My Inner Mind

It’s time to linkup to the Painted Halloween Challenge, sponsored and judged this week by Krylon.  This challenge is all about using paint–bonus points if that paint is Krylon–to create crafts especially for Halloween.  We’re ready to see all the ways you’ve used paint to bring color and flair to your Halloween decor.
Images:  Cassandra Design
As our judge and sponsor, Krylon will be taking a look at every one of the projects that you linkup to this challenge.  Not only will Krylon select an overall winner of the challenge and their 10 favorite projects, but 3 winners will be randomly selected to win a 6-pack of their choice of Krylon spray paints.  Yowsers–what a great prize!

Earlier this week, we enjoyed seeing a tutorial from Leslie of Pampers, Play Dates & Parties for these fun painted pumpkin planters.  Cute idea, Leslie!

And Tracie stopped by from Cleverly Inspired to show us how to have a fresh, modern approach to Halloween decor with this pretty pumpkin canvas.  We love it!

All projects entered into the linkup challenge will automatically be entered into the giveaway. For additional entries and to learn more about Krylon, you can go HERE.
Please remember that to be eligible to win this week’s challenge and giveaway, you must provide a link back to the challenge in your entry post.  It’s easy–we have a button ready for you to insert into your post HERE.  For additional challenge rules, please read below.
You’ll find the linkup for this week’s challenge at the end of this post, following the challenge rules.  This challenge begins at midnight (EST) Wednesday, October 12th, and ends at noon (EST) Friday, October 14th.

1. All entries for this challenge need to incorporate the challenge’s theme. We are not simply a linky party. We have a specific theme for each week. All submissions are competing to be the judge’s top pick. If your project does not incorporate the theme we will have to remove it.

2. When

Go Into Your Projects In The Painted Halloween Test!

Hi ya’ll! This is Jennifer from All Things Belle, where I love to do tutorials on knock offs and more. I’m over the moon to be guesting posting on CSI again!   Today I’m going to show you how in less than an hour, you can update your bedroom with paint, brushes, and a graphic stencil. Last year my husband painted our bedroom a very serene lavender. With two young kiddos, it’s wonderful to have this calm haven. But it was lacking some ommph!   See? Lovely, but missing something.. Now that my husband is back to working nights and my eldest is out of school, I have little time to undertake a large painting project. I came up with a great idea! With some paint and a modern graphic, I could quickly create a focus wall. Since our comforter was a detailed damask, I figured that would be the best style graphic to use as an accent. What do you need? *Paint

Damask Stenciled Static All Factors Belle

Buckle your seat belts! This week our special guest judges are the amazing Jen and Beckie from Tatertots and Jello and Infarrantly Creative and  Roadkill Rescue. You know them and they need no introduction. How great are they! They are still CSI Girls in my heart and I am so excited to have them here this week.
I {heart} Jen.

I {Heart} Beckie too!

Since it is Chevron week, I wanted to feature some great chevron projects that they have done. You will be so inspired!
First up is Becki. She took an old dresser drawer and created a display shelf and of course it was embellished with chevron.
Here is her Drawer Display Case.

I love the colors. Yellow and gray!!! And I spy with my little crafty

Special Visitor JudgesJen As Well As Beckie

  Hello out there! This is Wendy from Craft Goodies. I am beyond excited to be here today, CSI Project is by far one of my favorite inspiration sites, the ideas available here are amazing and I am thrilled to be able to share one of mine with you.  Summer vacation officially starts Friday for me and my crew so this week’s challenge was perfect to get me ready for the {long} days ahead. At our house tackling the "summer blues" comes down to having an idea ahead of time. And well, as my calendar is already overflowing with other stuff, adding one more thing to it might cause it to self-destruct!. I needed a fun, interactive, and separate way to have all our ideas on hand and so came up with this:   The "CHEWS" Wisely Summer Fun Board!Here’s how to make one…  Start with a basic magnetic white board. I picked this one up at Walmart for just under $6.Tape off the white board and give the frame a shot of color with some spray paint-  From there, I added the vinyl gumball machine image and wording. I cut the image with my Cricut using the "Sweethearts" cartridge.*Paper and a spray adhesive would be a great alternative to vinyl*  Then I got to work on my gumballs. I used a small collection of paper paint samples and a 1" circle paper punch to make around 40 circles.   I then cut a small square of magnet strip and glued it to the back side top of each circle and set them aside to dry.  While the glue dried, my girls and I came up with our list of activities. I wrote them out on the small round stickers you use for garage sales.  We came up with a bunch of everyday, pretty inexpensive ideas, like a picnic at the lake, exploring a new park, or a

“Chews” Wisely Summer Time When They Lack Activities Buster