Houses, All in a Row by Kristin Batsel
That clever girl! Kristin used the backs of the tiny houses as canvases for some adorable imps (and I like the addition of little numbers from a set of rub-ons).
“I kept the open part simple (the flip side of the houses), because you never know what might find its way into one of these little houses. Around Easter time, it may be a family of rabbits. At other times, it could be any sort of thing, like a Frozen Charlotte or a miniature chalkware dog.”
Here’s Kristin’s supply list for her second project shown today.
New Snowmen
We’ve got such a collection of cute figurines here now, I made a set! See that group at right? Buy all 5 and get a discount price from buying them singly.
Plus 3 more new snowmen shown below (2 are in that set; the chubby guy was shown way up at top inside a house)!
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Snowman & Gifts Set is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight October 23, 2024)!
This set includes:
– A Smiling Snowman w Green Scarf Cabochon
– 1 of the sold out Flat-Back Gold Star Studs – 12mm
– Tiny Red & Green Resin Wrapped Christmas Gifts
– 1 of the sold out Ceramic Penguin Beads
The 2 still in stock are included in the sale, too (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the coupon below for an additional 20% off!
Stars & Houses SALE
Wait! Even more on sale! What? Last gasp for Halloween? Yes, a couple stragglers arrived back in stock this week: a witch’s hat in Kristin’s Halloween Tableaux at right (and a skeleton shown below… oh, and FINALLY: orange roses). Plus those cute Tableaux use more stars!!
Use coupon STARRY when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices!
Over 80 items, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– the items shown far above from my “what fits in the houses” mock-up,
– AND all of the supplies from ALL FIVE art projects! The fifth being Kristin’s Halloween Tableaux: supplies here!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, October 23rd at midnight PST.
New Altered Tin by Shannon Cooper + New Halloween & Mini Containers
Filed under Altered Tins, Halloween, Miniatures, Shannon Cooper
There’s a new Altoids Tin Divided Shelves Insert today… shown at left & right PLUS used to great advantage in Design Team Member Shannon Cooper’s Potions Cupboard Altered Tin artwork below! The shelves are from an idea that’s been rumbling around for awhile: Designed to sit on top of an Altoids Shelf Insert – 2-1/4 Inch Wide (inside an Altoids Tin) but can be used separately (not in tin) as a tiny bookcase.
Read on for lots of art ideas (and new supplies)… plus a FREE gift with a Halloween theme. All of the new items AND Shannon’s supply list are just a portion of what’s in today’s sale collection! Don’t forget the sale COUPON below for an extra 20% off everything in the sale collection.
Potions Cupboard Altered Tin
by Shannon Cooper
I love the creepy, old-and-rusted look of this tiny tin by Shannon!
Starting my tour with the base of the inside of her tin: so clever how Shannon added a simple rectangle of chipboard to make a faux drawer (and the Half-Round Drawer Pulls to complete the look of a drawer).
Proceeding to the bottom shelf: note that Shannon moved both vertical dividers of the new shelf insert to the middle shelf (so she’d have a wide open shelf). There’s a skull with a creepy pearl eyeball, plus a tray with moldy vegetables and a tiny potions bottle with a beetle label (see the wide close-up photos below for a better view). By the way, there’s a new set of pie pans that would fit perfectly on that shelf for that tray (just add some ink to tarnish it gold/green).
Moving up to the middle shelf: there’s the larger version of the potions bottle (with an old crone label), tiny metal cauldron (just clip off the loop or hide it behind some foliage), rolled scrolls, a skull image behind a vitamin E pill on the scalloped plate (inspired!), tiny leaves, and tiny books.
Top shelf: ceramic bat bead on/in an Fancy Bronze Large Bead Cap, an Even Tinier Bottle with toadstool label, slightly larger toadstool label on the back wall, and a raven (hand-colored) from the Halloween Bottle Toppers on a Chubby Bronze Cone Bead Cap (darkened with a Sharpie)!
I’ve almost omitted the mottled yellow paper in the background from the Sepia Trees & Spider Webs Background Papers Set. Great job, Shannon!
Here’s a link to ALL of Shannon’s supplies… and don’t forget they’re all are included in the sale!
New Collage Supplies
Cute Halloween resins! At right are new 1 Inch Resin RIP Tombstone, Mini Black Resin Coffin, and Mini Grey Resin Gravestone with Cross. They’re all solid castings so stand up well. (The 2 tombstones also fit on the top shelf of the new shelves… see a photo below in the sale section.)
Moving on quickly… the 9 items highlighted below are just a sampling of what’s new/restocked today. See all the new & back in stock items.
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Coffin Full of Skulls is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight October 16, 2024)!
Yes, we’re getting close to October 31st and I’m feeling inspired!
This set includes:
– A Mini Coffin Treat Box (and doesn’t that 5/8 Inch Silver Skull & Bones Charm fit perfectly on the lid!)
– A Corroded Resin Skull (yes, the same skull as Shannon used in her tin… though she added a creepy pearl eyeball)
– FIVE Small Resin Skull Beads
– TWO Tiny Black Stone Skull Beads
Enough skulls to fill the coffin!
They are all included in the sale, too (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the coupon below for an additional 20% off!
Potions Cupboard SALE
Wait! Even more on sale! See the photos at right for a mock up I did of a few items that fit in the new shelves. All those items are on sale too! (Ok… a couple overlap with what Shannon used but most are additions… see them all here plus a few are highlighted below!)
Use coupon POTIONS-TIN when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices — even items on clearance!
Over 50 items, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– the items shown at right from my “what fits on the new shelves” mock-up (including the 2 new tombstones),
– AND all of the supplies from Shannon’s Potions Cupboard Altered Tin.
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, October 16th at midnight PST.
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 14mm Round Glass Globe with Bronze Top that’s the globe in the middle row, sitting on a bronze crown |
Something Spooky! New Halloween art & supplies; mini hinges, too
Filed under Halloween, Mini Hardware, Miniatures, Rhonda Secrist Thomas
There are 2 new folding cards (one’s actually a pocket) that coordinate with the Haunted House & Tombstone Set (shown at right in the Tombstone Tray). The Folding Haunted House Card is at left and the Mausoleum Pocket Card is shown farther below. Both have windows that fit the overlays from the Windows for Tall Houses set.
AND both cards are in Design Team Member Rhonda Secrist’s fun and colorful Something Spooky artwork! Big photos below show each card open and closed (or with a kitty cat greeting inserted or popping out of the pocket.)
Read on for lots of art ideas (and new supplies)… plus a FREE gift with a Halloween theme. All of the new items AND Rhonda’s supply list are just a portion of what’s in today’s sale collection! Don’t forget the sale COUPON below for an extra 20% off everything in the sale collection.
Something Spooky by Rhonda Secrist
Welcome to the historic town of Spookville. I kid you not, it’s a little place where the families have lived for generations. The community takes pride in their ancestors homes, and even more importantly to the forever places where their loved ones are laid to rest. The Spookville Cemetery, established in 1797. The tombs are massive and the gravestones are carefully cleaned.
It all started with this sinister Tombstone Tray. A place to add all sorts of creepy, Halloween fun and creativeness. What could possibly be better?
This neat little Mausoleum Pocket Card is special, because it can carry a secret message inside.
There is also a new Folded Haunted House Card which is my favorite because there are so many cool surfaces to create on. I used some Polymer Clay Pumpkins to give some festive character and an Acrylic Raven.
Here’s a link to Rhonda’s blog post for lots more photos and her supply list… and don’t forget all of them are included in the sale!
 Mausoleum Pocket Card See the wide photo on the next row… with a cute cat from the collage sheet at right AND a lot of Dresden. |
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 Mini Windows for Haunted Houses See them on the house below (plus some Halloween Bottle Toppers in the window and on either side of the door). |
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New Collage Supplies
Eek! Check out those teeny tiny (and very detailed) Halloween cabs! There are Tiny Smiling Jack-o-Lanterns and Tiny RIP Tombstones. Both are flat-back resin cabochons (slightly domed).
Moving on quickly… the 9 items highlighted below are just a sampling of what’s new/restocked today. See all the new & back in stock items.
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Night Creatures Set is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight October 9, 2024)!
First thing: new spiders! That photo at left shows a couple with a Folding Haunted House Card for size.
In addition to a spider, this set includes one each of:
– Jack-o-Lantern Cabochons
– Silver Skeleton Pendant
– Perched Owl Embellishments
PLUS a few Black & White Skulls from the revised Black & Orange Halloween Polymer Clay Slice Mix (that mix is also in Rhonda’s artwork)
They are all included in the sale, too (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the coupon below for an additional 20% off!
Something Spooky SALE
Use coupon SPOOKVILLE when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices — even items on clearance!
Over 60 items, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– AND all of the supplies from Rhonda’s Something Spooky (a few more are highlighted below).
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, October 9th at midnight PST.
Boneyard Bash, New Shadowbox & Spooky Cameos
Filed under Collage Sheets, Halloween, Jewelry, Shadowbox/Room Box, Shannon Cooper
October this week?! Wow, it really is time for a Boneyard Bash!
This new shadowbox (and an avalanche of new cabs & settings) were inspired by Design Team Member Shannon Cooper’s Boneyard Bash (more info on her art is below)… with shallow “rooms” inside (1-3/8″ deep), a big cover with windows and a door, and an attic with a peaked roof. There’s also a new matching set of window frames (shown in the photo at right… also showing how the front/cover can be flipped so the door is on the other side).
Hm… this would make a great little holiday scene, too. (Maybe wrapping gifts upstairs and a tree downstairs? Or just a festive storefront with lots of sweet treats or decorations for sale view through the windows?)
Back to the holiday at hand: one of the many options for decorating the attic is at right (this combo is a Medusa cab with a scalloped setting).
Read on for lots of art ideas (and new supplies)… plus a FREE gift with a Halloween theme (and a skeleton that’s the perfect size for the door in the new shadowbox). All of the new items AND Shannon’s supply list are just a portion of what’s in today’s sale collection! Don’t forget the sale COUPON below for an extra 20% off everything in the sale collection.
Boneyard Bash by Shannon Cooper
What a great project! You can see why I designed the new shadowbox to help recreate such fun. Note: I added some (creative) substitutes for supplies no longer available (down in the sale section). But first… an intro from Shannon:
A cemetery project has been gnawing at me… creepy spider baby with glowy eyeballs, undead children, haunted house, suspicious things in the windows…that’s what I’m coffin about.
Oooh, spooky twins behind a wrought iron fence! My favorite! Is it just me, or is there a moustache on the girl behind the tree?
There is something thrilling going on inside the haunted house. It’s a Boneyard Bash! They are having a hair-raising good time. The inside of the house is pretty simple; all of the party goers came from collage sheets!
See that wide photo below for a preview of all the revelry inside! The shallow shadowbox is perfect for layered paper collage (though it is deep enough for some 1″-ish deep props, too).
Here’s a link to Shannon’s original blog post and her supply list. Note: we moved sites since her post so use my link for her supplies… and don’t forget all of them are included in the sale!
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New Spooky Cabs & Settings!
The images for all FOUR of the spooky cameos below are from the new Witchy Halloween Oval Cabs Half Sheet shown at right! I aimed for simpler images (even at the larger 40x30mm size) to mimic the simple bat cameo in the attic of Shannon’s haunted house. A mix of tall and wide images from witches themselves to skulls, poison, owls, the moon, and a lovely “Hallowe’en” script from a vintage book. (All the images are also included at 25x18mm size on the collage sheet, too.)
There are LOTS of new cabochons and settings today… the 6 highlighted below are just a sampling. See all the new & back in stock items.
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Skeleton & Friends Set is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight October 2, 2024)!
Happy accident! That skelly is just the right height for the doorway of the new shadowbox! In addition to him (her?), this set includes one each of:
– RIP Tombstone Polymer Clay Slices
– Resin Pumpkin Cabochon
– Coffin Lid Polymer Clay Slices
– 45mm Wide Black Acrylic Bats
They are all included in the sale, too (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the coupon below for an additional 20% off!
(More) New & Back-in-Stock Supplies!
Nice… the mica is back just in time for making your own version of Shannon’s project (maybe to make some moody windows). And those candles… they have been on a very slow boat but I’m just happy they arrived before Halloween!
ALL of today’s new & back in stock items are also in the sale collection (see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
Boneyard Bash SALE
Use coupon BASH when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices — even items on clearance!
50 items, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– AND all of the supplies from Shannon’s Boneyard Bash
AND some bonus items (substitutes for Shannon’s supply list are highlighted below).
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, October 2nd at midnight PST.
 Tombstone Trims for acrylic bats & cats |
 Creepy Tree – 8 Inch about the same size as the 7″ tall tree |
 6v Warm White Fairy Lights LEDs for doll’s eyes! |
Eat, Drink, and Be Scary: New Halloween Sweets!
Filed under Halloween, Miniature Baking, Shadowbox/Room Box, Shannon Cooper
Trick or Treat!
Miniature Candy Apples?! And candy corn cupcakes, too? So many sweet treats for a Halloween scene are new and/or highlighted below (and on sale)!
Read on for lots of HALLOWEEN eye candy by Design Team Member Shannon Cooper… plus a FREE gift with a Halloween theme.
All the supply list items are just a portion of what’s in today’s sale collection! Don’t forget the sale COUPON below for an extra 20% off everything in the sale collection (a BIG group, too… over 70 items).
New Supplies!
Oooh! More sweet treats! I love those candy corn cupcakes at left! Perfect for a spread of Halloween party treats.
That pumpkin set and the groundcover would work well as items in the yard of Shannon’s Eat, Drink, and Be Scary (see below). And, oh my, that new Wooden Shadowbox is so tiny and cute!
Check Shannon’s artwork below for a bunch of back-in-stock supplies, too!
ALL of today’s new & back in stock items are also in the sale collection (see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
Eat, Drink, and Be Scary! by Shannon Cooper
Starting with some text from Shannon’s blog post:
I’m just going to cut to the chase. The Porch & Courtyard Scene Box from Alpha Stamps is a scream!!! It’s a hefty 11-1/2″ long x 11-1/2″ wide by 13-1/2″ tall kit with a raised porch, steps, and a courtyard! Did I mention the arbor covering the porch?? Wow. I love this thing.
There’s tons of possibilities with the kit, but there was no way I was going to do anything but a Hallowe’en project! It would also be pretty cute decked out with Christmas decorations and lights… oh my, how long until Christmas??!
Speaking of lights, I used a few adorable Tiny Halloween Luminaries and a Mini String of Fairy Lights to illuminate the steps!
The rest of the string of fairy lights are tucked behind the silhouetted images under the porch. I had made similar kinds of window silhouettes many moons ago when we went all out with decorations for the house. The life-sized versions were spooky images cut from black plastic that were glued to white fabric, then hung in the windows. The mini versions in the windows (top floor) are stamped images on vellum. The bottom silhouettes (under the porch) are black cats or skulls that have been taped to a frame made from Heavy Translucent Vellum and strips of wood.
The Tiny Halloween Luminaries are similar designs as the Tiny Halloween Lanterns but have 1 design per paper bag. They’re laser-cut and scored from heavy tan cardstock.
Shannon lined the front cut-out panels with vellum and 2 layers of orange cellophane (see how-to pics on her blog post). She also shows how she punched a hole in the bottom of each luminarie for the fairy lights to poke through (and how she hid the wires under the steps).
Thank you, Shannon! Such an inspired and detailed project! Here’s everything in Shannon’s (HUGE) supply list. Plus see below (below more fun photos — just look at that table of sweets!) for even more of Shannon’s supplies — and the new sale!
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Back in Stock Supplies in Shannon’s Project
Let’s start with the Grim Reaper at left! Shannon painted him (standing in the cemetery, to the left of the stairs) and used one of the tiny tombstones as a stand to keep him upright.
Jumping around a bit… the Gable Boxes! Did you recognize one on the skeleton’s lap near the candy table? It’s labelled “Pickled Eyeballs” and has a mix of polymer clay eyeballs & candy inside!
ALL of today’s new & back in stock items are also in the sale collection (see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Tombstone & Toad Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight September 25, 2024)!
Yes, that’s an Etched RIP Tombstone (one of the etched tombstones in the cemetery from Shannon’s Eat, Drink, and Be Scary). Also a Small Green Frog (standing in as a toad) and 2 of the 1 Inch Plastic Bones.
All 3 items are in the sale collection (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the coupon below for an additional 20% off!
Eat, Drink, and Be Scary SALE
Use coupon CANDY when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices! That even includes items on clearance!
Over 70 items, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– AND all of the supplies from Shannon’s Eat, Drink, and Be Scary
Note that I added some substitutes to Shannon’s supplies, like:
– Larger Squishy Bats (just a bit bigger than the original bats Shannon had flying around on the porch)
– Black Foot Path LED Light – 6 volt
– Corroded Resin Skull
– Spring Green Lichen Mix
– Half Scale Metal Candlesticks – Pair (there’s a candle on the table with all the sweets)
– Coarse Turf – Olive Green
AND some bonus SWEETS (also shown below):
– Set of 4 Halloween Frosted Cookies
– 3mm Halloween Mix Nonpareils Faux Candy
– Happy Halloween Sheet Cake
– Black, Orange & White Halloween Candy Polymer Clay Slices
– Candy Corn Polymer Clay Slices
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, September 25th at midnight PST.
New Skulls & Bats on Sale + Skeleton Lovers Doily Set
Filed under Bella Ayers, Halloween, Shannon Cooper
How cute is this new Black Trick or Treat Lace Doilies Set! Laser cut from black cardstock. Each is approx. 1″ tall.
The happy couple are framed by a mini version of the skull design from the Gothic Frames for Oval Cabochons. Shown at right with a couple boxes from the Set of 3 Tiny Rectangular Gift Boxes for scale.
These doilies and the new items below are on sale — all with a Halloween theme!
There are TWO Halloween art projects highlighted below (with all the supplies for both included in the sale, too).
Read on for eye candy… plus a related FREE gift. Don’t forget the sale COUPON below for an extra 20% off everything in the sale collection.
FREE with All Orders: Bat & Skull Ticket Book Gift Kit!
Inspired by the Tombstone Ticket Book by Kimberly Ayers shown directly below!
A Bat & Skull Ticket Book Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight September 18, 2024)!
I’ve included one of the Matchbox Ticket Strips and one of the Day of the Dead Wooden Skulls from Kimberly’s project, plus I added one of the back-in-stock Antique Silver Flying Bat Charms!
All 3 items are also included in the sale collection (in case you’d like to order more)!
Here’s a super simple (and cute) Halloween project!
This little Tombstone Ticket Book uses 2 of the back-in-stock Etched Wood Gravestones as covers. They come naked so Kimberly painted them with mottled mix of white & black gesso. Then she did the same to the Day of the Dead Wooden Skull. And finished off the front with a Bronze Flying Bat Charm.
Between the 2 gravestones is the little Matchbox Ticket Journal that has tiny images from the Mini Halloween Banners Collage Sheet on both sides.
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This side has a (fave) Halloween jingle that Kimberly typed out (on a 1960s Smith Corona typewriter). She edged the bottom with a Thin Looped Dresden Border, and the top of the flip side with a Baroque Dresden Border. That’s about it, a quick little book to make and amuse yourself with!
Here’s all of Kimberly’s supply list, and remember all these items are included in today’s sale (see the COUPON below)!
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More New Supplies!
Let’s start with the Tiny Black Ticket Books with Tombstone Covers at right (and first item below)! It’s a smaller version of the tickets in the artwork above (plus it comes with tiny chipboard covers).
I photographed the set with a variety of 5mm polymer clay slices to show how tiny… and I included the 3 slice mixes I pulled from in the sale, too:
– Witchy Halloween Polymer Clay Slice Mix
– Halloween Mini Cookies – Polymer Clay Slice Mix
– Dark Halloween Polymer Clay Slice Mix
ALL of today’s new items are also in the sale collection (see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
Little Witch’s Wall Shelf by Shannon Cooper!
Nice! We have an updated version of the wooden shelf that Design Team Member Shannon Cooper used as the base of her fab Little Witch’s Wall Shelf!
The Curvy Wall Shelf is the same size and design but now a chipboard kit! Laser-cut from heavy chipboard. Ships flat but a breeze to put together with the slots and tabs precut (you’ll just need to secure with a bit of white glue).
It will need to be hung on a wall as it has no feet (and the bottom is not deep so it will topple over it you try to stand it up).
Includes tiny holes at the bottom for adding Tiny Wooden Drawer Knobs or Pulls but the holes can easily be ignored or papered over if not needed. Note: the knobs fit pretty snugly in the holes, but still plan on securing with glue.
Back to Shannon’s fab creation:
I have been going through all of my miniatures from Alpha Stamps and turning them into spooky little things. The latest miniature being this very sweet Wall Shelf, which can also work well for Christmas! Hmmm, Christmas. Might need to get another shelf…
This shelf was painted black with a coat of regular old black acrylic paint, then a coat of crackle medium (PVA glue works too), and finally a coat of brown paint. After that, the shelf was stuffed with bottles, skulls, jars, and a frog!
Pretty much everything used on the shelf was given a wash of watered down acrylic paint and antiquing fluid to give it a nice grungy look.
Here’s Shannon’s supply list — and check out the back-in-stock skull shown below (before some red eyes added by Shannon)!
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 Bronze Flying Bat Charm popular today! |
 Long Resin Skull back in stock |
 Set of 3 Tiny Keys on Ring |
Skulls & Bats SALE
Use coupon SKULLS when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices! That even includes items on clearance!
Over 50 items, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– the 3 Polymer Clay Slice Mixes I photo’ed with the tiny book set,
– AND all of the supplies from Kimberly’s Tombstone Ticket Book and Shannon’s Little Witch’s Wall Shelf
AND bonus: 13 more bat or skull charms or metal beads (a few are highlighted below or at right).
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, September 18th at midnight PST.
