October is almost here, and this is finally my last of the Halloween makes and my last Stamper's Anonymous Halloween project from the Tim Holtz Live! Talk about fun! These two, an old married couple, have unique personalities and just crack me up. She is loud and shrill and oh so fun, and he is dry and grouchy. They both have the best head of hair ever...oh my word do I love them! Enjoy!
Starting with the
sentiments from Bold Frights for the cards first, stamp the sentiments onto
Kraft Cardstock, using the Stamp Platform and Black Soot Archival, and
immediately pour Clear Embossing Powder over and heat emboss. Cut the
sentiments as shown so that the word 'Halloween' will make sense with the
sentiment. Choose the words you want and the word 'Halloween' from the Chit
Chat sets, ink the edges in Gathered Twigs Distress Ink, and stick them to
black cardstock adding a little Collage Medium for extra adherence. Trim around
them. Mount the 'Halloween' also on orange cardstock, and trim around it.
Cut a Kraft Heavystock
card base to 4 x 9.25 inches when folded, times 2 if making both. Cut a black
cardstock mat to 3.75 x 9 inches, 2 of them. Cut Watercolor Paper with a Deckle
Trimmer to 3.5 x 8.75 inches, 2 of these. Set card bases and black mats aside
for now. Plan out the cards by placing the sentiments and stamps from Wicked
Hipsters where they will go so you know where to start stamping.
On the bumpier side of the Watercolor Paper,
stamp the pearl necklace where it needs to go using the platform and Black Soot
Archival, stamping a few times so the image is nice and crisp. Then stamp the
bowtie on the other piece doing the same.
Place the lady hipster in
the platform and stamp her above the necklace, only stamping once as this image
will be covered up, except for the loose hairs around her head. Using another
piece of Watercolor Paper, stamp her again, this time on the smooth side of the
Watercolor, and stamping her a few times so the image is nice and crisp. Stamp
the gent hipster above the bowtie once, and then again nice and crisp on the
extra piece of Watercolor. Cut the couple out from the extra piece of
Watercolor, and just cut around their heads, leaving the extra hairs and ends
of the mustache off as they are too hard to cut anyway. Set those aside for now
as you will be working on the card fronts first.
Ink around the
Hipsters on the card fronts using Antique Linen Distress Ink and an Ink
Blending Tool, trying not to get the ink on the bowtie and necklace. Flick
water over the card fronts for water marks. Add Gathered Twigs Distress Ink
straight from the pad on the silicon mat and mist a bit of water into it. Pick
it up with a paint brush and flick this over the cards. Blot off any excess and
let dry or use a heat tool.
Using the smallest Harlequin
Shifter pattern in the trio of Layering Stencils (You can paint over the
stencil in Black Soot to allow the paint to get in the recessed marks, wipe it
off the top, and let dry, so you can see the marks easier for the shifting over
of diamonds on the stencil.), lay it over the left side of one of the card
fronts, and ink over the some of the diamonds randomly in Carved Pumpkin
Distress Ink just so the diamonds are on the corner and down the side. It
doesn't matter is you get the ink on the hipster, just don't get it on the
bowtie or necklace. Do the same for the right side, and then the same on the
other hipster card front. Clean the stencil of the excess orange ink with a
damp paper towel. Place the clean stencil over the diamonds you just inked in,
and move it over slightly, covering the orange diamonds with the solid parts of
the stencil. Once those orange diamonds are covered, the other open diamonds
need to be inked in with Black Soot Distress Ink, following the same direction
as the other. Repeat on the other side and then the other card front. Clean the
stencil. Ink the edges of both card fronts with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.
Using two sided tape,
adhere the card fronts to the black mats and then onto the kraft card bases.
Ink the edges of the cards with Gathered Twigs. Ink the edges of the Bold
Frights sentiments with Gathered Twigs and then adhere them onto the bottom
left of the card fronts, leaving a small gap between the words. Adhere
'Halloween' to the middle of the small gap with foam tape. Use two sided tape
or Collage Medium and adhere the group of words to the bottom (I was thinking
the top first, and then changed my mind and added them to the bottom instead.)
of the card under the large sentiment.
Using a small piece of
acetate big enough for both pair of glasses, peel the top layer of protective
coating off, and place the acetate (clean side up) in the platform. Place both
pairs of glasses stamps over the acetate and close the lid to secure the stamps.
Using Carved Pumpkin Distress Paint, add a drop of paint to the silicon mat,
and pick it up with a clean foam on an Ink Blending Tool, working the paint in.
Lightly pounce the paint on the women's glasses covering the raised image, and
then stamp it onto the acetate. Repeat a few times until the glasses are nicely
covered. Do the same with the men's glasses using Black Soot Distress Paint. When
finished set these aside to dry, and remove the foams and clean with water to
remove the paint and let them dry to use again.
Take the cut out
hipsters and use Distress Crayons to color them in, using the silicon mat as a
palette and a Water Brush to pick up the Crayon and color in. I used Pumice
Stone for the hair, Hickory Smoke for the eyes and nose, Antique Linen and Picket Fence for the face, teeth, and
necklace with a little Picket Fence in the hair, and Carved Pumpkin for the
bowtie and hair bow. Also color in the hair and mustache that will be seen on
the card fronts. Using Mica Stain (shaken up first and then cleaning the nozzle
before capping up) add a few drops to the silicon mat and using the Water
Brush, pick up Empty Tomb and add it to the hair and mustache, Jack-O-Lantern
to the bowtie and hair bow, and Crooked Broomstick to the hair and necklace for
a little shine. Add Collage Medium to the back of the hipsters, and adhere them
over the coordinating card fronts lining everything up. Take the glasses and
peel off the back coating and add Collage Medium to the rims and adhere them on
to each hipster. Use a white gel pen to add a few highlights to the hair.
(Paper Trimmer, Stamp Platform, Heat
Tool, Scissors, Ink Blending Tool, Deckle Trimmer, Water Mister, Small Paint
Brush, Two Sided Tape, Foam Tape, Glass Mat, Detail Water Brush)
-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock, Black
Cardstock
-Stamper's
Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set: Bold Frights, Wicked Hipsters
-Ranger Tim Holtz Archival Ink: Black Soot
-Ranger Embossing Powder: Clear
-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Classic Kraft
Stock, Chit Chat Stickers, Seasonal Chit Chat Stickers
-Ranger Tim Holtz Collage Medium: Matte
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered
Twigs, Antique Linen, Carved Pumpkin, Black Soot
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor
Paper
-Stamper's
Anonymous Tim Holtz Layering Stencil: Shifter Multi Harlequin (smallest pattern)
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint: Carved
Pumpkin, Black Soot
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons: Pumice
Stone, Hickory Smoke, Antique Linen, Picket Fence, Carved Pumpkin
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Mica Stain:
Empty Tomb, Jack-O-Lantern, Crooked Broomstick
-Acetate, White Gel Pen
I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
