October 5, 2010 By Ann Butler 1 Comment

Terrorific Tuesday Reverse Decoupage Glass Pumpkin Candle Holder

Here is an Anchor Hocking Glass Pumpkin which is about 8″ high…that I turned into a Pumpkin Candle Holder

I cut out the face features from black tissue paper and applied them to the inside of the pumpkin with Earth Safe Finishes Gel Medium then I tore pieces of orange tissue paper

and applied them to the inside of the pumpkin with Earth Safe Finishes Gel Medium let dry… Place a battery operated tea light inside and ENJOY!

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Follow the links below to check out Week 1 of

TERRORIFIC TUESDAYS!

Kate Pullen shares 3 cute digital stamps
Phyllis Dobbs makes an easy Halloween Decopauge Pumpkin Treat Basket
Jenna Excell shares her super cute and spooky Halloween Apron
Korinne Zimmerman a.k.a. Crafterella makes a wonderful spray bleach shirt using an adorable Owl Stencil
Glory’s Mischief haunts her house with her Faux Cats in window
Ann Butler (that’s ME) makes this boo-tiful Reverse Collage Decopauge Jack-o-Lantern
Eileen Hull tucks away Halloween cards in this fun ScoreBoard notebook pocket
Silvia Chenault and Patty Cappelluti share two super spooky projects Vampire Art and Creepy Mirrors
Pattiewack shows you how to make this cute and Wicked Pillow
Messy Missy brings the LOLs with her Mean Kitteh
Alexa Westerfield a.k.a. Swelldesigner whips up a Cute Candy Corn CD Cupcake Stand
Kathy Murillo a.k.a. Crafty Chica delights us with glittery Skull Bookmarks

October 14, 2009 By Ann Butler 7 Comments

Sizzix ScoreBoard Blog Hop #1- BOO Box with Flap

Thanks for stopping by the Sizzix Blog Hop! Just a little intro here… ScoreBoards are a brand new kind of die designed for Sizzix by my friend designer Eileen Hull. ScoreBoards cut and score matboard to create boxes, totes and folders. As the ship date for the dies gets closer, Eileen realized that the best way to show them off was to ask some of her designer friends to play with them and see what they could whip up.

I was delighted to be included with this fabulous group of designers!

Just wait till you see what they have done!

Here is how it will work….

Every other Wednesday from now until January,

one of the eight ScoreBoard dies will be featured;

on our blogs so you can get a peek at the dies...

Today's projects have all been created

using the Box with Flap (item #656137).

This box can be used to hold a variety of items!

I created a little Halloween BOO Box with Flap

to hold ATC’s

Eileen sent these to us pre-cut on matboard,
as the dies are not yet in stores….
they are so quick and easy to decorate and put together…

What a wonderful idea she had
to create dies to use with matboard!

I simply used the following products:
Earth Safe Finishes Clear Gel Medium

Ann Butler Design’s Iridescents in Snow by Earth Safe Finishes
Earth Safe Finishes Colorant, Terra Cotta to cover the matboard.
Then I added some shading along the edges
with Ann Butler Designs Iridescents in Onyx , by Earth Safe Finishes
Adhesive domed letters to spell out “BOO”
Assorted fibers and a picture to finish it off.

What are your ideas for this box?
Please leave a comment and let us know…

Be sure to check out the other blogs on this
Sizzix Blog Hop
to see what the other designers
have created…
Click on the names listed below:

Eileen Hull
Jenn Ellefson
Korie B
Karen Burniston

January 28, 2008 By Ann Butler Leave a Comment

DIY: Quick and Easy Easter DYE Tags

Quick and Easy Easter DYE Tags to DYE for

Supplies: Easter egg coloring kit, tags, bowls, water, vinegar (for some kits not all require it), wax paper.

Follow the instructions on the kit package to make dye in the colors of your choice, using a separate bowl for each color.

Place tags into dye, the longer you let them soak the more intense color you will get…..this is something you will have to play with.

When you are happy with the color (they will darken up a little as they dry), lay your tags out on wax paper to dry. Turning tags occasionally. Let them dry for several hours or overnight.

Now you should have a rainbow of pastel tags all ready to use in all sorts of creative ways.
ENJOY!!