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Halloween Spider Specimen Art

Create this fun Halloween spider specimen art. Easy to create in less than 15 minutes at home!

Man oh man, I have spiders on the brain…When creating my “Along Came a Spider” gift tag, I became a bit obsessed and the result was this super-simple Halloween spider specimen art that’s now hanging in my entryway.

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I am now working on a “friendly” spider theme for the space 🙂

I love how the artwork turned out and I’ve been asked about it by a few friends and neighbors, so I thought I would whip up a quick tutorial to share.

Halloween Spider Specimen Art

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Halloween Spider Specimen Art Supplies: 
Shadow Box (mine is a $14.99 20×20 Ribba frame from Ikea)
Scrapbook Paper (mine is 12×12 paper foiled with the Heidi Swapp Minc – on sale right now!)
Halloween Scrapbook Embellishments (mine are from a Teresa Collins Halloween paper pack)
Baker’s Twine
Spider
Hot Glue Gun 
Glitter

Create this fun Halloween spider specimen art. Easy to create in less than 15 minutes at home!

Each and every time I go to Ikea I pick up a few white frames. I use them all over the house and while inexpensive, I think they always look great.

Ikea Ribba Frame

A few weeks ago I grabbed a Ribba 20×20 shadow box frame. The mat takes the opening down to just under 12×12 and while I didn’t have a project in mind at the time, I knew it would work well with a scrapbook paper backing.

Fast forward to a trip to the dollar store, where I found giant spiders for…$1! I thought a specimen project for Halloween would be just thing thing for my frame. I grabbed the large spider and a couple of it’s smaller brothers, who are now crawling all over the entry table.

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I came home and started looking through my paper “stash” for the perfect paper. Since the entry way is black, white and gray, I was initially looking for a simple black and white graphic print. However, I came across my Heidi Swapp 5th Avenue Paper Pad for use with the Minc and found the PERFECT print.

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It looks like a spider web! I selected a copper colored foil and immediately ran the paper through my Minc for a really stunning look that makes my specimen art look a bit more finished and expensive.

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Here’s where I tell you the truth. I have created so many projects with the Minc and I’ve never used one of the toner papers that you can purchase. The difference in quality between the professionally printed papers and the projects that come out of my home printer make my heart all aflutter. Love. 

The spider I purchased is lightweight, but it’s also fairly large so I mounted it to the foiled paper with some hot glue. I have a fantastic glue gun that’s been going strong for over 12 years, but the best part is it has changeable tips that allow more control over the amount and placement of the glue. It’s one of my best “tool” purchases.

I dusted the spider with a bit of glue and copper glitter to tie in the sparkle a bit more. Again, just another little detail that makes the project look a bit more finished.

Once I was done foiling the paper and mounting the spider, into the frame it went. Of course, I couldn’t leave well enough alone, so I added a little Halloween banner made from scrapbook paper embellishments and baker’s twine.

It’s a bit difficult to get a shot of the pretty foiled paper while the specimen art is on my wall so I took it down and snapped a shot of the shine.

Create this fun Halloween spider specimen art. Easy to create in less than 15 minutes at home!

So, that’s it! The entire project took less than 10 minutes and that’s my kind of crafting!!!

Create this fun Halloween spider specimen art. Easy to create in less than 15 minutes at home!

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Tauni is a former public relations executive who spent 12+ years handling communications and events for an array of clients, from the NBA and Olympics to numerous high ranking politicians. Today, she handles social media for a local agency and hosts Snap, an annual social media conference for bloggers focused on entertaining, craft and home DIY.











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November 15, 2018

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Comments

  1. thehappyscraps says

    September 29, 2016 at 7:33 am

    Cute, cute! I love that little banner! 🙂

    Reply
  2. Laura says

    October 5, 2016 at 9:45 pm

    Love this Tauni, and the whole entry way. Thanks for linking up to The Creative Exchange. We are featuring your project this week.
    xo,
    Laura

    Reply
  3. suzyhomemakeruk says

    October 15, 2016 at 3:49 am

    Discovered you on Instagram and absolutely adore this! I see a mounted spider in my future 😉

    Reply
    • Tauni says

      October 18, 2016 at 12:09 pm

      Thanks Sue! It’s such a simple project and I love having holiday “artwork” hanging up. xo Tauni

      Reply

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