Perpetual Pumpkin Lantern by Jane Johnson

Hello, today I want to show you a quick and easy Halloween project using Whiff of Joy's new pennants die.

You will need:

2 pieces of 6x6 orange cardstock

Walnut Stain distress ink (or another brown ink of your choice)

Sandpaper

Pennants die

Oval nestie (optional)

Striped embossing folder

cleaned glass jam jar or similar

tealight

1. Firstly emboss your cardstock pieces with a striped embossing folder. (I used Sizzix Diagonale embossing folder)

2. Using the larges oval nestie as a template create a pumpkin shape making sure that from top to bottom of the shape is the same height as your jar. (make sure it is not higher than the jar so that the candle is only enclosed by glass) I drew around one side of the oval and then moved it slightly to draw around the other side to create a more natural pumpkin shape. (NB it is optional to use nesties as a template, you could just draw freehand). Do this on both pieces of cardstock and cut out.

3. On one piece of cardstock only, position the Whiff of Joy pennant die towards the bottom and in the middle of the pumpkin shape so that it will create a mouth. (NB. As this die has circles to enable positioning with stamps you will need to cover the holes of the die with several pieces of cardstock so that only the pennant shape cuts out. See Katharina's tutorial here for a more complete explanation of this).

4. Using the cut out pennant shape as a template create two triangular eyes with your craft knife.

5. Ink around the edges of both pumpkin shapes with distress ink using a sponge.

6. Sand the whole area so that the raised embossed areas become distressed.

7. Glue both pumpkin shapes together at the sides only checking to ensure it will fit around the jam jar. Once the glue has dried slide the pumpkin lantern over the jam jar. Decorate with leaves, twigs and autumn flowers and place a tealight at the bottom of the jam jar.

Here is my finished pumpkin lantern.........

............and here it is lit. PLEASE NOTE - EXTREME CARE MUST BE TAKEN WHEN LIGHTING DUE TO THE JAM JAR BEING COVERED IN CARDSTOCK - I USED A TAPER TO MAKE SURE TO STAY AWAY FROM THE EDGES OF THE JAR. ALSO PLEASE REMEMBER TO NEVER LEAVE IT UNATTENDED WHEN LIT AS WITH ANY CANDLE.

Thanks for visiting today!

Jane x

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