BOO! Halloween Wall Panel

BOO! Halloween Wall Panel by Steph Ackerman

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​Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today and I've got a new Spooky project to share for Makin's Clay®.

​Supplies:

​ Makin's Clay® - Black, Brown, White, Earth Tones
​ Makin's ProfessionalⓇ Ultimate Clay MachineⓇ
​ Makin's ProfessionalⓇ Cutting Mat
​ Makin'sⓇ Clay Cutters - Rectangles, Halloween Set
​ Beacon Adhesives - 3-in-1
​ Mod Podge clay mold
​ Memento Fireworks Shimmery Craft Sprays
​ Sizzix dies
​ Burlap Panel
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Instructions:


​Start by spritzing the panel with assorted colors of Fireworks Inks.  I started with lighter colors then realized I wanted a darker effect so I added a darker blue and gray.
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Begin by conditioning the white, black and brown clays.  Then place each individually in the clay machine at the highest setting.  Reduce the setting on each pass until you have the thickness you need for your project.
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As I was creating a Halloween scene, I die cut a haunted house from the black clay.  To be sure the clay did not stick to my die, I place the clay between wax paper and then ran it through my die cut machine.  Although still damp, it die cut beautifully. 

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Picking up the left over black clay, I mixed it with some white clay and again ran it through the clay machine until I had a mottled effect.  I then die cut the roof of the house and placed it atop the main image. 
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As the clay was still damp/fresh, no glue was needed to adhere the pieces.​

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​Next, I die cut 2 trees using another Sizzix die.  Again, I placed the clay between wax paper so it would not stick to the die.                           

Once all my elements were ready, I started creating a spooky scene.  I began by adhering some torn strips of paper across the panel then put the trees in place.  Realizing I wanted fence posts, I used the left over black and white clay and die cut the fences.  I also had left over brown clay so I free hand cut a sign.  Using the small pumpkin cutter, I created several pumpkins, used a craft stick to create texture, then spritzed each with Fireworks Craft Sprays.  They were placed around the sign onto which I added letters spelling BOO.

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​Using the ghost clay cutter, I created a number of ghosts that I adhered to the panel.  In the upper corner I created a moon and placed a ghost on top. 

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The black cats are standing on the fence and the witch's hat is in the tree.  Yellow clay was added behind the house to simulate light in the windows then the house was adhered to the panel.  Using the remaining black and white clay panel, I used a rectangle cutter to create bricks for a walkway.

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​Hoping you have a Happy Halloween!

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​Thanks for stopping by.

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​Steph

Witches Hat Ring Holder

Witches Hat Ring Holder by Naomi Scarparo

With my one of my favourite holidays approaching, I wanted to make something practical and have a Halloween theme to it… I don’t know about you, but I am always taking my rings off to do sculpting or any messy crafting fun. What a spooky way to store your rings on this Witch’s Hat Ring Holder, that you can make yourself...

Materials:

Makin’s Clay®- Black, Plum Wine and Yellow

Makin's® Clay Roller or Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine® 

Makin’s Professional® Cutting Mat 

Makin's® Texture Sheet - 

Makin's® Clay Tool Set - Chisel

Small Dish (I used a 10cm diameter size)

Circle cutter to fit your dish 

2 square cutters, one approx. 1cm and 0.8cm 

Instructions:

Roll out your black clay to the thickest setting on your clay machine, then cut a circle to fit a small dish (10cm diameter size). Smooth edges of the circle with your fingers. Lay the circle clay into the little dish, making sure there are no air bubbles.

Roll a large sausage shape of black clay then roll tampering the top into a point. Widen the base by setting it up with the pointed end upwards. Slightly making the top half crocked so a ring can sit there. Tip - test it the width with a ring.

Place it in the centre on top of the clay dish, using a touch of tacky glue or water to adhere to the base of the bowl.

Extrude Plum Wine clay with the help of Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Extruder® and the wide flat extruder disk, to make the Witch’s Hat ribbon. 

Place the strip of clay around the base of the point hat tip with water or Tacky Glue. Smooth connector ends, blending them together.

Set aside. 

To make the witch’s hat buckle, Roll out your yellow clay to the 3rd thickest setting on your clay machine. Cut a little square using the larger of the 2 square cutters, then in the centre of that square place the smaller square cutter and cut out the square, leaving a square outline use as a buckle.

Place the put line square onto the hat ribbon using tacky glue or water. 

Set it aside and allow to dry for 24 hours in the dish to keep its shape.

These next steps are optional.

Roll out your Plum Wine clay o 3rd thinnest setting on your clay machine, then Lightly dust, dusting powder (cornstarch) over the clay. Place the Makin's® Texture Sheet Set C - Weave on top of the clay, using your fingers press and roll over the texture sheet, pressing the impression into the clay. Does not have to be a perfect impression right around, it is to give an organic feel.

Use the same circle cutter used to cut the base of the hat, cut a circle out to place on the bottom of the ring base. Adhere it with some tacky glue. Smooth edges with your fingertips.

Extrude black clay with the help of extruder, and the small single extruder disk, make an edging for the rim of the dish. Adhere it with Tacky Glue.

Again Extrude more black clay using the extruder  and the tiny hole extruder disk and make tiny strands of clay. Place in between the first extruded rim clay, just to tidy areas up, this step is certainly not a necessity. 

Allow to dry for 24 hours.

Autumn Leaves Project from Makin's Clay®

This pretty autumn project is from the Makin's Clay® Netherlands page - you can find the instructions here.  (They are in Dutch...) - I hope it inspires you to create something unique this autumn with Makin's Clay® and Makin's Brand® push molds - Cindi