Tag: I Love Halloween

Spooky Eats Menu Cards

Hi there paper crafting friends!  It’s Michelle Starcher, aka the Bookish Designer, popping in on the blog to share the menu cards I made using Lori’s I love Halloween collection by Echo Park Paper Co.  Lori has a wide selection of cards available in her shop.  This week, I used the Halloween Center Step cards to make menu cards for an upcoming Halloween Party. I used all four of the center step cards available in the Fall Halloween Project Bundle (SVG).  You can find the four cards individually in the Silhouette Design Store (Witch’s Hat, Haunted House, Jack ‘O Lantern, and Ghost).

Although the center step cards are cute as cards, I just knew they would make perfect menu cards to let guests know what they were eating.  I cut and assembled the files, but I didn’t use the sentiments.  Instead, I printed the names of my dishes into white cardstock and trimmed them with my paper trimmer.  I used a 24 point font (Cake Batter), which was the perfect size for the menu cards.  I inked the edges for a little extra texture.

If you’ve read any of my other posts, you know I am a big fan of foam tape.  I used foam tape to adhere the focal shape to the cards and embellished the cards using stickers from the I Love Halloween collection.  In addition, I used foam tape to adhere the menu labels to the cards.

If you are looking for super cute menu cards for all your holiday parties, I suggest you check out Lori’s collection of center step cards.  They make great cards and adorable labels for all your menu items.

Until next time,

Michelle

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Canvas Halloween Projects

Hi there paper crafting friends!  It’s Michelle Starcher, aka the Bookish Designer, popping in on the blog to share a few canvas signs I put together this weekend.  Both signs feature paper from one of Lori’s newest collections from Echo Park Paper, I Love Halloween.  This set is loaded with spooky, cute graphics and traditional Halloween colors.  For my signs, I used two Halloween word art files:  Hocus Pocus Broom Co. (SVG, Silhouette) and Apothecary Shoppe (SVG, Silhouette).

I have been wanting to create a canvas project using Lori’s word art files for awhile now, and these Halloween files were the perfect excuse!  For both projects, I used black canvases available at Michaels. The canvases come in a variety of sizes, including the 10×20 and 12×24 sizes I used for my two canvas projects.  Typically, I use white canvases, but for my Halloween projects, I wanted to try using the black.

When I opened the files in Cricut Design Space, the files were a lot smaller than I needed them to be for my canvases, so I resized them to fit my canvases.  For the Apothecary Shoppe canvas, I resized the file to be about 8×16 to fit on the 10×20 canvas.  I used permanent white vinyl for this project.  I added paper from Lori’s I Love Halloween collection and lime green ribbon for a little extra color on the project.

For the Hocus Pocus Broom Co. project, I resized the file to about 11×17.  For this project, I used Iron-On vinyl and my Cricut Heat Press.  Using the iron-on material was much easier than using the vinyl when it came to weeding the project and transferring the word art to the canvas.  However, I had to remove the canvas from the wooden frame in order to apply the word art.  It wasn’t hard to do though, just make sure you have a staple puller and staple gun on hand to put it back together.

For my final touches on the Hocus Pocus Broom Co. canvas, I added striped paper and some orange polka dot ribbon to finish the project off.  I added the paper using Tacky Tape.  In my experience this works really well when adhering items to the canvas.

I really like how the projects turned out, and I am excited about all the new word art Lori has available in the shop this week to create some Christmas canvas projects.

Until next time,

Michelle