Trick Or Treat Blog Hop

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                             October 8-10, 2011

Crafter's Workshop and Clearsnap have teamed up for the next three days to create hauntingly inspiring projects for this Halloween season. It's all tricks, treats, and techniques so join us on a fright night jaunt to remember, hopping from blog to blog. Leave your "Trick-or-treat" comment on each blog in the hop in hopes of winning candy, blog candy that is! For every 50 comments posted on this blog we're giving away a set of inks and accessories to spook up any crafter's projects!!! We'll choose the winners from the blog comments posted on all the blogs in the Hop. The prize includes Smooch Spritz in Frosted Grape, Green Olive, and Carrot Cake, ColorBox Pigment InkPad in Spooktacular, Glitter in  Grape Fizz, Design Adhesives in "Trick or Treat" and "Eeeeks!?", plus our new Design Foils in Lime Burst. That's alot of spook to go around!

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Jaime Echt - www.thecraftersworkshop.com

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Julie Fei-Fan Balzer - http://www.balzerdesigns.typepad.com/

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Daniela Dobson http://danieladobson.blogspot.com/

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Today I am sharing with you how to create  "Plastic Pumpkin Restoration" using Smooch Spritz, Stephanie Barnard ColorBox Premium Dye Ink, Smooch Pealized Accent Ink, ColorBox Pigment Ink, Crafter's Workshop Stencils, Top Boss Glitter and the Rollagraph Design Wheel.

Clearsnap Products

Stephanie Barnard Tangerine ColorBox Premium Dye Ink Pad

Stephanie Barnard Grape ColorBox Premium Dye Ink Pad

Stephanie Barnard Licorice ColorBox Dye Ink Pad

ColorBox Moss Green Pigment Stamp Pad

ColorBox Tuxedo Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink 

ColorBox Molasses Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink

 ColorBox Lettuce Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink

ColorBox Pumpkin Smooch Pearlized Accent Ink

ColorBox Wicked Black Dye Ink Pad

ColorBox Silver Foil Smooch Spritz

Top Boss Sparkling Amethyst Glitter

Glue Gloss Gel Adhesive

Rollagraph Coal Ancient Page Ink Cartridge Jumbo

Jumbo Rollagraph Handle

Rollagraph WordsWords Design Wheel Jumbo

Rollagraph Doll Face Design Wheel Jumbo

ColorTool Box Stylus Tray Set

Other Products

Mod Podge

Crafter's Workshop Love Beads Stencil

Crafter' Workshop Henna Hand Stencil

Joann Fabric Holiday Decorations

Stephanie Barnard Stamp of LifeSpooky2Scare Stamp

Liquitex Gesso

Orange Twist Deco Art Americana Acrylic Paint 

E-Z Form Plaster Cloth Wrap

Directions

• Cover your work area with a drop cloth, this is messy but fun! You will need an old container to place the warm water in for dipping the plaster strips.
• Remove the plastic handle of the pumpkin. I cut the handle in half and pulled the handle through the hole.

• Cut the plaster cloth into 7 strips, approximately 14 inches long.
• Fill a medium bowl 1/2 full with warm water. Dip the strips into water one at a time and run fingers downward to thoroughly wet the strip. Turn the pumpkin upside down. Wet a 14" strip, starting at the center of the bottom, bring the strip down the side of the pumpkin and over the top, smoothing the strip as you go. Smooth out the air pockets and wrinkles with your fingers. 
• Flip the pumpkin right-side up and fold the ends of the strips over the lip of the opening at the top. Trim the strip ends so that about 1" folds to the inside of the pumpkin, and smooth the ends against the inside wall.

• Continue adding strips around the pumpkin, overlapping the strips by 1/4 covering everything but the face. Dip the 14" strip halfway into the water. Starting at the bottom of the pumpkin, in the middle of the face, bring the strip up from the bottom and tuck it into the crevices of the mouth. Add several strips in the same manner to cover the width of the mouth.
• After the bottom of these strips has started to dry and conform to the mouth shape, wet the top half of the strips and cover the top of the mouth and eyes on the same manner. 
• While the pumpkin is still damp and pliable begin defining and smoothing the pumpkins eyes, nose's and mouth's crevices with your fingers.

• Wipe out the inside of the pumpkin with a damp cloth to remove plaster.
• While the plaster is damp to the touch, peel the ends of the strips away from the inside of the pumpkin, trim them make them even and tuck them back inside to give the edge a neater, finshed look.
• Paint the entire surface of the pumpkin with orange paint. Make sure the paint gets in the textured surfaces. The plaster really soaks up the paint, so do not use an expensive paint to cover the pumpkin.
• Once the orange paint dries, antique the pumpkin by applying a thin layer of ColorBox Tangerine Stephanie Barnard Dye Ink using the ColorBox Stylus Tool.

• Paint the eyes and teeth white. I used a white canvas gesso to paint these areas.

• Paint the mouth, I choose an orange color and extend the mouth color beyond the original mouth, rounding the corners to give it a more vintage look. Using a small paintbrush start building more details by painting the mouth area with Smooch Molasses Accent Ink, Smooch Tuxedo Accent Ink and ColorBox Leather Mix'd Media Inks. 

• To create the eye, I used the ColorBox Circle Stylus Pad. Tap the Circle Stylus Tip Tool on the ColorBox Blueberry Stephanie Barnard Dye Pigment Ink Pad to pick up a large amount of ink. Now using the Circle Stylus Tip, press the Stylus tip in the center of the eye. Paint another small white circle with the white gesso. Add a small black circle and build the outline and details with Smooch Molasses Accent Ink. Using a small paintbrush, I start painting more details on the face using Smooch Molasses Accent Ink and ColorBox Leather Mix'd Media Inks.
• Tape the Crafters Workshop 6X6 Swirly Vines stencil down to the pumpkin. Using the ColorBox Stylus Circle Tip, apply Stephanie Barnard Licorice ColorBox Dye Ink to the collage's surface. Apply the ink using a gentle pounding motion, holding the Stylus straight up and down. Do not use a stroking motion.  This motion will keep the ink from seeping under the edges of the stencil. If your stencil seems to be lifting as you ink, use an awl or chopstick to hold the stencil down as you apply ink. I stenciled this on several areas on the pumpkin, stencil as many flourishes until you are happy.

• You will need to create two 12X12 or one 24X24 collage.

• Apply a thin layer of ColorBox Silver Foil Smooch Spritz over the entire collage. Gently shake the Silver Foil Smooch Spritz to make sure the mica is mixed completely with the ink. Holding your Smooch Spritz just a few inches from the inked paper, spray and coat the paper with a layer of Smooch. 
• Using a permanent felt tip marker outline the stencil design.

• Brush a thin coat of Glue Gloss on several of the blocks within the Crafter's Workshop Love Beads Stencil.  Sprinkle the Top Boss Sparkling Amethyst Glitter onto the Glue Gloss. Using a small paint brush, gently brush the glitter over the entire stencil block. Repeat this several times, filling in several blocks using the Amethyst Top Boss Glitter. When you are finished, carefully lift the stencil from the collage.  Carefully lift the picture collage and hold it perpendicular to your work surface. Gently tap the edge of the collage to remove any loose glitter.

• Once the collage surface is dry, add additional color with ink. Do some stamping on the collage's surface I used the Stephanie Barnard Stamp of LifeSpooky2Scare Stamp, Doll Faces and WordsWords Jumbo Design Wheel.  Tape the 12X12 Crafters Henna Hands stencil down over the collage and stencil the image on the collage using ColorBox Wicked Black Archival Ink. 
• To enhance several areas of the collage, apply Pumpkin Smooch Accent Ink inside the stencil blocks and circles.  Using the Lettuce Smooch Accent Ink and Tuxedo Smooch Accent Ink randomly apply the Lettuce Smooch on stencil design. 
• Cover the entire surface of the collage with a cloth and apply a hot, dry iron with heavy and even pressure.

The Witch Hat Construction

• Draw a half circle on the edge of a piece of the collage  of 12 inches in diameter using a mathematical compass and pencil. Cut out the half circle and roll it into a cone roughly the size of the opening of the pumpkin.
• Place the cone on the pumpkin, and tighten or loosen the cone to fit; the cone can be stapled or taped into position. Apply glue to the seam of the cone, and press down from the inside of the cone to form a bond between the pieces of collage paper.
• Measure the inside diameter of the cone using a ruler, and mark the diameter on the second piece of collage paper; the center point of the diameter should also be marked. Using the mathematical compass, draw a circle for the inside of the brim; a second circle should be drawn wider than the first for the outside edge of the brim
• Cut out the outer and inner edges of the collage paper, and place the cone on top of the brim to make sure it fits. Spread glue on the inside edge of the brim before placing the brim over the top of the cone; the glued area of the brim should be pressed against the edge of the cone.
• Allow the brim to dry onto the cone of the witch’s hat, and decorate the hat as required. I added Halloween Garland, Halloween Tag, Ribbon and lace around the brim.

 Happy Haunting. Thanks for Stopping by my blog.
Plaster Pumpkin Inspired by Lesie Brier