Creepy Old Crypts - Sizzix Halloween

I feel like I have been waiting ages to get to share this with you. Although I was really sick when I was making this, I still had a really good time thinking it up and putting my plans into action. The Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween release from 2023 has so many fun characters and images to work with it was difficult to choose, but the Graveyard set was of course going to be at the top of my must use list!

Here is a rather long tutorial for making this piece. I have included some stand alone sections that you could fast forward through if you wanted, such as making the "wallpaper" for the back and sides, or the section showing how to put the tombstones and urn together. I do hope you find it helpful and informative.

Another die set I included was the Gentlemen set from the everyday release earlier this year. I also incorporated the umbrella and walking stick  into the scene.

The Etcetera Facades even made an appearance as a large Brickwork covered crypt.

            

And all three of the large trick or treaters from Halloween Night made an appearance although they were all just a little bit different than on the package art.

This is the little witch trick or treater from Halloween Night and I trimmed her hat to kind of look like a tall hat with a scarf coming out of it. Then I sat her on a tomb with a wand or scepter. She is supposed to represent "The Duchess" who is a character is the Haunted Mansion graveyard scene who is sitting in a swing with a tall hat like that and drinking tea. I didn't have a tiny tea cups so I just gave her a duchess scepter.

I put one gentleman in the back as if he is pooping up like a lot of the ghosts do in the graveyard scene, and then another behind the tomb and greeting a friend with the tip of his hat. All the the ghosts are made with Distress White Cardstock, smooth side, with a little Tumbled Glass and Lost Shadow Distress Stain.

This is the little pumpkin head trick or treater. Most of him is hidden and I put the walking stick in his hand instead of a trowel. In the graveyard scene this ghost is bricking himself into his tomb, but I didn't have a trowel. I did however have a walking stick, so I used that. This is of course all very loosely based on the real deal.

I thought it would be fun to put the umbrella on a tombstone as if one of the gentlemen set it down to tip his hat to a friend.

The little dracula trick or treater stayed pretty much the same, I just trimmed off his pointy collar so he wasn't so obviously dracula and more like a kid running around a graveyard.

I love urns. Did I manage to say that at all in the tutorial? LOL!

The moss in this piece is really there to cover up and raw edges, mistakes or unsightly bits. Yay for moss!

Also, Crypt Grit Paste is my fave!!

I popped a little rusty fencing here and there to cover errors too.

The purple lights are from the Halloween Idea-ology release.

The back and sides were covered with Black Heavystock embossed with the Tapestry Texture Fade and colored by swiping a Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Pad

Then went over the outside edges with a Black Soot Distress Oxide pad

There you have it! I hope the lengthy tutorial and close up here help or even inspire you. If I missed something in the tutorial or you have a question, please contact me in the contact section in the top right.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
 

Have a creative day!

Tami

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