Card - Halloween fireplace

Hello crafty friends, I'm here with the second project for our October challenge over at the Country View Challenges. This month I'm your hostess, it means I had to choose the theme which is (what else?) Halloween - create a scene.

My first project was a card with an outdoor scene where you can find the main elements of Halloween, you know, haunted house, bats, full moon, ghost.... Now here you can see the interior of that haunted house.

What I used:

Sizzix Thinlits die, Fireside by Tim Holtz - for the fireplace

Sizzix Thinlits die, Frightful Things by Tim Holtz - for the ghost, the broom, the skull and the spider 

Sizzix Thinlits die, Regions Beyond by Tim Holtz - for the candles and the bottles

Sizzix Thinlits die, Santa's Helper by Tim Holtz - for the books

Idea-Ology, Warn Wallpaper (Halloween) - for the background

Idea-Ology, Paper Stash (Dapper) - for the bottom of the background

Idea-Ology, Small Talk (Occasion) - for the text

Idea-Ology, Apothecary Vials - only one of the labels for the green bottle

So if you fancy making a Halloween scene, please don't hesitate to join our challenge where a randomly selected winner can have a £20 voucher to spend at the Country View Crafts online shop.

Halloween card with bottles

This month it was Corrie's turn to choose a theme for the Country View Challenges blog, and I was very happy that her choice was very seasonal: ALL THINGS SPOOKY. So I made a Halloween card.

For this card I cut out a basic card from black cardstock with rectangle shape die.

I cut out a one size smaller card from white cardstock and I coloured them with the following Ranger Distress Inks: Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Wilted Violet, Aged Mahogany, Carved Pumpkin, Dried Marigold, Black Soot.

Then I stamped a cobweb with Tim Holtz new cobweb stamp: Stampers Anonymous Stamp Set, Webs&Damask (CMS276) with a Ranger Distress ink - any colours, doesn't matter which one because you will cover it embossing powder. So after I put Ranger Embossing Powder (Silver Pearl) on it and melted with my heating tool.

I cut out the bottles with Sizzix Bigz Die, Apothecary Bottles (658715) and Sizzix Movers&Shapers Die, Apothecary Bottles by Tim Holtz (658722) and coloured them with Ranger Distress inks.

I covered the bottles with DecoArt Clear Crackle Glaze and when it was dry I smeared some Walnut Stain ink into the crackles.

From this angle you can see better my crackles:

I used the Stampers Anonymous Undertaker Stamp Set to stamp the spider and to make the labels of my bottles. Actually I used some Crafty Individuals stamps too (Poison and Danger) for the labels. 

I stamped the spider with Ranger Distress ink (Black Soot) then melted Ranger Distress Embossing Powder (Black Soot) but as the spider didn't rise enough from the surface I put some extra glitter liner on and after drying a little black marker colouring to reduce the sparkle of the glitter liner. 

The text was made with the Crazy Talk Stamp Set (CMS236) and cut out with Die Namics Die.

If you have a spooky or not too spooky Halloween project please join our October challenge where you can win a £20 voucher!

I hope you like my card! Happy crafting!

With this card I would like to enter the Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp blog: Powder Power.

And Brenda Brown's Halloween Give Away over at Bumblebees and Butterflies.

Floral card with perfume bottles by Graphic 45

Here is a card what was made for a friend's birthday who just finished the book of Patrick Süskind: Perfume.

What I used:

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Spring Greenery by Tim Holtz (659573)

Sizzix Sizzlits Die, Vintage Lace by Tim Holtz (657481)

Sizzix Framelits Die and Stamp Set, Parfumerie by Graphic 45 (659055)

Sizzix Bigz Die, 3D Flowers (656545)

Sizzix Thinlits Die, Lace Layering Decorator (658914)

Penny Black Die, Nature's Song

First Edition, Floral Pavilion Paper 6x6

Ranger Distress Markers

Ranger Glossy Accents

Ranger Distress Paint, Picket Fence

Ranger Embossing Powder, Princess Gold

With this card I would like to enter this challenge:

Monday Challenge of the Simon Says Stamp Blog: Use Patterned Papers

Perfume bottles by Graphic 45

Here is my second project of the Country View Challenge theme - Inspired by bottles. 

I prepared this card as a birthday card for my lovely sister who - like most of the women - loves the perfumes.

Now, I will give you a detailed supply list:

Sizzix Framelits Die, Square (657565) - I cut out the basic card with the biggest die and the blue damask cover with a smaller die

Sizzix Framelits Die, Scallop Square (657566) - I cut out the scallop cover

Sizzix Framelits Die and Stamp Set, Parfumerie by Graphic 45 (659055) - I stamped and cut out two bottles and the text

Ranger Distress marker, Spun Sugar Marker by Tim Holtz - I coloured the pink bottle with this

Ranger Distress marker, Cracked Pistachio by Tim Holtz - I coloured the ribbon of the bottle

Ranger Distress marker, Antique Linen by Tim Holtz - for colouring the bottles

Ranger Distress ink pad, Tea Dye by Tim Holtz - for colouring all the edges

First Edition Paper, Floral Pavilion - I chose the blue damask

Ranger Archival Ink, Hydrangea - I stamped the bottles with this

Dovecraft Paper, Leyton Value Paper - I chose the pink floral one 

Tsukineko Memento ink pad, Elderberry - for the "Parfumerie" text

Cretacolor Marino watercolour pencils, Moss Green and Grass Green - for the green bottlesSchm

Schmincke acrylic medium - slightly covered the perfume bottles in the end

And I let you peek to inside where I glued a "Happy Birthday" text in Hungarian.

Don't forget, if you join our challenge at CVC you can win a £20 voucher! Happy crafting!

Inspired by bottles - Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans jar

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The first challenge theme of the new year was chosen by the lovely Brenda: Inspired by bottles. As you can see, here on my blog the most popular post is the "Jar for the Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans". But I had made this just before I have found the Sizzix Big Shot and the Sizzix dies.

So I decided to make a new version with Sizzix. This was a Christmas present for a friend of my daughter who is reading the Harry Potter books nowadays.

For this I used an empty and cleaned horseradish jar.

And a Sizzix Framelits Die, Wrappers by Paula Pascual (658613).

I cut out the scalloped band from yellow cardstock.

Then the cover from green cardstock. This part went to the  small dots embossing folder by Rachael Bright (655838).

The Bertie Bott's text was printed and not stamped. Then I cut out with scalloped circle.

I glued the yellow part to the jar with Glue Dots.

But after I glued the other part with just a simple glue for papers.

To the backside I also wrote a Honeyduke text and I cut it out from a smaller Framelits Die, Scallop Circle (657552).

I painted the lid with a green acrylic paint, for this you need a really good quality acrylic paint. I painted the lid without a primer but it's better to use one.

At the end I tied a polka dot yellow ribbon around the top.

Ouups, one more thing! I covered the printed text with Micro Glaze. Many times I had the experience that my printed texts were blurred because I printed with ink-jet printer. This is a great product to protect the text. I used Judikins Microglaze but I think Tim Holtz Distress Glaze is perfect too.

I filled my jar with Jelly Beans from The Jelly Bean Factory. In the Luxembourgish Little Britain shop I got this. But you can buy beans from Jelly Belly too, they still produce the weird flavours like ear wax, soap, dirt, vomit etc.  :-)

So please join the challenge of the Country View Crafts and show us your fabulous ideas. You can also win a £20 voucher!