Halloween decoration - rosette with Tim Holtz's stamps

Hello everyone, I would like to show you a simple Halloween ornament that I made as a second inspirational project for our Harvest or Halloween challenge on the Country View Challenges blog.

For this, first I took a watercolour paper and cut out a circle with the Sizzix Thinlits die, Stitched Circles by Tim Holtz (662229). Then I stamped the owl in the middle from the Regions Beyond stamp set (CMS274). For this I used black Archival ink.

Then I masked the owl and stamped the text from the Reflections stamp set (CMS 111) with brown Archival ink on the circle.

I covered the whole surface with watered Antique Linen Distress ink, then inked the edge with Frayed Burlap ink.

I cut out a one size bigger circle with a stitched circle die, but I found it too big and I cut off the stitched part. Since I couldn't cut it evenly, I distressed the edge with a knife.

Then I stamped on an orange paper with the dots background stamp from the Dots&Floral stamp set (CMS220). I cut ot a scalloped circle with a Sizzix die (657552). I inked the edge with Ground Espresso ink.

Then I took a patterned paper from a First Edition paper pad and cut out four pieces with the retired Sizzix Bigz die, Snowflake Medallions by Brenda Walton (658739).

I assembled them using simple glue and hot glue in the end. if you don't know how to put together a rosette you can watch this video.

So if you have an autumnal or Halloween themed project, please don't hesitate to join our October challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Craft Shop.

Wit my project, I would like to join the SIMON SAYS STAMP Monday Challenge: Home Decor

Halloween card with Toil&Trouble witch by Tim Holtz

I'm here again with a Halloween card this time. 

The background of this card was created with blending Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone, Black Soot inks, the original and the oxide versions as well. I also spattered with water and with watered Hickory Smoke. 

The branch was stamped with Black Soot Archival ink.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Toil&Trouble (665561)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Pumpkinhead (665553)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Regions Beyond (664207)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Frightful Things (664209)

Stampers Anonymous, Sketch Manors (CMS408)

Stampers Anonymous, Moon Mask Stencil (MSK01)

Ranger Distress inks

Ranger Distress Oxide inks

Ranger Distress Archival inks

etc.

With my card I would like to join the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Fabulous Fall Mood Board

Halloween card with Count Dracula

Hello everyone, it's already October and we start a new challenge on the Country View Challenges blog. The theme is Harvest or Halloween. And as you can see, I chose Halloween because I made a card with The Count (Dracula) by Tim Holtz.

I can't show you how I assembled the count, because I  was focused when I assembled him that I forgot to take photos. But I link here the video which shows you the steps of how to put the pieces together. I did follow this video too. The only difference that the face of my count is pale cream-beige and not blue. And except the black and white parts, I coloured every piece with acrylic paints.

For the background I chose a Halloween background stamp from Tim Holtz, Webs&Damask. Here I used the Damask. I stamped the image on watercolour paper with embossing ink and heat embossed with black embossing powder. Then I blended Mowed Lawn, and then Rustic Wilderness to the surface.

I cut off the excess, and inked the edges with Black Soot Distress ink. 

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, The Count Colorize die (665557)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Fireside (664193)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Santa's Helper (664192)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Frightful Things (664209)

Stampers Anonymous, Webs&Damask (CMS276)

Stampers Anonymous, Noteworthy (CMS446)

Rangers Distress inks (Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Black Soot)

Rangers Ditress Archival inks (Black Soot, Ground Espresso)

etc.

So if you have an autumnal or Halloween themed project, please don't hesitate to join our October challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher in the Country View Craft Shop.

With my card, I would like to join the: 

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Emboss it

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything goes

Wine tag with Sizzix Toil&Trouble die

Hell everyone, I'm here with a Halloween wine tag. This time I put the lovely witch from the Sizzix Toil&Trouble set on the tag.

To make this tag, I cut out a wine tag from 300 gsm watercolour paper then I blended different purples (Distress Oxide inks) to the surface. I masked the place of the moon which means I covered that area with the circle I cut out from the tag. 

The moon was coloured first with Antique Linen and Picket Fence Distress Oxide inks, then I used the moon mask and I blended Hickory Smoke through the stencil.

I inked the edges with Black Soot Archival ink and made some grass with the Scarecrow stamp.

I spritzed the tag with water, then I spattered with Walnut Stain Spray Stains.

I covered the whole tag with Resist spray. I didn't spray it, I tapped the liquid with a sponge to the surface.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Toil&Trouble (665561)

Ranger Distress Oxide inks (Wilted Violet, Villainous Potion, Dusty Concord, Antique Linen, Hickory Smoke, Picket Fence)

Stampers Anonymous, Regions Beyond (CMS274)

Stampers Anonymous, The Scarecrow (CMS451)

MFT Wine Tag Die-Namics

etc.

Wine tag with The Scarecrow by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, My returning readers probably know that I love to make wine tags. Every year, I make Halloween and Christmas wine tags and sometimes for birthdays too. After a long time, I'm here with a Halloween wine tag.

For this tag, I had to do a lot of masking. But first of all, I cut out a wine tag shape from 300 gsm watercolour paper. Then I stamped the scarecrow with Black Soot Archival ink and I masked it. Then I stamped the moon and the maize. Then I masked them too before making the background. Here in this picture, you can see, that I've already masked the scarecrow and the moon.

Then I started to blend Faded Jeans to the top and Gathered Twigs to the bottom. 

Then I added some Chipped Sapphire here and there on the top part and Black Soot to the edges. Then I spritzed with water.

When it was dry, I coloured the scarecrow with Distress markers. In the end, I added a layer of Distress Resist. I tapped the Resist medium with a piece of sponge onto the surface. This enhanced the colours and it gave the surface a great protection.

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, The Scarecrow (CMS451)

Stampers Anonymous, Sketch Manor (CMS408)

Stampers Anonymous, Regions Beyond (CMS274)

Ranger Distress inks (Gathered Twigs, Black Soot, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire)

Ranger Distress Resist Spray

Ranger Distress Archival ink (Black Soot)

MFT, Wine Tag Die-Namics

etc.

Stamped Halloween scene with Sketch Manor by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, I would like to show you my latest Halloween card which was made just with stamps, no dies at all. 

I created a scene using different Stampers Anonymous Halloween stamp sets by Tim Holtz. I also had to use masking tapes a lot. First, I masked one of the pumpkins.

Then I masked the witch.

Then I started to cover other images.

At this point I started to blend Distress ink onto the surface. I used Antique Linen, Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire to make the sky and Walnut Stain and Ground Espresso for the ground. In the end I inked the edges with Black Soot. Here are the process photos:

Then I started to colour the images with Distress markers.

Here I felt that something was missing from the picture, so I stamped some bats on it.

Then I covered the images again with the masking tapes because I wanted to spatter the background with water. When I was ready with this, I realised that my text was nearly unrecognisable so I stamped the text on a black paper and heat embossed with white powder.

What I used:

Stampers Anonymous, Sketch Manor (CMS408)

Stampers Anonymous, Pumpkinhead (CMS309)

Stampers Anonymous, Haunted House (CMS308)

Stampers Anonymous, Regions Beyond (CMS274)

Ranger Distress inks and markers

etc.

With my card, I would like to join the:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge: Spooky/Halloween

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Spooky/Halloween

Halloween card with Pumpkinhead by Tim Holtz

Hello everyone, I would like to show you my latest make, a Halloween card with the Pumpkinhead die set by Tim Holtz. I really enjoyed making this card, I was very pleased how I created a layered Jack-O-Lantern from a simple die.

If you know the original die, the Bigz Jack-O-Lanterns, you know that this contains two one layer Jack-O-Lanterns. For my project, I chose the smaller one and I cut out twice from 300gsm watercolour paper.

Then I coloured the first with Carved Pumpkin and the other with Ripe Persimmon.

Then I cut the first one into 4 pieces and about one millimetre thiner each piece.

I inked the edges with Vintage Photo.

And I glued the pieces one by one on the darker pumpkin.

I also cut out a stem from green paper and glued the dark pumpkin.

I placed my pumpkin on a black cardstock and drew the contour line of the pumpkin. 

I cut this out but just a little inside than the line was. I glued this behind the pumpkin.

The card panel was also cut out from 300 gsm paper and I coloured the bottom part with Gathered Twigs DOX and Frayed Burlap ink. I also added Walnut Stain to the edges.

The sky was coloured with Stormy Sky DOX ink and I put Faded Jeans to the edges. Then I also blended Black Soot to the edges of the whole panel.

In the end, I spattered my panel with Vintage Photo Spray Stain.

For the Pumpkinhead, I don't write a tutorial. Please follow the instructions of this video, but I share with you some process photos.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits Colorize die, Pumkinhead

Sizzix Thinlits die, Witchcraft (662386)

Sizzix Movers&Shapers die, Mini Owl&Crescent Moon (658725)

Sizzix Bigz die, Jack-O-Lanterns (660964)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Circle Play (663868)

Sizzix Thinlits die, Toil&Trouble

Stampers Anonymous, Pumkinhead stamp set (CMS309)

Ranger Distress Oxide inks (Stormy Sky, Gathered Twigs)

Ranger Distress Inks (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Frayed Burlap, Black Soot, Faded Jeans, Ripe Persimmon, Carved Pumpkin)

Ranger embossing powders (Princess Gold, Fine Black)

etc.

I hope you like it! Thank you for stopping by and happy crafting!

Halloween party - card with dies by Tim Holtz

Here is my Halloween party where Miss Witch, Count Dracula, Mr Frankenstein, Mr Skeleton are among the invited guests. And I needed nothing else to create this scene, just Sizzix dies by Tim Holtz and Ranger inks by Tim Holtz.

Here is how I created this with some photos.

I cut out the figures from black cardstock and arranged them on a watercolour paper panel.

I blended Distress Oxide inks (Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Black Soot) on the surface.

I inked the edges with Black Soot Distress ink.

Then I started to glue the cut-outs on the surface. But something happened with my perfectly inked background above the letter A so I decided to spritz the whole surface with water. And when it was dry, I also added tiny black paint spatters.

And it was not enough for me, I wanted to add some shine so I covered the whole surface with Schmincke Acrylic Fluid Medium. I'm sure you can reach the same result with Glossy Accents but for me in Luxembourg it's easier to purchase the German products :-)

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Toil&Trouble

Sizzix Thinlits die, Frightful Things

Sizzix Thinlits die, Ghoulish

Sizzix Sizzlits Strip die, Spooktacular Alphabet

Ranger Distress Oxide inks (Black Soot, Mowed Lawn, Twisted Citron)

Ranger Distress ink (Black Soot)

Ranger Distress paint (Black Soot)

etc.

I hope you like it! Thank you for stopping by!