Halloween Tombstone Mini book, Witch, Graveyard, Background Scene

Hello Readers,
It's Wednesday
and I am so excited about my post today
and for the next few weeks!

Hey returning designers,

do you remember the cool stuff we

got from Gina's Designs?

I was sooo jealous when I saw what you received 

and then tried to figure out what to do with what I received!

A TOMBSTONE with a fence!

Well, it is now time to share with you my take 

on this tomb stone, I have waited for Halloween to come closer
so I could use this fun chipboard cutout from Gina"s Designs.

Here are my pieces.

The tombstone, 2 fences, and a base.

I painted the fence and base black,

I then glittered the fence with black glitter and glue.

Then I covered the tombstone with Black glitter trees.

Here are the beginnings of the tombstone scene.

After I had it glued together I thought,

mmmm, I have enough room inside the fence to create a book.

So here is the project completed.

I will use 3 posts to show you all the steps to get

to this cute Halloween scene starting with the 

Tombstone.

Here is the completed Halloween scene.

Inside the tombstone garden area is the Wicked mini book 

I created.

Close up on the book inside the fence. and the decorated fence.

Close up of the front of the book.

When you take the book out of the fenced in area,

here is what the finished tombstone looks like.

Soooo Halloween!

I chose only 4 colors to work with on this book.

Black, orange, white, and grey.

So, I went through my Halloween file and pulled out anything I had in just those 

colors, I also pulled out my black and white file,

so I could integrate any papers that may work with just

those colors.

You may not use all the things you pull out,

but it is so helpful as you work your project to pull everything 

out that could be used on your project, having it all close

to your fingers and inspiring you to design a great project.

I also purchase a Halloween embellishment every year that is 

new to the industry, Usually, it is an EK Success embellishment 

that is very 3 dimensional.

Here on the front of the fence is the white pumpkins, 

(I purchased them several years ago)

They just work so good throughout the whole project.

I also chose papers that make you feel like you are in a graveyard.

Glitter Black Trees is one of my single favorite papers 

for Halloween.  This paper has been with us for years

and is a Halloween staple in the Robin's Nest Halloween grouping.

Black Glitter Trees is covering the tombstone and

 is the cover for the mini book.

I also embellished the tombstone with

Black 6mm dew drops

Black diamond drops

Orange Glitter Crackle CS (rosette)

I cut out the lettering on Cricut.

Isn't that so funny!

I maybe should add a R.I.P. too.

Of course we need a witch for this tombstone.

Here are the products I used to create her.

Black burlap

orange and black stripe ribbon

Black sparkle ribbon for her boa

Gina's Designs dress form (very thick wood)

Black thin ribbon

Our witch is such a fun addition to our Halloween scene.

I cut the burlap into a strip and gathered the top edge,

I also sewed a orange and white ribbon around the bottom edge of 

her dress.  Then I tied the dress onto the dress form after I painted

it black.  I tucked a corset into the top of the dress 

and glued it onto the dress form.

I forgot to tell you that the corset and the dress form are also

from Gina's Designs.  

I used the black sparkly ribbon as a boa,

added a few spiders, a Robin's Nest hat sticker

and a few brads to the dress as embellishments.

She turned out pretty cute!

Here she is in front of the Wicked mini book.

I will show the mini book in one of the next 2 posts.

So here again is the finished Halloween scene.

Tombstone scene, with a

Wicked Mini Albun

a witch

and a framed back ground behind the 

Tombstone.

Are you getting ready for Halloween?

This really makes me want to pull down those 

stored away boxes and bring out

Halloween!

Robin's Nest Papers and Embellishments are found

on our website

www.robinsnest-scrap.com

Ciao,

Robin