Halloween The Count

The Sizzix / Tim Holtz release for Halloween is an absolutely wonderful release.

For this make I used several of the dies.

I wanted to make a tag, started with the background, decided that I wanted a window in it, with a moon… Than I thought what if the moon lights up…So, as Tim Holtz always says, tiny lights for the win. A tag turned into something more…

For the tag and the box behind the tag I used thick chipboard. It makes it strong enough to stand up.

The background was made with a piece of watercolor cardstock, a 3D embossing folder and ink. I think the stone wall turned out great, thanks to Zoe Hillman’s tutorial. You can find the tutorial here.

For the torn wallpaper I used one of the papers from Idea-ology Backdrops.

The sky is made with ink on vellum. I used the new moon mask from Tim Holtz to create the moon. 

For the window  I used woodgrain paper and some Distress spray stains. 

For The Count, candles, pumpkin, cat, bats, spiders and ivy I used different kind of cardstocks. I listed everything below, I’m only nit sure I remembered everything. I was having so much fun, that I didn’t write everything down.

I used the dies to cut the pieces out of white cardstock. I left the pieces in the paper. Then I colored the pieces with distress inks.

For the ground I used a mixture of Deco-art Media Texture Sand paste with mini art stones from Finnabair and Distress paint Ground Espresso and Black Soot.

Products used:

Ranger Distress Mixed Media Heavystock, Distress Watercolor kraftstock, Woodgrain paper

Ranger Distress Ink: Ground Espresso, Pumice Stone, Antique Linen, Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord, Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire, Rustic Wilderness

Ranger Distress Oxide: Carved Pumpkin, Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire

Ranger Distress Paint: Picket Fence, Speckled Egg, Ground Espresso, Black Soot

Ranger Distress Spray Stain: Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo

Ranger Distress Crayon: Ground Espresso, Rusty Hinge, Vintage Photo, Picket Fence

Ranger Distress Mica Spray: Tarnished Brass

Sizzix Tim Holtz: The Count, Cathedral Window, Spiderweb, Frightful Things, Pumpkin Patch, Candlelight Colorize, Pumpkin Head, Toil & Trouble, Garden Greens

Stampers Anonymous: Tim Holtz Moon Masks

Idea-ology: Backdrops volume 2, Halloween Words, Adornments Halloween, Kraftstock Neutral, Kraftstock Cool

Vellum, off-white cardstock, Deco-Art Media Texture Sand Paste, Mini Art Stones Finnabair