Holiday Cheer-Special Delivery Tag

Sharing a tag today I made using a plaid stencil over Idea-ology Yuletide Paper and adding Tims Paper Dolls and Ephemera. I used peeled paint for the stencil and on the womens hat and mens coat. Pink cheeks for the lad, using festive berries. I distressed each item with black ink first. Tag was papered on both sides and distressed in peeled paint to finish.

Happy Creating! T.

Holiday Cheer

Playing along with Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog- Something New! (I used my New Christmas Plaid Stencil & Tim Holtz Goodies)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog- Something New!

Sugar Skull Skeleton Decor-31 Days of Halloween 2017

It's Day 18 of the 
31 Days of Halloween 
annual event hosted by Terra!

The Challenge as a Wicked Blogger is to post something each day in October that is Halloween/Day of The Dead themed!! Below this post you will find the blog roll for all the

Wicked Bloggers!

Day 18 and I have a Sugar Skull Masked Skeleton to share with you.

He sits on 3 altered wine corks. I painted these with black & purple acrylic paints, glued together and wrapped with twine. Added gray web material for him to sit on. And embellished with Halloween items. Happy Haunting this Halloween!

Supplies:
Plastic Black Skeleton with legs removed
3  Painted Wine Corks
Gray Web Material
Black Dresden Trim
Burlap Twine
Red Metal Rose
Sugar Skull Chipboard Mask
Die Cut Tombstone
Plastic Bat
Skull
And other found Halloween stuff
E 6000
Tacky Glue

Happy Creating! T.

Terra

Black Dragon

Susan

LeighSBDesigns

Lyneen

Stampendous Stamps

Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda

Tee (that's me)

Alison

Sarah

Nan

Airless Chambers

Jessica

Kat

Shell

Apothecary Coffin, 31 Days of Halloween 2017

It's Day 3 of the 31 Days of Halloween annual event hosted by Terra!
The Challenge as a Wicked Blogger is to post something each day in October that is Halloween/Day of The Dead themed!! I love everything Halloween, so I believe I will make it. Below this post is the blog roll for this years Wicked Bloggers!

Today I am sharing a Apothecary Coffin I put together.

When I signed up for the 31 Days of Halloween the first thing I remembered was a template printout I had for this coffin. I had made one like this several years ago, and it was pretty easy to put together. I adhered a ATC size chipboard as a base to keep it sturdy. 

I just finished this one today. I worked on it for awhile, adding something to it as I found it. I made tiny books for the shelves (my first try for those). I found the inspiration for mini books on You Tube. They were time consuming. And I really needed to take more time with them to get them just right. I did get through 6 of them. Whats a Apothecary without potion & spell books!

I put spices and salt in the bottles and adhered the cork lid. Except for one- I added chili powder and water. Not really a good idea if it was to leak or brake! Dry spices work perfect!

I adhered everything heavy with E 6000, great adhesive but it does stink... tacky glue is my go to for everything else. I guess that wraps it up. Oh I did go over the entire coffin with 2 coats of matte medium to seal, before embellishing. Hope to inspire you to make one, you will love it. 

Supplies:

Coffin Bookshelf Template Printout by Laura Carson

White Cardstock

100 lb Black Card Stock

ATC Size Chip Board Piece

Idea-ology Halloween Paper -Tim Holtz

Halloween Ephemera Pack - Tim Holtz

Skulls- Tim Holtz

Small Potion Bottles

Household Spices

Black Soot Distress Paint

Champagne Gold Watercolor

Water Brush

Twine

Tiny Handmade Books

Spider Stamp 

Black Archival Ink

Apothecary Sign Printout by Laura Carson

Spider Web Material

Halloween Embellishments

Deco Art Matte Medium

Found Objects

Tacky Glue

E 6000

Terra

Black Dragon

Susan

LeighSBDesigns

Lyneen

Stampendous Stamps

Lost Coast Designs/Carmen's Veranda

Tee  (You're Here)

Alison

Sarah

Nan

Airless Chambers

Jessica

Kat

Shell

Linking up with:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge- A Walk On The Dark Side

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge-Anything Goes

Countdown To Halloween Day 25-Altered Paint Brush

Sharing an altered paint brush I made for my swap partner in the Vintage Halloween Loaded Envelope Swap, which was to alter an 6 x 9 clasp envelope, create pockets and load them with vintage Halloween goodies (sending mostly handmade items)
I altered the paint brush by spray painting it with black paint and adding squeezed orange ink spray by Dylusions just to the lower bristles.

Adhering a cute Best Witches wood plaque with tacky glue, and embellishing with multi color yarn and ribbons.

Altered Paint Brush in Halloween Theme

Handmade Witches Broom

Finishing with a little handmade broom created with a Halloween straw, black netting, and jute twine. This was fun and easy project to alter!

CryptKeeper 2016-Celebrating all things Halloween!

Countdown to Halloween Day 25


Linking to:

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge-Anything Goes

Not All Are Lost Tag

"Never Far from You"

Tags background is torn book pages, colored with cracked pistachio distress stain. Tim Holtz "not all that wander are lost" stamps done in black archival ink. Little star stamps are from my stash. "Never Far from You" sentiment is a torn title from book.
 Picket fence distress paint was flicked on with paint brush.
Distressing tag in burnt umber hybrid ink.
I finished by sealing everything with matte medium.

Happy Stamping! Tee

Linking to the following:

Try It On Tuesday Challenge- Book Pages 

Through The Craft Room Door Challenge- Anything Goes

The Artistic Stamper August Creative -Anything Goes

Scribbly Birds- Cherish Each Moment

 "Time is a companion that goes with us on the journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment. Because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived.

Background is calypso teal ink applied with water and brushed on.
 Fade dot stencil was applied with picket fence distress paint.
Stamping was done with Simon Says intense black ink.
 Scribbly Birds stamp by Dina Wakley. Coloring with margarita green and fandango pink Bic markers.
Other stamps and sentiment by Tim Holtz.
Embellishments are from my stash.
 Dental floss for the arrows bow.

 Linking to:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog-Things with Wings

Crafts Stamper Take it Make it Challenge July- Anything Goes

Sunny Day Mixed Media Tag

Supplies:
Large Manila Tag
Tim Holtz Stamps
Dina Wakely Stamps
Black Archival Ink
Distress Paints
Red Crayon
Black Marker


Playing along with:

Little Red Wagon Challenge- Tag Your It

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge- Say It with Flowers 

Altered Cover Page for Binder

I started with a basic 3 ring white binder.

I cut paper from My Minds Eye 12 x12 Designer Paper (Meadow Lark) to fit  inside plastic

I found 2 papers that I really liked from the paper pack to alter & create my new personalized cover.
 I chose the paper with a bird, and a owl which was left over from another project.

My plan was to put these two together and glue onto the black and white design paper above.

 Now the fun part! I got out the distress paints, my fave stamps, ink, some coloring markers and started to play with it.
Starting with some distress paints to give it some color!
Using stamps by Tim Holtz and black archival ink.
 Colored the butterflies, leaves, flowers and sentiment with markers.
This is my finished cover page for the binder!

 

Supplies:

12 x12 Designer Paper

3 Ring Binder

 Stamps by Tim Holtz

Black Archival Ink

Distress Paints:

Broken China

Rusty Hinge

Peeled Paint

Markers:

Green

Blue

Orange

 Glue Stick 

Linking up with the following:

 Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog-Anything Goes

Mixed Media Butterfly ATC'S