The Bewitching Hour!

If y'all haven't been to Joli Paquet, you need to rush right over. They have the most marvelous seasonal tuts (free!) & they offer kits as well... it couldn't be any easier to craft your own Halloween "masterpieces". And their music is sure to get you into the spirit of things...love it!

When I saw The Bewitching Hour tut, given by Jeanne from Dream, Create, Inspire, I fell in love. So much so, that my usual procrastination was put off (get it? *grins*)...I jumped on the project right away. I did improvise some & used what I had on hand. I didn't mount it on metal or a tart pan....I just used the card stock & stuck it under a "cloche" (it's actually a thrifted candle basin that I glued a glass doorknob on). Everything looks better & more important under glass, don't you think?

Unless you're trying to photograph it..then it looks way better w/out the glass.

There! Now you can see all the details w/out the glare & blur. I glittered her hat up a bit & used shredded sheet music to cover the tab I taped her onto the plate with. (Just like the metal "tab" in the tut)

And I really improvised w/ the clock. Instead of buying the suggested cogs & clock faces, I flattened out a bottle cap, then printed off a clock face & glued it on. Turned out pretty well!

Here's the clock face image I used, if you're interested in going that route. I resized it w/ Irfanview (free download on my sidebar under "blogging helpers") & printed it out @ 1" & it fit perfectly.

What a fun project! Gotta love Joli Paquet...they have an awesome team of instructors & it's free!