Rare Oddities Halloween Tri-Fold Brag Book and Tutorial

Graphic 45 outdid themselves with the Rare Oddities Collection. It has one of my all-time favorite patterns- paisley, along with skulls and potions and amazing colors! Since Halloween is fast approaching I felt the desire to make some fun pieces to get my home looking festively spooky.  Since I love to take pictures of my kids in their costumes but don’t take a lot, I created this tri-fold brag book that will hold just enough photos and can be stood up and displayed as a Halloween décor piece year after year, as well. I love double duty projects! I hope you check out the tutorial I put together for you and try one out for yourself. Change up the collection and it’s perfect for any occasion and is so quick to put together that they make great gifts, too!

Follow this link for written instructions!

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities Paper:

Brews and Potions

Articles of Antiquity

Charmed I’m Sure

Random Relics

Cabinet of Curiosity

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities Decorative Chipboard

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities Cardstock Stickers

Black Cardstock

Medium Weight Chipboard

Scoreboard/ bone folder

Adhesive

Ribbon/Twine

Petaloo Flowers

Tim Holtz Charms, Ring Fastener and Tab die

Web die cuts using my Silhouette

Spooky Shadow Box Pumpkin with Graphic 45

Rare Oddities is a fussy cutters dream Halloween collection! As soon as I saw some craft pumpkins in my local big box craft store, I knew how I wanted to combine the two to make THE perfect Halloween décor piece for my home! I carved out a large ‘window’ to reveal the hollow inside, used my Art-C Groove tool to sand the rough edges down, painted the inside black and went to town adding all sorts of fussy cut elements to create a spooky 3D scene inside my pumpkin! Since Halloween is best suited to celebrate in the dark of night, I added some lights to highlight areas inside the pumpkin. I had so much fun making this project and the best part of my pumpkin carving adventure is that this pumpkin can be enjoyed for many Halloweens to come!

Tip #1: Want something not so dark and spooky- try a festive orange or white craft pumpkin.

Tip #2: Love the look but overwhelmed with the space to fill? Start by choosing larger fussy cut elements to create the main scene and fill in the rest with finer fussy cuts; or, fill in using ready-made embellishments to save time.

Supplies:

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities 8x8:

Rare Oddities

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities 12x12:

Rare OdditiesBrews & Potions

Ghostly Greetings

Cabinet of Curiosities

Charmed I’m Sure

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities 6x6 Paper Pad

Graphic 45 Rare Oddities Decorative Chipboard

Graphic 45 Time to Flourish 8x8: October Flourish

Graphic 45 An Eerie Tale 12x12: An Eerie Tale

Craft Pumpkin-black

Black Paint

Art-C Groove Tool with sander attachment

Mini string of lights

Foam adhesive

Adhesive

Glossy Accents
Tiny string of lights

String and metal tassel

Colorbox Ink in Photogenic