Tim Holtz Stamper's Anonymous Halloween 2024 - Boo Sheet Halloween Party Invitations

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!

Tim Holtz Sizzix Autumn/Halloween 2024 - Halloween Brooches

Hello Everyone! I'm back again with my other make from the Tim Holtz Sizzix Autumn/Halloween 2024 Live, the Halloween Brooches. I really want to thank you all for all the wonderful comments on the Autumn Brooches...my cup runneth over. I had no idea that the reason I made the brooches (in honor and remembrance of my Mother) would resonate with so many of you. It makes my heart glad. These Halloween brooches are made the same as the Autumn, with many layers, and then with resin, but I did add some more bling to this set. There were many more designs that I wanted to do, especially with the ghosts, but I ran out of time...so I will probably make those sometime soon. Enjoy, and again a HUGE THANKS!

This picture is pretty much a culmination of several steps, but you know after the last tutorial for the Autumn Brooches that you have to plan what you need out first, and that takes a bit.  This time I only used Metallic Classics and Colors with Deco Sheets. I added two sided tape to the back of what I would be using, and then started die cutting the parts I wanted from the Vault Foliage Wreath, Fright Night, Gothic Portraits, and Wicked Thinlits as well as the frames from Vault Boutique for the cat/moon and silhouette girl/witch hat, and the banner from that set for the word wicked.  I die cut the same pieces again for about three layers to add to the thickness of the piece but I didn’t adhere them, and then I die cut the same again BUT from the backside of the Kraftstock with the two sided tape side up for the backing of each piece so that the backside of the brooch looks nice and finished. Once I die cut I started playing with the pieces to figure out the layout and size of the brooch always keeping in mind the closeness of the parts so that the pin wouldn’t show through from the front, so I kept the pin handy to help guide myself.  I layered the pieces and kept them close together to add to the sturdiness of the brooch as well, 3 to 4 layers is what most are. I also used a bit of Collage Medium on the border parts to make sure they stayed in place with all the layers. On the two cat pieces I added green rhinestones behind the slit in their eyes. For the Deco Sheet detail parts like the witches hair and clothing, I just die cut the entire piece and cut around the parts I wanted and just stuck them on…same for the inside of the words. I just free hand cut the inside parts, fyi.

Once all the layers and pieces were on then I added the backing so that all the pieces are covered with metallic paper on the back and Kraft is not showing. For the pieces that won’t be showing on the back, you don’t need to add a backing of course, but make sure to add a bit of Collage Medium to those pieces to make sure they stay in place. I use Metallic Leafing Pens and permanent markers to color the sides to match the fronts so no Kraft paper was showing.

Here are the pieces with all the layers adhered up a little closer. I should have taken a picture of the backs as well, sorry. But they are just solid metallic paper with no detail parts. The pin will not be adhered until the very end.

Some of the Droplets were not the color I needed so I dyed them with Alcohol Ink. If I had to do a lot I used a cup with several drops of the ink, if only a little I just colored them directly with a Qtip. I did the same with plain clear rhinestones as well. Then I adhered all the bling with Glossy Accents. The bling takes a while to do, but it’s so worth it. 

For the wicked brooch and the spider web as well, I wanted Antiqued Gems hanging down. In order the color the stones inside the bezel, I used pliers to open them up to remove the gems. To color them without moving and touching them, I punched holes in a strip of paper with a regular hole punch and added feet below it with foam tape so it was raised up. Then I added the gems into the holes, and placed a drop or two of Alcohol Ink on them and let it dry. This worked perfectly.

For the mirrored hearts and stars I just dropped Alcohol Ink directly on them.

Another pic of coloring the bling with Alcohol Ink.

I mixed 1 ounce of Ice Resin as directed and poured it over the pieces on a baking cooling rack I have designated for Art, with a piece of wax paper underneath. I tried to do as heavy as a coating as I could and I kept these on the rack over night, moving them around every hour using a craft pick so they didn’t get stuck in place. By morning they were dry and not stuck in place. The bottle says they totally cure after 48 hours.

While the resin hardened I made pillow boxes with the words cut out in the centers to house most of the brooches but some are too big to fit. I added clear packaging material under the word opening.  For all the brooches I cut black tags to fit them and added Kraft colored words to the tags. Once the brooches were dry, I used pliers to bend the hook of pin in a little more so that there wasn’t more tension to secure the pin in the closure hopefully alleviating people from pulling on the pin too much to latch it. I added the pins to the back of each brooch so they wouldn’t be seen using lots of Glossy Accents. I also used tiny letter metal stamping punches and a Craft Hammer for my initials onto Metallic Kraftstock, and added those to the back of each piece for my maker marks, and then I coated the whole back with more Glossy Accents for added strength again, and let them dry. Once dry, I measured and marked where both ends of the back of the pin would be on the black tags and punch holes for them, and then used scissors to cut a line between the holes. The back of the pin just pushes through the line into the holes and stays in place. Then the card with the brooch fits into the pillow box, well at least the smaller ones anyway.

Supplies:

(Paper Trimmer, Two Sided Tape, Die Cut Machine, Die Pick, Scissors, Standard Premium Crease Pad)

-Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Metallic Classics Kraftstock, Metallic Colors Kraftstock, Christmas Deco Sheets, Halloween Deco Sheets, Metallic Droplets, Mirrored Hearts, Mirrored Stars, Antiqued Gems, Jumprings

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits (Autumn Halloween Vault Series 2024): Vault Foliage Wreath, Vault Fright Night, Vault Gothic Portraits, Vault Wicked

-Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium: Matte

-Ranger Glossy Accents

-Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink: Dijon, Limeade, Everglades, Purple Twilight, Boysenberry, Slate, Pitch Black, Gold Mixative, Silver Mixative

-Ranger Ice Resin

-Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits: Vault Boutique, Vault Pillow Box & Bag

-Ranger Surfaces: Kraft Cardstock, Black Cardstock

-1 Inch Brooch Pins, Gold, Silver, Copper Metallic Pens, Microfiber Cloth, Various Sizes Flat Rhinestones and Pearl Halves, Containers for Ice Resin, Metal Letter Stamps and Hammer if Desired, Clear Packaging

Thank you so so much for stopping by, and for all the comments! I'll be back in a few weeks. Until then, I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!