Hello friends. Happy second day of September. I am so ready to get my Halloween on and today I’m sharing this tag I made for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween LIVE launch.
I was invited to take part in an industry virtual event where Tim showcased his seasonal dies; during the demo he put the pumpkin from the pumpkinhead die set onto a candlestick from the candlelight die set and that inspired this tag. Jack-O-Lantern candles…? YES PLEASE!!
I LOVE this pumpkinhead, he’s such a troublemaker, you can tell! I added a drippy candle die cut piece over his eye, it reminds me of the poisoned apple from Disney’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. You should check out the brilliant make that Tami B (playswellwithpaper) did for the Halloween idea-ology LIVE with a Disney poisoned apple! I can’t wait for that blog post!
Using a distress heavystock #8 tag, I added antique linen and hickory smoke distress sprays and dried. I spread distress grave texture paste from the Halloween distress paste set through the skull stencil from mini stencil set 23 with a palette knife. How freaking cool is this paste? I have a couple of extra pots, thanks to a very thoughtful friend.
I’m in love with the new candlelight die set. They may have been released with the Halloween dies, but they are going to rock Christmas and I’ll be using them all year. They are so simple to put together.
I was practicing a zig zag stitch with my sewing machine on scrap card and got it so on point that I trimmed it off the scrap card, inked it, added a hardware head to each end and used it as a ledge for the candle sticks to sit on and under. I added a sticker from the idea-ology curiosities sticker book and die cut drips underneath.
I stitched the tag and then mounted it onto a #8 etctera thickboard tag to give it stability. To finish, I dyed a piece of mummy cloth with distress spray and thread it through the tag and secured in place with an idea-ology mini pin.
I really wish I had added tiny lights to this tag and I would have done, but I was out of time and racing the clock. Mario very kindly dipped out during the LIVE to collect this from the local Fedex depot and this isn’t the first time he has done this for a maker. Very grateful to Tim and Mario, who always go the extra mile.
Thanks for stopping by.
Zoe
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Awesome! Love all the details!
Love ALL of your makes soooo much! Thank you for all that you do!!!!
Mesmerizing!
Such a creepy cool tag. How did you get your stitching so close to the edge of the tag and still so straight? Nevermore…is my case…LOL. Love the Candlelight and Candle Stands, too. Heck, I love it all….LOL. Thanks for sharing the particulars…
You are truly AMAZING and these grungy drippy pumpkins are wonderfully cool!! So love the colors and warmth it draws you right in and the eye can’t wait to see all of these spectacular details. You are inspiring and your creations are AWESOME!!!! Thank you for sharing the details with us!!
FedEx run whilst tim is LIVE are my specialty MFS 💚
👀 forward and no 🛑 to buy any peaches 🍑 at the farmers market! 🤣😂
Love this tag Zoe!! You are truly talented, love the grunge and drippy goodness!
This tag is trully grunge! I love all what you’ve made, they are all trully amazing. I love how much grunge-beauty you’ve put in every single project and you’re so kind to share how to make it with us!
I absolutely LOVE this tag!! I am excited to try to make this. Really fantastic!!
Thank you for all the detail information you provide – I’m new to all this and it’s so inspiring to see everyone’s creations!
My whole collection of Jim Holtz Halloween just arrived and can’t wait to see what I can make!
Love everything about this!! Thank you for inspiring me!!
So awesome!!!
Very cool look!
Wow, fabulous make Zoe!
The details and how longer I watch how more little things that make this piece fabulous I see.
Love it!
Yes Tim and Mario go that extra mile but you and the whole team of makers too, thank you so much for all your work, racing deadlines, making stunning art and great blogposts and be such inspiration to us all.
Stay safe and have a wonderful day.
Love this! I’m in complete awe of your makes. It’s amazing what you can do! Thanks for sharing this.