Hello friends. I am back today to share a halloween wall hanging I made with the new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous halloween stamps and bat web trims.
Using a retired idea-ology framed panel (I cried a little too), I covered the chipboard panel with opaque crackle texture paste and set aside to dry. Adding a layer of vintage distress collage medium and once dry, rubbing distress crayon into the cracks.
Stamping the heart from the cadaverous (CMS378) stamp set onto plain collage paper in black soot distress archival ink and brushing onto a piece of linen with distress collage medium. I dyed the edges with distress inks. I hand stitched a nail from the idea-ology vignette hardware set onto the linen. The scissors and that beautiful tin in the background are Tim Holtz haberdashery scissors from Tonic Studios.
The fig stamp from tiny toadstools (CMS377) stamp set was a perfect fit.
Adding two frames cut from the stitched rectangles thinlits die set. The outer frame I stamped with the arterial branches of the heart stamp. The inner frame I covered with distress grit-paste and distress crayon.
I adhered the linen over a piece of vintage dictionary paper splashed with distress paint.
Using the new bat web trims, I created a dimensional shelf for the blood vials to sit on by turning the bat trim upside down. I stamped it with the cool scientific stamp from weird science (CMS379) stamp set in black soot distress archival ink and covered in vintage distress collage medium. I added mummy cloth dyed with distress spray stain.
To raise the trim and create a stand for the tiny vials, I added one of the straight trims that comes with the set, along the bottom and the off cuts I attached to the back of the bat trim. These trims are perfect for building up the decorative trims to create shelves etc.
Finally, to create the blood vials I poured distress paint and a spritz of water into the idea-ology tiny vials, shook, poured out the excess and allowed to dry. I added labels stamped from mini halloween (CMS140) stamp set. In truth I had to look up the stamp set as the stamp never makes it back onto the sheet. I use it a lot… I added twine and remnant rubs, which I hacked up until I had the letters I needed.
Thanks for stopping by and let me know if you have any questions. Hope you get some time to make and take time to give blood if you can.
Zoe
Standing ovation!!!
This is so fabulous! I absolutely love the whole theme and, well, just everything about this!
What Freddie Sleijpen said. This little work of art is fabulous!!!! The stitching to the little bottles, excellent, love it.
Ditto with what Freddie said…that is just brilliant using the bat trim to hold the blood vials!!! Crazy, creepy good…
Completely and utterly fabulous!!! Love! xx
Oh, man, so much to take in all at once! The background is gorgeous, such a perfect crackle! The whole idea for the project is genius! Love the collage paper heart on the textured linen. All of the frames are so perfect! Thanks for sharing the tutorial and inspiration! 🎃🕷🕸
Totally amazing! Love this one too <3
Hugs, Lisa
Another Halloween treat, Zoe! I love the little vials and your incredible Remnant Rub hack job which looks like they were meant to be. The heart on the linen and the stitched nail is genius! Just wow!
Such a marvellous project! The little vials really take this to the next level. I love all your details, like the stitched nail and the bat wing, and the textures, etc. So much to look at and enjoy.