Hello Everyone! How about that Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous Halloween Release Live?!! Amazing makes for sure, just a WOW! AND, the new stamps and stencils are so super FUN, and I had a blast making with them! I went all out on a BOO SHEET Halloween Party Theme, as the Boo Sheet phrase is big around these parts, so having a party theme seemed natural. All three of my projects seen in the Live go together and were so easy to make, so I'll start with the invitations first. Enjoy!
Cut a piece of Kraft
Cardstock to 4 x 5.5”. Die cut the paper with the Big Ticket Bigz Die from
Sizzix. Repeat for as many invites as you like. Place the ticket in the platform
and take the Ghost in the Graveyard image from the Framed Frights Stamp Set, and arrange it on
the very left side of the ticket, and stamp in Black Soot Distress Archival Ink
from Ranger. Repeat with as many invites as you like. Leave this in the
platform if you can in case you need to restamp later after coloring. If you
have another platform add the ticket in it, if not, work from the other side of
the platform with the Graveyard safely away from the ticket. Select the '31'
from the Sign Painter Set, as well as select images from the Tidbits Stamp Set
that go with the theme of the ticket (admit one, see other side, ticket number,
arrive at 9 pm, month chart) and place them on the ticket playing with the
placement with the '31' first and the other images around them keeping in mind
the linear and compartment like style of a ticket front. Once you like it
remove the '31' and close the lid to secure the other images, and then stamp
them in Black Soot Archival. Repeat with as many invites as you like. Remove
the images as you are finished with them, and add the '31' on where it needs to
go. Stamp it first in Glacier White Pigment Ink, and then in Spiced Marmalade
Oxide Ink. The reason to use the white first is to make sure the '31' is nice
and bright orange, but you don't have to if you don't have the white ink. Give
the '31' a little heat to dry or let it dry naturally for a bit. Repeat with as
many invites as you like. Take a piece of White Heavystock and stamp the
pointing finger for as many invites as you need as well as the 'boo sheet'
sentiment from the Spooky Spirits in Black Soot Archival. Add two sided tape to
the back of this and cut the finger out as well as block style cut the
sentiment and set those aside for now.
Use the Big Ticket Bigz
Die again to die cut White Heavystock tickets this time for as many invites as
you need. Place one in the platform and arrange the top three ghosts from the
Spooky Spirits Set and the little extra ghost from the Boo Crazy Set in each
corner of the ticket so that just half their bodies will be seen and the middle
of the ticket is wide open. This is just for placement so don't close the lid
yet. Take the mini accessories that you want (hats, pumpkin pail, bows, etc.)
from the Mini Bird Crazy & Things and figure out the best placement of them
on each of the ghosts, even though you will only be able to stamp them one at a
time you need to know the placement beforehand so that middle area will still
be open. Starting with one of the ghosts, remove it and leave the accessories
in place and close the lid. Don't worry about removing the other ghosts as you
won't ink those yet, and they are just holding their places. Stamp the mini
things in Black Soot. Repeat with as many invites as you like. Clean the stamps
off by stamping the remaining ink from them onto a sticky note, and then cut
the images out. Place the sticky notes
on the images and then add the ghost on and stamp it in Black Soot over the
sticky notes. Remove that ghost, and then repeat this process for another
ghost, but when it comes to the sticky note accessories keep in mind which
masks you already have so you don't have to keep cutting more. Again repeat
with as many invites as you like. Remove the ghost and then do another until
all four are stamped with their accessories. Repeat with as many invites as you
like. Then stamp the bows and glasses in Black Soot as well. I missed the bow a
bit on one ghost so I drew in a piece of hair to tie them back together. Use a
fine black pen to add eyelashes to the girls.
Using a permanent bold
black pen and a ruler, add lines around the parts of the front of the ticket,
and then along the embossed lines border on the white ticket. Ink the edges of
both with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. Using the wording from the Life of the
Party, Tiny Text, and Spooky Spirits Stamp Sets, arrange them on the white
ticket center portion for your instructions of the party. Some of the wording I
couldn't find in full, so I cut words and letters apart, as you can see, which
made for some wonky stamping even though I really tried to line things up, so
keep that in mind. Perhaps you can find better phrases to add. Once you like
the wording, stamp it in Black Soot Archival. I couldn't find a stamp with
'party' so I used Label Letters to make it. I used a black pen for the question
mark as well.
For the front of the envelopes stamp more
accessories and another ghost like you did before using your previous sticky
note masks.
Using Distress Watercolor Pencils and a
Detail Waterbrush, color in the parts of the images you want. Keep in mind that
the pencils will color over the black lines, so you will need to restamp the cemetery
part you left in the platform or you can use a black marker to fix them like I
did. See below for the colors I used. For the witch's buckle on the hats, I
used Antique Bronze Distress Crayon with the Waterbrush. Use a white pen to add
dots in each of the centers of the eyes, as well as the 'admit one' and lines
around that. Add the pointing finger and Boo Sheet to the cemetery portion.
Supplies:
(Paper Trimmer, Die Cut Machine, Stamp
Platform or Two if you have another, Scissors, Sticky Note, Ruler, Water
Mister, Detail Waterbrush, Ink Blending Tool, Two Sided Tape)
-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock
-Sizzix Tim Holtz Bigz Die: Big Ticket
-Stamper’s
Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set (Halloween 2024): Framed Frights, Spooky Spirits,
Boo Crazy
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink:
Black Soot
-Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp
Set: Tidbits, Sign Painter, Mini Bird Crazy & Things, Life of the Party,
Tiny Text
-Ranger Pigment Ink: Glacier White
-Ranger Tim Holtz
Distress Oxide Ink: Spiced Marmalade
-Ranger Tim Holtz
Heavystock: White
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Gathered
Twigs
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor
Pencils: Picket Fence, Spiced Marmalade, Crackling Campfire, Peeled Paint,
Gathered Twigs, Hickory Smoke, Tattered Rose
-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayon:
Antique Bronze
-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Label Letters Stickers
-A2 Kraft Envelopes, Black Pen, White
Pen
Thanks so much for stopping by and for all the comments! I'll be back tomorrow with more Boo Sheet Party goodies. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!
