It is Monday and that means it is time for the Bitten by the Bug 2 weekly post. This week's challenge cut, the Vulture from Cricut's Life's a Party cartridge, was selected by Agnes, my fun design team sister. I have to admit that I found the vulture to be quite a challenge! I did not want to do the expected birthday project, so had to put a great deal of thought into this week's project. I designed a Halloween card that I felt rather indifferent about, but finally Sunday afternoon I had an inspiring thought!
I remembered that I had this fabulously huge centerpiece vase, with the beads and the candle, that a friend had decorated for my 50th birthday last year. I took the centerpiece apart, removing black ribbon and flowers, pulling the beads out of the inside, and completely disassembling the birthday vase.
Using chalkboard vinyl, I cut the vulture from Life's a Party at 3.5 inches tall. I then cut the graveyard fence from Happy Hauntings at 5.5 inches tall. I peeled the backing from the vinyl and applied the vinyl to the vase. Using rusty metallic orange vinyl, I cut the word BOO!, also from the Happy Hauntings cartridge.
I applied adhesive runner around the top edge of the vase and about one inch from the bottom of the vase. Using black and silver beads, the top of the vase was decorated in a random draping design. I was pleased that the adhesive held the beads in place. I trimmed the length of a strand of silver beads and pushed them into the adhesive on the bottom of the vase. I finished the project by wrapping silver beads around the candle in a criss-cross pattern.
I photographed the centerpiece in two different areas of my house. I really liked it sitting on the baker's rack (pictured below) but the lighting was not good and I kept getting glare in the photos. I found the photos above, on the coffee table, showed the details of the cuts far better.
If you have not already done so, head over to the Bitten by the Bug 2 blog and checkout the design team's great projects. Also, please consider playing along with us this week and post your project in the Mr. Linky area under this week's post at BBTB2.
Thanks for stopping by today, I will be back with more projects to share this week.
