Something Dreadfully Wicked Halloween Globe by Emma
Hi friends! Happy Saturday! We are beyond delighted to welcome back special guest Emma Williams with this gorgeous globe project! Read on for all the fabulous details, and enjoy!
Hello everyone! I’m thrilled to be back on the SSS blog today and can’t wait to share all the details of my Halloween project, a dreadfully wicked display snow globe, complete with tiny lights and made using idea-ology products from Tim Holtz and mediums from Ranger Ink.
So, let’s begin ~ it’s time to get spooky…
For this make I used the Tim Holtz Display Snowglobe, mounted on the medium sized square vignette box and began by cutting panels of the beautiful Halloween Backdrops paper, to fit each of the four sides, and a panel for the top of the square box.
Using a Collage Brush, I adhered each panel onto the box with Matte Collage Medium. Don’t worry if you haven’t got this set of papers, because there are similar designs in the previous Halloween Backdrops packs. Sand the edges of the covered box with a sanding tool and then apply a layer of the medium to the surface to seal the paper before running Walnut Stain Distress Crayon around the edges of the box and blending out any harsh lines with your fingertip.
Using a drill or boring tool, make a hole through the top of the box, for the tiny lights to be threaded through.
Now for the fun part, we need to add the lights that will illuminate the finished scene…
Take the box with the lights threaded through and place the cork base from the snow globe on the top, don’t attach anything at this point, but make a hole through the cork that will align to the hole in the vignette box. Thread the lights from the box, up through the cork base, then through the hole that is pre-drilled inside the cat bowl which is from the Trick Or Treat set (editors note: These cuties are gone for the season but a fabulous replacement are these Jack O Lanterns). At this stage, you will be left with quite a long strand of lights but I only placed 3 bulbs inside the bowl, so take a pair of scissors and snip the excess wire, cutting away the remaining lights on the rest of the strand. Secure the battery box on the underside of the wooden vignette box. Using Matte Collage Medium, adhere the cork base from the globe to the box, then the cat to the cork base before setting to one side to dry. Once the pieces are securely fixed into place, I tucked the tiny lights strand down inside the cat and secured it with a dab of hot glue.
On all four sides of the box, I added embellishments, starting with the front of the box and the metal quote band, ‘Something Dreadfully Wicked” which I covered with Black Soot Distress Paint.
Heat dry the paint before applying Sterling Foundry Wax to accentuate the raised areas. Heat set the wax and then gently apply a small amount of Statue Foundry Wax over the top. You don’t want a block coverage, you want some of the silver to show through but just allow the wax to touch some of the raised areas. Heat set the wax…
…and then attach the band to the front of your box.
Use Matte Collage Medium to attach a Machinery Head painted with Black Soot Distress Paint to either side of the box.
On the back, I used a Halloween Ephemera piece, “Shake Well Before Use” and adhered it into position with collage medium.
With the box complete, we can start building the scene and I began by adding idea-ology Bubbles and Confections inside the cat bowl, placing them over the top of the lights. I coloured the bubbles with Alcohol Ink, placing a selection of various sizes inside a zip lock bag. You can also use a plastic cup, but the ink will stain so make sure that this is something that you want to discard once you’ve finished. Add a couple of drops of the Valencia Alcohol Ink into the bag with the bubbles, make sure it is closed and sealed tightly and then gently shake from side to side to colour each bubble.
Tip the coloured bubbles out onto a kitchen towel and once touch dry, start adhering them to the bowl using Glossy Accents, making sure that the placement doesn’t compromise any of the lights. Cut the black and white confection sticks into half and run the Walnut Stain Distress Crayon over the top to give them more of a vintage feel before attaching these into the arrangement, again adhering them into position with Glossy Accents.
The next step is to add the flying bats which are from the Baseboard Frames and Transparencies pack. Using two bats of different sizes, I pierced a hole into the bodies of each one and then threaded florist wire through the holes, applying a small amount of glue behind each to secure them. The wire I used is very thin and can be easily twisted and manipulated and I just placed the wired bats into the centre of the bubble arrangement, adhering them with a dab of Glossy Accents.
Moving onto the embellishments for inside the globe, I started with the woodland tree and used the medium sized tree for this make, and spritzed it with Spiced Marmalade Distress Spray Stain. Wrap a piece of kitchen towel around the tree to remove any excess stain and either carefully heat dry with a heat gun or allow to dry naturally before moving onto the next stage.
When the tree was touch dry, I used my fingertip to apply the lightest touch of Black Soot Paint to the tips. You don’t need a lot of paint, just enough to knock back the brightness, but you want orange to remain as the dominant colour. Paint the base of the tree with more of the Black Soot Distress Paint and once dry, use gesso to add white stripes.
Making sure all the paintwork is completely dry, squeeze a small amount of glossy accents onto a non stick craft sheet, spread it out and then gently roll the tips of the tree into the medium. Working quickly, sprinkle Rock Candy Glitter over the tree and then tap away the excess and leave to dry.
Once again leave to dry before attaching to the cork base, placing it to the right of the cat.
Place another of the bats onto a piece of wire and then wrap around the tree to secure it into position.
The globe needs to look as good from the back as the front and behind the cat bowl, I placed a Drippy Candle on a Candle Stand. I used the larger size of stand and altered the metal by adding Foundry Wax. I started with a layer of Statue, which I painted on with a brush, then heat set the wax before pouncing small amounts of Sterling over the top. Again heat set the wax. Pounce some Mushroom Alcohol Ink around the edges of the Candle Stand before finally applying Black Soot Distress Paint over the surface, making sure it seeps into all the nooks and crannies. Wipe away the excess paint, allow to dry and then attach the drippy candle with Matte Collage Medium.
Attach the candle stand to the globe base, placing it behind the bowl and attach two further candles to the right hand side of the bowl.
Attach moss around the base of all the pieces inside the globe and add dots of Glow Paste to each candle wick.
We’re nearly there and it’s time to colour the baubles and bubbles. I used Valencia, Pitch Black and Moss Alcohol ink to colour various sizes, applying each ink separately using the same method as in step 9.
Rub Glossy Accents over the surface of half of the coloured baubles before rolling them in Rock Candy and once dry, arrange them onto the cork base of the globe, attaching them with Glossy Accents.
Arrange and attach the remaining coloured baubles on the left and right of the globe.
Place the glass dome over the scene and use hot glue to attach curly moss around the cork base.
Finally, paint four Hardware Heads with Black Soot Distress Paint and attach them to each of the four corners on the surface of the box.
I really hope you’ve enjoyed this Halloween Globe tutorial and you love the finished piece ~ it’s so much fun to make and now all that’s left for me to do is place it on my shelf, ready to display for Halloween!
Thanks so much for stopping by today and see you again soon…Emma x
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One Stamp, Five Ways: Wintertime Critters
Hi friends! Happy Friday! I’m so excited to share this ADORABLE latest edition of “One Stamp, Five Ways” with Suzy Plantamura! Read on and enjoy!
I know Halloween is right around the corner, but I did my “one stamp, five ways” guest post at the end of August with a Halloween stamp set. So today, I’m jumping ahead to another upcoming holiday that you should not be thinking about today, Christmas! Making Christmas cards is my favorite subject, but picking a holiday stamp set to use was the hard part! I went with a new set that was part of the Season of Wonder release called Wintertime Critters. I also used LOTS of other holiday/winter SSS products from the past on my projects because I love mixing the old with the new!
I stamped two of the creatures in the Wintertime Critters stamp set with black ink on white cardstock. They have little snowballs around them, so I spaced them a little and then drew my own snowballs over the sky and between them. I also joined the two grounds with a black pen. I colored the images in with Copic Markers. I used a Silver Uniball for details. For wintertime skies, I like to use B91, B93, and B95 Copics and then go over them with a Colorless Blender Pen which gives the sky a mottled look.
I die-cut this piece with a rectangle from the SSS Basic Rectangle Dies. I attached it to a red cardstock card base. I used Red Geranium embossing powder for the sentiment on the top of the card. I used a white Uniball gel pen over all the snow drops and then added some Crystal Ranger Stickles over them. I also used the sparkly glitter glue over the ground area. I used some of the new Red Berries Sequins around the sky.
I discovered an older product in my stash that I used for the background of this card, and I love it! It is called the Pine Landscape Embossing Folder and Cutting Die. I die cut the cutting die portion twice out of white cardstock leaving about 1.5” for the ground. I then embossed both pieces with the matching embossing folder. I colored in the flat areas of the pine trees with my go to Copics for winter trees – Mistletoe and Pinetree Green. I then inked a sky with Marine and Morning Pawsitively Saturated Ink. I placed the two snowbank dies on top of each other with foam tape behind the top one. I used Ranger Frosty Lace Stickles glitter glue over all the snow on the ground and the trees. I also added snow to the sky with a black fine tip marker and then colored inside it with a white Uniball and last, added the Stickles over it as well.
I stamped the little polar bear with sled from the Wintertime Critter stamp set in Latte Pawsitively Saturated Ink on white cardstock. I colored him with Prismacolor Pencils and then used a really fine tip black marker to outline him. I attached him over the snowbanks with foam tape behind him. I added more Stickles around the snow at the bottom so it would look like part of the ground. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set on the top center with Intense Black Ink.
I wanted to fit all 5 of the Wintertime Critters on one card, so of course I went with a slimline design. I stamped them all with Latte Ink and colored them with a mix of Copics and colored pencils. I cut the sled off the bear and cut the pig and the dog in the present box out, so they didn’t have snow around them. I outlined them with a very fine tip black pen again. What can I say, I don’t like black outlines much haha.
For the background, I die-cut a white rectangle using the SSS Nested Slimline Rectangle Dies (which I use on every one of my slimline cards!). I then die-cut a stitched slimline snowbank from white cardstock. I used Morning Pawsitively Saturated Ink for the sky, not taking the color all the way out to the edges. I attached the snowbank over the sky and attached that to a blue slimline card base. I added four of the critters (couldn’t fit the fifth!) and the sled using foam tape behind their heads. I stamped a sentiment with black ink on the bottom. I used Chalk Stick Vintage Drops for snow. I used Nuvo Glitter Drops over the hats and presents.
This is my favorite card of the 4 plus 3 tags! I started with another of my older embossing folders called the Pine Tree Meadow Embossing Folder. I colored it with Copics fast and really messy! I used the same two colors of green for the trees and a white Uniball over the white areas. I used B91, B93, and B95 for the sky. I used lighter/brighter blues for the water. I die-cut the largest frame in the MFT A2 Frame Dies out of white cardstock and then twice out of SSS Foam. I glued a piece of acetate under the white frame and then glued the two foam pieces below that. I filled the opening with Pretty Pink Posh Snowflake Sequins and SSS Unicorn Glitter – lots of it! I attached the frame over the filled background.
I stamped the bear and penguin and colored him in with colored pencils. This is my favorite image in the stamp set – it is so cute! I attached him over the front so that he looks like he is sitting on the snow inside the shaker. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set on a SSS Label Banner Die with black ink and attached that to the top of the acetate. I then glued several of the snowflake sequins around it with silver rhinestones in their centers. I shook it for this second photo so you can see the snow all over the background. I’ve never used glitter inside a shaker before, but I really like it.
I made three tags using the CZ Nested Tag Dies (second largest) die-cut from white cardstock. The images in this stamp set are so perfect for using on holiday tags and are just the right size for this one. I again pulled out some older winter dies and embossing folders. It was so good to use them all again!
I embossed the first tag with the Forest Border Embossing Folder. I colored over the sky area with a Greenish Blue Copic. I went over it with a Copic Colorless Blender to give it a lighter/mottled look. I used a white Uniball to go over the trees where I colored over them with the Copic. I added a snowbank to the bottom of the tag. I stamped a sentiment from the stamp set with black ink on the bottom L used the polar bear stamp, but I cut off the sleigh. This time I used black ink to stamp it, so you can see how thick the lines are. I colored it with Copics and pencils. I like the thick lines on this one! I used a green bow on the top.
I embossed this one with the Snowy Path Embossing Folder. I used the same color Copics for the tree and the sky. I added Ranger Frosted Lace Stickles over all the snow. I stamped the sentiment by cutting into two pieces using black ink. I stamped the bunny with black ink also and colored him in with Copics. I added him to the bottom and used white Chalk Stick Nuvo Drops on the sky. I used a blue bow on the top.
I die-cut the tag out of SSS White Glitter Paper. I then die-cut another tag out of white cardstock and used the Little Evergreen Trees die over this one so the trees would be in the sky. I attached that over the white glitter tag. I used the dog in the present on this one colored with pencils. I stamped a sentiment from who knows what stamp set (had it in my stash from last year) on a SSS Sentiment Label Die using Rainbow Splash Crimson Ink, which is my new favorite red red! I tied a red bow on the top of the tag.
Conclusion: Who is in the mood to dress up and go trick or treating tonight now? Haha Sorry to disappoint if you were hoping for another HW post as I did on HW the past two years! Hopefully this post will get you thinking about the next big holiday coming quickly (oh poor Thanksgiving, why do we always forget about you?!!!). This Wintertime Critters stamp set can be used for holiday cards but could also be used for just general winter themed cards. And don’t forget to pull out all your winter and holiday products when making your cards for the season as they are fun to incorporate with new products! Thanks for visiting and happy ALL the holidays!!! -Suzy
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Mixed Media with Shari Carroll: Retro Tree Star
Welcome to the blog, everyone! It’s Shari here with a mixed-media project for the holidays! I’m so in the mood!! I’m loving Tim Holtz’s new Christmas Woodland Alpine Trees. They are tall and thin and worked perfectly to make my Retro Tree Star!
I used 2 packs of trees (with 2 large ones left over) and sprayed them with Salvaged Patina Distress Spary. Once they were dry, the construction and decorating began! I was in my happy place!
Check out my video below for an easy way to put it all together!
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