Halloween Rosettes

Recently I was inspired by a Tim Holtz addict like myself to create some Halloween rosettes to be used for either a centerpiece or mantle piece. They could honestly be used for so many things. I started by cutting and gluing together some of the Hip Haunts characters in the latest release of sizzix dies. I then began creating rosettes using the Rosettes die, and the Snowflake strip die cutting them from some Tim Holtz Halloween paper and some other paper I had on hand. I also made a couple by scoring a strip or two of paper, one at 1/4” intervals and the other at 1/2”. You then accordion fold them and attach together at each end creating a circle. I found with the Rosettes die, having a lid from a Ball jar handy helps to get them to flatten uniformly. Once they were flat, I used a circle of paper punched with a hole punch (1 1/2”-1 3/4”) glued on to secure the rosette to then work on the front side. There I attached another circle and added the Hip Haunts characters and some ephemera. I then cut bamboo bbq skewers to an appropriate length wrapping them with washi tape then gluing on the Rosettes. Finished it off by adding some floral foam to an old wood Kraft cheese box covered it with moss, poked the skewers in and done. I also cut the two largest Masquerade masks from the due set of the same name and added a skewer to it. I hope you enjoy and are inspired to make your own! Thank you for looking!