Thursday, October 27, 2022

The Jack-O’-Lantern

 Hi everyone,

This is the second Halloween project I made for this year.

I started with covering a small Idea-ology box with a piece of card stock embossed with the Skulls embossing folder. The sides and edges of the box were covered with Tim Holtz design tape. I also covered a cork coaster that I had with the Design tape.






The skull was added to an Idea-ology thimble that I had painted orange, yellow and black. I wrapped the bottom of the thimble with black tinsel.


I added confection pieces to my Jack-O’ Lantern that were dyed with alcohol inks and some were rolled in Distress Rock Candy glitter.





I added ephemera pieces.

The skull teeth were coloured with Distress crayon.




I added a die cut cob web behind the skull.


I added a die cut ghost to the back 


Dyed green mummy cloth was added under my pumpkin and also under the box.


I added a metal sentiment embellishment which I had applied a little orange Distress crayon to.


I scattered black Mica flakes here and there and added some other embellishments which were dyed with Black alcohol ink.




Supplies:

Tim Holtz Skulls embossing folder

Sizzix Frightful Things 664209

Idea-ology Rectangle box - 2nd to largest size 3.25” x 4.75”

Idea-ology Halloween

Idea-ology Halloween Design tape 

Idea-ology Curiosities sticker book

Distress Clear Rock Candy glitter

Distress Crypt paste

Mica flakes dyed with Jet Black alcohol ink

Monday, October 24, 2022

Believe

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a card to share using the Simon Says Stamptember collaboration stamp set from Stamper’s Annoymous and Tim Holtz.

I had been away on vacation when it arrived so kind of tardy in using it.







I started by stamping the image with black ink and colouring with Copics. 
I cut the finished piece to panel to 4.5” x 4” panel.
The sentiment was die cut twice and glued together. I added a little white gel pen to the top of the letters.

I added some glue to the tree branches and sprinkled with Distress Rock Candy glitter.

I used Distress snowflake grit paste over top of the snow stencil included with the stamp set.

I added a bit of twine to the bottom of my card and that’s it.

Supplies:
Stamptember 2022 Tim Holtz
Sizzix Bold Text Christmas die set
Distress Snowfall grit paste
Distress Rock Candy glitter
Copics
Twine








Wednesday, October 19, 2022

The Hallowed Spot.

 Hi everyone, 

Still on the Halloween theme here.


I started by creating my embossed background with the Engraved embossing folder from Tim Holtz. I then added Mica spray stains and a Black spray stain.




The tombstones were die cut with gray card stock and then I added a little grit paste to each and then blended on some black ink.


The fence was die cut twice with black card stock and gray card stock and the gray one was sprayed with Mica spray.


I added 2 die cut black cats with a piece of green card stock behind the eyes.

To the base of my card I added a ledge covered with Design tape and a strip of metallic trim.
I painted a little Idea-ology pumpkin orange and added to my card.


Little pieces of design tape were added here and there and some Crypt grit paste was added to my sentiment.

Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:
Tim Holtz engraved embossing folder 
Tim Holtz Vault series Halloween 2021 dies
Tim Holtz Toil & Trouble dies
Idea-ology Curiosities Halloween sticker book
Idea-ology Halloween trimmings 
Idea-ology Halloween design tape
Distress Mica Stain sprays - Iron Gate & Decayed
Distress spray - Black Soot
Distress Crypt grit paste
Stamper’s Anonymous Etcetera stacking ledges


Friday, October 14, 2022

Collector of curiosities

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a Halloween make for you. I have to admit this took me many, many hours to make but I must say I am quite pleased with the final result. I fussed a lot with the tiny lights but conquered them. Yeah!!!

Here it is:




I started with a wooden hexagon box that I found at my local craft store. There were 3 different sizes this one being the largest which measures approximately 6” x 7”. Photos of the boxes are at the bottom of my post.



I painted the interior black and also the sides. The front facing edges were painted with orange paint. I added washi tape to the sides of the box. Washi tape was also used in multiple areas on this make.

After the black paint was dry I cut the Skulls embossed piece (which I had made previously) to fit the back of the box. As it didn’t fit across the width of the box I added some black tinsel to each side to cover the empty spots.




I made 2 tiny books from Idea-ology and inked and distressed the edges. Added rub ons to the covers. 


I added mummy cloth which was dyed black but actually came out a greyish colour which I left. I added orange tiny lights behind the glittered pumpkins ( I added rock candy glitter to them) and a bit of greenery on the tops.
I also scattered some mica flakes here and there which were dyed with black alcohol ink. 


I added an Etcetera bat wing piece to which I attached a metal spider. I added a metal plate to the candle stick which was painted with Peeled Paint. The candle was attached with some Distress crypt paste.


The bubbles were coloured with alcohol ink.



I added green tiny lights in the cauldron.


I used a Stamper’s Anonymous Etcetera Bat/Web trim and added some Crypt paste to it.





I added crypt paste to the urn and a bit of artificial grass.


The confections were coloured with alcohol ink


The middle shelf was made with chipboard which I covered with washi tape.
Crypt paste was added to several areas of the finished piece.


Bits and pieces of ephemera were added here and there to the background.


I used an Idea-ology bone cut in half and glued the 2 pieces to the mummy cloth.


The chipboard sentiment was added to the front of my piece. I also added 3 resin flowers that were dyed with alcohol ink.



Below is what I used to create my piece. It came in a set of 3 and I used the larger piece. These are the 2 smaller pieces.




Well that’s it for my labour intensive piece but I am so pleased with it. 
Thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Skulls embossing folder 
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween pieces
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design tape 
Tim Holtz Idea-ology tiny lights - green & orange
Stamper’s Anonymous Etcetera Bat/Web trims & stacking ledges
Distress Crypt paste
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween trimmings
Alcohol inks
Distress paints
Distress Rock Candy glitter








Sunday, October 09, 2022

Merry + Bright

 Hi everyone,

Today I have a Christmas tag to share with you.


I started with a small tag which I added my stencil to and covered it with Distress Snowfall Grit paste. After that was dry I then sprayed it with the new Merrymint Distress Mica spray. I also added a little Distress crayon to each of the snowflakes.


I added that to a larger piece of card stock that I cut slightly larger than my tag. To the edges I added the Snowfall paste to the edges and after dry I sponged Peacock Feathers Distress ink over top.




For the little bits of bead accents I took some mini Prills and added Aqua Alcohol ink to them. Not all of them blended with the ink but that’s ok.


I coloured an Idea-ology mini doll with pencils. The sentiment was layered onto a piece of torn card stock sprayed with Cocktail Party Distress mica spray. I added a tiny clip covered in the Snowfall Grit paste to the sentiment piece.
I also added Cocktail Party crayon to the sentiment.


The embellishment at the bottom right was coloured with the Aqua Alcohol ink too.

I took a piece of ribbon and sprayed it with the new Cocktail Party mica spray and fringed the edges.



Well that’s it for my tag and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻

Supplies:
Stamper’s Anonymous Shifter Snowflake stencil
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Label stickers - Christmas 
Tim Holtz Idea-ology paper dolls 
Tim Holtz Idea-ology tiny clips 
Ranger Grit paste - snowfall
Distress ink
Distress Mica stain spray- Cocktail Party, Merriment
Mini Prills - Minnie Pearls

Friday, October 07, 2022

BOO!

 Hi everyone,

Today I have an alcohol inked card to share with you. 

I used Purple Twilight and Alloy Foundry alcohol inks to create my background panel.


The purple panel was die cut from a half striped cover die. As this die cuts out the tiny strips I used the die again but this time from black card stock and inlaid the black strip pieces into the purple panel.

I added a black die cut scalloped frame over my inked panel.


The Halloween figures and sentiment were die cut from black card stock and I added accents using a glitter Gelly roll pen.


Well that’s it for my card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻


Supplies:

Sizzix Vault Series 665563 - Halloween 2021 

Sizzix Bold Text Halloween 665995

Alcohol inks - Purple Twilight, Alloy Foundry

MFT Die-namics Stitched Rectangle Scallop Frame

Studio Katia Half Striped Cover die


Monday, October 03, 2022

An uninvited guest

 Hi everyone,

Today as I am continuing on my Halloween theme for this month and here’s another card I have to share with you.


I started by embossing a card panel and then spraying it with Distress Mica spray and then dragging an black ink pad over top to add some black highlights.


For the skull I used an Idea-ology piece and layered a black piece of card stock behind and cut that piece slightly larger than the skull. I added some Distress Foundry wax to the edges of the black piece.



I cut a piece of Mummy cloth and sprayed it with Black Soot Distress spray and I also added some Distress Rock Candy glitter to the Mummy cloth piece.



I layered my finished piece to a gray card panel which I distressed with my distressing tool and then blended the edges of the panel with a little Black Soot Distress crayon.



It is hard to see in the photos but the Decayed Distress Mica stain spray adds some nice glimmer highlights to the background.

Well that’s it for my skull card and thanks so much for stopping by 🙏🏻💀 

Supplies:
Tim Holtz Arched embossing folder 
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Baseboards pack
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Curiosities sticker book
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mummy Cloth
Ranger Distress Mica Stain spray - Decayed
Ranger Distress Foundry wax - Sterling
Ranger Distress Black Soot spray stain
Ranger Distress ink - Black Soot
Ranger Distress crayon - Black Soot
Distress Rock Candy glitter