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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.
New Halloween House + Sale on Halloween & Christmas Houses
Filed under Christmas, Halloween, Kristin Batsel, Miniatures
Hooray for Halloween! A third house in our series of shelf houses (or hanging ornaments if you wish). The new house comes with lots of trim options (windows, door, cat, bats, raven…). I’m pretty sure you could use different trims and all 3 houses could be in a village scene for Christmas like my quick mock-up below (and see farther below as there are some decorated Christmas houses).
Here are the extra supplies I used in my group of houses (all included in the sale, too!):
left: 3D Resin Snowman, Green Sisal Tree with Snow – 4 Inch, Mini House Doors & Windows
middle:, Mini Resin Fawn, 3 Inch Green Sisal Trees
right: Jack-o-Lantern Cabochons, Black Resin Jack-o-Lantern
Note that the new items below are also on sale — a mix of Halloween & Christmas themes.
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.
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 Black Resin Jack-o-Lantern New |
 Tall House Shelf Set with Trims back in stock |
 Haunted House Shelf Set with Trims New |
Christmas Houses by Kristin Batsel!
So cute! Look at those sweet holiday houses by Kristin!
Note: Kristin made FOUR houses:
– 2 with the Hanging House Ornament Set — shown first plus with a bonus photo down in the sale section; and
– 2 with the Tall House Shelf Set with Trims.
The Hanging House Ornament Set is two laser-cut chipboard pieces in two different weights. The house part (including a 1″ deep ledge at the bottom) is cut from heavier chipboard. The thinner chipboard piece includes 2 deer, a tree and a fence (you probably won’t have room for all those pieces but you’ll have options… plus see the Holiday Ornament Figures Collage Sheet for more figures sized for this house — including that riduculously cute Santa in the ornament above right).
Here’s Kristin’s supply list for these first two houses. You can read more about in the original post.
On to the equally cute houses using the (back-in-stock) Tall House Shelf Set with Trims.
Here’s a bit of intro text from Kristin’s blog post:
I made a couple of holiday houses. One, a gingerbread house with happy kids, and one a retro looking house using my favorite color combo of turquoise and red (plus pink!). Each house is 6″ tall with a 3″ by 1″ base.
The gingerbread house features two happy kids, laden with sweets. The ground, window sill and roof are all covered with an icy layer of glitter, and then encrusted in candies. How cute is that little girl’s gingerbread house hat?
The tree is decorated with festive holiday lights; these kids are ready for the big day. Both of the trees used in these projects were a little deep for the bases, so I trimmed their backs flat so they sit flush against the houses.
Here’s Kristin’s supply list for these last two houses. You can read more about in the original post.
The supplies for ALL the art projects are included in the Halloween & Christmas Houses SALE! More info on the sale is below (and remember that all of the supplies shown ‘tween here and there are also included in the sale)!
More New Supplies!
Let’s start with those cute Mini Resin Christmas Cabochons at right! Choice of four bright & happy designs. They’re sitting on a new White Scalloped Serving Tray (shown at left too so you can see the size).
ALL of today’s new items are also in the sale collection (see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
FREE Gift with All Orders
A Peppermint Gingerbread Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight September 11, 2024)!
I was inspired by all the trims on Kristin’s houses. (That snowflake I’m holding in the right photo was used by Kristin at the top of her house with the metallic lights, but as they’re almost sold out I’m using the remainder of the stock for this gift set).
Everything but the acrylic snowflake are included in the sale (in case you’d like to order more)! Here’s the other items:
– Resin Gingerbread House Embellishments
– 11mm Peppermint Candy Cabs
– Larger Miniature Candy Canes
– Resin Holly & Berry Embellishment
Halloween & Christmas Houses SALE
Aw… there’s another cute pic of one of Kristin’s Hanging House Ornaments! Some of the supplies from all 4 of Kristin’s Christmas houses are below.
Use coupon SHELF-HOUSE when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices!
Over 40 items, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– the extra supplies I mentioned at the top (props in my mock-up of all 3 houses),
– AND all of the supplies from Kristin’s Hanging Houses and Tall Houses
AND a couple more bonus items (good sizes to substitute for the snowflake or star cookie on the top of Kristin’s tall houses)
– 1 Inch White Wooden Snowflake Mix
– 1 Inch Unfinished Wooden Snowflake Mix
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, September 11th at midnight PST.
Little Ghouls & ALL Halloween on SALE!
Filed under Altered Tins, Bella Ayers, Halloween, Kristin Batsel, Laura Carson, Little Ghouls Kit
Hooray for Halloween! Wow, it’s September… So time to get Halloween crafts started: See the next section for my inspiration for the Little Ghouls Sale.
BONUS: the sale discount coupon also applies to the entire EVERYTHING Halloween collection! (The same COUPON will work on both collections — and expires WEDNESDAY night, September 4, 2024.)
Note that the new items below are also on sale — even if not Halloween themed.
Plus it’s a second chance to pick up the last newsletter’s new Haunted Houses & trims on sale. AND the coupon even applies to Halloween items on clearance.
Read on for Halloween eye candy… plus a related FREE gift. Don’t forget the sale COUPON below for an extra 20% off everything in the BOTH collections.
FREE with All Orders: Wrought Iron ATC Card – Spider Web!
LONG ago we had a Little Ghouls swap using 5 chipboard ATC frames and the entire Design Team joined in the fun and made art samples. I picked out one of the designs from that group: A Wrought Iron ATC Card – Spider Web is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight September 4, 2024)!
Below are examples of ATCs from Kristin Batsel, Laura Carson and Kimberly Ayers (respectively) using those frames.
The supplies for ALL THREE art projects are included in the Little Ghouls SALE! More info on the sale is below (and remember that all of the supplies shown ‘tween here and there are also included in the sale)! Note: you can click on any of the 3 rows of art samples to see the supply list for that particular set — and see the sale section below for pics of some of the supplies used.
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New Supplies!
Let’s start with those cute Resin Fruit Jars at right! Choice of purple or orange (and I showed a Ghoulish Green Mini Resin Jar too, for size).
Lots of little candy treats are below (a mix of Halloween and Christmas themes).
ALL of today’s new items are also in the sale collection (see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
TWO Collections on SALE
Use coupon SPIDER-WEB when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in both collections! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices!
Recap: starting with the ALL Halloween collection. Note: this is a HUGE group and includes beads & charms, paper including Dresden, collage sheets and digital images, miniatures, and miscellaneous collage supplies!
Too overwhelmed by that group (over 500 items), then here’s a smaller group (55 items):
Little Ghouls includes:
– all the new items,
– all the supplies from the ATCs above (a few highlighted below),
– AND all of the supplies from Kristin’s Night Witch Altered Tin shown at right (another spider webby project, but using the taller Altoids tin insert version)
AND some bonus items:
– 12 Halloween Collage Sheets sized for ATCs
– 16x13mm Antique Copper Butterfly Hinges (Laura’s ATCs above are hinged together as a triptych; she used a gold version of these butterfly hinges)
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, September 4th at midnight PST.
See the sale collections:
ALL Halloween
Little Ghouls
31 Spook Street: New Halloween Houses/Trims & New Artwork!
Filed under Collage Sheets, Halloween, Kristin Batsel, Miniatures
Hooray for Halloween! AND new Halloween supplies AND artwork!
That stack of Haunted Houses & Tombstones at right (new and sitting in the new Tombstone Tray) are just the start of today’s fun. There are new windows and trims sized for the haunted houses — and TWO new collage sheets! The 2 cat silhouette options in the photo at left are from that new trims set.
Read on for lots of eye candy by Design Team Member Kristin Batsel… 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.
I love this project! Beside the option of using the new tray to “house” your houses, Kristin used one as the front cover of a Blank Altoids Tin.
Spooky season is here! Let’s visit one of the houses on Spook Street, number 31. I love the new Houses and Tombstones set from Alpha Stamps; they inspired me to make this tin. The houses are perfect for a scary facade on an Altoid’s sized tin, especially if you add in some Tiny Scalloped Shingles and the Mini Window for Haunted Houses (for this project, I trimmed the six pane windows down to 4 panes). I cut a door out of the Signage & Doors for Tin Covers collage sheet, and used some foam tape raise it up a bit from the house. The stones on the house are made from a cardboard egg carton, painted and cut up, then glued down individually onto the house facade.
(Note: the left side of the wide photo below shows the depth on the front cover. ALSO: another of Kristin’s clever use of egg cartons: pavers leading to the door of the Tiny 3D Haunted House.)
It’s obvious that the spooky family in this house has been getting ready for Halloween: they have carved some jack o’lanterns, and invited a little rat friend to come visit. A skeleton waves from the roofline, and a bat has fluttered by to check out the fun. Inside, a friendly ghost announces a fun spook party, and you’re invited! Hooray for Halloween!
Here’s a link to Kristin’s blog post and her supply list for 31 Spook Street.
(More) New & Back-in-Stock Supplies!
I have to start with the Halloween Bottle Toppers at right! This idea has been brewing a looong while. Tiny (yet thick) chipboard shapes to use as toppers (stoppers?) for tiny bottles. (See the toppers page for the exact bottles I used in the photo.) By the way, the same tiny group is duped (in a thinner chipboard) in the new Tombstone Trims set (along with those cats I showed above against the front fence of the tray).
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 Mini 18x13mm Halloween Cabs Set is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight August 28, 2024)!
I was inspired by the Skeleton Woman Cameo on the front of Kristin’s 31 Spook Street. Yes, you can follow Kristin’s inspired choice, or you could pick from one of these tiny images (with a glass cab and bronze frame)!
The cab and frame are included in the sale (in case you’d like to order more)! Plus see below as I’ve also added the 2 source collage sheets to the sale (the sheets I borrowed images from for this mini sheet). Use the coupon below for an additional 20% off!
31 Spook Street SALE
Use coupon SPOOK when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices!
Over 25 items, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the items in the Gift Kit,
– AND all of the supplies from Kristin’s 31 Spook Street
(a few more shown below)
AND some bonus items (the first 2 are the collage sheets I just mentioned — sources for images in the mini collage sheet in the gift):
– Gypsy Charms Mini Collage Sheet
– Halloween Cab Ovals Half Sheet
– BOTH sizes of the Gothic Frames for Oval Cabochons (shown at right)
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, August 28th at midnight PST.
Haunted Houses in 2 Sizes, New Halloween Papers, Spider Web GIFT
Filed under Halloween, Nichola Battilana, Susan Killam, Teri Calia
THREE art samples of haunted houses today (on 2 different sizes of flat chipboard haunted house shapes)… which inspired new Halloween papers to wallpaper your houses!
There are also a few new charms, like those new Mini Silver Skeleton Hand Charms at right: Double-sided so you can use facing left or right.
Read on for lots of ideas for Haunted House Artwork… 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.
TWO Haunted Houses by Nichola Battilana!
Both houses are made with shapes from the Large Haunted House Chipboard Set. And both seem haunted by little imps whispering dark words. (It’s a bit hard to read at that size, but the house in the bottom left says: Then slowly, slowly in a queer scary voice, “What’s your trouble?”)
Nichola also added extra trims to look like windows and towers, but this time they’re images from the More Old Windows Collage Sheet (and/or you could use the images from the related Old Windows & Doors Set Download).
The Black Dresden along the building tops as a widow’s walk is inspired! And the tiny cobwebs over the Chipboard Gates are perfect for this creepy set of houses (hint: thin strands of hot glue).
More info is in the original blog post and/or see the supply list.
New Halloween Papers
FOUR NEW spooky sets of mini paper pads… each perfect for background images on some flat haunted houses. Each pad has papers approx. 7″ x 5″ (images are two per sheet so each image is about 3-1/2″ x 5″). AND each pad has 32 sheets (2 each of 16 designs).
But first, that Set of French Door Handles with Keys at right are back in stock! Flat-backed so could be glued on a chipboard haunted house…
ALL of today’s new & back in stock items are in the sale collection (including all 6 shown below — see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
2 Projects using the Mini Haunted House Set
The Mini Haunted House Chipboard Set is back in stock! How adorable! A tiny 1/2-size version of the houses, windows (and bonus: pediments) from the Large Haunted House Chipboard Set. Set of 10 pieces.
First project: Around the Skellie Neighborhood by Susan Killam!
Weee! It’s creepy yet colorful! I love this project by Susan… easy to make to get your decorating (or gift-giving) done fast.
I’ve used linen hinging tape painted black to bind the houses together.
Dresden trim of all sorts as well as gold paint highlight the roof lines.
The skeletons are fussy-cut and adhered with adhesive foam. There are two layers of foam on a few to pop them up more than their companions.
Nice job, Susan! All those skeletons look great cut out… btw, here’s more from that skeleton series.
See everything Susan used to create her Around the Skellie Neighborhood in her Supply List.
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Second project: Creepy Little Row Houses by Teri Calia!
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I love how Teri has all of the houses laid out, with spatterings of text from the Creepy Words Collage Sheet.
Teri used lots of the architectural images designed for this mini chipboard set: from the Mini Old Windows & Doors and Mini Gothic Architecture Collage Sheets (mixed with some simple triangles cut from scrapbook papers to add more roof shapes).
Plus those creepy little witches!
Here’s Teri’s Creepy Little Row Houses supply list (part of today’s sale, too).
Set of Spider Web Corners: FREE with All Orders
Do you remember the Set of Tan Cardstock Spider Web Corners? They used to be a custom item in the old Happy Halloween Kit, but I’ve brought them back!
2 laser-cut cardstock spider webs! Note: these are similar to the corner web in the Black Spider & Webs Shape Set, but cut from a lighter color paper. Shown with an Altoids Tin Accordion Book for color contrast.
A Set of Spider Web Corners is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight August 21, 2024)!
They’re all included in the sale (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the coupon below for an additional 20% off!
Haunted Houses in 2 Sizes SALE
Use coupon HAUNTED-HOUSES when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices!
Over 30 items including
– all the new & back-in-stock items
– AND all of the supplies from the artworks:
TWO Haunted Houses,
Around the Skellie Neighborhood and
Creepy Little Row Houses.
Even more?! See below (and at right) for 4 more bonus items in the sale (all added as substitutes for supplies in Teri’s project)!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, August 21st at midnight PST.
New 1:12 Scale Apothecary Cabinet & Collage Sheet, New Oil Lamp Parts
Filed under Beads, Betsy Skagen, Collage Sheets, Miniatures, Rhonda Secrist Thomas, Tristan Robin Blakeman
Oh my… The new 1:12 Scale Apothecary Cabinet has been bubbling away on the back burner for ages and has finally finished cooking!
Based on 2 existing larger cabinets (more info on artwork using those is farther below) but sized for 1:12 scale bottles. Inspired by vintage traveling salesmen’s sample cases.
Note there are no working drawers inside but see the matching new 1:12 Apothecary Cabinet Collage Sheet with multiple images to cover the outside including faux drawers.
The 2 doors each have 2 shelves (paper-hinge or use tiny metal hinges to attach). Bonus: Click here to see all the extra props shown in the photos (and all those goodies are also included in today’s sale):
– metal corners like shown at left (yes, the collage sheet does include faux corners but you might like at add 3D ones)
– a gaggle of resin bottles (and a tiny candle lamp shown in the bottom of the photo at right)
– glass beads & tiny black “stoppers” used as another bottle
– Mini books (and the collage sheet with the book cover and all the labels shown on the bottles)
Read on for lots of ideas for Apothecary Cabinet Artwork… 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.
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Beads for Making Oil Lamps!
Another group of supplies that’s been taking a bit of time to get organized. But look at the cute 1:12 scale lamps you can make with a few beads and bead caps!
That lamp at right is a combo of (top to bottom):
– a Clear Glass Chimney Shade
– a Chubby Bronze Cone Bead Cap
– one of the new Black with Gold Stripes Lantern Beads
– a 10mm Antique Bronze Twisted Closed Ring
ALL of today’s new & back in stock items are in the sale collection (including all 6 shown below — see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
New Faux Halloween Candy & Related FREE Gift with All Orders
The new 3mm Halloween Mix Nonpareils Faux Candy has inspired the new free gift!
But before I explain what’s in the freebie, more about the candy AND that photo at right: Shiny plastic spheres that are a good approximation of miniature candy. Shown mixed with Witchy Halloween Polymer Clay Slice Mix in a 28mm Brown Fruit Bowl. Also shown in a Tiny Glass Candy Jar and a Round Glass Vial with Cork.
On to the Gift Kit! See the photo at right for the mini mix of the same 2 candies shown in the bowl, plus 2 black cats: one of the Tiny Resin Black Cats and a 14mm Scaredy Cat Round Glass Cabochon.
A Witchy Mix Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight August 14, 2024)!
They’re all included in the sale (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the coupon below for an additional 20% off!
New Mini Apothecary Cabinet SALE & Larger Apothecary Cabinet Artwork!
I looked through a few projects using the 2 larger versions of the Apothecary Cabinet. I landed on these 3 to show a variety of styles. Starting with Rhonda Thomas’s Don’t Go Near the Apothecary, using the Apothecary Cabinet for Smaller Bottles to great effect — just check out all of the bottles and spooky supplies!
Rhonda’s post includes lots of photos (including a drool-worthy photo of a corner of her studio) and tips on laying out all the pieces of the cabinet. Note: use my links here for the supply list as the site moved since Rhonda posted that artwork.
NEXT UP: Betsy Skagen’s Miniature Merlin’s Room!
Betsy made a whole room for Merlin! She used the Apothecary Cabinet for Larger Bottles, filled with potions and books. Note that the 2 Flask Stands she used (and that fit in the shelves of that cabinet) are both back in stock.
Be sure to check out her blog post, for a tutorial on how she made that textured stone wall, distressing a mirror, and getting those burn marks on the wallpaper — Merlin must have been practicing magic).
Bonus: that Gothic Dresser shown at left (and in the bottom left corner of the wide photo below)!
See everything Betsy used to create her Miniature Merlin’s Room in her Supply List.
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Third & Final Art Project: I thought a girly, perfume-bottle-filled project would be both a good contrast (and another idea for all those new beads)!
Marie Antoinette’s Traveling Toilette Steamer Trunk by Tristan Robin Blakeman!
“During the 18th century — the time of excessive, over-the-top, luxurious and extravagant styles and fashions, Marie Antoinette needed a full armoire-sized traveling toilette steamer trunk especially to carry her many perfumes, powders, creams, rouges and paints.”
Having just read a book about Marie Antoinette, I knew that every morning her toilette articles were handed to her in a new 2-yard piece of silk fabric which was then given to one of the ladies-in-waiting. I used various hand-dyed ribbons to create the bundles of silk fabric needed to complete the queen’s toilette each and every morning.
See everything Tristan used to create his Marie Antoinette’s Traveling Toilette Steamer Trunk in his Supply List (note that I’ve added many pink cakes & substitutes for the tea service and candelabra to the supplies). And be sure to visit Tristan’s blog for lots more info and photos.
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Back to the Sale! Use coupon MINI-APOTH when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices!
120 items (whew!), including
– all the new & back-in-stock items
– the items in the Gift Kit (including the new candy!),
– all the extras (that aren’t new) that I mentioned above (extras for oil lamps and filling a tiny Apothecary Cabinet)
– AND all of the supplies from the artworks using the (original) larger Apothecary Cabinets:
Don’t Go Near the Apothecary,
Miniature Merlin’s Room and
Marie Antoinette’s Traveling Toilette Steamer Trunk.
Even more?! See below for 3 more bonus items in the sale! The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, August 14th at midnight PST.
 Apothecary Drawers Collage Sheet (drawers to fold together that fit the Apothecary Cabinet for Smaller Bottles) |
 Dollhouse Laser-Cut Half Scale Table Runners & Doilies Back in Stock! |
 Red Rosebud Cupcake just 1 of a zillion pretty little things I thought would be in Marie Antoinette’s Traveling Toilette Steamer Trunk |
Mini Reliquary Shrines + New Furniture, Sale & Bats Freebie
Filed under Caroline Ouzts-Hay, Halloween, Miniature Reliquaries Kit, New Furniture, Nichola Battilana, Shannon Cooper
The Miniature Reliquaries inspired all the artwork today! 3 ATC-sized chipboard shapes (each is 2 pieces: a solid back and a matching shaped overlay/frame).
Beside THREE art projects using the chipboard reliquaries in a variety of ways, there are also THREE new 1:12 scale wooden furniture pieces (very cute!) and some new metal props (a fancy sword is my particular fave)!
Read on for lots of ideas for Miniature Reliquaries Artwork… 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.
I love this project! Shannon Cooper made a dark and easy Wednesday Addams Shrine using the Half Scale Widows Walk Fencing around the bottom of the back-in-stock ATC Shrine with Feet (with a variety of black trims… and that Meat Cleaver)!
(Psst! There’s another photo of the shrine down in the SALE section.)
Sometimes you need a little Hallowe’en in your life. Who am I kidding? There needs to be an abundance of Hallowe’en all the time! I decided to spend a few hours crafting, just for me, and made a Wednesday Addams Shrine to add to my growing collection of spooky things.
I started with an ATC sized shrine with feet, which is small and easy enough to transform in an afternoon. The shrine topper is a chopped up Miniature Reliquary, a snippet of black mesh ribbon, and two miniature flying bats. (NOTE: I’ve subbed the Larger Squishy Bats for the sale!)
On the back is another slightly chopped reliquary and bat, but what really finished this project was the Half Scale Widow’s Walk Fencing. Its gothic tininess around the base of the shrine worked out nicely. Plus, it is super cute at only 1″ high! After the bats, it is my favorite thing of the entire project.
Clever to add a piece of one of the Miniature Reliquaries on top as a shrine facade (and to frame the “I’M NOT PERKY” text)! And there’s a quickie tutorial for getting the Meat Cleaver Charm to balance on its point on Shannon’s blog post, too!
Here’s a link to Shannon’s supply list for the Wednesday Addams Shrine, and stop by her blog to read more and see more photos.
New & (More) Back-in-Stock Supplies!
Beside the back-in-stock ATC Shrine with Feet above, the Black Mini Anvil and Set of Miniature Axes are also back… hm, maybe you’ll be inspired to turn that Wednesday shrine into one for Lizzie Borden…
ALL of today’s new & back in stock items are also in the sale collection (see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
Grim Reliquaries by Nichola Battilana
I love these! So simple yet so creepy!
Mainly just the Miniature Reliquaries and images from the Skeleton Slide Mailers and Skull & Bones Collage Sheets.
Plus a bunch of black Dresden: multiple borders from the Black Dresden Border Sampler Set, and the larger Baroque Dresden Borders.
Oh, and one more thing 3mm Brass Flat-Back Studs (tiny dots the are in-between the points of the pointy Dresden.
Here’s Nichola’s blog post for more info and more photos.
Note: this project was made before we moved to the current site in 2018, so use the links above for the supplies — all included in the new sale, too!
October & Moon Reliquaries by Caroline Ouzts-Hay
TWO Reliquaries! Caroline made these as swap samples for a swap we held way before the plague. I love the depth she added (see the close-ups on the bottom of each photo — yes, that’s a Pumpkin Pod holding the back and overlay apart) plus the finger-pleated ribbon detail!
Here’s Caroline’s supply list (plus a few highlights from that list are below in the sale section).
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FREE Gift with All Orders
A Bats Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight August 7, 2024)!
This started with one of the
Larger Squishy Bats that I subbed for the original bats in Shannon’s shrine… then I added a Bronze Flying Bat Charm and an Etched RIP Tombstone – Bat for a cute combo to get you ready for Halloween!
They’re all included in the sale (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the coupon below for an additional 20% off!
Mini Reliquary Shrine SALE
First off: the photo of the back of Shannon’s Wednesday Addams Shrine, with another of the Miniature Reliquaries as a frame!
Use coupon WEDNESDAY when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices!
Over 30 items, including all the new & back-in-stock items,
the items in the Gift Kit,
AND all of the supplies from the:
Wednesday Addams Shrine,
October & Moon Reliquaries and
Nichola’s Grim Reliquaries:
– Skeleton Slide Mailers Collage Sheet
– Skull & Bones Collage Sheet
– Black Dresden Border Sampler Set
– Baroque Dresden Borders
– Miniature Reliquaries
– 3mm Brass Flat-Back Studs
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, August 7th at midnight PST.
New Hidden Drawer Book with Shelves + Christmas & Halloween SALE
Filed under Alice in Wonderland, Christmas, Halloween, Nichola Battilana, Teri Calia
The new Small Hidden Drawer Book Box with Shelves has inspired all the items today!
This smaller version of the Hidden Drawer Book Box with Shelves is a great size for a miniature scene (see below for a group of 1:12 scale Halloween props for size). I’m also including the Hidden Drawer Book Box – Small Size (same little size but no shelves) in the sale collection. Both of the smaller books are approx. 4-1/2″ tall.
Note, the covers on these SEVEN collage sheets also fit these small hidden drawer books. See the photo at left for 3 options from those 7 (PLUS I’ve added all 7 collage sheets to today’s sale collection)! Psst: Click that photo at left for which 3 sheets were used.
Read on for lots of ideas for Hidden Drawer Book Artwork… 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.
New & Back-in-Stock Supplies!
Yes, those shelves I’m holding in the photo at right is the same insert from the new Small Hidden Drawer Book Box with Shelves from above! I added a mix of new and old 1:12 scale Halloween items to show the scale (see the new skull and the silver crown bead cap below).
And (oh my) look at this group at left! That’s the new Hooded Skeleton Figurine with a 2″ skeleton (I added him to the sale, too) along with 3 back in stock things (see below for more info on the cat, and there’s also a pumpkin and RIP tombstone).
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 Cat in the Window Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight July 31, 2024)!
This started with the back in stock
Bronze Scary Cat Charms… then I found a wooden window he could perch in… and the skull & bones just happened!
They’re all included in the sale (in case you’d like to order more)! Use the coupon below for an additional 20% off!
Hidden Drawer Books SALE & Full-Size Hidden Drawer Book Artwork!
Get ready for a whirlwind of artworks and themes! The original “full-size” hidden drawer books are 6-1/4″ tall (at right and below are quick previews of one project showing a book box with shelves, and two using the open space inside for a scene).
Here’s a post with a bit more info on all 3 projects.
Use coupon HIDDEN-DRAWER when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices!
Over 60 items, including all the new & back-in-stock items AND all of the supplies from the Twas The Night Before Christmas Book Box, A Witch’s Book of Spells and Alice in Wonderland Hidden Book Box.
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, July 31st at midnight PST.
New Half Scale Market Stall, Halloween Goodies + Christmas Market SALE
Filed under Christmas, Guest Designers, Halloween, Laura Carson, Market Stall
So cute! A new half-scale version of the 1:12 Scale Market Stall!
Lots of shelves and display space for showing off tiny treats! The overall height is just 5-1/2″. The stall is 2-3/4″ deep x 2-1/2″ wide on a 3-3/4″ deep x 3″ wide base (the stall is flush with the back so 1″ of base is usable at front).
Shown in the photos below with a variety of tiny props; PLUS I’ve added all the props in the photos to today’s sale collection!
Read on for lots of ideas for Christmas Market Stalls… plus a FREE gift related to one of the art projects. 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.
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New & Back-in-Stock Supplies!
Wow! Those new cakes & jars at right would be adorable in the 1:12 Scale Market Stall (whether a Christmas or a Halloween theme)!
The cakes and the cute fluted jar are linked directly below… I’ve even added the taller jar and the Nonpareils to the sale collection!
ALL of today’s new items are also in the sale collection (see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
Christmas Market Stall Inspiration
Next up: the first of 2 Christmas projects using the 1:12 Scale Market Stall. This Cookie Houses and Hot Cocoa Bar by Guest Designer Connie Littell is such a wonder! All of Connie’s supplies are also in today’s sale. Read more about her project here.
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Oh! The Christmas Market Stall by Laura Carson was where this all began! All of Laura’s supplies are also in today’s sale. Read more about her project here. (Check the gift below — and the extras in the sale section — for more about Laura’s project.)
FREE Gift with All Orders
The miniature version of the Tiny Christmas Shape Set is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight July 24, 2024)!
This is the mini version that was in the November 2020 kit (though sold out, there’s eye candy on that kit page)… and it includes mittens and a tree that Laura used in her project (plus the full version is in Laura’s supplies so it’s on sale, too).
Note that Laura “scissored” 2 of the trees to make them a standing 3D tree in that photo at far left (so you could use the gift version plus the tree in the full version to do the same).
Christmas Market Stalls SALE
Oh, I added quite a few substitutes for Laura’s project; here’s a few highlights:
– 1 Inch Decorated Green 3D Tree
– Metal Nutcracker Soldier
– Set of 2 Mini Bakery Boxes with Windows (See the red cookie boxes with windows on the shelves above.)
– Embroidery Silk – 1/8 Inch – Red (Laura used a slightly different width of silk ribbon for her how-to on making that big bow under the red gingerbread house button, which reminds me: I’ve added the Resin Gingerbread House Embellishments to the sale.)
– Giant Snowflakes – Bronze (You’ll love how Laura used the silver version of this as the base of her standing display of ornaments.)
– 8mm Resin Christmas Cookies or Ornaments Mix
– Mini Carrots – Set of 5 (for the snowman’s nose!)
Use coupon MARKET-STALL when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection! That’s 20% off beyond current sale prices!
Over 100 items, including all the new items, the Halloween props way at the top of this missive (in the half-scale stall), AND all of the supplies from the Cookie Houses and Hot Cocoa Bar and Christmas Market Stall.
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, July 24th at midnight PST.
Miniature Magic Shoppe & Sale + New Chipboard & FREE Tombstone!
Filed under Halloween, Miniatures, Nightfall Lantern Kit, Shadowbox/Room Box, Shannon Cooper
There’s a fun Halloween project today, by Design Team Member Shannon Cooper!
But before today’s artwork: 1 of the NEW 3 Inch Resin Tombstones is FREE with all orders placed today through WEDNESDAY (ends at midnight July 17, 2024)! Double-sided painted plastic shapes… perfect for a prop in a Halloween scene. About 3″ tall (and just deep enough that they can stand up). (Random pick of FIVE designs.)
I also made a new collection from the supply list from Shannon’s project — and put it all on Sale plus a few extra items! That’s just a portion of the items in today’s sale collection! Don’t forget the sale COUPON below for an extra 20% off everything in the sale collection.
Practical Magic Shoppe by Shannon Cooper!
Amazing! Shannon fit so much fun, Halloween-ness into such a small space (the back in stock Simple Scene Box is a shallow space: just 4″ deep for the floor space in front of the wall.). Plus I’m amused by Shannon saying, “I didn’t go overboard with all.the.things, leaving the project somewhat tidy and uncluttered“… true (maybe for Shannon only)!
Here’s a bit of intro text from Shannon’s blog post:
October is almost here! Time to decorate the house and craft my little fingers off! I managed to sew a bunch of tiny chenille pumpkins to send to Japan before completing a witchy miniature shop for Alpha Stamps (and I also finished a box of Count Chocula. Don’t judge.)
Eventually, I decided to pick up a Simple Scene Box for my new project to create something witchy: a kit with short sides around the front and space in the back to hide wiring should you choose to electrify your scene. It seemed silly not to have a light. Good thing there’s Tiny Halloween Lanterns! (Hanging from a slightly cropped version of the Tiny Dragon Sconce.)
The Practical Magic Shoppe is a quaint little place with spell books, potions, and brooms, plus a few odds and ends to spruce up the cottage.
I didn’t go overboard with all.the.things, leaving the project somewhat tidy and uncluttered, mostly because the paper is too lovely to cover up. There is a Miniature Vintage Cash Register (left unpainted!), an etched Ouija Board 3 Inch Coffin, and a “take an eyeball leave an eyeball” dish at the end of the counter.
Beautiful work, Shannon! See more details in Shannon’s blog post (including a tutorial!) and here’s her big supply list! (And come back to see more new items, plus the sale that includes EVERYTHING in Shannon’s artwork!)
New & Back-in-Stock Supplies!
In addition to the Simple Scene Box in Shannon’s project, there’s a new variation: Simple Scene Box – Riser Base. Similar to the original, but with the bottom/base flipped so it’s a solid floor. Still with the same features: the wall has a space at the back in case you want to hide wiring. Note: 7″ tall wall (above the floor) as this version has a platform base.
See the photo at right for a couple ideas of shallow tables that could be used with either version: Miniature Square Stand and Shallow Work Table…
Plus a bunch of new Halloweeny things shown below… and ALL of today’s new items are also in the sale collection (see the COUPON info below in the sale section)!
NEW: Practical Magic Shoppe SALE
This is a coupon sale in honor of Shannon’s project above! So all of Shannon’s supply list is on sale, plus I added everything new today!
MORE Bonus items added to the sale (shown below, too):
– Pumpkin Orange Ultrafine Glitter (there’s glittery spells in glass bottles, including a square one on the corner of the counter)
– Mini Black Plastic Cauldron – No Handle (there’s a bigger cauldron on the floor, too, but this small one could fit on the shelf)
– 1/2 Inch Black Paper Roses
– 1/2 Inch Orange Paper Roses
– 1/2 Inch Purple Paper Roses
– Unfinished Wooden Bucket (substitute for the barrel that held roses at the end of the counter)
Use coupon MINI-MAGIC when checking out to get an additional 20% off on EVERYTHING in this collection!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, July 17th at midnight PST.
See the entire sale collection here! Over 40 items!
