A Step-by-step Halloween Welcome

This Halloween, why not do up the holiday decor using your stash of Once Upon a Halloween? With a bit of creativity, you can create something truly special like Designer Emma Trout has done with this Halloween door hanging. 

Though it looks really involved, Emma has broken down the process step-by-step so you can create your own spook-tacular welcome for your home. 

Step One: Choose a picture frame suitable for decoration and the right size for your door. Paint the frame (Emma used two coats of acrylic paint) and allow to dry.

Step Two: Apply a strip of double-sided tape to the  top of frame and wind bakers twine around until the tape is covered. Layer a piece of the purple scallop trim to the centre of the twine and glue pearl bead string on top of this.

Step Three: Cut a piece of the Spider's Overlay to fit the centre of the frame. Add a piece of the Large Natural Circles trim to the top right of the overlay to form a ‘spider web’. Glue into place behind the frame.

Step Four: Cut out the branch and two lanterns from Lantern Light paper, punch the ‘Trick or Treat’ from Trick or Treat paper and layer/glue into place in front of the transparency. Finish by adding an owl charm to the branch.

 

Step Five: Cut the wreath design from ‘The Story Goes’ paper. Glue the wreath to the bottom left corner of the frame and then glue pieces of the Large Natural Circles trim behind the wreath.

 

Step Six: Decorate the top of the wreath using layers and foam adhesives to add dimension. (Emma used owls from "Night Owls":

Florals & leaves from "Watching You":

The balloon & spider, florals & leaves from "A Witch’s Garden":

And the Perfect Accents flower and owl.

Step Seven: Cut a window design from Holiday windows Overlay and glue onto Cream "Haunted House" paper. Trim excess. Cut a crow from "Haunted House" paper and layer on top of 1 inch circles punched from Halloween paper. Add a wizard hat to the crow cut from "Costume Caps" paper.

Step Eight: Glue into position at the bottom left of frame window. Add the phrase "Once Upon a Halloween" from the cut off strip.

Step Nine: Create a banner using patterned paper and twine. Decorate and add the word ‘Boo!’ cut from "A Witch’s Garden".

There you have it! A gorgeous, non-traditional Halloween decoration to welcome spooky (and not-so-spooky) guests to your house. 

You can shop for all the products used in this project right over on The Webster's Pages website. They'll ship out your way mid-August...just in time to get ready for the creepiest holiday of the year! 

Comments

[anabelle]

Emma, this is absolutely BRILLIANT! I love it. So fun to see your creative process. ;)

[Susan @ PaperCraftersCorner]

Emma - This is GREAT! What an adorable project and love the step-by-step! I will definitely be passing this along!! - Susan

[Shelly Bailey]

I love this and pinned it so I can make one for the fall. Thanks, Shelly

[Lisa L. ( Lisa's Creative Niche)]

This is fabulous!!! I love it so much, and I look how you put it on a blue frame, it really makes it pop without being too dark and dreary!

[Kristianne Swanson]

This is amazing! Now I want one.

[Doris Widder]

OH WOW! Gorgeous door hanging! I LOVE how the blue looks with this range! Fantastically inspiring!

[Melissa H.]

WOW! I love it! Pinning!

[Nina]

Spectacular!

[Jean A Marmo]

OMG!! Gorgeous!!!

[Beth W]

Perfection!

[www.designpax.com]

No words, really marvellous. I do look at all these gorgeous banners and think to myself,I wish I was able to do so. I got to take an appropriate course and improve my knowledge !

[Electrician Logan]

Can't wait for another Halloween moment. Definitely one of the most fun holidays every single year. It never disappoints.

[köstüme]

I definitely agree with you Logan, Halloween is the most awaited moment of the kids. It’s the costumes and trick or teats that make them feel so excited.

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