The Witch Mansion

I made the base with the scoreboard XL die ‘journal’ from Eileen Hull. I uses an extra piece of chipboard to glue the two pieces together. I covered the chipboard with some paper from my stash and grunged it up a bit. 

Then I took the Etcetera Trim from Tim Holtz and glued them to the bottom of the ‘journal’ so it could stand up.

The base was now finished.

For the outside I used the Haunted die from Tim Holtz. I took some watercolor paper and colored it with  Scattered Straw for the moon and the light glow inside the house.The mansion was made with Black out cardstock. I sanded the cardstock before I cut out the little pieces. For the gate I used watercolor paper and colored it with Black Soot. 

I also added some vines. These were colored with Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Gathered Twigs and Walnut Stain.

On the back I put some ghosts and spiderwebs. I used two different brands of mixed media paper. I used the same technique to color the paper (blending with a blending tool and spraying with water), the same color (Pumice Stone), but got different results. 

I used the one on the left for the spiderwebs, and added some Hickory Smoke. The one on the right, I used for the ghosts.

And then the inside.

For the window, the shelves and fireplace I used Woodgrain paper. I colored the paper with Gathered Twigs, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain (crayon) and black soot (crayon)
before die cutting. 

I die cut the fireplace several times out of black cardstock. I glued them all together to give it more depth. The stones are from watercolor paper, colored with Black Soot. For the fire I used Scattered Straw, Fossilized Amber and Wild Honey, and for the background in the fireplace Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge and Black Soot.

The moon in the window is made with Scattered Straw and Fossilized Amber, the sky with Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot, the bats, raven, spiders, keys and hat are colored with Black Soot.

For the cauldron I used mixed media paper, colored with Black Soot. I used some grit paste through a stencil to make the stains. I colored the grit paste with Rusty Hinge Oxide. The foam on the cauldron is from the same paper colored with Hickory Smoke and Twisted Citron.

All the other things are made with mixed media paper. And colored with Distress ink.
Skulls and bones: Pumice Stone
Broom: Gathered Twigs, Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain
Book: Gathered Twigs, Antique Linen
Candles: Black Soot, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Scattered Straw
Hat: Black Soot, Twisted Citron
Bottles: Antique Linen, Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, Rusty Hinge, Walnut  Stain

For the cork on the bottles I used cork sheet. For the text on the Labels I used the text stamp from Entomology.

Products used:
Sizzix:
Scoreboards XL Journal (Eileen Hull)
Gate keeper
Haunted
Frightful things
Spider web
Garden greens
Laboratory
Happy hour
Regions beyond
Fireside
Window frame
Cauldron

Etcetera trims Scallop
Distress woodgrain paper
Distress watercolor paper
Mixed media paper
Black out kraft stock
Ranger distress grit paste
Stampers Anonymous stamp Entomology CMS328
Stampers Anonymous stencil set mini 3

Ranger Distress Ink:
Gathered Twigs
Frayed Burlap
Black Soot
Scattered Straw
Fossilized Amber
Wild Honey
Rusty Hinge
Chipped Sapphire
Hickory Smoke
Twisted Citron
Walnut Stain
Peeled Paint
Forest Moss
Pumice Stone
Vintage Photo
Antique Linen
Speckled Egg
Faded Jeans

Ranger Distress Oxide:
Wild Honey
Rusty Hinge

Ranger Distress Crayons:
Walnut stain
Black Soot 

Colorize Arthur Art Journal

The journal was made with three pieces of greyboard. The pieces were attached together with bookbinders linen.

I used a stencil and Distress Glaze to create a resist on a piece of Mixed Media Heavystock. Then I sprayed some Distress Spray Speckled Egg on the paper. And blended some Antique linnen on it after drying the spray.

I used another stencil to make some contrast with the color Vintage 

Photo.

The wooden letters I embossed with Distress Embossing Glaze Speckled Egg.

For Arthur I used mixed media paper and the Distress colors Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot, Antique Linen, Salty Ocean. The branch was colored with Ground Espresso and Frayed Burlap.

Tim Holtz products used:

Sizzix die: Colorize Arthur

Ranger Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot, Antique Linen, Salty Ocean, Ground Espresso, Frayed Burlap and Speckled Egg.

Ranger Distress Embossing Glaze Speckled Egg

Stampers Anonymous stencil: mini set 28 andTHS040 Typo

Never give up on the things that make you smile

This time for the background I used Distress Ink Speckled Egg and Distress Oxide Pumice Stone. I blended the Pumice Stone through a stencil from mini set 28.

The flowers were made with Sizzix die Flower Jar. There is a stamp set from Stampers Anonymous that goes with it, but I did not use that this time.

The shelves and the vases are made with the Sizzix die Laboratory.

Tim Holtz products used:
Ranger Distress Ink: Speckled Egg, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Scattered Straw, Fired Brick, Dusty Concord, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss
Ranger Distress Oxide: Pumice Stone
Ranger Distress Embossing Glaze: Speckled Egg
Stampers Anonymous stencil: mini set 28
Stampers Anonymous stamp: Entomology
Sizzix dies: Laboratory, Flower Jar

Limited Edition, Be Authentic

For the background I used my favorite resist technique with Distress Glaze. I used the stencil Bubbles for this technique. I also blended some Distress Ink through a stencil from mini set 15.

I tried to make it look like the dinosaur were standing on a hill by blending some Walnut Stain on the green background.

The dinosaur were colored with different shades of green and brown and some Aged Mahogany.

Tim Holtz Products used:
Stampers Anonymous Stencil: Bubbles, mini set 15

Stampers Anonymous stamp: Tiny Text
Ranger Distress Glaze

Ranger Distress Mixed Media Heavystock

Sizzix dies: Prehistoric, Funky Floral #1, Funky Floral #2, Funky Floral #3, Funky Foilage
Ranger Distress Ink: Forest Moss, Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage, Crushed Olive, Shabby Shutters, Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain, Aged Mahogany

Dreams of faraway places and daring adventures

For the background I used Distress Ink Speckled Egg an d Antique Linen. I stamped two images on it with embossing ink and used Distress embossing glaze Speckled Egg to emboss it.

The globe was colored by blending Faded Jeans and Forest Moss. Spraye dsome water on it to make it wick. The little globe I colored with the same colors.

For the flowers I used a spritzer and Distress Markers. I spritzed the coloers on the flowers and sprayed them with water. This made the colors wick and blend together.

For the suitcases I used a technique Tim Holtz showed in a facebook live. First you crumble the paper, then you smooth it out a bit. Next you swipe a Distress Ink Pad over the paper and soak ik with water to make the ink react. The last step is putting a hot iron on the wet paper. Keep ironing the paper till it’s dry. It creates some great effects. I used the colors Hickory Smoke, Pumice Stone and Iced Spruce.

Tim Holtz Products used:
Stampers Anonymous Stamp: Classics #1 (not Tim Holtz)

Sizzix dies: Globe, Circle Play, Wildflower Stems #1, Wildflower Stems #2, Baggage Claim, Cityscape commute

Ranger Distress Ink: Speckled Egg, Antique Linen, Faded Jeans, Forest Moss, Walnut Stain, Iced Spruce, Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Ranger Distress Markers: Barn Door, Abandoned Coral, Squeezed Lemonade, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Mowed Lawn

Ranger Distress Embossing Glaze: Speckled Egg

Ranger Dylusions Mixed Media Cardstock

Ranger Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Ranger Distress Cracked Leather Cardstock

Idea-ology Metallic Confections Kraft-stock

Idea-ology Quote Chips Theories

Believe in yourself

This time I made a little tag.

For the background I used a resist technique Tim  Holtz explaned in one of his Facebook Lives. I put Distress Glaze on the tag through a stencil. After that I used Distress ink Gathered Twigs and Speckled Egg. I stamped some text with embossing ink and embossed it with Distress Embossing Glaze Speckled Egg.

The bird and the wreath were made with Sizzix dies and Distress Inks.

For the bird I used Black Soot and Gathered Twigs and for the wreath Peeled Paint, Forest Moss,

The flowers I colored with Distress Markers and a spritzer.

Tim Holtz products used:

Ranger Distress Tags

Ranger Distress Ink Speckled Egg, Gathered Twigs, Black Soot, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss

Ranger Distress Markers

Ranger Distress Glaze

Ranger Distress Embossing Glaze Speckled Egg

Stampers Anonymous stencil Mini set #28

Stampers Anonymous stamp Entomology. Tiny Text

Sizzix dies Feathered Friends, Funky Wreaths, Funky Floral #2

Birthday card in green and purple

 

The background was made with a stenciling technique. First I blended some Antique Linen on the paper. Then I put Distress Ink Bundled Sage on the stencil Trellis and flipped it around on a piece of paper. This created a outline. I really did not like the outcome of this, so I used the stencil like a stencil and blended the ink to fill the outlines. I thought the outcome of this was much better. I also blended some Dusty Concord through a stencil from mini set 5.

The flowers were colored with Distress ink in the same colors as the background.

The bottle was made with the Sizzix Bigz die Bottled up. I put collage medium on it, after this dried I put distress crackle paint on it and after that dried some Walnut Stain Distress Crayon. 

For the tag I udes some Distress Ink Wanut stain to color the edges .

Tim Holtz products used:

Stampers anonymous stencil: Trellis, mini set 5

Ranger Distress Ink: Bundled Sage, Dusty Concord, Antique Linen

Ranger Distress Oxide: Bundled Sage, Dusty Concord, Old Paper

Ranger Distress Crayon: Walnut Stain

Sizzix dies: Wildflower Stems #1, Wildflower Stems #2, Bottled Up, Tag Collection, Flutter

Ranger Distress Collage Medium

Ranger Distress Texture Paste Crackle

Junk Journal ‘In My Heart’

This is the first ever junk journal I have made.

The pictures are from my own family, this makes it a very personal journal.

Tim Holtz products used:

Idea-ology: Fabric Journal, Collage Paper Typography, Design Tape Salvaged, Layers Botanical, Ephemera Pack Snippets, Layers Collector, Clippings Sticker Book, Filmstrips Ribbon, Game Spinners, Quote Chips

Sizzix: Tattered Butterfly, Stacked Baroque, Stacked Deckle, Stacked Postage, Crochet, Doily, Doily #2

Stampers Anonymous: stamp Baroque, Stamp Papillon, Stencil Latticework, Stencil Splash

Focus on the good

For this project I used a lot of colors Distress Ink, so many that I can’t remember all of them. The scene is set in a Etcetera Tray.

For the background I used some greens and blues Distress Ink. The sun was made with the Sizzix die Circle Play.

The birds are made with the Sizzix die Featheres Friends and the flowerpot with the bigz die Potted.

For the background I also used the thinlits dies Funky Floral #1 and #2, and the bigz die Tree Rings Mini.

The trees are made with the bigz die Branches. I cut the different branches and glued them together so they would fit on the front of the tray. I put the leaves around the branches and randomly put the flowers between the leaves. For the leaves I used the die Garden Greens and for the flowers Funky Floral #2.

To finish the scene I glued some flowers from Idea-ology Bouquet and some moss down.

Tim Holtz products used:

Etcetera tray

Sizzix dies: Potted, Feathered Friends, Branches, Garden Greens, Funky Floral #1, Funky Floral #2, Tree Rings Mini, Circle Play

Idea-ology Bouquet, Quote Chips Theories

And a lot of colors Distress Ink