Halloween candy shoppe sign

I was so excited when I saw Stampin up's witches brew designer paper.  One sheet in the pack is super cute so I decided to use it on this project!  I got one of those 3 dollar frames from Walmart.  It was the very last one.  I didn't like it very much but now that it's all painted its perfect for this project!  I cut out a part of the designer paper where it says witches candy shoppe.  Super cute for a sign right? 

Sorry for the glare in the pic.  I'm a horrible photographer! 

I painted it with a coat of white gesso and then sprayed lindys stamp gang chocolate truffle on it and rubbed it in a little bit for the aged look.  Über vintage looking : ) 

I made paper flowers for the corner to dress up the sign a bit.  I also added burlap behind the flowers. 

Another piece of the paper had the word "open" on it so I cut it out to make an open sign. I punched holes in it and ran twine through it.  

Hope you enjoy my collection of this years vintage halloween! 

Vintage halloween banner

Since I'm on a vintage halloween kick, I decided to make some halloween decor! I wanted to make a banner that was more browns and softer looking.  

So below I have a step by step tutorial on what I did.  I wanted to make a video on it but I couldn't get my camera set up right.  So I hope this helps for now!  

I measure out a template I found online.  

I made my first mark at 2 3/4", then 5 1/2" in between and another mark with 2 3/4" from the right side in.  

Connect the dots! 

I used my paper trimmer to cut perfect lines for the flags.  I just cut them at an angle. 

Then I placed my flag over patterned paper and traced it.  

I wanted to use base card stock paper underneath the pattern paper to make it thicker.  

So now glue them on top of each other. 

I love using distress inks and my favorite color has to be vintage photo! I distressed the edges of each flag. 

Next I cut out 1.5" strips of black card stock for my spider web edging. 

They could be a bit slimmer but I like them wider so I can handle them easier in my punch. 

I used my Martha Stewart spider web edge punch and punched my life away! 

I made 3 strips per flag.  

Then I used my color box pigment ink pad and rubbed it on the edges of my web strips.  

I let the strips dry before I add vintage photo to the edges.  This part gives my web edges a softer powder look.  I didn't want to leave it stark white since the paper I used is off white.  The vintage photo adds a touch of brown to them, I love it! Then I used my atg to adhere it to the edges. 

Last part, I cut burlap circles out and then cut strips 1.5"x12 for my rosettes.  I used my hot glue gun to make sure everything sticks!  

I had black chipboard letters in my stash and so I painted them an off white. I used vintage photo on the edges as well and glued them on top of the rosettes.  

I added extra wide grommets and strung through some twine.  Voila!  Quick and easy, super fun for Halloween!