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2006-09-20, 9:54am
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how to make pumpkins and ghosts?
I tried to post this earlier, but must have forgot to send this.If it is a duplicate I am sorry. I am looking for instructions on how to make pumpkins and ghosts.
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2006-09-20, 10:07am
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basically what ya want to do for the pumpkin is
pull vine cane if ya want
make a regular spacer bead in your shade of orange.
spot heat one side of the bead and using a razor tool carve a line from mandrel to mandrel.
Do this all the way around.
Apply your vine cane to look like well vine. LOL
and wala you have a pumpkin.
If you need pictures I can try to take some tonight. just pm me.
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2006-09-20, 11:25am
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Here's my "Simplified Ghost tutorial" for ya.
Stand back mere mortals and admire my incredible
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2006-09-20, 12:39pm
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Are you doing them as focals or small for a bracelet?
Karen,
Beats my skills all to heck. Which is why I'm embarassed to try to explain what I do. I'm thinking I'll have to stick to words.
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2006-09-20, 3:47pm
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pumkins and ghosts
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2006-09-20, 5:40pm
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I do ghosts about like Karen. Except mine are much plainer. If I am going the direction she does, I get a cone shape. Then I press it flat (usually so it lays nicely on the wrist). Sometimes I have to reshape a bit, but usually the head is fairly round. I spot heat the bottom and poke or twist to look a little ruffled. Then I add eyes (sometimes a mouth and sometimes I pinch arms).
I also do the same basic thing for the mandrel going the other direction. I form a sort of skinny round bead. Press it flat. Spot heat the bottom and press flat against a marver. Then I poke and prod it into having some life in the bottom, add eyes, etc.
For pumpkins that go the opposite direction of Karen's ghost, I make an orange bead. I press it flat. I spot heat and put grooves at least on the bottom. Doing it realistically doesn't work for me with this direction of a pumpkin, so I just put a few creases in. Then I use a pulled stringer or a regular green (depending on what I'm putting with the rest of the bracelet) and add some leaves and a stem. Sometimes I twist the stem, sometimes not.
May not help much, but maybe it gives you some ideas. I'll try to get some pictures.
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2006-09-21, 8:01am
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OK. Don't be scared. Here's my crew. For the most part they are no larger than a dime. The big pumpkin is around the size of a quarter. I think you can tell by the bracelet sometimes things have a hole one direction and sometimes another.
I hope that's not huge. I have a problem with pictures.
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2006-09-21, 11:10am
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pumpkins,
those are very cute. I need to get to my torch ugh graduate school and work.
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2006-09-21, 11:50am
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I have GOT to quite looking at these halloween threads. I'm getting a really strong craving for corn candy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2006-09-22, 4:37am
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Thanks Ann.
I'd like to add a spider and skull but haven't come up with any that I like.
Possibly a pilgrim's hat also (thinking Pilgrim, Indian corn, and pumpkins would go for November) but so far that hat looks like odd witch's hats. Then comes Christmas/winter and I struggle for ideas there too.
Hope you get to your torch soon.
Ukiacat, I've got 1/2 a bag of candy corn. I could share.
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2006-09-22, 7:49pm
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Just Nancy
Ukiacat, I've got 1/2 a bag of candy corn. I could share.
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Oh sure, torture me.
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2006-09-22, 8:05pm
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OK My pumpkins I make two ways For this one:
I make a lentil, Poke UP where I want the Bottom to be. Use my whimsy shaper to trace lines down the body of the pumpkin, and poke a narrow poke at the "top" where I want the stem to be.. I heat that, stick a piece of cane in ther and melt off so I have the stem, add vine curlies and I'm done.
For this style, i have several methods I'll explain what I did here:
It is pretty small.
I make a ROUND bead, fairly large. Wrap a narrow strip of Transparent green around the mandrel on top and melt in a bit. Trace my lines around from top to bottom. Add vines and Voila' you are done.
For the Ghost I make a bead, flatten and add to the top and bottom, pulling it out to points while soft with a matching color stringer. Melt down a bit for the droop on top. Eyes: using intense black, heat and poke 2 eyes. Melt the center of each eye and poke with a cane (I make special eye poking canes). Blow cool and break off. DO NOT melt, just fan thru the flame. Poke a Black mouth with Intense black stringer, melt in, drag the bottom down, and BOOM you're done
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2006-09-22, 8:08pm
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I have a couple spider beads I made earlier this year. I'd make them differently now, but I made them this way before....
Started with a Lentil, wrapped intense black in a few circles and melted in. Dragged the intense black lines out to the edges in about 5 or 6 spokes.
Blobbed on a body, some legs and cute red toenails and some spooky eyes....DONE!
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2006-09-25, 4:34am
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Danelady,
Great beads.
I did a black spider similar to the one next to your spider. I like your bat and ghost. I haven't found a bat that works for me no matter what I try. I did a ghost for a pendant like yours but put a spiral around the mandrel at the end. That worked fairly well till it went through the dryer.
Anyone else out there with goodies to share?
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