DIY Vinyl Pumpkin Decals

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Roeshel

With the girls all grown up and on their own, I have little desire to carve a pumpkin to create a jack-o-lantern. And my pumpkin carving skills are a bit juvenile so I’m loving this alternative to carving…my pumpkins look so pretty!

Materials:

large glossy adhesive vinyl from Happy Crafters
transfer paper
pumpkins

Tools:

Silhouette Cameo

What I did:

1. I purchased a deer silhouette and frame from the online store and sized them in my Silhouette Studio designer software to fit my pumpkins.

2. Then sent my decals to “cut”.

3. Peel away (weed) the negative part of the design.

4. Cut transfer paper to size. Peel away wax paper backing and smooth transfer paper into place.

5. Rub design with a credit card.

6. Peel away paper backing from the vinyl decal, transferring it to the sticky transfer paper.

7. Position on pumpkin and lightly rub decal with a credit card.

8. Peel away transfer paper. This might get a little tricky because of the pumpkin’s uneven surface. You may have to use your fingernail to help with the transfer.

9 .There are also wrinkles in my vinyl decal…but it doesn’t take away from the design. I just smoothed it down the best I could using my fingernail and credit card.

All done and so cute! SO many options. I noticed that the Silhouette America online store even had sets of eyes, noses and mouths for jack-o-lantern faces. A monogram or spooky ghost or black cat would be great too!

See the tutorial for the candy corn here.

Linking up to the Lettered Cottage, Pumpkin Party and Cuckoo4Design Pumpkin Parade.

*This post is sponsored by Happy Crafters. Tutorial, experience and opinion is my own. See more projects at Happy Crafters blog.

Wooden Candy Corn Accents

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Roeshel

We’re making progress on the grape arbor/gazebo, recycled brick path and patio AND a laundry room makeover and in between those bigger DIY projects, I’m having fun with some stress-free easy DIY. I just saw the cutest little candy corn bean bags somewhere which inspired this project…a scrap wood version.

Materials:

Scrap 1 x 6 wood
FrogTape®
Sandpaper
Craft paint

I used the miter saw to cut three triangle shapes from my scrap wood, then sanded the edges.

Candy Corn Fact: My DIY version goes from orange to yellow to white but the official candy corn striping starts with yellow on the bottom, orange in the middle and white on top.

I taped off each section using FrogTape®, rubbing my thumbnail along the edge of the tape. I started at the bottom with orange craft paint. After I applied a second coat, I removed the FrogTape®. Let dry and move on to the middle yellow section following the same steps, finishing with white craft paint on the pointy part of the triangle. Allow drying time between each color.

DIY Halloween/Fall craft: decorative wooden candy corn pieces

Optional: seal with a protective clear coat.

Aren’t they cute?

I think these would make a great fall hostess gift tied up with ribbon.

Sharing at the Lettered Cottage and Centsational Girl.

*I’m a member of the FrogTape® Blog Squad. This post is sponsored by FrogTape®. As always, the opinions are completely my own based on my own experience.

Fall Chevron DIY

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Roeshel

Earlier this week, I shared my fall home tour. Did you happen to see the DIY chevron “Fall in Love” plaque on the mantel in my family room?

Tutorial:

Materials:

Scrap wood
FrogTape® Chevron Shape Tape
Paint (I used glossy Krylon cherry red spray paint, turquoise DecoArt Americana Desert Turquoise acrylic craft paint and a gold spray paint)
Fall stencil (I created/cut a fall vinyl stencil using my Silhouette. Leaf damask design from Silhouette America online store.)
Martha Stewart Crafts Wood Stain

Here’s what I did:

1. I sanded the edges of my scrap wood (left over from a shelf DIY).

2. I spray painted my wood plaque red and let dry for about an hour.

3. Starting at the top of my plaque, I applied the FrogTape® Chevron Shape Tape. Cut to size, remove half of the wax paper backing, place Shape Tape, remove other half of the wax paper backing and smooth into place.

4. and just kept adding rows by placing the zig zag design exactly as my first piece and just eye-balling the distance. To get a chevron pattern, line up the zig zag.

5. Using my thumbnail, I made sure the edges of the Shape Tape were secure.

6. Then painted my chevron using turquoise craft paint. I did three coats to completely cover the red paint underneath.