Starshine Salon: October 2013

Halloween Party Invitation

This is a really easy Halloween party invitation you can make using the Pumpkin Hot Air Balloon stamp from the Halloween Takes Flight stamp set from Sin City Stamps.

Here’s what you need:

Lavender cardstock

Black and white paper

Distress Inks in Tea Dye, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo

India Ink

Because there is so much text on an invitation, it’s easier to print it with your computer than to stamp it all individually. I set mine up so that the finished invitation would be about 4 inches by 9 inches, which fits into a regular business size envelope. You can buy them in pretty colors at craft stores. You can fit the text for two invitations on one 8.5 by 11 inch page.

I printed my text onto a sheet of lavender cardstock with black ink and stamped the image with India Ink from Stewart Superior. I trimmed it down to about 3 by 7.25 inches.

The folks from The Robin's Nest sent us some beautiful papers to work with. I cut a 4 by 9 inch piece from this one:

Then I inked it with Distress Inks in Tea Dye, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo. I started with the lightest (Tea Dye) and ended with the darkest (Vintage Photo), adding more of the darker colors around the outer edges. I added some of the Tea Dye Distress Ink to the lavender piece.

Then I adhered the text portion of the invitation to the inked base. That’s all there is to it!

Of course, you can vary the font, colors and image choice to set the mood for your own party. Sin
City Stamps has lots of wonderful Halloween stamps to choose from. You can use them not only for your invitations, but for place cards, name tags, tags for treat bags, banners, and other decorations.

Happy Halloween!

Starshine Wishes,

Karen

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Jack O'Lantern Ornaments

Welcome to the Sin City Stamps Halloween Blog Hop!

I made these Jack O’Lantern ornaments with the Create-a-Pumpkin stamp set from Sin City Stamps.

The set includes the pumpkin image and four different Jack O’Lantern faces.

I cut four squares of orange fabric large enough for the pumpkin, a margin all around and a seam all around.

Then I stamped the pumpkin image and the Jack O’Lantern faces onto them and heatset the images with a hot iron.

I cut four squares of tea dyed muslin the same size.

I pinned the orange squares to the muslin squares, right sides together, and stitched all the way around. The traditional way of doing this would be to leave an opening for turning, then to stuff the pillow and close the opening. But I find these small pieces hard to work with, so I developed a different way of turning and closing them. After stitching all the way around, I trim the corners.

Then I use small, sharp scissors to cut a slit in the muslin side and turn the piece through the slit.

I ironed the pillows, stuffed them with fiberfill and stitched the openings closed. Then I added pearl cotton for hangers.

Easy and cute! These are intended for my Halloween tree, but you can hang them anywhere!

All the Sin City Stamps Design Team members have been working on new Halloween projects to share with you. If you’re starting here, be sure to go to the Sin City Stamps blog to find out how to qualify for a prize! The linky below will take you to all the participating blogs.

An InLinkz Link-up

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Halloween Fabric Cuff

I made this fabric cuff with an image from the Halloween Takes Flight set from Sin City Stamps.

Here’s how I made it.

I stamped the image with ColorBox Chalk Ink in Blackbird onto a piece of tightly woven cotton and heat set it with an iron.

I ripped a strip of printed canvas for the cuff base and chose another cotton print to add to the piece.

I sewed the complementary pieces to the stamped piece, then turned and pressed the top and bottom edges of that section.

I cut two pieces of the canvas strip. They need to be long enough to go around your wrist loosely, overlap for the closure, and turn under a hem.

I stitched the pieced section to one of the canvas pieces. This picture shows the wrong sides of the canvas pieces.

Then I chose a vintage button for the closure and cut a strip of silk sari ribbon to make a loop. I turned under the edges of the canvas pieces, sandwiched the loop in between them, pinned them together (right sides together) and then stitched them together.

Then I sewed on my button and my cuff was ready to wear!

Join us tomorrow for a Sin City Stamps Halloween Blog Hop! All the Sin City Stamps Design Team
members have been dreaming up Halloween projects to share! There will be prizes!