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Monday, October 21, 2013

Going Batty: Repurposed Halloween Frame

I'm always on the lookout for simple frames. They are so fun and easy to alter for the holidays. This plain black frame - which I purchased at a church yard sale for a quarter - was just the thing for a bit of Halloween decor.  



The frame is 8 x 10 inches and was missing the glass front, which worked out perfectly for bats on pop-dots. I used a dark backdrop, some colorful patterned papers and a bat punch from Stampin' Up!


The paper, tag, stickers and button are all from Fancy Pants Designs. I used a mix of papers from the new Collecting Moments and Happy Go Lucky collections. I bent the bat wings up a bit for extra dimension. 

The bats are a play on the popular butterfly frames. 

I was looking through my blog posts and realized that I made Halloween frames in 2012 and 2011 too. 

Here's the one I made last year, using Echo Park Paper. This frame was smaller and was published in Paper Crafts magazine. 


In 2011, I made this Halloween frame while a guest designer for Echo Park. 



I've made several other Halloween projects in the last few years. Lots of treats, no tricks.  Here are the links:  

Owl Pillow Box Treat

Halloween Test Tubes



Haunted House

And one non-paper craft - a simple painted pumpkin:



Thanks so much for stopping by. Happy Hauntings!

11 comments:

  1. I'm batty for this super project, Izzy! So creative and fun to use bats instead of butterflies or hearts.

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  2. This is such a fun idea, Izzy!! Love that you create a frame each year! I might have to give this a try for some Christmas decor!!

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  3. I loveeeeeeeee these!! I am LOVING those bats!!!!!

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  4. talk about cool! i love these frames!!!!

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  5. I absolutely loved the frames you made before, but I think I love this one even more! The little bats are just too cute!

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  6. CUTE!! I love the bats! I'm all about the cutesy and colorful side of Halloween - this captured that perfectly! :)

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  7. This is so cute!! Love what you've done here!

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  8. Oh my goodness, how fun is your Batty Frame art.
    I have done the quilt frame and hang it up every year...but am thinking a change may be needed...now to find that bat punch :)

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  9. He is adorable. I remember those frames you did. Gorgeous! And love the new one this year too. I think I need one now!

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  10. Love your frames. The batty one is adorable.

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  11. LOVE the bat frames! It's such a fun take on the butterfly version.

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