Pumpkin Festival - Tim Holtz Sizzix

 

I'm sharing with you today one of my favorite samples from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween 2021 Release. I had so much fun making this and am excited to share it with you. A detailed step by step tutorial just isn't feasible for me right now, so I made a video walk through of this vignette, showing the dies I used, details about how I made each part and included some of the step out photos that I did actually take, as well as some of my photos of the inspiration pumpkins. 

You can see my video here:

I hope you found that video to be helpful and informative!

 

The title was made by cutting Distress Woodgrain Cardstock with the Stacked Rectangle Dies and adhering them to the front and back of some chipboard to make planks for the Varsity Alphanumeric letters.

The inside of a large Vignette Tray is covered with this delightful textured paper.

 

I began by cutting some thin Kraft paper the size of the inside back and sides of the Vignette Tray. Then I cut up the colored texture pieces and adhered them  to the inside of the box.

 

The textured paper was made by first spraying some Distress Speckled Egg Oxide Spray onto Kraft Stock, then running it through the new 3D Foiliage Texture Fade. I cut those pieces into lots of different sizes and then adhering them to the thin Kraftspck and putting them in the tray.

 

I did the same thing to the outside of the tray with a few changes. I colored several 4.25x5.5 pieces of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock with various fall colors of Distress Spray Stains paired with some of the Seasonal Halloween Mica Spray Stains to add shimmer.

Then once the pieces were cut and adhered to the kraftpaper, I zigzag machine stitched over all the seams in brown thread to add interest...

and because it was inspired by a quilt that used to hang in the Big Thunder Mountain Jamboree BBQ in the fall at Disneyland.

NOTE: From here on I will add to this post as I put little mini tutorials on my Instagram. If you don't want to wait, I suggest you watch the video as it contains all the information now.

 

The Davy Pumpkett pumpkin was inspired by an actual pumpkin at Disneyland wearing a coonskin cap.

I have th back of the pumpkin as a solid piece since it isn't one that lights up.

To make the cap and fringed jacket I drew a racoon tail on the Scarf from the Winter Wardrobe dies released in 2020.

I colored them with several different Distress Inks.

 

Once they were colored,  I cut them out and detached the tail so I could place it where it made the most sense.

For Davy's outfit I used two ends of the scarf and the collar from The Gent die set.

Please be sure you are following me on Instagram and check back for more pumpkin details as I post them there, or check out the Youtube video if you can't wait.

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Skeleton Dance Tribute Ticket

Today is the 92nd anniversary of the release of the Skeleton Dance short so it is appropriate that I post this piece that was inspired by it. I made this Skeleton Dance Ticket as a sample for the Tim Holtz Sizzix Halloween 2021 release. I've been wanting to make a skeleton dance for a long time, but it just hasn't been the right time until Mr. Bones was released. 

If you haven't see the Skeleton Dance before, here is a link to this silly Disney short.

I made a walk through video of this piece explaining how I made it if you prefer that to reading the info under all the step out photos below.

Begin with a Medium Etetera Tag and mark the square end the same as the tag end .

  

Then cut along the lines. This takes several tries and you just have to keep cutting and stay patient.

 

I used my Tonic Scissors to hand cut a circle out of the left over bit of corner to fill in the hole from the tag. The layers we add later on will mostly cover this hole, but I needed something substantial to do the lion's share of the work.

Next I painted the sky and hillside in Black Soot and Hickory Smoke, with a few splatters of Hickory smoke on the sky.

 

To add some texture I roughly spread Grave Texture Paste over the grey part of the ticket.

 

Then I added the wispy clouds and covered the entire piece with a layer of Distress Collage Medium. 

Once that was dry I added some of the grey Distress Crayons around the edges of the ticket and in the sky to give it a kind of foggy look.

 

To add some texture to the tombstones I used my finger to pounce some Crypt Distress Grit Paste onto them and let them dry.

 I love those flecks of black and the grey/green color this Crypt Paste turns as it dries.

 

 Once I added the tombstones to the ticket, I put more Crypt paste so that it looked like there was dirt around each tombstone and the harsh cut edge was disguised.

  

 I also added a little Crypt Paste to the fences as well and then crumpled them to make them look old and bent.

 

I made the school house into a church by adding one of the little crosses from the tombstone vignette on the top of the spire.

I just love how that grit paste turns into such a cool color!

 

Mr. Bones is a colorize die but he is fairly simple as far as colorize goes. Be sure to check out the Sizzix blog to see how to assemble him.

Adding a bit of Distress Crayon behind the hill vignette add a little bit of depth.

I hope that information was helpful and that you picked up at least one tip you can use in your own makes no matter the topic! 

Thank you so very much for stopping by! I greatly appreciate your support!

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Halloween Release

Hooray for an incredible stamp release today from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous!  I am always so grateful to be asked to create with Tim's stamp sets for Stampers Anonymous. He is so supportive of our individual styles and strengths and I can't tell you how much I appreciate the freedom and encouragement to create.

 

I sent three makes for the live and finished two more here in my studio, so I have them all posted here. I will do more detailed posts on each later on, but this over all might be enough to spark inspiration and ideas for many of you. Thank you so much for stopping by to take a look!

I'll do a blog tutorial on this, but it is really easy. I stamped the Rest in Peace images in Distress Paint and then run the paper through the 3D Lumber Texture Fade. It's an 8.5x5.5 card size and I just hand cut the shape.

I wanted to use the same Rest in Peace stamp set but different stamps from it for a different feel. So to make this treat flask, I stamped the Pharmacy stamp , then masked it and stamped the Label Frame to make it look like a pharmacy label. Lastly I cut the Bold Frights Hocus Pocus sentiment in half and just used Pocus as the medicine. I covered the whole thing in Distress Collage Crazing snd added brown Distress Crayon to make it stand out. Then finished with the description stamp along the side and the prescription signature on a tag.

The Moth Study is a great stamp for all kinds of things. I decided to use them on test tubes here for favors. I put M&M's in them as if they were moth eggs for a Halloween party, but you could use loose leaf tea for a garden tea party, or a science/entomology themed party. I got both the tubes and the holder off Amazon.

These two Wicked hipster skulls are fun! I stamped the accessories in Archival Ink and colored in with Distress Ink, then masked and added stenciling and splattering with the Mica Stains.

Then I fussy cut the skulls out and popped them up  on the background so they stood out.  For each of the sentiments I used the Tiny Text Halloween that was released last year.

This card is a very simple slimline card that pairs the Bold Frights sentiment with those fun dancing skeletons from the Halloween stamp set. This is an iron off technique. I added Mica Stain Splatter to black cardstock for the card base to add a little color around the edge.

There you have it, my makes for this release. I hope there is something that inspires you to make...a card, a favor, a decor piece....anything, just get creative! 

Tami

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!
 

Tim Holtz Sizzix Fall Halloween Release

Oh my! That Tim Holtz Sizzix Fall Halloween release was fantastic! I always come away so inspired by the makers and their creative brilliance, and I hope you do too! 

This post is just a quick overview of my makes for this release and two last minute notecards that weren't for the live, but I'm throwing them in this post anyway. I have already recorded videos for all of these makes and will be sharing them here as time allows over the next few weeks. I'm busy making for other releases and for Christmas (I know right?!) so I'll post as time allows. Until then, here are my makes and the dies and products used for each one are listed under each photo. My affiliate links are at the end of this post for most of the products.

This was a quick card I made with a note for Tim and Mario, but you may have seen it in the live.  

Products used: Toil and Trouble, Stacked Rectangles (to make the window) and 3D Lumber Texture Fade (one of my favorites!!) Decorative Trims.

 

 This was just another quick notecard I put together with a note for Tim and Mario. 

Products used: Arched, Funky Foliage, 3D Brick Texture Fade, Candlelight, Distress Mica Stains Seasonal, Distress Grit Paste - Seasonal.

I'm going to admit that at first I didn't like this guy, but then I was intrigued by him, and kept hearing Be Our Guest in my head every time I looked at him. I thought I might make a Beauty and the Beast inspired butler scene, but at the last minute, I decided I just needed to do a make with him as he is. I will do a blog post later with how I made the coffin out of a #8 tag and some 3D Lumber embossed paper. It is really easy! 

Products used: The Count, Seal Switchlit, Tiny Type Alphanumeric, 3D Lumber Texture Fade 

Note: The plastic flask for the candies I found on Amazon. If I were having a party I would have used a glass one with a cork, but since I was shipping this I went for plastic.

Pumpkinhead was also a last minute make. I had visions of a scene with a bridge, turning Winifred the zebra into a happy black stallion.....that may happen some day, but the reality is there is only so much time and so I went with a barn door tag and a flask of spare heads. hahahaha! 

 

Products used: Pumpkinhead, 3D Lumber Texture Fade, Seal Switchlit, Tiny Type alphanumeric, same flask off Amazon.

I have wanted to make a Disney inspired skeleton dance scene for a very long time with a few of the skeleton's from past releases, but it just never worked out. So I was thrilled when I saw Mr. Bones! He was just silly enough and just perfect for a skeleton dance! Also shout out to Emma Williams for the Etcetera tag to Ticket idea from one of her makes earlier this year. It was perfect for this make! 

Products used: Mr. Bones, Ghost Town 2, Halloween Vault Series, Distress Textures Seasonal - Grave Textures Paste and Crypt Grit Paste, Medium Etcetera Tag

These little crypt treat boxes were so much fun to make!! Can't wait to share all the details with you. in a future post. 

 

Products used: Costume Party, Mini Mechanics 3D Texture Fade, Mini Foundry 3D Texture Fade, Brickwork 3D Texture Fade, Seal Shiftlit, Tiny Type Alphanumeric, Distress Textures Seasonal - Crypt Grit Paste, Grave Texture Paste, Distress Crayons, #8 Tombstone Etcetera, small Vignette Box, Distress Paint

Yes! I was inspired by Disneyland again ...this time it was the Main Street Pumpkin Festival. I'm super excited to jump into explaining all the details on these fun pumpkins, but for now, here are the products I used. I checked online for some of the older ones and found a few available from online retailers around the world, so if you are interested in the two retired ones, do a search and good luck.

Products used: Pumpkin Patch, Leaf Fragments, Foliage 3D Texture Fade, Varsity Alphanumeric, Stacked Rectangles, The Gent, Potted 2, Potted, Winter Wardrobe, Trick or Treater, Hip Haunts, Layered Jack-o-lantern 662373, Frightening Faces 663090,

If you made it this far, thank you so very, very much for stopping by and remember, I have videos already made for these makes and will be sharing them in future posts with photos and details, so I hope you will stop back by for those in the next few weeks.

Tami

 

I am an affiliate with Simon Says Stamp and Scrapbook.com so the links below send you to one of those stores depending on which logo you choose.  If you wish to purchase something from either store and use one of my links below, I get a small percentage of your order, at no additional cost to you. This helps me to defray the costs of this blog, the time, the ideas and tutorials I post here. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thank you!