Halloween Bell Jar

It's been WAY too long since I've had a chance to join in with everyone over at Linda's Compendium of Curiosities challenge. This week's technique is Creative Core'dinations, featured on page 61 of Tim Holtz's fantastic book. I don't know how creative I got with my Core'dinations, but I couldn't pass up the chance to use it - I love that stuff!

A week or so ago I got Eileen Hull's awesome Cupcake Stand die and the little gerbils that run my brain got on their wheels and the idea of using one as a stand for a Bell Jar/Cloche took root.

Since I can't get Halloween off my mind, I decided to go with that as a theme. The hardest part was finding something for the top that didn't scream ' upside down dollar store candle holder.' Which is what this is. :) But I think it works - right? Under the glass, I added a Corked Vial that was treated with Wendy Vecchi's cool crackled glass technique (omg, now I'm thinking...how cool would her technique look on the dome?!), some mini pumpkins, Sizzix bats cut from Kraft Core'dinations, and a little silhouette from Tim's new Mini Halloween 3 set.

I used Eileen's white mat board to create the stand. The bottom was painted with a Pitch Black Dabber and then covered with Martha Stewart glitter. Since my dome was a little bigger than the top, I cut another panel of mat board slightly larger and covered it with paper from Echo Park's Apothecary Emporium paper pad. The scalloped part of the base was covered with orange Kraft Core'dinations.

The top was finished with a rosette edged with the new idea-ology Tinsel Twine and topped with a Curio Knob.

The supplies I used can be found at Inspiration Emporium via the links below. They also have a TON of the new CHA releases available for pre-order! Make sure you use my coupon code - stamptramp - to save 10% off your order!

Stampers Anonymous Apothecary	Stampers Anonymous Mini Halloween 3	Sizzix Mini Rosette Die	Sizzix Mini Bat and Skull	idea-ology Tinsel Twine
Echo Park Apothecary Emporium	Sizzix Little Sizzles	Sizzix Little Sizzles Kraft Core	Idea-ology Corked Vials	Compendium of Curiosities II
Idea-ology Curio Knobs	Vagabond	Inkssentials Glue N' Seal	Jet Black Archival Ink	Distress Embossing Ink
Rock Candy Crackle Paint	Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel	Ranger Silver Embossing Powder	Ranger Dabber - Pitch Black

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I hope you like my little Halloween bell jar! I am already imagining how cute this would be for Christmas. Thanks so much to Simon Says Stamp for sponsoring this week's CCC2 challenge.

Have a great weekend - get inky! :)