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New Ouija Board & Pumpkin Tureen, Tunnel Book Art & 25% off SALE!
Filed under Edgar Allan Poe, Halloween, Kristin Batsel, Miniatures, Susan Killam
In honor the the new (tiny!) 2×2 Arch Tunnel Book I’ve brought back the 6×6 size (at right).
Design Team examples are below (of making a classic tunnel book and of binding the pages as a shaped book). Plus some adorable new 1:12 scale props with a Halloween theme!
Edgar Allan Poe Tunnel Shadow Box by Susan Killam
I sooo love this little Poe shadowbox! Susan used small stacks of chipboard to provide depth between the layers of the 4×4 Arch Tunnel Book (there’s step-by-step photos on her blog post… and see the wider photo below for a work-in-progress that shows the depth).
Some text from Susan’s blog post:
My 4×4 Arch Tunnel Book is a little dark with an Edgar Allan Poe theme. Hey, I’m a Baltimore girl and I can’t pass up a Poe project opportunity!
To begin, I chose the center element first. The photo below shows how I rigged it up so I could see the chipboard layers and plan the elements. (Note to self: put wee lights in the next tunnel book.)
There are so many great motifs throughout Poe’s writing. Here I’ve included a raven, heart, cask, skull, and, of course, Lenore, all from Alpha Stamps collage sheets. There’s also a pendulum, eyes, premature burial, and doubles. Oh… if only I’d used the 6×6 Arch Tunnel Book!
Hey, I’m ready to encourage Susan to make another tunnel book!
Read more and see more photos in Susan’s blog post; plus here’s her full supply list — all included in today’s sale!
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New 2×2 Arch Tunnel Book
Eek! So cute! Like the larger versions of this book, this 2″ x 2″ size includes a solid back cover plus extra pages with arch window cut-outs in descending size.
3 pages with windows (plus the back) = 4 pages total.
Also shown in the photos above with 3 of 5 collage sheet options that fit the TINY size of this book (photos of all 5 are on the book page). I picked a range of themes from birds to Halloween and Christmas. I know you’d pick out more images and tiny trims for the top 3 pages.
Note I just used strips of corregated cardboard to give a bit of depth between each book page (both in photo at right and with the collage sheet images below).
AND I included all 5 of the collage sheet options in the sale!
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New Halloween Miniatures!
Oh my… a bit early for the season (really? I see what you guys have been ordering!) but these just arrived and are so cute I had to show them now!
A FREE Gift with All Orders
Planchette Gift Kit is FREE with all orders placed today through Wednesday (ends at midnight June 4, 2025)!
This little set includes one each of:
– Black Goodbye Moon Planchette Pendant
– Antique Silver Double-Sided Bat Charms
– Large Verdigris Skull and Crossbones Charm
– 45mm Wide Black Acrylic Bats
They’re also included in the sale (in case you’d like to order more)!
Halloween Tunnel Book by Kristin Batsel
Kristin made a traditionally-bound book using the 6×6 Arch Tunnel Book (and the Wrought Iron Window Grate, which was designed to fit in one of the book’s arches).
(Psst: Susan used the same window grate on the front of her 4×4 book above, just cropped off at the bottom.)
From Kristin’s blog post:
“When it’s closed (left side of wide photo below), you can see through all the layers to the back of the book. I added lots of fun Halloween things, from a jack o’lantern (with a curious rat) to an articulated skeleton (in front of an old window). There’s even a ferocious lion door knocker! Once I had it all assembled, it looked like it needed more color, so I added an orange bunting. It’s so easy to make: just glue little triangles to a piece of thread, and hang.”
Here’s Kristin’s supply list (yep… on sale, too… see below for more info).
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Tunnel Books SALE
First, there’s a bonus item in the sale: Mini Halloween Prints 6×6 Paper Set (also shown at right) so you have a variety of background papers to reproduce a facsimile of either Kristin or Susan’s projects.
Over 30 items are on sale, including:
– all the new & back-in-stock items,
– the Planchette Gift Kit items
– those extra collage sheets that fit the 2×2 tunnel book,
– the supplies from the Edgar Allan Poe Tunnel Shadow Box artwork, and
– the supplies from the Halloween Tunnel Book artwork! (Note: a bunch of the supplies from Kristin’s book are shown below.)
There’s a new AUTOMATIC DISCOUNT for an extra 25% off the listed prices! You’ll see the discount in your cart — no code required!
The sale ends WEDNESDAY NIGHT, June 4th at midnight PST.
