1. Creepy Clipboard

   2nd September, 2019 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends. Things are about to get really freaky around here with Halloween making full steam ahead. Meet the bone collector… no you really wouldn’t want to!

   
   Using the new Tim Holtz halloween idea-ology, I created this creepy altered clipboard.

   
   I love crackle anything and use opaque crackle texture paste from Ranger a lot. As you will see from the photo above, the issue I have had in the past is the paste flakes off once it dries and cracks.

   
   This time I added a layer of vintage distress collage medium over the top. Some of the crackle paste flaked off and moved as I painted on the vintage medium, but I just pushed it into place with my finger. What I was left with was a really organic looking cracked background. Once dry, I rubbed distress crayons into the cracks with my finger.

   
   I grunged up the clipboard clip with distress grit-paste, distress paint and distress crayons. Added the cool skull and crossbones which has been resized this year and comes as part of the adornments halloween accents. As well as a word band from the adornements halloween words set and hardware heads covered with distress crayon, I wrapped wire around the skull and crossbones, boneyard bone and hitch fasteners that I used to attach the clip.

   
   I am a bit obsessed with the new cobweb dies from the Sizzix frightful things thinlits die set. I ran it through my sidekick with distress mixed media heavystock, sprayed with ground espresso distress spray and once dry, shaped with my fingers to give it some dimension and glued the edges allowing the center to still be popped up.

   
   The stitched thinlits dies make the best frames. I used 2 sized ovals die cut from heavystock, covered with opaque crackle texture paste. I’m pretty impatient so I used my heat tool to speed up the drying and allowed the heat to sit over parts of the paste so it bubbled. You get a really nice gnarly effect which I covered with distress crayons.

   
   I had a tiny piece of leftover idea-ology ruler ribbon which I added remnant rubs to the back of, inked, covered with a layer of vintage distress collage medium and stitched with orange thread. That gorgeous background paper is from the utterly amazing abandoned paper stash! Stock up!

   
   The new idea-ology adornment spider reminded me of the face huggers from the Alien movies. I removed the pearl and wired an idea-ology tiny vial to it. I glued some idea-0logy boneyard bones inside the vial and a label from the ephemera pack with remnant rubs added.

   
   Thanks for stopping by. Hope you find time to get your creep on…

   If you would like to see a step out of the crackle paste technique, head over to Tami B – playswellwithpaper blog. And while you’re there, do yourself a favour and check out her most incredible candle tutorial. Trust me, you don’t want to miss them.

   Zoe
   
   

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2. Send in the Clowns

   25th August, 2019 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends! I’m back with another card that I made using the new Halloween stamps from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous.

   
   The card was inspired by the new shifters ray stencil. It just whispered circus to me. The skull from the life of the party stamp set (CMS380) matched perfectly with the distinguished (CMS371) stamp set.

   
   I love this sentiment, also from the life of the party stamp set (CMS380). I used the label stamp from another set but I’m not sure which, it’s one I have kicking around my desk all the time.

   
   The nose I made fussy cutting a circle from the dots and circles stamp set (CMS382) stamped in distress archival ink. I am seriously in love with the bow tie stamps from the life of the party (CMS380) stamp set. Little bit of colouring heaven for me.

   
   The frame is die cut from the stitched rectangle thinlits die set, covered in texture opaque crackle paste and covered in vintage collage medium and once dry, distress crayon. It looks really complicated but the paste and crayons do all the work for you. Rub the distress crayon onto your finger and rub it onto the frame for the best results.

   
   Thanks for stopping by and have a great Sunday.
   Zoe
   
   

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3. He Was Dead Dapper

   24th August, 2019 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello friends! I wanted to share this super simple card that I made and shared on instagram using some the new Halloween stamps from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous.

   
   It’s no secret that I’m a fan of hats and the distinguished stamp set (CMS371) has been one of my favourites. The moment I saw the cadaverous stamp set (CMS378) I knew I was going to put a hat on him…

   
   I slid one of the bony fingers (also from the cadaverous set) into a slit I cut into the hat. His face reminds me of a creepy phantom of the opera. For anyone who knows about my ongoing fear of/battle with my sewing machine, you may notice my stitching is looking a little better. I wanted to share a couple of tips in case it helps those new or struggling stitchers. I now use a test piece of card first (thanks Paula Cheney for the tip). I also lightly score a line around the card where I’m going to stitch so I have a straight line to follow. This might not be the best way to do it and if you have any stitching tips, please share them.

   
   The background was a print using the alcohol lift ink (see pic below). These awesome cobwebs are from the life of the party stamp set (CMS380). I pulled the background through a distress ink wash and flicked with distress paint.

   
   This is where I lifted the print from. The background was a little busy for the cobwebs, but I stashed this in my bits bag it’s a good reminder to use the alcohol lift ink technique.

   Thanks for stopping by.
   Zoe
   
   

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4. The Unusual Suspects

   14th August, 2019 by iGirlZoe

   

   Hello again! Nothing for months, then 2 posts in one day! #fairweatherblogger
   I had to share this super simple project that I made for the Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Halloween facebook LIVE. If you missed the LIVE you can see it on Tim’s blog along with the designers samples.

   
   The moment I saw the monster reunion stamps (CMS381), I immediately thought of that famous scene from the movie ‘The Usual Suspects’… Clearly this lot were anything but ‘usual’ though! I die cut a stencil using the stencil alphabet from the gift card bag thinlits die to stencil “The Unusual Suspects!” I created this all using the sidekick, this tiny machine really has been a game changer for me, I use my dies so much more. #everyoneneedsasidekick

   
   The scientific ruler from the weird science stamp set (CMS379) made the perfect border to begin my backdrop. I stamped it with picket fence distress ink onto black cardstock, embossed with white powder and fussy cut.

   
   Using the media tool set and glass media mat, I drew lines across my distress mixed media heavystock background with a permanent black marker pen. Did you know that there are 2 little screws on the media tools ruler so you can adjust your ruler to line up perfectly with the grid on the glass media mat? Smart right?!

   
   I am pretty sure this guy is the guilty party…

   
   The monster reunion stamps were stamped with distress archival ink and watercolored with distress markers.

   Thanks for stopping by and please let me know if you have any questions.
   Zoe
   
   

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5. Ebenezer Bones

   8th November, 2018 by iGirlZoe

   Meet Ebenezer Bones, with a hat straight off the pages of Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’… it had to be done!

   
   I’m slowly weaning myself off halloween and finding my Christmas spirit. Made easier with the new Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous holiday stamps… yuletide (cms356), music & advert (cms358) and mr bones (cms345).

   
   Mr Bones fit perfectly into the wreath from the yuletide set. His teeth and eye were a little stained so I painted a layer of clean water over both, left for a few seconds and patted with a cloth to lift the distress ink.

   
   I love the new Christmas design tape and used it around the edges of the bottom layer of the mount to give a pop of colour amidst the various shades of brown! This is one of my favourite ways to use design tape and you can edge a failed background and no one will ever know. 😉

   
   Phew, first Christmas card done…

   Thanks for stopping by.
   Zoe

    

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6. Tim Holtz Tag Press Witches Hat

   4th November, 2018 by iGirlZoe

   Hello friends. I am back with a Sunday step by step for the witches hat that is hanging in The Witches Boutique, using the Tim Holtz idea-ology tag press.

   

   
   Gather these supplies, all are listed at the bottom of the post and the black felt is from my own stash. I WISH I had some deep purple felt, I’ll have to order some witchy colours and make some more. I already have an idea for a home decor project for next year. But for now, here’s how…

   
   1. Spray mummy cloth with distress spray stain and set aside to dry.
   2. Using the Tim Holtz large circle paper punch, punch 4 circles out of distress mixed media heavystock.
   3. Place one of the heavystock circles into the tag press frame and press.
   4. Use the second circle as a guide by placing it onto a piece of felt and cutting around the circle, leaving a half inch border, (t0 fold over the frame).

   
   5. Place the pressed tag onto the felt you just cut and snip lines all the way around from the edge of the felt to the circle frame. Cover with distress collage medium and start to fold the felt over the frame.
   6. Continue to fold the felt over the frame and press down into the collage medium and set aside to dry.
   7. Cut another piece of felt using the heavystock circle as a template, (this time don’t leave a border).
   8. Adhere the felt circle over the back of the circle frame to hide the gathered material.

   
   9. Take the 3 remaining heavystock circles and cut a line across the middle leaving a quarter uncut.
   10. Roll each of the circles into cones and stack them on top of each other, covering in a layer of collage medium to hold in place.
   11. Once the glue is dry, cover in a layer of distress paint that best matches the felt and allow to air dry.
   12. Assemble the hat with collage medium. Once completely dry, gently bend the frame of the pressed circle tag to create the signature witch hat curve.

   
   Use a smaller circle tag and punch for different size hats and mix your distress paints to colour match to your felt. The possibilities are endless, I hope you give it a go.

   Thanks for stopping by.
   Zoe

    

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7. Mr Bones Halloween Banner 2018

   3rd November, 2018 by iGirlZoe

   Hello friends. Hope you had a happy halloween with lots of treats. Today I’m sharing the halloween banner I made using some of Tim Holtz Halloween 2018 products. I loved this years Halloween release, but my heart was stolen by Mr Bones from the Mr Bones stamp set (cms345).

   

   

   
   Using 3 of my favourite distress oxide inks from the final colour release, I created a base for the top layer of the banner. Stamp the lace stamp from ornate and lace stamp set (cms348) with frayed burlap distress ink. Edged with ground espresso distress archival ink.

   
   All of the background banner panels are Tim Holtz halloween paper stash and classic kraft stock, sanded and blended with vintage photo distress ink and stitched. You can see the banner dimensions HERE.

   
   The Halloween remnant rubs were perfect for adding accents and I used them throughout the banner. How cute is this tiny vial label stamp from stamp set mini halloween 3 (cms140). I used the skull head from the same set in 2 of the banners further down.

   
   But back to Mr Bones, who was the beginnings of this banner and my favourite stamp of the season. I will let you into a little secret, he’s sticking around for Christmas… with that hat straight out of Dickens, A Christmas Carol!

   
   Anyone else signed up to the inventor stamp club?! I did fussy cut this, I find it relaxing, but for those who don’t, stamp directly onto the banner. I’ve just ordered the inventor Christmas stamps and can’t wait to play with them.

   
   Another of my favourite stamps from this season was this one from the tangled webs set (cms346). This is another stamp I am going to use beyond halloween. I’ve seen some fantastic things done using this and the theories stamp set (cms329) in the Tim Holtz Addicts facebook group. If you’re an addict, come and join in the fun. I tucked a bone from the idea-ology boneyard set by stamping an extra finger and gluing it over the bone. Thanks Tami Bastiaans for the zombie finger inspiration.

   
   I used the ornate stamp from the ornate and lace set (cms348) for the background on the next 3 banner panels. I cut a skeleton from heavystock with the ghoulish thinlits die set and a fence from the village graveyard thinlits set. I covered the fence with black soot distress paint and chained it to the skeleton. I just love how well the old and new products in Tim’s line work together. It makes adding to your collection each year so much fun.

   
   This was a “huh, what if…” idea that became a “YES” moment. I combined the top of a stamp from the inventor 2 stamp set (cms342) and bottom of the skull head from mini halloween 3 stamp set (cms140). Stamp, fussy cut and glue one over the other and watercolour with distress inks.

   
   I posted the uncanny resemblance that my husband’s 2016 halloween costume has to this stamping monster mash up, on my instagram.

   
   There had to be a dapper skull head including in this banner. I used some of the remnant rubs on the shirt collar and hat, as well as on some stamped tiny vial labels. There is a little extra chain (used to connect the banner) left at each end ready to add a couple more panels next year…

   
   Thanks for stopping by. I hope you like the banner and it’s inspired you to make your own.

   Have a great Saturday.
   Zoe

    

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8. The Witches Boutique

   31st October, 2018 by iGirlZoe

   Happy Halloween

   The doors of the Wicked Witches Boutique creak open for business… step inside and behold the poisonous potions, pickled pumpkins, fine fashions, gorgeous gems, bedazzled broomsticks and haunted hats.

   

   

   
   These idea-ology corked domes have been long time favourites of mine. I added a pumpkin and skull inside one and a spider from the adornment halloween set to the other. These spiders are so creepy I can barely hold them. The trinket pin on the end makes the perfect price stick.

   
   Altering bottles is another favourite when it comes to the idea-ology range. I love love love the assortment of bottles available. I used bottles from the apothecary vials, tiny vials and corked vials sets. I added crackle glaze, ephemera and melted embossing powder on them to alter them. I chained a story stick around one. I pushed a nail from the vintage hardware pack into cork stopper of one bottle. I love the pieces in the vintage hardware pack and used them throughout this project.

   
   This witches hat evolved through experimentation and a crazy idea. I used the tag press to create a hat base. It provided something to wrap the felt around and could be bent to give that unique curve to the brim. The peak is made from paper circles, cut with the paper punch that matches the tag press set and stacked on top of each other. Painted with a layer of distress collage medium and covered in black soot distress paint. A scrap piece of idea-ology mummy cloth sprayed with rusty hinge distress spray gives it a little flair. I’ve posted a short step by step HERE. It’s really easy and I have another idea for an extra home decor piece. It’s okay to continue to make halloween stuff into November, right?!

   
   This aged mirror using the idea-ology baroque frame will surely tell you who the fairest of them all is. Pickled pumpkins and bottles, this time pungent perfume “toil number 13” …a witches favourite.

   For just $1 pick up this frightfully fanciful chocker, it’s sure to take your breath away…

   
   Cloak Couture! made to measure for the discerning witch…

   Bedazzled brooms in a variety of broomstick lengths, ask about our exciting new broom accessories…

   
   Pickled pumpkins, blended by head witch and cauldron specialist, Paula Cheney, (check out her Fall Pumpkin blog post).

   
   Don’t forget your coupons. Sale ends Friday!

   I really hope you’ve enjoyed this post. It was so much fun to make, I might have to make a series of Halloween boutiques to hang for halloween…

   A big thank you to Tim Holtz, Mario Rossi and Paula Cheney for including me in the seasonal sample fun. I have loved (and am hoarding) the Halloween idea-ology and have some lovely home deco pieces to add to my Halloween decorations.

   I will be back later with my completed Halloween banner, which is up, but may have to photograph when the sun scares all the vampires into their coffins and the halloween hangover sets in.

   Have a safe and happy halloween.
   Zoe

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9. Wicked and Co

   9th October, 2018 by iGirlZoe

   Hello everyone. I hope you are enjoying October and all the wonderful things it brings. This is my favourite time of year and love decorating my home for Autumn and Halloween. This year I am trying to make Halloween decorations to match my home decor and I wanted to share a piece I made using the new Tim Holtz Halloween idea-ology and etcetera tag with tombstone overlay.

   I was inspired by a new gothic and gripping British TV series, “A Discovery of witches,” which I believe is going to air in the US in January. Much of the series so far has been set at Oxford University and specifically in the library. With lots of wood and old style architecture, it was perfect inspiration to match my craft living room, which has lots of dark wood and an old library feel.

   
   If you have used an etcetera tag before, you will recognise the tag, (on the left) and the tombstone overlays are on the right. Having them in pieces makes life so much easier when covering with paper or decorating. I marked where the overlays would sit with a pencil. *the torn parts are where I used double sided tape to plan my tag.

   
   Emboss 3 pieces of distress mixed media heavystock using the Tim Holtz 3D lumber texture fades folder. Spray distress spray onto a glass media mat and drag the heavystock through. Once dry, blend in vintage photo and walnut stain distress ink. Next, trace around the overlay on the back of the heavystock. Use the inside of the overlay as a template to trace onto paper from the halloween paper stash. Cut out and adhere onto the overlays using distress collage medium. Cut heavystock with the tangled twigs thinlits die, emboss with the 3D lumber texture fades folder and blend in vintage photo and walnut stain distress ink. Trim to fit the overlay and adhere just at the edges so the tangled twigs float slightly above the background paper from the halloween paper stash.

   
   Adhere the overlay over the top with distress collage medium and place under something heavy to press, like a pupmkin casserole dish… lol

   
   Adhere the lumber embossed heavystock to the tag just overlapping the pencil lines marked out earlier, trimming to fit. Adhere the tombstone overlays to the tag with distress collage medium. Once completely dry, blend in walnut stain distress ink around the edges of the tag and overlay, using a mini blending tool.

   
   Decorate the tombstone with idea-ology. Add an adornment from the milagros set to the top of the overlay and a halloween word band, altered with picket fence distress paint and mushroom alcohol ink. Adhere heavystock to adhesive foam and die cut using the alphanumeric thinlits die. Add distress paint and when almost dry, rub with a dry cloth to give a weathered look. Add idea-ology skulls to the top of the vignette frame (detailed below)…

   
   Cover an idea-ology vignette frame with rusty hinge distress paint and set aside to dry. Repeat using black soot distress paint, allowing to almost dry and rubbing gently with a dry cloth to expose tiny portions of the rusty hinge layer. Once completely dry, dry brush fossilized amber distress paint over parts of the frame.

   
   Create the same underlay, of tangled twigs die cut and halloween paper stash, to create a base for the frame. Tuck in witches from the paper dolls ancestors, (so pleased the witches are back again). Use distress markers to colour parts of the paper dolls and allow to air dry before lightly rubbing with a cotton bud. Add a little flair to the hat with dyed mummy cloth, ribbon or twine. Using wire cutters, cut an idea-ology metal gate in half. I freaking love these metal gates and bought up quite a few to hoard and use throughout the year. Alter with picket fence distress paint and mushroom alcohol ink and adhere with distress collage medium to the inside edges of the vignette frame. Add idea-ology bouquet findings flowers, dyed with distress markers and stems painted with distress paint. Add an idea-ology adornment halloween spider to a broomstick and adhere to the frame. These spiders are so creepy I can barely touch them, (tweezers)!

   
   Alter an idea-ology story stick with mushroom alcohol ink and rusty hinge distress paint and add to the frame. Die cut ivy from classic kraft stock using the garden greens thinlits die and adhere around the frame and to the top overlay. This is an older Tim Holtz die, but I just love how the older products work so brilliantly with the new ones.

   
   Add the more of the die cut letters to the bottom portion of the overlay. I used “Est 1502” in place of where a death date would go to show when these naughty witches established their “Wicked & Co” boutique. If you would like to see what they’re selling in there, keep an eye on my blog…

   
   I hope you have enjoyed this idea-ology and etcetera tombstone overlay tag tutorial and it has inspired you to get creative. These products are seasonal and available in limited quantities, (one and done), so don’t delay in picking them up from your local or online retailer.

   The 2018 Tim Holtz Halloween release is a gothic wonder, so a huge shout out and thank you to Tim Holtz, Mario Rossi and Paula Cheney who collaborate to bring us these amazing products to craft with.

   Thanks for stopping by.

   Zoe

    

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   Category Halloween, Ideaology, Mixed Media, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 12 Comments | Views: 4,138

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10. Sinister

    2nd October, 2018 by iGirlZoe

    Hello friends. It’s a couple of weeks since my last post and I’ve been busy cooking up some things in my cauldron. While waiting for a project to dry, I made this quick card to send to a friend for Halloween.

    
    I LOVE the new Sizzix Sinister Bigz die by Tim Holtz! I was a smitten kitten when it was launched on Tim Holtz’s facebook live, and it does not disappoint.

    
    I dragged distress mixed media heavystock through hickory smoke and frayed burlap distress spray. Die cut with the sinister bigz die and blended in walnut stain distress ink to the edges of the die cut. The die cut was mounted onto the card backing with 3D adhesive foam to give some dimension.

    
    The backing mounts are Kraft card, black classic kraft stock sanded with the sanding grip and blended with vintage photo distress ink, scrap paper covered with halloween design tape. The background under the skull is heavystock stamped with the lace stamp from the Tim Holtz ornate and lace set with a frame embossed with the 3D lumber texture fades, adhered over the top.

    
    I loved his gold tooth on the packaging image, so had to include one myself. I covered with a dab of distress collage medium and dipped into gold embossing powder and melted.

    
    I die cut several pieces of foliage from the funky foliage thinlits set. Including some teeny wood grain leaves from a piece of 3D lumber embossed heavystock. I added a piece of mummy cloth, sprayed with rusty hinge distress spray. I covered an idea-ology halloween quote token with picket fence distress crayon.

    
    Thanks for stopping. I will be back this week with my first idea-ology seasonal project and it’s quite wicked…
    Zoe

    Sizzix Bigz Die – Sinister by Tim Holtz 663097	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps – Ornate & Lace	Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder – Lumber	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 20pk – Funky Foliage by Tim Holtz 663087	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set – Stitched Rectangles by Tim Holtz 661189
    Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Tokens, Halloween	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design Tape, Halloween	Tim Holtz Idea-olog Mummy Cloth	Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Classic Kraft Stock	Tim Holtz Distress Mixed Media Heavystock 4.25 x 5.5, 20PK TDA53835
    Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad – Vintage Photo TIM19527	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad – Walnut Stain TIM19534	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray – Rusty Hinge TSS42440	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray – Frayed Burlap TSS42303	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain – Hickory Smoke TSS44123
    Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon – Picket Fence TDB49692	Ranger Embossing Powder – Gold – Super Fine Detail EPJ37408	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte 1 oz Bottle	Ranger ADHESIVE – WHITE FOAM ROLL 1/2" X 1/16"x 2 YDS. IWT40514	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool – With 4 Blending Foams IBT40965
    Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip TH92482	Tim Holtz Travel Stamp Platform – 1711e by Tonic Studios	Tim Holtz Glass Media Mat

    
    

    Category Card, Halloween, Ideaology, Mixed Media, Ranger Ink, Sizzix, Stampers Anonymous, Texture Fades, Tim Holtz | Tags: | 7 Comments | Views: 843

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