Halloween - Square Collage Swaps

The Halloween Square Swaps are here.  I received my swaps in the mail today and quickly arranged them in two frames that I found laying around.  I must say that some of them are pretty amazing, my little ol' swap pales in comparison, see previous post HERE.  Remember that the required size for these is no more than 1-3/8" and if you consider the details in such a small canvas, you'll truly appreciate the beauty of these babies.

I picked my favorites, arranged and pasted them on a lavender mat and slipped them in this black frame from Ikea.  Two of the ladies didn't get their swaps in on time so I only have 18 pieces.  I didn't want to file the other six so I looked for another frame and found this white one also from Ikea that was meant for another project but it was the perfect size to display the six leftovers.

This whole process took about fifteen minutes to complete and I have two very nice Halloween decorations. Not bad at all!!

This is a seasonal swap and the next one is a Holiday theme.  I'm very excited to start the next one.

Cheers!!!

Halloween Collage Swap

I am participating in a swap with my stamping friends that is a little different from our normal swaps.  Instead of creating cards, we are making little squares that will be made into a collage.  The important requirement is that the squares have to be 1-3/8" by 1-3/8" or use the Stampin' Up Square Scallop Punch.

When I agreed to participate, I thought I can easily get this done since I already had a idea floating in my head.  The one with a tiny tag was my original idea but I wasn't too crazy about it.  The one on the left was my second try.  Then the spooky bats, first in green and then in gray.  I really liked the bats but the bat punch was retired last year so I can't use it.

The final design I decided to go with is really simple and easy to mass produce.  I need twenty squares and they are due October 15th.  I finished them today in, like, an hour.  It's really a simple process.  I cut 1-1/4 x 1-1/4 squares from white cardstock and stamped the spider in black Stazon and "Crawly" in Calypso Coral.

Then I sponged Wisteria Wonder around the squares, covering almost all the white cardstock.

Next, I glued the squares to punched out scallop square.

And now I'm done!!!  Way ahead of schedule.  Stay tuned for the next collage swap which is a Christmas/Holiday theme.

All stamps, inks and cardstocks used were from Stampin'Up.