Haunted Village Finale - One More Building, Some People and a Video

Hello everyone!  Happy Halloween!!

Well, I just couldn't stop - I had to make one last thing for the Haunted Village - the Village Tower,

If you've been following my blog this past week or so you've seen all the buildings I've made based on Laura Carson's (Artfully Musing) 2015 Halloween Event. The badge for the event is over in the right side column- check out all the creative goodness!

I have had so much fun making all these pieces to this amazing project.  Here is the final piece - the Village Tower.

The tower and its roof come apart and fold flat for storage.

You can also see a few of the villagers (I keep wanting to call them the "Village People"- LOL) gathered around for a chat.

Ghoul & Sons Chemists - A Project from the Artfully Musing 2015 Halloween Event

Hello everyone!

I'm back with the last building in my  version of Laura Carson's Haunted Village - the Artfully Musing 2015 Halloween Event.  The badge for the event is over in the right side column, but here's a direct link to the first posting for the event which includes this building.

This building is Ghoul & Sons Chemists.

Here is the front of the Chemist shop.

This building used one of the chipboard house shapes and then a double window shape for the dormer.

There are rusted fences on either side and a tree with some visiting crows.

The Thrifty Witch - A Project from the Artfully Musing 2015 Halloween Event

Hi everyone!

I'm continuing making buildings from the Artfully Musing 2015 Halloween Event.  Every time I finish one it's my new favorite - LOL!

It is so much fun to make these buildings.  Laura Carson has done a fantastic job of creating video tutorials, photos, collage sheets and PDF's with specifics on all the materials she used.  It really makes it easy to re-create any of the buildings or accessories, or use them as a jumping off point for another project.

This building is the Thrifty Witch (see Laura's version here) - although the inside is more like the Laura's Black Cat Emporium.

Cadaver & Digger Undertakers - A Project from the Artfully Musing 2015 Halloween Event

Hello everyone!

I'm back with my next building in the Haunted Village.  This is another of Laura Carson's designs (Artfully Musing) in her 2015 Halloween Event.  The badge for the event is over in the right side column, but here's a direct link to the second posting for the event which includes this building.

This building is Cadaver & Diggers Undertakers.

Here is the front of the Undertakers.

This building started out as two chipboard house shapes that have been connected together.
The turrets on the two sides and the tower in the center stand proud of the facade - the turrets about 3/4" and the tower about 1/2".  On the left there is a doorway so the assistant can move the coffins in and out.  You can see she has her hands full today!

Retching Toad Eatery - A Project from the Artfully Musing 2015 Halloween Event

Hello everyone!

I'm back with my next building in the Haunted Village.  This is another of Laura Carson's designs (Artfully Musing) in her 2015 Halloween Event.  The badge for the event is over in the right side column, but here's a direct link to the first of several postings for the event.

This building is the Retching Toad Eatery (don't you love all the fun names?!).

Here is the front of the Eatery. I've flipped the facade so the door is on the right.

This building again started out as a flat chipboard house shape.  I made separate pieces for both the window units that have chipboard sides and separate little chipboard roofs.  The base window strands out about an inch, and the top window abut 1/2". The triangular section above the door is also a separate piece.  The roof above the main window slants out and is notched around the other parts.

Happy Bat Tavern - A Project from the Artfully Musing 2015 Halloween Event

Hello everyone!

I hope you have had a chance to visit and be inspired by Laura Carson's (Artfully Musing) 2015 Halloween Event.  It is just amazing!!  The badge for the event is over in the right side column, but here's a direct link to the first of several postings for the event.

In this year's event, Laura has created a series of buildings that make up a Haunted Village.  I think there are nine buildings and accessories, as well as a large 3D manor.  She designed collage sheets/digital images for all the buildings so they could have loads of unique features, as well as images for the facades, windows, and roofs..

I new I couldn't make them all (at least not this year!) so I started with the Happy Bat Tavern.

Here is the front of the tavern.  For pretty much everything I  followed Laura's version.  I think one thing I did differently was to make layers of shingles on the roof parts.  Oh and I added acrylic to the windows.

Construction Videos & Cutting Guide - Seashore Lighthouse and Mini Album

Hello everyone!

I have uploaded all the construction videos to YouTube for both the Seashore Lighthouse and the Mini Album that fits inside.

There is also a Materials & Cutting Guide which also includes the templates for both projects up on Dropbox.  This is a PDF file which can be downloaded for free.

Seashore Lighthouse

Hello everyone!

I have a new project to share with you today that I call the "Seashore Lighthouse".

I modeled the design of this project after several lighthouses off the east coast of the United States.

The project features a Prima paper collection named "Seashore" which was just perfect for this theme, don't you think?

From the base to the top finial on the light tower, the project stands about 20" high.  The base is roughly octagon shaped and is 12" x 13".

Inside of the foundation there is room for a mini-album and we'll see more on that later.