Mad Hatter's Mourner's Hat with a Twist?

Hello - I'm taking over the blog again this Sunday with more Halloween spookiness.

I really can't decided whether it's a Mad Hatter's Hat or a Mourner's Hat. It's definitely a hat!

I wanted to make the Mourner's Hat from the JGW Raven Quest kit this Halloween but as I progressed, the project changed due to my hyperactive brain. "I wonder if this can be done.....?" "Hmmmm can I do this…..?"

The answer: Yes! I did it. Presenting the Halloween Mad Hatter's Mourner's Hat with a twist:

The hat is made from AC Cardstock in Black and Charcoal and inked with Ingvild Bolme Chalk Ink in White.

I made the panels and the little shelves myself with the Silhouette Software. The Panels are embossed with a Bark patterned embossing folder from Darice.

I made small holes in the back of each shelf for the light to shine through.

I added a scratch mark in one of the panels and backed it with vellum - also for light to shine through. I found it in the Silhouette Design Store Design ID #118964 by Sophie Gallo.

Then I got busy decorating the hat with all sorts of nick nack Halloween style I could find in my stash.

The flowers are from Prima, several of the decor pieces are from Ideaology  and the gem swirls are from BoBunny.

I wrapped "Mummy Cloth" around the hat as a band and also around the bow.

One of the most awesome feature, is the Zombie Hand that holds the lantern. It's also from Ideaology and I love it to bits....It's so cool.

It's pretty creepy in the dark

So what do you think? Let me know in a comment below and I'll see you soon - thanks for joining me today.

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We're All a Little Mad Here ~ with Cyndy G

Good morning crafty friends, thank you for joining me.  Today I have a project from SVG Attic using the Mourners Hat from the JGW Raven Quest Kit.  This is my favorite hat file!

I shrunk my hat it stands only five inches tall.  I love these hats in this size.

I added some embellishments that I got from Aliexpress.  I love the prices of this store and the shipping was reasonable.  Most items arrived within three weeks. 

  I have always struggled in the past when putting the rim on this hat.  This time I glued the pieces one at a time to the rim and then glued the upper part of the hat together.  It was so much easier to put together this way!  Thank you for stopping by.

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Tis The Season with Lisa

Happy Friday, everyone! Lisa from The Relativity of Paper taking over the blog today with my first Christmas Project. It's been two years since I've used the Mourner's Hat from the JGW Raven Quest Kit to create a Christmas Top Hat. 

I originally made this hat for my Mother and she used it for two years. And then I said "Mom, it's time to let it go", it was becoming a little worn. She insisted that I make another one to replace it, I agreed and here we are.  I used DCWV Merry Memories Stack and the embellishments are repurposed from an old "designer" tree she had. 

And here's the original hat from two years ago and a link to that post, The Magic of Christmas. 

Here's to a wonderful Holiday Season! 

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Spell Bound

Hello and happy first Sunday in October

 

My all time favorite Holiday is creeping in slowly and I’m getting less and less time to make spooky decor…..Oh the horror!!!

 

Luckily there is still time and today I want to show you the latest creepy project: The Book of Spells from the JGW Steampunk Hex Kit from SVG Attic:

 

For this awesome “book” I used AC Cardstock in Black, Plum, Olive and Sand along with patterned paper from Basic Grey – Eerie.

 

I distressed the edges of the book along with the front panel. I also cut four of each corner, glued them together and applied gold foil.

 

I used the skulls from the Mourner’s hat from the JGW Raven Quest Kit also from SVG Attic and added some small black gems as eyes.

 

 

I made a small hole and placed a brad to function as a lock on the closure tab. Finally I added a small metal key in a chain to the upper right corner decoration and added some black crushed glas glitter to the pentagram.

 

 

This book is originally supposed to function as a gift card holder, but I figured I use it as a hidden candy stasher.

 

 

That way I get to get my share of the goodies before they’re all gone ;-)

 

 

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Skellington on a Stick

Hello - hope you're having an amazing Tuesday today :-) Mine's been pretty lazy so far but I guess soon I'll have to go stretch the old bones and go for a walk.

 

Talking about bones....I was so inspired by Annita Kristine Schøtt Pedersen's cute snowman on the SVG Attic Fanatics FB page yesterday, so I had to make one myself. I don't know how the idea popped into my head, but I realized that I wanted to make him into Jack Skellington from "The Nightmare before Christmas"

 

 

He is made from the Spring Spiral Snowman from the  JGW Made of Snow kit. All I had to alter was the face (found one in the Silhouette Design Store #156604), make the butterfly by welding two bats from the Silhouette Design Store (found here and here) and draw some white lines with a Sharpie.

 

I also cut some "hands" in white and added to the arms on both front and back and finally I made a button from the skeleton on the Mourner's Hat from JGW Raven Quest.

 

I used AC Cardstock in Black and White along with AC POW Glitter paper in Charcoal and a tiny bit of black floss for the button.

 

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Steampunk Mourner's Hat

Its October and that means lots of exciting Halloween projects.
Tracy here from the Idea Closet.

This week for the SVG Attic Design team I decided to make a Steampunk Mourner's Hat.

This is such a fun project and easy to do as well.

It is the Mourner's Hat from the JGW Raven Quest Collection with a few changes.

Follow Jody's instructions here to cut out and build the basic hat. 

(She gives you a step by step pattern complete with photos, that is easy to follow.)

To decorate the hat and turn it in to a true steam punk  I first added a paper overlay with some printed paper.

The feathers were perfect for the hat so I made 1 large and 2 of the smaller ones; ink them up just a little with some silver-glitter ink.

The two flowers are a design of my own that I had leftover from a different project, but you could use the carnation flower that comes with the file or even some silk flowers.

To finish off the hat I added some black tulle around the base of the hat.

I am so pleased with how this turned out!

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Steampunk Dress-form ~ with Cyndy G.

Good morning crafty people.  Today I'm sharing the Dressmaker Mannequin from JGW Just Sew.  I just love this new kit.  There are so many fun projects.

I added the Mourner's hat from JGW Raven Quest.

And wings from JGW 3D Witch.  I used Graphic 45, Steampunk Spells - I just love this paper!

I'm using a piece of Trendy Twine as the necklace for my charm.  

This dress-form is so much fun and very sturdy!  I hope you will share your projects with us, we would love to see them.  Hope you all have a wonderfully crafty weekend :)

Do what inspires you,

Cyndy G.

Look I Made A Hat, Again with Lisa

Hi, everyone! Lisa from In The Crafting Cave with you today. I'm sharing a great way to use the JGW Mourner's Hat from the JGW Raven Quest Collection for Spring/Summer. I love this hat because you can use it for anything. Seriously, 

I've used it for Spring, Summer, and Christmas. Maybe I should use it for Halloween sometime. 

This time, I made it for my Mom, she loves the hat too. She requested it be yellow with gray and go from Easter/Spring to Summer. 

  

Summer

So I used yellow cardstock to create the hat and a warm gray patterned paper for 

trim, bow, and feather. The flowers, leaves, and moss are from my craft stash.
The Easter Eggs are from the Easter Elements Collections.

Easter/Spring


TIP
Wooden Skewers are a must in my craft room. You can pick them 
up at your local big box stores or grocery stores. They are inexpensive and can be used for a multitude of things. I did a lot of hot gluing on this hat and the skewers helped me tuck and hold pieces saving my fingers. Also, I cut one into thirds and glued to the back of the Easter Eggs to hold them in place. Once Easter is over the eggs can be easily removed. 

You can find all the details on my blog, In The Crafting Cave with Lisa.

The eggs are removable.

As always, thanks for stopping by and have an amazing weekend! 

Mourner's Hat ~ with Cyndy G.

Today I want to share with you my Mourner's Hat from the JGW Raven Quest Kit.  I have been wanting to get the hat made using my Graphic 45, Steampunk Spells paper.

I love this hat and I love how it looks with this paper.  

I did have to cut out the image of the lady and the title Steampunk Spells to get them to show the way I wanted on the hat.  I am very please with how everything came together.

Thank you for stopping by!

Do what inspires you,

Cyndy G.