Happy Halloween in green

Hello and welcome, 

A green Pumpkin from me today, made with Tim Holtz products.

As most of the times I started with the background, cut a piece of Ideaology Kraftstock black and sanded. Then I diecut the text with 665995 Bold text Halloween. I inked my craft mat with different green Distress Oxides. Sprayed with water and dipped a piece of white heavystock in the ink. Dried with heat tool, repeated until satisfied with the result. Then I stitched with green thread around the edges with my sewing machine. 

I stamped the spiderwebs CMS346 Tangled webs with white embossing ink and embossed with my embossing gun. I used my splat brush and made some splats on the background with Peeled paint and Crushed olive Distress oxides. 

I diecut the bats from 665556 Pumpkin patch, both from green and black sanded Kraftstock. I glued them together a little bit offset, then glued them on the card. Used a white Posca pen for the eyes. 

The pumpkin is cut from the same die set as the bats above, from white heavystock. Then inked the same way as the green piece behind the letters, described above. I then inked the edges with Black soot Distress ink and glued the pieces together with Ditress collage medium. 

I sprayed a piece of Mummy cloth with Peeled paint Distress Oxide and then inked it with Black soot and Forest moss DOX. I fastened the Mummy cloth with my Tiny attacher and then adhered the pumpkin with 3D foam. 

I painted two pieces of Ideaology Machinery heads with Acrylic paint, then I used Distress crayon in Walnut stain above the paint. Glued the to the card with Distress collage medium. 

I layered the card on a sanded piece of Kraftstock then on a black card blank, both with 3D foam between.  I inked edges on the black card with some DOX. 

Hope you make some time for crafting today.

Thank you very much for visiting my blog, 

/Susanne

Make a wish

Hello and welcome, 

Another card today, made with mostly Tim Holtz products. 

This card is for my Dear Mother. She had her birthday back in September, but we are going to have her “party” tomorrow. 

I started to cut a piece of Mixed media heavystock, then I painted it with white tinting base (Deco art). Then I sprayed the base lightly with water and dipped the card in Distress ink Frayed burlap, which I have adhered on my media mat. Dried with heat tool.

I stamped the background with The text stamp from CMS328 Entomology with Pumice stone Distress Oxide. Then I used my splat brush and spritzed with Uncharted Mariner Distress paint. I stitched the edges with my sewing machine.  I also stamped a few stamps from CMS448 Eccentric on the background. 

The hearts are made with Crackle paste (Deco art) and Tim’s stencil THS017. Let dry and crackle. When dry I made a “wash” with the same paint as above and used a brush and “painted” over the hearts. When dry, I used Distress crayon in Walnut stain over the hearts, and smeared them out to get the crackles visible. This is inspired by one of Zoe Hillman’s makes. 

I stamped “Make a wish” with a CMS394 Tiny text, on White heavystock. Inked the edges with Frayed burlap. I fastened the “sign” with a Tiny clip. 

I added Distress ink Frayed burlap to my media mat and sprayed some water. Then dipped a piece of White heavystock, dried and repeated until happy. Then I stamped the flower from CMS447 Bothanical collage with Black soot Archival ink. Colored the image with Distress inks. 

I fuzzy cut the left side of the image and ripped the other side. Inked the edges with Frayed burlap DI. 

I colored the paper doll with Distress crayons. Inked the edges with DI Frayed burlap. 

I backed my card with a piece of sanded Kraftstock with 3D adhesive. Then I made a cardbase from Kraftstock and adhered the other two layers. 

I will try this card in the challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Stitch it. 

Have a nice day, 

/Susanne 

Creepy Halloween

Hello and welcome, 

Today I will share a creepy card made with Tim Holtz products. 

I started with the background which I cut from a piece of Distress Mixed media cardstock. Then I used the same technique as in my Scarecrow projects earlier this fall. 

As in that project I also stamped the bats from CMS451 The Scarecrow set. 

I stitched around the edges with my sewing machine. I also inked around the edges with Ground espresso DI.

I diecut the houses and the branch from Sizzix 664194 Ghost town out of sanded Distress Blackout Kraftstock. I used some Grit paste Crypt on the roofs of the houses to get that aged old look. Then I inked some white heavystock with yellow Distress inks and glued the pieces behind the windows on the houses. The branch is inked with Picket fence Distress ink around the edges to be more visible in front of the darker background. 

The children and the cat behind the paper dolls are also cut from Blackout Kraftstock and inked with white. The die I used is an old Sizzlits die. The paper dolls are colored with Distress crayons and the edges inked with DI Ground espresso. Her mask is from 664195 Masquerade die, and colored with DI.

All elements are adhered with 3D foam for dimension. 

I inked the edges on a Clipping sticker Halloween and adhered with 3D foam.

I layered the card with a piece of sanded Metallic Kraftstock, then an inked piece of cardboard. Finally mounted to a black card blank. The first layer is adhered with 3D foam. 

Here you can see the Grit paste Crypt on the houses. 

I will try this card in a challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge  - Stitch it. 

Thanks for visiting my blog today, much appreciated.

/Susanne

Toil & Trouble

Hello, 

Toil & Trouble from me today. A tag made with Tim Holtz products. 

I started to die cut a tag from Distress mixed media heavystock with my Tag & bookplate Bigz die, an old favourite of mine. 

Then I inked the mini scull stencil THMS064 with Black soot Distress ink. Sprayed the tag with some water and then pressed the stencil on the tag. Use a paper towel on the stencil when you “print”. Lift  the stencil and dry the tag with a heat tool. 

I inked the edges of the tag with Black soot Distress ink and then stitched with my sewing machine. I stamped a spider web with CMS346 and Archival ink Black soot. Then some text from CMS138 Apothecary on random places on the tag. The spider is stamped with a set I bought at Michaels or Joann’s  when on vacation in USA. 

I spritzed some Flickering candle (Distress Mica stain) as well. The eyes on the spider is made with a yellow Posca pen. 

I colored a piece of Mummy cloth with Distress ink and Distress spray stain in Black soot, and placed it in the hole of the tag. I fastened it with my sewing machine. 

I diecut the “Toil & trouble” with 665995 Bold text Halloween from the tag and also from some sanded Kraftstock. I took away all pieces from the tag, and glued the Kraft pieces in the spaces. (I glued a thin paper on the backside of the tag, so you can glue the black letters on that). 

I colored the Paperdoll Witches with Distress crayons and inked the edges with Ground espresso Distress ink. 

I diecut a feather from Distress mixed media heavystock with 666003 Feathery, inked with Frayed burlap DI. Edges with Black soot. I used the same text stamp on the feather as on the tag. Stitched the feather to the tag with sewing machine. Inked some cheese cloth (not from Tim), with DI black soot, fastened it with Tim’s tiny attacher. Then I used 3D foam on the witches. 

That’s it🙂. I will try this tag in a challenge over at Tim Holtz addicts group on FB.

Thanks for visiting my blog, 

Have a nice day, 

/ Susanne

Special delivery

Hello and welcome, 

Today I will share a envelope made with Tim’s products. I think this envelope will be great to place a gift card in, as a Christmas gift for someone. 

I started to cut the envelope from Woodgrain cardstock, with Sizzix die 665926, Collector. Then I used Distress ink’s in different brown colors and colored it. All the edges was also inked with Distress ink. Then I stamped the snowflakes from Stamptember 2020 stamps with Distress Embossing ink and used Platinum embossing powder. Then heat set. 

I then used my Splatter brush with Distress paint in Picket fence and made som splatters on the envelope.

The “special delivery” decor is diecut from Red sanded Kraftstock with 665927 Postale, and backed with Kraft heavystock. 

I stamped the cat on Watercolor paper and colored it with the new fabulous Distress pencils, and some Distress ink’s Black soot for some shadowing. 

I diecut some small labels from Kraft heavystock, with 665926 Collector, and the number “24” is diecut from 665927 Postale from Red Kraftstock which I have sanded. Attached it with a long fastener. 

Then I chosed some Christmas ephemera pieces, which I inked the edges on with Distress ink Ground espresso. I also stamped the “Holliday” ephemera piece with a stamp from CMS323 Holiday Postmarks. 

On the backside I attached another small tag with “24”, and one with the stamp from CMS323. I inked a red/white string with Ground espresso Distress ink. Used long fasteners for the closing. 

I will try this envelope in a challenge over at the Tim Holtz addicts group on FB. #Stamptember2022

Thanks for visiting today, 

/Susanne

Gathered for Halloween

Hello and welcome, 

I have made a card with Tim’s new Stamps CMS451 The Scarecrow, and I have also used his new Distress Mica stains.

I started with the background and used the THMSK 01 Moon mask on a piece of Distress Mixed media heavystock. I used Distress spray stains and Distress Mica stains. I followed the step’s that Tim showed in one of his demos, with idea from Stacy (Here is a link to her blog). I used Mica stain in Decayed and Flickering candle, Spray stains in Black soot. 

When happy with my background I used my stamping tool to stamp the bats. I was a little unsuccessful, the card glide just a little, and at first I was disappointed with the result. But I decided to use it anyway, and now I think it is cool with that “shadow”. 🙈. 

I inked the edges with Distress ink, Black soot, then stitched with my sewing machine. 

I made a mask with a post-it note and used with the stamp CMS451 The Scarecrow and stamped it three times, because I wanted a gang. 🙂. Then I colored them with Distress inks. (My new Distress watercolor pens hadn’t arrived at this point, but now they have🙂). 

I then fuzzy cut the images and inked the edges with Black soot Distress ink. I glued the corn stems with Distress collage medium and adhered the Scarecrows with 3D foam. 

I stamped the text on some inked (same colors as for the background, accept from the yellow) Mixed media heavystock and cut out, inked the edges and then adhered with 3D foam.

The background was glued to a sanded and inked piece of orange metallic Kraftstock, and the next layer is a sanded black Kraftstock. 3D foam between the orange and the black layer for dimension. Then mounted to a black card blank.

I will try this card in the challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge - Stamp it. 

Thank you very much for visiting my blog, 

/Susanne

Spencer

Hello and welcome, 

Almost September, time flies. I have been making but not blogging or put it on my IG. But I will try to catch up🫣. 

Today I have a card with some of the new Tim Holtz Halloween dies. As I have mentioned before, Halloween is not a “big thing” here in Sweden but I love to make for Halloween. 

I started with the background on White heavystock, the THMS064 skull stencil and Distress Micro glaze. Then I sprayed it with Distress spray stain in Black soot and Carved pumpkin. I also used Distress Mica stain in Flickering candle for some splattering. This background was not successful, it get to wet and the skulls sort of disappeared to much. But I decided to keep it, because in some lights they are more visual. And moore creepy. I inked the edges with Black soot Distress ink and used my sewing machine for the stitching around the edges. 

Then I used 666001, the new skull die Spencer, and cut the pieces from White heavystock. Then I used different Distress inks and oxides for the coloring. (Black soot DI, Hickory smoke DOX, Frayed burlap DI, Gathered twigs DI and Antique linen DI. Walnut stain DI around the edges). He is such a cool dude. 

Then I cut the feathers from White heavystock with 666003 Feathery. I sprayed the feathers with Mica spray stain in Jack o’ lantern and Fortune teller. Stitched them with my sewing machine. 

I inked a piece of string with some Ground espresso DI and tied the feathers together. 

Next I diecut the “I’m here for the candy” text from the background with 665995 Bold text Halloween. I also colored a new piece of White heavystock with Distress spray stain in Carved pumpkin and Mica spray in Fortune teller, and used the same die. Then I glued the orange letters in the diecuts on the background. 

I cut a piece from sanded orange Metallic Jewels paper and a piece of Black sanded Kraft stock. I adhered the card to the metallic piece with 3D foam and then glued the black to the orange. Then mounted on a black card blank (which is not visible from the front of the card). 

I will try this card in a challenge over on the Tim Holtz addicts group #Halloween2022 and also in a challenge over at Simon says stamp Monday challenge  - Make your own background. 

Thank you very much for visiting my blog today, 

/Susanne