Halloween Treat Bag Series #2

Hello again.

Here are a few more of the Halloween bags.

Edison and Ghost from Holtz/Sizzix "Frightful Things"	Back of Edison and Ghost. Image and sentiment MFT Stamps
Edison and Friend Spider	Back of Edison and Spider. Images from MFT Stamps
Tim Holtz BOO/EEK set and bats	Back of BOO, Pumpkins from MFT Stamps
For the adult bag, a fussy mixed media make using the top of Anna Griffin's Carte Noel die and lots of  Ranger products. Distress inks, Crackle paste, collage medium, and Mica in windows. Can you spot the occupant looking at you?	Back of the adult bag. Distress Oxide sky, Edison clouds, Graveyard Colorized Thinlet die, Anna Griffin RIP stone.

I'm off to make the last 6 bags until someone asks me to make a few more..... I really need to get on to my other makes now.

Enjoy the making season,

Susan

Halloween Treat Bags series#1

Hello, it is fall, according to the temperature here today. Technically fall will arrive at 2AM.

Here are a couple of the bags I have been making with an assorted collection of stamped and die-cut pieces I have in my drawer of pieces and parts. This is one time I can agree with Tim Holtz and Jennifer McGuire that having a pile of pre-made elements makes a make easier.

The basic bag was made with the Anna Griffin Halloween bag die. Several of the papers used for the bag construction were from an old Martha Stewart Halloween 12x12 pad.

Both of these bags use the Tim Holtz/ Sizzix Edison die and a little of the new Glow paste in the features so they will glow in the dark.
 

Green Edison with cloud and moss. MFT frog stamp	Back of Green Edison using MFT stamps and Anna Griffin bat and pumpkin dies
Purple Edison and bat/ Purple matt foil witch hat	Back of Purple Edison with MFT stamp characters.

Stay tuned...... more to follow.

Here is the front of the bag with a Tim Holtz "Edison" die.

I used mica spray to make the features pop and then used a bit of glow paste so it really does glow in the dark!

Halloween Treat Bags

Boooo!

Getting into Halloween makes the last few days. I really see lots of uses for this Anna Griffin bag die.

It comes with dies to decorate for Halloween but I just took it to another level and threw EVERYTHING in my craft room at these bags. Everybody on the list will be getting one for Halloween and Christmas and Valentine's Day and..... Do you get my drift?

This was an easy make. I cut the bag out of a paper pack from Martha Stewart, colored up the KLM Digital Designs image from the new release, and popped it up onto the bag. This photo was taken before I added the Ranger Grit paste to it. I colored it with a little Forest Moss ink and it looks so cool.

I'll fill a little snack baggie with some goodies and give this to someone on my list. The backs are also finished with assorted cutouts, stamps, and anything else I can find in my stash.

This bag is for my grandson, the skinny eating machine! I used the candy corn and cookie skull Sizzix dies as well as Mr. Bones to decorate this bag.

The sentiment is from a MFT Stamps stamp set. 

Like I said... I'm using everything I can lay my hands on.

I'll take a few more photos of the others and post them later. 

Right now I have 11 finished and 8 more to go.

Craft room here I come!

Susan

They're Baaaack! Graveyard Witch Gnome

Welcome! 

Finally some beautiful weather here in Vermont. Just in time for the return of the KLM Team.

I had so much fun working on this card!

I will admit it was a little labor intensive but I've been wanting to use some of my new Tim Holtz materials so I took this opportunity to marry the two styles together with some fun results!

I used Spellbinders Essential Arches Die set to make the card base and the inner sentiment liner.

The moon and glow in the dark grit paste on the moon are from the latest Tim Holtz Halloween release.  Yes, it actually glows in the dark! So much fun. I used some crypt paste with a dab of mica stain in green for the moss on the grave stone.

The arch layer was dipped into purple and blue Distress dye inks and mica sprays.

I used stencils from the Holtz collection and a bit of purple Mica  Spray to add a bit of texture to the black paper. The Broom is from the Frightful Things Thinlits Die set by Sizzix.

The image and sentiment were printed with an Epson ET printer onto Pen and Gear white card stock.

Coloring was done with Copic markers. It was fussy cut and popped up onto 3M Foam tape.

Color map:

Stone - C1,2,3,5,7, YG63, Y00

Skin - E00, kE35, V15

Hair - Y00, V12, 15, 09

Pumpkin - Y35, YR15, YR09, E09

Hat/ Coat - C1,3,5,8, 100, Y00

Dress - YG03, 17, G99

More fun is on the way so stay tuned!

Until then keep creating,

Susan

Halloween Dome Wonka style

Here it is, the last of the domes... for now.😏

This dome took some time to put together. There were a lot of elements that required dry time.

This spooky candy shop is for the 7-year-old granddaughter. She not only loves candy but Willy Wonka, too!

I have to admit the list of materials is crazy long but the result was worth it.

This is side one of the globe vignette with the lights on.

It is actually the back side of a vignette box that was painted with Distress Paint and Crayons and was distressed with Distress Crackle Texture Paste.  The doorway was made with chipboard pieces covered with Distress woodgrain card stock. The skeleton was stamped and fussy cut from watercolor paper. 

Here is a better look with more light.

The bottle brush tree was colored with Halloween 2022 Distress Mica Sprays. The small jar came from Family Dollar and is filled with some clear baubles and google eyes that I had in my stash.

The warning sign and candy are Tim Holtz Idea-ology products.

The candy shop sign I lettered.

Now for side two.

This is the candy shop, inside. I added a chipboard shelf to the vignette box. The "doily" is made with the Sizzix Crochet die.

The book introduces the Wonka connection. I filled the bottom of the Jack-o-lantern with bubble wrap to take up space, then filled the top with candy corn and Halloween confections.

On the bottom shelf a cauldron full of bubbles, colored with alcohol ink and "sugared" with glitter, spills over. The ultimate Everlasting Gobstoppers! Tucked in the back is THE golden ticket! 

The hardest part of making these are where and how to place the lights. It takes a good amount of pre-planning and patience to get everything where you want it.

Below is a picture of the candy shelf side with the lights on.

 All materials are products from Tim Holtz unless otherwise stated.

Idea-ology- Vignette box, Tiny Lights, Halloween Ephemera Pack, Bottle Brush trees, Jack-O-Lantern, Candy Corn, and Halloween Confections, Cauldron, Bubbles

Distress Woodgrain card stock, Distress Paints Antique Linen, Weathered Wood, Frayed Burlap, Hickory Smoke, Distress Crayon Hickory Smoke,  Distress Texture Paste Crackle,  Halloween 2022 Mica Spray,  Collage Medium

Sizzix Thinlits: Crochet #664178

Stamp: Sampers Anonymous THMM145

Tiny Jar and dome from Family Dollar

Clear glitter: Recollection

Hubby's Drill 😏

A Witches Dome

Hello there. Welcome to Creative Juice, and thank you for stopping by.

These domes are addictive! If you saw my previous post you know my dome-making started with learning to make little books from Tami Bastiaans (@playswellwithpaper). As always, I got carried away and made so many I needed to use them!

This dome is for my 9-year-old granddaughter. She is a big fan of Hocus Pocus, thus the witch theme for her.  The witch has her book of spells nearby.

I made the witch using 4 layers of heavy black cardstock and one layer of watercolor paper. This makes her sturdy enough to stand, with her feet between 2 layers of chipboard strips to make a stand.

I left the bubbles uncolored as I was using the green mini lights.

    

On the back side of the witch, there is a stick from my yard that had some natural lichen. I added some moss and leaf die cuts to cover a little of the wire from the lights.

I painted a small pumpkin with Distress Paints Antique Linen, Bundled Sage and some Distress Crayons rubbed on to grunge it up a bit.

I used several colored mosses on the "floor" of the dome to create a forest floor effect.

To the left of the tree is a skull that I drilled out so the eyes would glow.

Materials:

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Thinlit Witchcraft #662386, and Fall Foliage

                             #660955

Idea-ology - Halloween 2022 Ephemera pack, Bubbles, Skulls, 

                    Cauldron, Pumpkin, Halloween Deco Sheets, Tiny

                    Lights

Moss from Michale's

Dome from Family Dollar

Husband's drill 😏

One more to go.

Hopefully done tomorrow.

    

        

                

                                

Halloween Poe Dome

Welcome! Thanks for stopping by. 

Today is a bit of a departure for me. I have been stalking some of Tim Holtz's designers for a while now. the talent never ceases to amaze me!

I purchased some of the Ideaology Halloween products. I had 3 weeks to think about what I would make and who for as they took a long time arriving. After I made a few books using Cracked Leather Cardstock and a Tami Bastiaans tutorial the light bulb came on.

Here is the back story. My sister-in-law loves Halloween. Her son, Chris, is a talented filmmaker/director/writer.

Several of his works are in the horror genre, thus the inspiration for this dome. He loves old books, and during a recent visit home, we found ourselves at a library book sale interested in the same old books. I decided I would use the film theme to create a Halloween Dome deco piece for his mother using some of his titles on the books.

If you follow Tim Holtz, he encourages people to make things ahead of time to have them on hand for making. Now I understand. It took me 3 days, on and off, to make the pieces for this dome. 

The dome I used was a Family Dollar Store find. I drilled a hole in the base to fit the bulb of a battery tea light.

I used an Idea-ology baseboard window frame as the separation between the 2 sides of the dome. It didn't quite have the look I needed so I covered it with Woodgrain Cardstock, treated it with Distress crayons, and added some Crackle Texture Paste. I used a bit of mica in the windows then cut the web and ghost from vellum using Sizzix/ TH Thinlits 664209 Frightful Things. Hanging from the web is a metal spider from Idea-ology Halloween 2022. The sticker at the top is from the Curiosities Sticker book. A little Mummy cloth on the bottom adds a little more texture.

I made some drippy candles and attached one to a Distress Painted pumpkin. I used one of the gear dies from the Gearhead Sizzix Thinlits set to cut 4 pieces. I trimmed away the cogs around the outside so it resembled a film reel. The film strip took the longest. It's a 1/2-inch strip of cardstock punched with hand punches.

I added the titles of Christopher's works to the books.

This is the writer's side of the dome, complete with a framed portrait of Poe. I found the picture of him in an old dictionary and cut a frame of copper cardstock distressed with Distress Crayons and Texture paste. The film reel is leaning against another drippy candle, three more books, a piece of the filmstrip, and a handmade ticket to Studio 13 finish the base.

A Curiosities sticker and a 13 from the Halloween Ephemera package finish the top.

This is Poe lit up in the dome.

Below is Linda's side of the dome. The moon at the top is the back of the 13 from the Poe side. I added a touch of Antique Linen Distress ink and stenciled a few craters using the moon stencils.

the bat is from the Halloween Ephemera pack. Linda is a HUGE animal lover, so I had to add the black cat to her side. The cat is sporting a tiny 13 to tie both sides together along with more books. There is a small piece of the film strip, but it's behind the books.

This was great fun to make. A lot more fun than rebuilding a deck, which was what I was doing while waiting for supplies to arrive and while I was creating the books, etc.  It was a much-needed diversion from construction disagreements. You would think I would have learned by age 71 that home improvements need to be done by a specialist! We're too old for this. 

At least it's nearly done and I can get back to creating!😌

Pumpkin Night

‘T was the night for ghosts and goblins and ghouls,

For spooking and tricking and acting as fools.

  I answered a knock with a bag full of candy,   

And hoped the children had toothbrushes handy. 

Then I, with a handful of paper and ink,

sat with my punches to ponder and think,  

Of the horseman who rode, with out head, says the tale, 

Through the darkened forest, near a wooded vale. 

Who threw a pumpkin, on a moon filled night,

Giving ol’ Ichabod a terrible fright.

A pumpkin, of course, graces this card.

With punches and time, it’s really not hard.                                                 

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!                                                                                                                              So much for  poetry. I have not figured how to format the text on this blog stuff yet! Materials:  Cardstock - Not Quite Navy, Going Grey,So Saffron, Pumpkin Spice, Chocolate Chip, Mello Moss, /Creamy Caramel.                                                                  Orange was punched with the 2 smaller ovals from SU. They were sponged and assembled into a pumpkin shape. I used some scraps of moss and Chocolate to crumple under the pumpkin and to cut a stem. The moon is punched from So Saffron and sponged lightly with Apricot Appeal. White Craft was sponged to create the light around the moon as well as the highlights on the cloud. The shading is Apricot. The textured paper on the bottom is from crimping, scrunching and separating a layer of Creamy Caramel. The smooth side is glued and the remaining fuzzy side is what you see.