It’s only nearing the end of September but it’s getting rather chilly here already. The slice of warm sunshine on our honey-colored wood floor, the crab apple tree outside, a few maple leaves starting to turn into their gorgeous glorious colors are all getting me into the mood for autumn decor. All of this week, I am planning to share with you inspiration and/or tutorials for the Fall crafts I’m creating around my house.
Here’s a not-too-frightening Halloween decor tutorial for Day 1.
Trim grey cardstock to 5″ x 6.5″. On Sizzix Accessory Standard Magnetic Platform for Wafer-Thin Dies, lay a Standard Cutting Pad. Place the grey cardstock on the cutting pad and arrange the Halloween Hangouts dies blade side down on the grey cardstock. Cover with the other Standard Cutting Pad and pass the whole Sizzix Sandwich through the Sizzix Big Shot Machine.
Repeat the same step with a piece of white cardstock.
Trim three pieces of kraft cardstock to 5.5″ x 6.75″ each. Layer the three pieces together with adhesive to strengthen the paper.
On the topmost layer, draw a box with pencil and ruler leaving about a quarter inch margin all around. Color this box with Translucents Gelatos colors as shown. Blend the colors with a wet paint brush. Let dry.
Mount the grey die-cut piece to the kraft background with 3D Foam Squares.
Cut out the Halloween Hangouts from their frames from the white cardstock die-cut piece from before.
Color the pieces with Translucents Gelatos.
Ink up the background stamp with Black Stamper’s Big Brush pen and stamp randomly around the grey cardstock layer.
Attach the Halloween Hangouts pieces with 3D Foam Squares, slightly offsetting toward the left on the corresponding grey layers.
Add some pattern to the grey layer with Stamper’s Big White Pen. I love how solid that white ink is!
Add a little more depth to the background by making marks with the Brown PITT pen.
Die-cut the boo out of kraft cardstock using the Sizzix Sidekick Side-Order Set – Halloween using the same Sizzix Sandwich as described above. Color the ‘boo’ cutout with Brown PITT pen. Cut a speech bubble out of white cardstock and color it with Translucents Gelatos. Mount the ‘boo’ to the speech bubble using a glue pen. Inlay the kraft cut-outs to the ‘boo’ also using the glue pen. Attach it to the grey layer with 3D Foam Squares next to the owl.
Use the Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 12PK – Shadow Script Halloween to die-cut the word ‘beware’ out of white cardstock and its shadow out of kraft and grey cardstock using the same Sizzix Sandwich as described above. Attach the word to the kraft shadow with glue pen. Use 3d Foam squares to attach the whole word to the grey shadow offsetting slightly toward the left. Attach the word above the block with glue pen.
Die-cut an easel stand for your decor piece using the Sizzix Bigz Die – Small Easel. Simply place your paper on the bladeside of the Bigz die and place the die between two standard cutting pads. Pass the entire Sizzix Sandwich through the Sizzix Big Shot machine. Attach the easel to the back of the block as shown. You can store it flat when not in use by simply folding the small groove fold back up.
Place the piece on your fireplace or shelf to add a festive touch to your home!
Be sure to be back tomorrow for some more fun inspiration!
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Today is the first day of Autumn and it’s my favorite season! To celebrate, I am offering 15% discount on ALL my downloadable and printable coloring books/ image collections this weekend (9/22/18 – 9/23/18) only. Prices are adjusted, no code needed.
Sweater weather, pumpkin spice flavor and glorious colors all around – that is autumn where I live and I love every bit of it. This gorgeous season inspired me to draw the colorful leaves, the pumpkin gingersnap pie scented candle, the crab apple sprigs, the squirrels that so actively gather acorns, the back-to-school supplies, fall outfits for picture day, the puffy cotton flowers, the strangely shaped gourds, the sunflowers bigger than my daughter’s head, the Halloween decorations, the wreath I made myself for Thanksgiving and many more. I put these line drawings together in a downloadable and printable collection that you can color as well as use as collage images in your art journals, mixed media art and more. You are also going to get 15 bonus pages with ideas for coloring and art journal pages. Because you can adjust the print sizes of these images, you can even use them in your planners. Print as many times as you need to embellish your personal art projects. Whatever you choose to create, these images will do the hard work for you!
This printable image collection is about all things FALL. You can instantly download the printable PDF following the completion of your payment. You can download the PDF UP TO 3 TIMES just in case the first attempt fails.
No shipping fee, no waiting for the mail.
You can print and reprint as many times as you want!
You would normally pay anywhere between $1.67 and $5 for a SINGLE printable coloring page on Etsy after scrolling for hours to find one you really like.
My goal is to make this easy and affordable for you.
** This is a digital product that you will download. No physical product will be shipped.
You can print these drawings only for personal, non-commercial use. Restrictions include but are: not limited to the following: you cannot resale these drawings, sell them as finished paintings or any art derived from them, submit for publication, teach classes using them, copy and/or distribute them in any form without my written permission.
Something new and amazing has just been born! 🙂 My friend Tamara Laporte from Willowing Arts has just opened registration for The (free) Life Book Creativity & Wellbeing Summit! She has interviewed a wide range of Life Book 2019 Teachers for it and guess what?! I’m one of the speakers AND I’m also a teacher on Life Book 2019 next year!
Yay!!!
Not only is this Summit filled with inspiring interviews with amazing artists, but we each also provide a FREE creative and wellness activity for you that you can access for 2 weeks!
The Summit is filled with inspiring interviews, art sessions, meditations and wellbeing activities to help you get present and connected to the healing power of your creativity!
The Summit begins on October 1st and ends on October 15th!
Life Book 2019 (which I’ll be teaching on yippee!) will open registration on October 16th and guess what? If you join Life Book 2019 you’ll get life long access to the Summit content as well as a year of amazing art activities + a virtual gift bag filled with extras and goodies also! More on this later, but keep an eye out for Life Book 2019 sign up details!
I’m SO PLEASED to announce that I am a teacher for Wanderlust 2019!
Wanderlust 2019 is a year-long self-paced mixed media online workshop taught by 26 amazing teachers with a wide variety of styles. You’ll get 49 high-quality full-length streamable (and downloadable) video lessons every Friday starting January 4th, 2019. You’ll also get lifetime access plus a ton of creative bonuses.
The regular price for Wanderlust 2019 is $150 USD, but if you sign up by December 31st, 2018, you’ll get a 30% Early Bird Discount. Just use the code EARLY30 and you’ll pay only $105 USD (approx. £81, €90) for a whole year of classes! Isn’t that wonderful?
Welcome to my Blog Series – Art Journaling August Inspiration Day 5.
Over the next five days, I will share with you five art journal pages. These pages all have the following common threads –
photographic ephemera as the focal point
layers created with table scraps (stuff left on my desk after finishing bigger projects – giving them new life instead of discarding them)
the page is completed in 30 minutes or less
I’m listing the supplies I used. Feel free to choose from your stash. I want to give you some starting points and not directions, so you can explore freely.
If you do create some pages along with me, please use the hashtag #mousaha and tag me on Instagram @mou.saha.studio and on Facebook @MouSahaStudio.
Welcome to my Blog Series – Art Journaling August Inspiration Day 4.
Over the next five days, I will share with you five art journal pages. These pages all have the following common threads –
photographic ephemera as the focal point
layers created with table scraps (stuff left on my desk after finishing bigger projects – giving them new life instead of discarding them)
the page is completed in 30 minutes or less
I’m listing the supplies I used. Feel free to choose from your stash. I want to give you some starting points and not directions, so you can explore freely.
If you do create some pages along with me, please use the hashtag #mousaha and tag me on Instagram @mou.saha.studio and on Facebook @MouSahaStudio.
Welcome to my Blog Series – Art Journaling August Inspiration Day 3.
Over the next five days, I will share with you five art journal pages. These pages all have the following common threads –
photographic ephemera as the focal point
layers created with table scraps (stuff left on my desk after finishing bigger projects – giving them new life instead of discarding them)
the page is completed in 30 minutes or less
I’m listing the supplies I used. Feel free to choose from your stash. I want to give you some starting points and not directions, so you can explore freely.
If you do create some pages along with me, please use the hashtag #mousaha and tag me on Instagram @mou.saha.studio and on Facebook @MouSahaStudio.
Welcome to my Blog Series – Art Journaling August Inspiration Day 1.
Each day of this week, I will share with you an art journal page. These pages all have the following common threads –
photographic ephemera as the focal point
layers created with table scraps (stuff left on my desk after finishing bigger projects – giving them new life instead of discarding them)
the page is completed in 30 minutes or less
I’m listing the supplies I used. Feel free to choose from your stash. I want to give you some starting points and not directions, so you can explore freely.
If you do create some pages along with me, please use the hashtag #mousaha and tag me on Instagram @mou.saha.studio and on Facebook @MouSahaStudio.
Welcome to my Blog Series – Art Journaling August Inspiration Day 1.
Over the next five days, I will share with you five art journal pages. These pages all have the following common threads –
photographic ephemera as the focal point
layers created with table scraps (stuff left on my desk after finishing bigger projects – giving them new life instead of discarding them)
the page is completed in 30 minutes or less
I’m listing the supplies I used. Feel free to choose from your stash. I want to give you some starting points and not directions, so you can explore freely.
If you do create some pages along with me, please use the hashtag #mousaha and tag me on Instagram @mou.saha.studio and on Facebook @MouSahaStudio.
