Avast Me Hearties! Tutorial

 

It's finally here fellow makers! Thank you so very much for your patience! I just shipped off my last seasonal make to Tim on Wednesday and have been working on editing tutorials ever since. So this is the first one for Halloween.

Warning, this project took me at least a week to make, so this tutorial is a long one. It's like taking a class and making it with me. Even with all of the editing I did it is still an hour and 47 minutes long. To help with that, for makers who just want to know how to make one thing, I have indexed the video tutorial and you can press that portion in the video description to skip to that part. It's also helpful for those who have watched the whole video and just need to see one part of it. I hope to find time to do this for my other long tutorials.

 I hope you enjoy this very long class-like tutorial on Avast Me Hearties.

I included a lot of fun details in the Tavern scene!

I started with naming the tavern and that was based on what things I had available to make a sign. I got the poison and raven from the Sticker Book so my tavern is The Poison Raven.

It really was fun trying to figure out how to hang the sign. It is hanging from half a bracket Etcetera Trim. I screwed two eye hooks in it from a really old Idea-ology item of Vignette Hardware. You can get them from a hardware section I'm sure. Then I used Jump Rings to hang it.

The casks were made by adhering two barrels together. I added the Crossbones Adornments to the front and then covered some Etcetera Trims (you could use chipboard) with woodgrain paper for a bar top.

Behind the bar in the bottom left corner in front of the Baseboard door is an Apothecary Vial, some mummy cloth and an Adornment Spider.

On the bar are two Tiny Vials and a ripped piece of one of the Layers with script on it. I thought it was like something a pirate might be reading about treasure.

On the other end is a Skull and Drippy Candle. You adhere the candle to the skull with hot glue, then add more drips with hot glue. Then you need to paint the hot glue to match the candle and age it with Distress Crayon.  Fun Fact: this was what I first made the drippy candles for, to put on a skull.

The shelves in the back are Etcetera Trim Pinked, the thin ones. The labels are from the Ephemera Pack. I talk about selecting them in the video.

On the top shelf I have the poison Baseboard and another raven, for the tavern name, Then a bottle, spider and more mummy cloth.

Behind the bar in the bottom right corner are two Apothecary Vials and some Mummy cloth.

Here is a side view with the brick paper. I discuss how to cover this side in the video.

 The jail cell might have been one of my favorite parts!

It begins with the cannon on top. The cannon build has its own section in the video. There was a lot involved, but the base was a large Corked Vial with a Curio Knob and a Hitch Fastener on the end.

The cannon cart was made with Mosaic Etcetera Tiles.

The ships wheel (helm) was made with a large Gadget Gear, Hitch Fasteners, a Crossbones and then some Grit Paste and paint.

Bubbles covered in a layer of Grit Paste, painted with Black Soot Distress Paint and then adding a bit of Distress Crayon in Antique Linen and Ground Espresso. make great cannon balls!

This was an example of how to cover up a mistake...details in the video.

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The wheels on the cart are the circle Etcetera Shape Tiles. I covered it with Backdrops Wood paper and then added the Fasteners

I didn't realize until I started editing that I didn't put the sconce making into this tutorial. You can find it in my Ode to Poe tutorial here.

In that Poe tutorial you can see how long it took to make a similar scene without the fantastic brick paper. That paper was a huge time saver this year!

The age on the lock and the Gothic Gates was done in layers of Grit Paste and then Black Soot Distress Paint and finally Rusty Hinge and Ground Espresso Distress Crayons.

It was very difficult to get a photo of the Ring Fasteners and the chains from the Hook Clasps inside the cell. But I do show it in the tutorial. I attached Ring Fasteners fairly high on the wall and added the chains from Hook Clasps to the rings. In the bottom Jump Rings on the chains I attached the rings around the bones to make it look like the prisoner had been chained to the wall.

There are so many parts to this side of the vignette, but I will try to address as many as I can. The feet on the Vignette Panel are called Vignette Foundations. Then there is a Keyhole in the center, and on all four sides there are two strips of Cracked Leather Cardstock. I colored the cardstock dark brown, sprayed it with Distress Resist Spray and then cut it into strips. I adhered strips to each side and then drilled holes in them and attached Large Fasteners to each one to mimic the straps on a sea chest.

The top window is the smallest Vignette box. I covered it with a small Baseboard Window and a Shattered Window.

Inside you will see a sticker from the Sticker Book surrounded by a Deco Frame. I added two bats from the sticker book on the outside of the window.

The mast was made with one barrel and some dowels glued together and tied with some jute. I then draped some Mummy Cloth over the dowels to mimic sails.

I broke the dowel and attached it on the corner of the panel. I piled up a bunch of grit paste around the base to cover the Collage Medium and the small Etcetera #8 Tag Reinforcer. Then I added some bits of the broom from Graveyard to make it look like weeds were growing up around it.

Inside the bottom box is the Captain's Quarters. I used the frame from Manor around another portrait in the Sticker Book.

 In the background is a map from the Palette Ephemera in a Lace Baseboard Frame that had been painted with Tarnished Brass Distress Paint and then Distress Crayon in Ground Espresso. I added a Tiny Vial also painted with Tarnished Brass, and Tiny Book (book cover from the Ephemera Pack) and a Drippy Candle on a Candlestick from Manor.

 The treasure room can be as over the top as you want. I tried to stick with things within the Idea-ology line that were available.

The Curio Frame has some Foundry Wax on it to add a bit of shine.

All the things that are gold were painted with Tarnished Brass Distress Paint and then I added touches of Foundry Wax here and there.

The image is from the Layers. I colored it with Distress Watercolor Pencils. I colored straight on the picture and then went over it lightly with the watercolor brush.

I added some Antiqued Gems that are retired but are still available. Some were used as stoppers for the Tiny Vials and others were just tucked in here and there in empty spots.

Lastly the crate. The front is the bottom part of a large Baseboard Window Frame.

I added a Keyhole on the front.

There is a lantern in the corner that lights up. and the Window Frame is held on with Tack Nails.

I truly enjoy making tutorials to share, despite the considerable amount of time it takes. Your likes and comments on my YouTube tutorials are so encouraging to me, and when you tag me in your projects that were inspired by something I made it makes my day! Thank you so much!  

After all this info, please let me know if you have any questions and thanks for using my affiliate links if you need anything! It helps so much!

Have a creative day,

Tami

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I used ONE of everything listed below except for:

Barrels - you will need 3 packages (I used 5 barrels)

Skull Shape Seals - I used 5 or 6 of the seals so if you can find the packet of just seals get 2

Deco Frames - I used two of the scallopy round ones to make big gold medallions so you will need two packs if you don’t have that frame in your stash.

Cross Bones - if you get the pack of 6, one will be fine but if you get the pack with less you need probably two packs.