Collector of the Peculiar...

Hi everyone, I'm so glad you stopped by today!  I'm back sharing some spooky Halloween makes.  Tim Holtz Halloween Idea-ology is always so much fun to create decor projects with, it always has just the right amount of spook factor and vintage flare!  I call her Nellie and she a collector of the peculiar...she's probably one of my favorites from the ancestor paper dolls.

Let me walk you thru how I put this piece together.  The base is made of a vignette box and panel.  I painted the box and panel with black soot distress paint and dried.  Then covered with Halloween worn wallpaper.  The box was trimmed in Halloween design tape.  I gave the box and panel a good coat of distress collage medium matte.  Did a little shading of the box and panel with distress paints, then glued them together.

 

those pumpkins get all the heart eyes...

 The mini pumpkins were sealed with distress collage medium matte then shaded with distress crayons and I also attached real twigs to the tops of the pumpkins.  Thanks Tim and Paula, those tips and tricks really make the pumpkins look great!

I applied a thin coat of distress collage medium matte to the apothecary and corked vials and let dry.  Then applied some rock candy crackle paint to the vials.  I just love that awesome crackle, it never gets old!  I used some collage medium matte on the labels from the Halloween ephemera pack to attach to vials.  Did a little distressing with distress crayons

 The skulls and boneyard bones were distressed with alcohol ink.  I added real twigs from my yard through out the piece.  My sister had a fall rustic wedding recently, which I did all the decorating for and used a ton of twigs in various projects...so I'm still in that mode (wink).

I did some additional shading on the tombstone with distress paint before adding the Halloween remnant rubs.

 I cut the metal gate apart with some wire cutters and applied some distress paint and alcohol ink.  I applied the same treatment to all other metal idea-ology pieces as well, including those fun Halloween story sticks.

 This years design of the spider in the Halloween adornments pack is a total rockstar, I love it!  I added a little distress paint and alcohol ink to his belly.  I just cut the Halloween quote chip with scissors and did a little sanding.

 Mummy cloth...I sure wish you weren't seasonal.  I colored the mummy cloth with distress sprays and cut into pieces and picked apart a bit.  If you look closely in the left corner you can see a bouquet.  I added color with distress stains and distress inks.

 

I hope you give it a try!  I love adding new seasonal decor pieces I've made each year to my collection from previous years.  Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time and have a wonderful day! xx

Bobbi

I've listed the products below, used to create this project.  I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp.  When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission.  Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!

Stampers Anonymous 2018 Halloween Cards...

Hi everyone, I'm so glad you stopped by today!  I'm sharing some fun cards I made for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous 2018 Release Facebook Live Event, if you happen to have missed it you can find it here along with lots of other amazing samples from Tim's very talented designer friends.

My sisters wedding is over (she made such a beautiful bride) and life is getting back to normal.  I will be catching up on sharing all the halloween and fall projects I've made.  This card was created with the fun mini diamonds shifter stencil, alcohol inks and Stampers Anonymous Spooky Scribbles stamps.

After applying alcohol inks to yupo paper, I used Lift Ink to remove that alcohol ink with the stamp images.

Then restamped same stamp image with Archival Ink.  The stamping platform made this step super easy.  I die cut those cute little squares using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Framelits Stitched Squares thin die set.

For this card, I used the skeleton from the Stampers Anonymous Inventor 4 stamp set.  Stamped with black soot archival ink, then shaded with neutral colors of Distress Ink.

To finish it off, I attached a large bone from a idea-ology boneyard pack and craft thread.

I used that beautiful Stampers Anonymous Ornate background stamp for this one.  I just love this damask pattern.  Mr. Bones is pretty rockin' isn't he.

I used wilted violet distress oxide for the background color and it really makes it pop!  The stamped images were stamped in black soot archival ink, it's my favorite...  I did just a touch of shading with neutral distress inks. 

A small talk sticker finishes it off.

 

I hope you give it a try!  I'll be sharing more of my fall/halloween projects soon.  Thanks so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time and have a wonderful day! xx

Bobbi

I've listed the products below, used to create this project.  I am part of various affiliate programs including Simon Says Stamp.  When you click on an affiliate link and make a purchase (at no extra cost to you), I receive a small commission.  Thank you, I genuinely appreciate your support!