When I went to a scrapbook convention back in the summer one of the booths had made some garland out of Maya Road chipboard. I thought it was a fantastic idea and decided to give it a try myself!
So I bought a set of these...
And spray painted them with this...
They ended up looking like this...
And I inadvertently did this in the surrounding grass...
Kind of cool, right?
I made myself some jack-o-lantern faces using P K Glitz "steel" glitter
(which is awesome!).
You can read more about P K Glitz here.
Before adding the glitter I also added some fun swirlies with stamps.
I used some green glitter glue for the stems.
The orange was a little bright so I added some of this...
Ignore the pumpkins in the background. I'll tell you more about those in another post!
The gold had just the effect I was looking for...
I love the extra sparkle!
I added some fun things to the back of the jack-o-lanterns...
I ended up only using 5 of the 6 pumpkins for the garland. This way I could use the only embossed pumpkin as the center.
I put together some leaves and ribbon to go in between the pumpkins. I had to be sure they looked good front and back!
I'm loving the fact that I have garland for Halloween...
That I can turn around and use again once the holiday is over!!
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Don't miss out on my Homemade Christmas announcement!
You can read more about it and become involved here.
I would love to have you join me!
Brooke @ www.allthingsthrifty.com
Saturday 1st of October 2011
Brilliant to make it reversible!
Robyn Rasmussen
Sunday 25th of September 2011
What a lovely idea! So glad I stopped by from the Itsy Bitsy Paper link party! I would love for you to link up with my Follow me Friday link party I have going on right now on my blog:http://tipsfromtheheart.blogspot.com-Robyn
Kim from Maiden D'Shade
Wednesday 21st of September 2011
This garland is gorgeous! And I love reversible for halloween/fall! Thanks for sharing!
Meghan
Sunday 18th of September 2011
So creative! Love it.
The DIY Show Off
Saturday 20th of November 2010
Hi Michele! This is so cute and what a clever idea! LOVE it! ;)
Nice to "meet" you! Thanks for sharing!
Roeshel