Hocus Pocus

The foundation for this piece is the smaller vignette tray from the 2 piece set vignette trays from Tim Holtz.

I made it look like a book for no particular reason, I just thought it was fun.
If you want to learn how to turn a vignette tray or box in a book click here.
The idea is from Tami Bastiaans and the link will take you to her blog.

The cabinets are made with the vignette boxes. This is a four piece set and I used the largest one and the two smallest ones.

The outside of the boxes is covered with brick. Click here for a tutorial by Zoe Hillman to makes these great looking brick walls.

The inside is covered with kraft stock black from Tim Holtz. I crumpled the paper up into a ball and smoothed it out again. I than sanded the paper so the wrinkles would show. 

For everything in the cabinets I used a lot of Idea-ology stuff from Tim Holtz.

And don't forget to light things up!

Products used:
Ranger Distress Paint: Antique Linen
Ranger Distress Stain: Pumice Stone, Speckled Egg, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Rusty Hinge
Ranger Distress Crayons: Walnut Stain, Ground Espresso, Vintage Photo, Forest Moss
Ranger Distress Embossing Glaze: Candied Apple
Ranger Distress Mixed Media Heavystock
Sizzix: Alphanumeric Bold, Decorative Trims, 3D Texture Fades Brickwork
Idea-ology: Kraft stock black, Backdrops Volume 2, Vignette trays, Vignette boxes, Etcetera trims pinked, Ephemera pack Memoir, Ephemera pack Labels, Skulls + Pumpkins, Corked Vials, Tiny Corked Vials, Apothecary Vials, Adornmets Halloween, Mummy cloth, Bubbles, Cauldrons, Broomsticks, Boneyard
White Gesso
Labels and mini books from etsy
Moss

Birds and cats

I made this little junk journal with the Chapter 3 release from Tim Holtz and Sizzix.
It’s such a great release, especially if you’re into folios and junk journals.
But I think it wil work great on cards too. That’s definitely something I’m going go try out.

Products used:
Ranger Distress ink: Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain
Sizzix: Specimen, Postale, Collector, Silhouette Birds, Mischievous, Ticket Booth
Stampers Anonymous: Ticket Booth CMS337
Idea-ology: Photo Booth, Field notes snippets, Hex fasteners, Mini fasteners, Paperstash Etcetera, Kraftstock Blackout
Cor’dinations cardstock
Tiny attacher

House on a rock

For this little house I used the same three dies as for the cottage from the (paper) village series from Tim Holtz. You can find the cottage here.

The front part I made with the bigz die Village dwelling. This is a die from the old village series. I cut it out twice and glued them on top of each other.

The taller part I made with the dies from the Village collection. I cut out house 1  several times and glued them on top of each other. Then I cut out a corner so it would fit around the corner of the first part.

The little part on the side is made with a house from the paper village dies.

I colored the house with acrylic paints with the dry brushing technique.

For the plateau I used grey board, styrofoam and I made some rocks with a mold and some plaster. Colored everything with acrylic paints.

Finished the plateau with some scenery embellishments, like the grass and flowers.

Products used:
Sizzix dies: Bigz Village Dwelling, Bigz Village Brownstone, Village Collection, Paper Village #1

Sizzix 3d embossing folders: mini brickwork
Paper: Ranger Distress White Heavystock, greyboard
Deco Art Americana Acrylic paints 
Grit paste
Scenery embellishments 
Styrofoam 

Birthday cards feathered Friends

The flowers and birds were cut first and then colored with distress ink and a waterbrush. I did not take the die-cuts out of the paper to do this. It’s easier to color the pieces this way.

For the background I first colored a piece of cardstock by smooshing dome ink on my craftsheet and dipping the paper in it, inked the next layer through a stencil and added some embossing ink with a text stamp.

Products used:
Ranger Distress ink: Rustic Wilderness, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Gathered Twigs, Wild Honey, Speckled Egg, Broken China, Chipped Sapphire, Antique Linen, Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo
Ranger Distress embossing glaze: Speckled Egg, Vintage Photo
Sizzix: Funky Nature, Funky Wreaths, Feathered Friends
Stampers Anonymous: stamp CMS426 The Poinsettia, stencil THS084 Mosaic
Paper: watercolor cardstock