‘Halloween’ Category

  1. The Undertaker & Embalmer

    10th October, 2017 by iGirlZoe

    I am delighted to have been asked to make some samples for the Tim Holtz inspiration series. If you follow Tim on facebook and instagram you may have seen the inspiration series with projects by lots of talented designers. There’s a recap each Saturday on Tim’s blog.

    Today I am sharing a home decor piece that I created for the inspiration series featuring these wicked sisters…

    iGirlZoe: The Undertaker & Embalmer
    I covered a burlap panel with a sheet of paper from the Halloween mini stash. Created a background wash with water and rust alcohol ink. Blended walnut stain distress oxide through a stencil and around the edges. Stitched with a sewing machine and adhered to the background.

    iGirlZoe: The Undertaker & Embalmer
    The new Halloween typography is fantastic for spelling out themed words, such as “wicked!” The Thomas F. Little Undertakers ephemera is from the new Halloween ephemera pack, torn and inked at the edges. I stained a ruler with collage medium vintage! CONFESSION: this was my first time using it and WOW! I added an adornment index clip, weathered with alcohol ink and archival ink and added a halloween clippings sticker, (addicted to these). Added a piece of twine from the halloween trimmings to give a pop of colour amidst the brown. 😉

    iGirlZoe: The Undertaker & Embalmer
    The detail on these owls from the adornments halloween set are incredible. I covered it with black soot distress paint and when almost dry, buffed off the raised portions with a soft cloth. Then added rusty hinge distress paint to the eyes using a pin. I added mushroom alcohol ink to the chain, hanging from the index clip, to take off the shine. Mushroom alcohol ink makes everything vintage, I love the stuff!

    iGirlZoe: The Undertaker & Embalmer
    I love adding these clippings stickers to my cards and projects. I admit to having stocked up on the Halloween ones and plan to use them throughout the year. I just love the layer of comedy they add and adhered mine to the witches from the paper dolls ancestors pack. Added rusty hinge distress marker to their brooms and witch hat bands.

    iGirlZoe: The Undertaker & Embalmer
    Thank you to my dear husband, who sawed through these large idea-ology gadget gears for me, which I added grit paste to the gear and once dry, went over it with rusty hinge, peeled paint and walnut stain distress crayons. I finally “stepped away from the glossy acccents” and tried collage medium matte and was very impressed, that gear is stuck down tight and the excess glue shrunk when it dried, so no glue residue around the gear!

    iGirlZoe: The Undertaker & Embalmer
    For the final touch I added some cheesecloth stained with rusty hinge distress spray to the corners of the burlap panel with collage medium matte and edged the burlap panel with rusty hinge distress paint.

    iGirlZoe: The Undertaker & Embalmer
    I hope you like my burlap panel and have been enjoying the inspiration series so far, don’t forget to check out the other designers projects and cards from the series. Thanks to Tim, Paula and Mario for inviting me to be part of this amazing experience and to you for stopping by.

    Cheers
    Zoe x

     


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  2. A Very Vintage Halloween

    26th October, 2016 by iGirlZoe

    It’s Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!

    This time it’s my turn to host the challenge and I’ve chosen the theme A VERY VINTAGE HALLOWEEN… “It’s time to get your witches hats on and create a project in a vintage style with a Halloween theme.”

    iGIrlZoe: A Very Vintage Halloween
    Halloween is probably my favourite “crafting holiday” of the year and it’s no secret that I have a small pumpkin and skull obsession! This year I haven’t had as much time to get my creepy on because of our move and all of the chaos that moving brings. With new walls to decorate, I decided to make a home decor piece to display until the Christmas decorations go up!

    iGIrlZoe: A Very Vintage HalloweenI picked up a RIBBA frame recently on one of my many visits to IKEA! I love these dimensional frames and thought it would be fun to add a few trinkets (or apothecary vials) in front of the background. I wanted to make use of the nice frame mount that comes with the frame, however, things did not go according to plan! All surfaces are not made equally and it really made me appreciate how well the mixed media and distress watercolor cardstocks hold inks and paints! The IKEA ribba frame mounts DO NOT! I added distress inks and water direct to the frame mount and it was an utter crafting disaster! So I got on my thinking cap and pulled out my tissue wrap!

    iGIrlZoe: A Very Vintage Halloween
    I tapped the distress mixed media ink palette onto the ledger script stamp and then stamped directly onto the tissue wrap, turning the stamp each time to give a less unified background. I wrapped the tissue wrap around the frame and adhered with glue n seal. I swiped various distress inks onto a non stick craft mat, spritzed with water and pressed the tissue wrap covered frame mount into the ink, dried with a heat tool and then repeated several times until happy with the look.

    iGIrlZoe: A Very Vintage Halloween
    I stamped my favourite skull stamp of all time onto mixed media cardstock, blended in some distress ink and coloured the teeth with white gel pen to make them pop. I adhered it with 3D foam over a mixed media cardstock background, stamped with a specks stamp and used a frayed burlap distress marker to create a shadow.

    iGIrlZoe: A Very Vintage Halloween
    Using a pack of idea-ology apothecary vials I distressed the labels and filled with various embossing powders and dyed the cork stoppers with walnut stain distress ink. I adhered the vials to the inside of the IKEA ribba frame with glossy accents.

    iGIrlZoe: A Very Vintage Halloween
    I added an idea-ology bone and spider to the tops of 2 of the vials and adhered cheese cloth dyed with antique linen distress ink. I stamped “Happy Halloween” down the side and attached some hanging spiders from a ring fastener.

    iGIrlZoe: A Very Vintage HalloweenI photographed the frame without the glass because of glare when photographing, but replaced the glass, (which sits in front of the vials), ready to hang on the wall or stand on a sideboard.

    Thanks for stopping by. I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

     


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  3. Frilly & Funkie Author Author

    12th October, 2016 by iGirlZoe

    It’s Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!

    This challenge is hosted by Suzz (Suzz’ Stamping Spot), who has chosen the theme AUTHOR AUTHOR …SUZZ says, “There are so many wonderful books that inspire the mind to imagine the worlds created within them. Think fairy tales, mysteries, romances or even science fiction and use that to inspire your art. Your challenge it so create a shabby chic or vintage styled project inspired by a book. Provide an explanation of how the book and author inspired your project.”

    iGirlZoe: Author AuthorI am a bit of a William Shakespeare fan! My favourite plays are, (in no particular order), Romeo & Juliette, Taming of the Shrew and Hamlet! I chose Hamlet for my project as it’s set in the Kingdom of Denmark, which seemed poetic given my recent move. For those unfamiliar with Hamlet, you may have heard the famous line “something is rotten in the state of Denmark!”

    The inspiration for this particular card comes from Act 5, Scene 1 where the gravedigger hands the skull to Hamlet, he holds the skull up and says, “Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy. He hath borne me on his back a thousand times, and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it.”

    iGirlZoe: Author Author
    I used the card packaging that comes with Tim Holtz idea-ology burlap panels. I cut 2 strips to create borders to give the card a book feel. The Tim Holtz Sizzix skull die was perfect for this project. I blended distress ink in, flicked with water and mounted over the mottled packaging background.

    iGirlZoe: Author Author
    I created a custom stencil using the alphanumeric thinlits die set and mixed media cardstock, then blended fired brick and ground espresso distress ink through.

    iGirlZoe: Author Author
    I used a the “smudge stamping stenciling” technique from one my other favourite books, “Compendium of Curiosities 3!” It gives the stenciled image a lovely worn look. I added remnant rub borders to the card to finish.

    I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

     


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  4. Frilly & Funkie Going Round in Circles!

    28th September, 2016 by iGirlZoe

    It’s Wednesday and time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!

    This challenge is hosted by Sue (Stamping Sue Style), who has chosen the theme GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES …SUE says, “Including circles in my projects is one of my favourite things to do, so for this challenge I want to see circles, lots of circles, not just one! Stencilled, stamped or even a circular project such as a wreath!”

    iGirlZoe: Going Round in CirclesIf you follow me on Instagram, you’ll know that I’ve been unpacking my craft stash into it’s new home. After a week of organizing, I was desperate to break open the lost zombie die that arrived last week.

    iGirlZoe: Going Round in Circles
    I created a background by stamping the newsprint stamp in black soot archival ink onto mixed media cardstock. Then swiping various distress inks onto a non stick craft sheet and spritzing with water and pressing the mixed media cardstcok into the inks. Once completely dry I blended frayed burlap distress ink over the top to mute the base colours and grunge it up. I placed the ringer stencil over the top and brushed white picket fence distress paint through the stencil with the dauber end. I have converted to the flip tops for my distress paints, but have a second bottle of picket fence, black soot and evergreen bough with dauber tops. Finally, blend ground espresso distress ink through the mini skull stencil. This stencil is SO COOL!

    iGirlZoe: Going Round in Circles
    The lost zombie was cut from Tim Holtz white substrate sheet, (I’m finally coming round to the fact that the new substrate is awesome. In my mind, it replaced grungeboard and grungepaper and in all honesty, I’ve been holding a bit of a grudge….)! The substrate took the distress ink really well and gave a very cool mottled effect, but the clothes looked too washed out against the background. I had finished the card and turned all the lights off to go to bed when I had an idea and turned all the lights back on and went back to my desk, (a little fun insight into my creative madness)! I die cut clothes for my lost zombie from the textile surfaces, frayed a little and then blended with ground espresso distress ink to make dirty.

    iGirlZoe: Going Round in Circles
    I die cut “beware” from the new Sizzix halloween word thinlits die set from substrate and mounted over the top of a piece of filmstrip.

    iGirlZoe: Going Round in Circles
    I wanted to include a circular embellishment to continue the challenge theme and this idea-ology adornment monocle seemed perfect. I snipped the loop off an adornment wicked spider with wire cutters and coloured the spiders back with a distress crayon. It amazes me what surfaces the distress crayons work with!

    iGirlZoe: Going Round in Circles
    I added chains to the lost zombie to look as though he had broken free from somewhere and hung the spider monocle from his arm.

    Thanks for stopping by, I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

     


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  5. Frilly & Funkie Things With Wings

    14th September, 2016 by iGirlZoe

    It’s time for another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog! This challenge is hosted by Pamellia (My Little Craft Things), who has chosen the theme THINGS WITH WINGS, …Pamellia says, “I would like to see anything that has wings, use your imagination… just make sure your project is shabby chic or vintage in style.”

    iGirlZoe: Things with Wings
    I love the current challenge over at Frilly and Funkie. It gave me the opportunity to take the new Tim Holtz Regions Beyond and Mini Halloween stamps for another spin! …crows have wings! 😉

    iGirlZoe: Things with Wings
    I started with a background using a technique I saw this week on Bobbi Smith’s blog Vintage Muse Designs. On top of that I used the new Tim Holtz Twisted stencil from Stampers Anonymous with hickory smoke distress ink.

    iGirlZoe: Things with Wings
    I created rooftops by stamping the haunted house from the Regions Beyond and Mini Halloween stamps sets which I fussy cut, blended with vintage photo distress ink and adhered along the bottom of my card. I added an incantation word band with picket fence distress crayon rubbed over the top and attached with a tiny attacher.

    iGirlZoe: Things with Wings
    I glued the crows into place by the body, leaving the wing and tail slightly raised off the cardstock to give dimension. I don’t have a photo, but the background looked too plain so I added some renmant rubs from the new gothic set. I love the chaotic look it gives and one of the scribble rubs worked perfectly as smoke from the rooftop chimneys. Finally I used a splatter brush loaded with ground espresso distress ink to create splatter to the background. I mounted the card onto papers from the Materialize Paper Stash.

    Thanks for stopping by, I will be back on Friday over at Frilly and Funkie with a Friday Focus. I hope you will find time to join in the challenge and pop over to Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

     


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  6. Double-Double Toil & Trouble

    26th August, 2016 by iGirlZoe

    Hello everyone,

    I hope you’ve been following the incredible 2016 Halloween Inspiration Series over on Tim Holtz’s blog. This years Halloween release is my absolute favourite. I know I say this every year, but every year it just gets better and this year is no exception! I am delighted to be following the exceptionally talented Audrey Pettit and Emma Williams and share my own seasonal project.

    iGirlZoe: Double-Double Toil & Trouble
    If you haven’t had a chance to see the new products, they are HERE! These spooktacular seasonal products are a one and done deal, so get them while you can or you’ll be “screaming in horror” to have missed out. 😉

    You can see the full project and tutorial HERE. I really hope you like it and it inspires you to make something yourself.

    Have a great weekend.

    Zoe x

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  7. Frilly & Funkie Haunted Hanging

    20th August, 2016 by iGirlZoe

    I hope your weekend is off to a good start. Today I have a SATURDAY STEP BY STEP over at Frilly and Funkie with a Halloween themed project.

    iGirlZoe: Halloween Hanging

    iGirlZoe: Halloween Hanging

    iGirlZoe: Halloween Hanging
    If you would like to see the step by step in full, pop over to Frilly & Funkie.
    Enjoy your weekend.

    Zoe

     


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  8. Frilly & Funkie Something Wicked

    28th October, 2015 by iGirlZoe

    It’s Wednesday and that means there’s another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!

    This challenge is hosted by Shelly (Stamptramp), who has chosen the theme SOMETHING WICKED …Shelly Says,“With Halloween just a few days away, I decided to challenge you all to create Something Wicked. Whether your style is shabby or vintage, I want to see your spookiest work. It doesn’t necessarily have to be Halloween related – feel free to interpret the theme in a way that suits you!”

    iGirlZoe: Something WickedVintage Halloween is right up my street and this guy, from Tim Holtz found relatives cards, is as spooky as it gets.

    iGirlZoe: Something Wicked
    Initially I was going to mount him in card form under the ornate frame but he didn’t look right. I wanted him to look more ghostly, which is when I had a lightbulb moment and decided to use a transfer technique with multi medium matte onto clear packaging. Here’s how…

    iGirlZoe: Something Wicked
    Ingredients: clear packaging, multi medium matte and found relative cards.

    iGirlZoe: Something Wicked
    Fussy cut the image.

    iGirlZoe: Something Wicked
    As the cards are plastic coated you will need to carefully peel the back layer off , (otherwise the water won’t permeate the paper later).

    iGirlZoe: Something Wicked
    Cover the front of the image with a generous layer of multi medium, not thick globs, but a good covering. Place adhesive side down onto your clear plastic and leave to dry, (the longer the better).

    iGirlZoe: Something Wicked
    Once completely dry, spray the back of the image with water and leave for a few moments for the water to soak into the paper. Then start to gently rub the paper with your finger. You will get pulp and a milky residue. Keep spraying and rubbing until all the paper is gone. (I got so into this that I forgot to take an after photo).

    iGirlZoe: Something Wicked
    Die cut an ornate frame from grungeboard and cover with a layer of black distress paint and dry. Mount the clear plastic onto the top of the frame with a little glossy accents. Die cut a second frame as before. This time after the black soot distress paint has dried, sand and blend in some vintage photo distress ink. Lay the second die cut over the top of the first and adhere with glossy accents. The image now sits between the frames and above the burlap panel. This allows light underneath the image so you can see the red eyes. (For the eyes, I dabbed a pin head of alcohol ink onto the underside of the plastic before mounting).

    iGirlZoe: Something Wicked
    The bottles are die cut from grungeboard and covered with distress paint, sanded and blended with distress ink and then covered with glossy accents. The corks are cut from cork. The wicked aplpha part is covered with multi medium matte and foiled with Ranger foil transfer sheets. I added rubs from the curiosities remnant rubs sheet here and there.

    Thanks for stopping by and take a look at the Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used for this project are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

     


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  9. Ranger Ink Jack-O-Lantern Burlap Panel

    26th October, 2015 by iGirlZoe

    I have a guest tutorial over at Ranger Ink today with a step-by-step Halloween themed mixed media Burlap Panel.

    iGirlZoe: Jack-O-Lantern Burlap Panel
    I hope you will stop by and take a look. There are lots of tutorials by other guest artists in the Ranger Ink Project Library.

    I’ll be back on Wednesday with “something wicked” for Frilly and Funkie.

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  10. Ghostly Halloween Mixed Media Canvas

    28th September, 2015 by iGirlZoe

    I’m excited to share my guest tutorial over at Ranger Ink today with a step-by-step Halloween themed mixed media canvas.

    iGirlZoe: Ghostly Halloween Mixed Media Canvas
    I hope you will take a moment to stop by and take a look. There are lots of step-by-step tutorials from other guest artists in the Ranger Ink Project Library.

    I’ll be back on Wednesday with my first design team project for Frilly & Funkie.

    Category Craft, Halloween, Mixed Media Canvas, Ranger Ink, Tutorial | Tags: | 6 Comments | Views: 549

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