Halloween Is Creeping Through Our Homes

 This is the lantern lit up in the dark!

Hello everyone! It's time for a new challenge at Whimsical Wednesdays! This time the challenge is "Halloween In Creeping Through Our Homes" Create a Halloween or Fall home decor project. This week our prize sponsors are The Prairie Bird Boutique who is giving away a crinkle ribbon bundle and Mr. Cricut Crazy who has generously donated a stamp set of your choice.
For my projects I chose to do a lantern and jack-o-lantern pumpkins. I am sure you all have seen these pumpkins done before but I couldn't help making mine a little scary! Instead of leaving them plain I chose to add faces to them. I used the tutorial here for the basics but changed my sizing to 1X6 inch strips and inked all the edges with distress ink. For the faces, I folded a piece of black paper in half and cut out triangles for the eyes and nose. For the mouth I used a 3.5 inch circle and cut it in half and cut out the mouths trimming it down to a size that I liked. I attached them with tacky tape and rolled 1X6 inch strips of Kraft paper for the stems. I also added curled paper and Crinkle ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique for the stems and leaves.
For the lantern I found a SUPER SIMPLE tutorial here. I cut it out of Kraft paper and distress inked it with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo ink.( I LOVE how this came out! It looks like metal and it does look SO much better in person. These pictures don't do these justice at all.) After it was all inked and put together I used a star punch to punch all the stars. I cut bands for the top and bottom and added a layer of Crinkle ribbon from Prairie Bird Boutique pleating it on the back side and then attaching it to the lantern. I used a scallop oval punch and punched out the Bat Brand badge from the Recollections Midnight Magic stack and attached it to the lantern. To complete the lantern I added a flameless candle inside and it looks so neat in a dark room shining through the stars!
As a special treat for you today we are also showcasing Mr Cricut Crazy's stamps! I have a card to show you that I did with Mr. Cricut Crazy's stamps! I used the Razzel set for my card.

I made the background paper by using a paw print stamp and Versa Color ink and white ink. The dog image I colored with colored pencils and stamped the sentiment. I hope you all will go check out Mr.Cricut Crazy's stamp line, especially if you're a dog lover. He has some very clever sentiments and cute dogs.
I hope you all will play along this week and don't forget to go over to Whimsical Wednesdays to see what the other amazing DT members have created for inspiration! I can't wait to see what you will create! Have a great day!
I am going to enter this into My Craft Spot's Monday Challenge which is 3D Halloween.