Today we are celebrating 12 new colors of Distress Spritz!
Saturday, October 5, 2024
New Distress Spritz!
Today we are celebrating 12 new colors of Distress Spritz!
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Halloween Card File
Hello friends!
I love making idea-ology Halloween Card Files each year (this is probably my 3 or 4th one!). This year's Card File is a bit different, in that I was inspired by two Stampers Anonymous stamp sets: Deconstructed (CMS489) and Tidbits (CMS488) that came to market mid summer. I was absolutely intrigued by the idea of a very freeform card file with ripped Halloween Collage Paper and ink that was loose and watery.
Here is a preview of many of the cards you can make. You can use what you have on hand or you can use the list and links below to grab a few things you might need.
The only thing I can think of that is not on the list below is the 1/4" rayon ribbon. I buy it on Etsy from RibbonsByZipperstop and dye it myself with Distress Ink. The ribbon (or really any other product) can always be substituted for another of a similar size.
I hope you will join along as we work through all the ideas to make Halloween cards!
Now carry on,
paula
Thursday, September 5, 2024
Curious Things
Hello friends,
I'm sharing my Curious Things Vignette Tray today. One of my favorite projects I made for the Halloween release. I'm going to show the finished project before I show some of the step-out photos because I think it might make more sense that way.
This project is hard to photograph because as you view it here, it looks like the small boxes are flat against the Vignette Tray, but they are not. The boxes are purposefully askew, just the way I wanted for this Halloween make. I also kept the boxes quite simple compared to most Vignettes I make. But that was also done on purpose, to show off the details of the "flooring" and to balance the wheel on the left.
I started with a large Vignette Tray + 3 Vignette Boxes (I have a plethora in numerous sizes). I used 2 of the smallest size + one of the second largest box. I was playing around with the boxes and I decided to knock the back off the larger box at the bottom. You will be able to see it later in the photos because it appears here as if it has the back, but in reality where you see the spider, is really the back of the tray.
While I was working on this small box, I thought I might use the smallest Bubbles to mimic larva of the bug that I had already added to the box. I colored the Bubbles with Lettuce Alcohol Ink before adding them to the box with College Medium.
If you are going to have a bug, then you need a web. I decided to use nails and string to mimic the web.
The cauldron is filled with white Tiny Lights + Bubbles that have been colored purple and yellow Alcohol Ink (you will be able to see the color once it lights up).I purposefully stretched the hot glue across the Bubbles so it looks as if the spider in the background has walked back and forth over the Cauldron.
You can see that the bug box goes in at an angle.
Then the Curious Things box. I wiped black paint on the Typography letters, then sanded away the paint with steel wool. I love the look of the letters.I wanted the box to stick out from the tray so I needed to fill in the depth of the box on the left side.
Here you can see the side of the box that was extended with chipboard so it covered space all the way to the back of the tray.
Now lets go back to the bottom box to talk about the cauldron.
Wind the up the Tiny Lights so they fit into the Cauldron.
Add Collage Medium to the legs of the Collage Medium (it dries clear).
I hope you like this one as much as I do! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Halloween Manor
Today I am sharing one of my favorite makes from the idea-ology Halloween live, the Halloween Manor! This is not a exact step by step tutorial (it's very hard to stop and think about taking photos in the middle of the process). However, I will share some photos and explain some of the details you might have missed in the live. You can also go back and watch the replay on Tim's YouTube channel to see him talk about this and other samples.
To make the centerpiece for the mausoleum, I glued two pieces (urn and pedestal) together. Then brushed on a wash of black paint to "marry" the two pieces.
As for the gates to the mausoleum (I did not add these till the very end).
For the top box above the mausoleum, I altered the "theater stage front" from the Ephemera Layers pack. The piece was trimmed to fit the window that will go in front of it and colored with Distress Crayons. I added small books that I made, 2 of the new skulls and a Mini Dome filled with bones I previously covered in Crypt Grit Paste (just make sure they are dry before adding them to the dome). All the other pieces are from the Ephemera pack.
paula