Gingerbread Houses for Halloween??

Back in ye olden 'Christmas in July' times I created a Village Gingerbread house Christmas decor piece set in a mixing bowl and accented with various 'cookery' bits and bobs. You can see that here. I especially loved adding vintage cookie cutters to it – I have quite a stash and they are easy to find at thrift stores. What are much less common are Halloween themed cookie cutters! About a month or so later at a thrift store I found this:

Super cool! What could I do with it? Another mixing bowl project?? What classic fairy tale involves a house made of tasty gingerbread and sweets and a witch? You got it, the story of Hansel and Gretal! I thought it was all a perfect fit for a Halloween themed mixing bowl project. I picked a 'fall colored' vintage bowl out of my collection and…

There is a lot going on in this bowl so better check out some detail photos:

I printed out a scan from a vintage illustration of our sibling duo and fussy cut them out. I was also inspired by Tim's new Fresh Baked cookie dies to make some Halloween 'cookies' to add to my bowl.  I used die cuts from Pumpkin Patch and Witchcraft as the 'frosting' and cut around them to form the cookie after I had glued them onto a suitable 'cookie' paper base. Glossy accents and glitter completed the iced cookie look.

I already had an owl shaped cookie cutter – perfect!

There is my fabulous thrifted witchy cutter!

I chose more 'fall colors' for the decorating of this gingerbread house.

Thanks for stopping by! I am entering this project into the 'Autumn Splendour' challenge over at A Vintage Journey because the fall color palate and natural elements fit right in. The witch's tempting cottage was located deep in the woods after all. ;-)

Dies:

Tim Holtz Village Dwelling - (Sizzix / SB )
Tim Holtz Village Gingerbread - (Sizzix / SB )
Tim Holtz Witchcraft - Sizzix
Tim Holtz Pumpkin Patch - Sizzix
Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves (Sizzix /  SB )

Other:

Archival Ink - Potting Soil

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Paint - various "fall Necco" colors
Ranger Texture Paste ("frosting")
Distress Collage Medium - Matte
Distress Dry Glitter - Rock Candy
Distress Glitter - Spiced Marmalade
Distress Glitter - Black Soot
Glossy Accents

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Also viewable in my gallery on Scrapbook.com:

Hansel & Gretal Halloween Vintage Mixing Bowl decor
by MonalisaH -Lisa Hoel
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