Toxique Box: Mixed Medium with Shari Carroll
Happy Sunday everyone! We’re already getting cooler days and nights here, so fall is just around the corner. I was inspired to create a piece for Halloween from some of the amazing new Tim Holtz Halloween goodies this year.
This Tim Holtz Vignette box is simple to make when you break down the steps of creation. I’ve used Tim Holtz Halloween Paper Stash to cover both the inside and outside and Materialize Halloween tissue tape to cover the front of the wood.
From there, I glued the smallest box to sit inside the larger box to create a shelf for the Tim Holtz Idea-ology skulls and alcohol ink stained glass vials. The witches are from the Idea-ology Ancestor Paper Dolls, notice how well they’re cut out, really great quality!!
I’ve added in Black Alpha Dice to form “BOO” which I’ve glued to the shelf. Behind the bottles and the above the dice, I’ve glued Halloween Ephemera which breaks up the space and adds addition spook factor.
A simple Incantation Metal Word Band at the base of the small box let’s you know the contents…curiousitites!. By using soft matte gel to glue the pieces in place of my Toxique Box, I expect it to hold up for years to come!
I’ve filmed a video of how I created this box which you can view below or on our YouTube channel HERE.
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Thanks for stopping by today!! Enjoy!!
Okay…this is creepy but fantastic project, Shari!
Beautiful Halloween project!!! Really amazing!!!
Like the skullery creation.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Love the vintage look and feel of this piece.
Very spooky and Halloweeny!!
I love that we are seeing more mixed media on the blog! This makes me think about more possibilities
This is so cool! I love the BOO dice :)
So creative & fun!
Wowzers, the attention to detail! Love the Boo, and the skulls & bottles in the bottom corner!
Fun project idea. Great rustic look.
This is fangtastic.
Will be a great decoration
for Halloween.
thanks for sharing.
Love this Halloween themed project!
COOL!
Cool project! I like the boo Scrabble letters.
I adore every single element of this piece – love the BOO blocks and adore the skulls!
so much packed into 14 mins and small piece! Thanks for sharing.
I really like the vintage look, great decoration for Halloween!
I really love watching you create the boxes Shari! I’ve always loved exploring them since I was a child and yours are brilliant! Those figures of Tim’s are fabulous!
such Halloween goodness…
This is just too cool! Love those withces!
So fun! I love the little skulls!
Love all the different elements you used in your awesome projects. Very creepy:)
This is so cool Shari. I just love everything Halloween. Tim Holtz is the master…..
How cool is this!
So cool and festive! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
What a creepy fabulous Halloween piece. Your attention to details is awesome.
So cool! Your videos are always so inspirational … I want to recreate them all!
What a fun and spooktacularly awesome shadow box!
Spooky project! Beautiful creativity!
Creepy cool. It’s fun looking at all the individual elements in the box.
Cute and kinda spooky! :)
WOW! I love this!! Spooky and Fabulous!!
Another very creative project, Shari!
Just love this project! I love Halloween–so many decorations and fun things to make! Thanks for sharing a great project!
WOW what a cool project!!!
Oooh, this is so cool!
Really cool! Thanks for sharing it!
I am crazy about these boxes! They are bootiful! I can’t wait to start my own!
Genius idea to stain inside the glass bottles with alcohol ink, never would have thought of doing that!! Makes them look old and used, love it!! The box looks really cool and spooky! I always love your mixed media projects they are always very inspiring :) . Thanks for sharing .
Great project! :)
Fantastic piece! Lots of really fun details.
Shari – I wanna come to your house and play -= this is a fantastic creation – A+ job and stunning – TFS
lOVE THIS!
Such cool paper pad and washi tape. Would love to see what you did with the other two boxes.
Great project and tutorial video. You make it look so doable! TFS
Very spooky!
Great home decor for Halloween. Love the spooky!
Cute and fun project. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Such a fun project.
Amazingly cool project, Shari1 Love the paper dolls!! Thanks for the video.