Found Curiosities Vignette

Happy Halloween, friends! It's time for the Funkie side of the Frilly and Funkie Design Team to share our inspiration for the current challenge, Impress Us! I chose this theme and here are the details:

Who doesn't want to make a great first impression? For this challenge, we would like you to use your embossing folders or any other way you can make an impression on your vintage or shabby chic project. Go ahead and 'Impress Us' with your creativity!

Please stop by Frilly and Funkie to see what my talented Frilly and Funkie teammates have created to impress you. Hopefully you'll be tempted to play along! As always, the Design Team will choose their top four favorites, with the winner being invited to join us in a Guest Designer spot at Frilly and Funkie, and the next three will receive Top 3 badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

My favorite embossing folder is the Lumber 3D Texture Fade by Tim Holtz, and I've used it time and time again in my projects since it's release this year. And you'll see I used it a lot on this project which started with an embossed panel. I coated a kraft panel with Distress Collage Medium Matte and Weathered Wood and Black Soot paints before embossing, then added Distress Crazing. When dry, I used Crayons in various neutral colors and swipes of black crackle paint.

 Initially, I wasn't planning to make another Halloween project, but  this project grew into a Halloween vignette after I made this panel.  I wasn't totally pleased with the wood grain effect on it's own, but I knew it would work as a great background for some of the things I would be covering it with. Here are some shots before I added the boys and other spooky elements.

The 'tree stumps' are leftovers from my Bone Collector project. I shaped them into cylindrical shapes and added thick foam to maintain their shape before adhering with Distress Collage Medium Matte. I bet you didn't know that spooky jack-o-lantern was peeking out between the stumps. I tucked in some bracket fungus from my stash, because that's what grows on damp rotting wood.

On the inner top and sides I used a piece of embossed card I had in my scrap bin. I had loaded it with mixed media products and it really looked bad, but I knew it would come in handy for some future project. When I originally made this, I had swiped on a think layer of texture paste in some areas and made impressions with an art tool (the lines in the photo below). I had also smeared on crackle paste randomly. The embossing folder I had used was a leaf print by Tim Holtz--you would never know it to see it now. All this texture really came to life by applying a glaze of Black Soot Distress paint mixed with Vintage Collage Medium, my go-to Halloween secret recipe. The brush strokes almost look like wood grain.

The box I used was one of four box signs I picked up in the clearance bin at a local craft store. They are about the size of the largest Vignette Box which I am out of right now.  I just gave it a coat of black gesso, followed by a thick layer of Prima Pitch Black Impasto paint on one of the sides. I had previously cut a Laurel branch using the Laurel 3D Impresslit and applied Prima Old Silver Metallique Wax to the raised parts.  I heated the paint until dried just enough to leave a skin. I pressed the laurel leaves die cut into the paint, leaving it for a minute and removed.

I sprinkled with Prima mini Art Stones while the paint was still tacky. Sadly, the little specks started to fall off when I handled it, so I decided to give it a coat of Vintage Collage Medium to hold them in place. Yuck! Shiny was not the look I was going for!  And the medium hid some of the impressions left by the die cut. This hereby became the bottom of my project. Trust me, this is a very flattering photo (below).

 I repeated the paint/impressions on each of the remaining 3 sides, but this time decided to sprinkle the stones before I heat dried. I was hoping the thick paint would act as a glue, but they ended up falling off. They did leave an interesting impression, but barely visible in the photos.

Let's take a look at the details inside the box. The Tangled Twigs die cuts were embossed with the Lumber Texture Fade and tucked in here and there. The boys are cut from one of the Halloween Paper Doll Ancestors. I colored them with Vintage Photo, Wild Honey and Spiced Marmalade crayons and splattered with Black Soot paint.

I added some more fungus and an Ideaology Zombie Hand wrapped in Mummy Cloth holding one of Mini Pumpkins. In the photo below, you can see the nice texture left by the Impasto paint being scraped over the edges. The texture is brought out with Hickory Smoke crayon.

A bit of yard waste makes the perfect stem and some goo makes for a gross rotting pumpkin.

Oooooh! There's that scary jack-o-lantern from the Halloween Ephemera pack! A bit of Laurel is tucked in among the layers.

And a shy owl peeks out over the boy's shoulders. The brass owl from The Funkie Junkie Boutique's large supply of unique charms was altered by removing the bail, painting with Black Soot paint and a few drops of Teakwood alcohol ink.

BOO!

I used Mega Art Stones painted with Black Soot to disguise the thick black foam I used to hold the trio in place.

And now the finishing details on the front. I painted a Halloween Word Band with Carved Pumpkin and Black Soot paints.

A couple of embossed Laurel leaves colored with Peeled Paint crayon. The Halloween Quote Chip was colored with Wild Honey crayon.

That's all for me! I hope you are inspired to get out those embossing folders or think of another way you can make an impression on your project and share with us at Frilly and Funkie!

Hugs and Blessings!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:

Country View Challenges October 2018 - Plant-tastic Laurel, twigs, tree trunks, real twig.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Take Flight (owl)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Halloween/Spooky

Die Cut Divas Halloween or Autumn  I used 4 Sizzix die cuts.

Let's Craft and Create Challenge #142 - ANYTHING GOES

Scrapy Land Challenge #100 Anything Goes I used 4 Sizzix die cuts.

That's Crafty Spookalicious Challenge

The following products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Lumber	Sizzix 3-D Impresslits Embossing Folder - Laurel	Sizzix Bigz Die - Planks by Tim Holtz	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Tangled Twigs by Tim Holtz 663086	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Zombie Hands
Tim Holtz Idea-olog Mummy Cloth	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Pumpkins	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls, Ancestors	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Ephemera Pack	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Bands, Halloween
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Quote Chips, Halloween	Set of 5 Bronze Tone Owl Charms	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Black Soot TDF52937	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paint - Carved Pumpkin TDF50629	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Weathered Wood TDF53378
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Ground Espresso TIM43270	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #3 TDBK47926	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #2 TDBK47919	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - 6PC Set #1 TDBK47902	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Vintage TDA47940
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Crazing TDA47957	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Teakwood TAL40743	Prima Art Ingredients - Mega Art Stones	Prima Art Ingredients - Mini Art Stones
Prima Art Alchemy Impasto Paint - Pitch Black	Prima Art Alchemy by Finnabair - Metallique Wax - Old Silver

Bone Collector for Frilly and Funkie Haunted Halloween Challenge and Giveaway Winner Announcement

Welcome friends! Today I'm sharing my altered frame as one of the Funkie side of the Frilly and Funkie team for our current challenge,  Haunted Halloween. Jenny is hosting this challenge, and here's what she says:

 It's time to get your freak on and go all out for Halloween. We want to see your ghouls and ghosts and things that go bump in the night. It's going to be spooktacular!!!

I hope you'll stop over to the blog and see what my talented Frilly and Funkie teammates have cooked up to inspire you. Hopefully you'll be tempted to play along! As always, the Design Team will choose their top four favorites, with the winner being invited to join us in a Guest Designer spot at Frilly and Funkie, and the next three will receive Top 3 badges to display on their blogs. Everyone who enters and follows the rules will be entered into the draw to have the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

I really had some fun, going all out with some of Tim Holtz' newest Halloween products. I charred a wood frame from my stash with Prima's Impasto paint in Pitch Black. I scuffed it with a sanding block to remove some of the paint and sealed with Distress Collage medium matte along edges and under eaves. I heat embossed randomly with Rocky Road Baked Texture and sanded to take off the shine.  I thought it needed a little more texture, so I got out my hoarded Black Soot Crackle Paint (sadly no longer available).

 I cut strips of Halloween Paper Stash for the sides of the house and embossed with Lumber 3D Texture Fade. These were adhered and coated with Collage medium and smeared with Black Soot crayon. Tangled Twigs were cut from kraft card. These were painted with black crackle paint and Ground Espresso ink and wrapped around the edges. I love this die, and it's useful for not only for Halloween and Fall projects, but you can see how I've used it for a Winter/Christmas card HERE.

Around back, you'll see some eerie bare trees. I used more of the paper from the new Halloween stash, traced the outline of the frame and cut the shape. Using my stamp platform, I inked the branch from Mr Bones in Black Soot ink and heat embossed with a mixture of one of my old brown embossing powders and Rocky Road. Using my stamp platform, I was able to bend the branches a little on the second tree. I also got a good impression, stamping each tree three times. I smooshed Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink onto my mat and spritzed with water 'til it beaded up and pressed my paper onto the beads of color. While wet, I sprinkled on more Rocky Road powder and heated until just melted.  I dipped the paper into a puddle of Ground Espresso oxide and adhered the panel to the back of the frame. I gave the entire back a coat of collage medium and when dry, smeared Black Soot crayon around the edges. Lastly,  I applied black crackle paint randomly on the edges.

 The roof is shingled with Tim's Planks die cuts. They were colored with Ground Espresso and Antique Linen Distress stains and Weathered Wood ink and smeared with Ranger Opaque Crackle Texture Paste randomly. I highlighted the cracks with Black Soot crayon and adhered with collage medium.

I cut Distress Mixed Media Heavy stock to fit in the eaves and heat embossed one of Tim Holtz Tangled Webs. I blended with  Hickory Smoke, Black Soot and Ground Espresso ink and splattered with Hickory Smoke oxide. I stamped and embossed the cobwebs two more times on scraps and colored them in the same way. I fussy cut them and layered them in the eaves using foam scraps to give the scene dimension.

For the bottom room 'wallpaper', I cut Heavy Stock to size and colored with Antique Linen oxide and Pumice Stone, Hickory Smoke and Black Soot ink. I inked the Ornate stamp from Ornate and Lace set with Hickory Smoke oxide and misted with water before stamping. Splashed with a little water and heat dried.

My Halloween and original Paper Dolls were scuffed and colored with Antique Linen and Ground Espresso oxide and edged with Black Soot crayon.  I cut out the female hands with a craft knife to place the Ideaology Boneyard bones. The  little boy had a bilateral below the knee amputation so he could sit comfortably in the confines of the attic. His sister, scared stiff, thinks she might be the next victim of the evil two below if she doesn't do a little bone collecting of her own.

The  copper toned Ideaology Halloween Word Key was colored with alcohol inks and tucked in with a shred of Mummy Cloth. I was really skeptical about these strips of creepy cloth, thinking I could achieve the same effect with cheesecloth, but this stuff is really so much stiffer and easier to work with. I think it provides a better look and dyes perfectly every time. Not to mention, there is a generous supply within the pack.

The plastic spider ring is colored with alcohol inks, Snow Cap and Mushroom. The smaller bones and Ideaology Skulls were colored with Black Soot crayon. One of the Ruler Pieces was colored with Vintage Photo Distress stain, given a coat of Rock Candy Crackle Paint and cracks highlighted with crayon.

 Three Halloween Clippings Stickers and a Halloween Word Band tell the story. A faux bone from my stash is a great place for a Bone Collector to sit.

I crackled an amber bottle with clear and black crackle paint and highlighted with Antique Linen and Black Soot crayon. The broom is from my stash and colored with alcohol inks and Distress Spray stain in black. My broom doesn't have the detail that Tim's Ideaology brooms do, but I had to use these up.

Whew! You made it through to the end! I hope you enjoyed my fun and just a bit creepy Halloween frame, and that you are inspired to play along with Frilly and Funkie's Haunted Halloween challenge. The random winner of the Tim Holtz Halloween Remnant Rubs is Kate Yetter--congratulations! I will be in touch with you by e-mail to get your snail-mail info.

Happy Crafting!

Sara Emily

Challenge shares:
Country View Challenges October 2018 - Plant-tastic Sorry, but my plants are dead.
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything But A Card

Artistic Stamper October's Creative Challenge - Inktober
Dies R Us Challenge #107 - Anything Fall I used Sizzix Tangled Twigs Thinlits die.
Love 2 Create Challenge #13, Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes
Die Cut Divas Halloween or Autumn
Creative Artiste Challenge #43 "Anything Mixed Media Goes"
Let's Craft and Create Challenge #142 - ANYTHING GOES
Scrapy Land Challenge #100 Anything Goes I used 2 Sizzix dies.

These products were used and can be purchased at The Funkie Junkie Boutique:

Sizzix Bigz Die - Planks by Tim Holtz	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set - Tangled Twigs by Tim Holtz 663086	Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Lumber	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Mr Bones	Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Tangled Webs
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Ornate & Lace	Tim Holtz Stamp Platform by Tonic Studios	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Mixed Media Heavystock 8.5x11 inches - TDA53842	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash - Halloween	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Keys, Halloween
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Clippings Stickers, Halloween	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Word Bands	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls Ancestors	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Dolls	boneyard
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Skulls	Tim Holtz Idea-olog Mummy Cloth	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ruler Pieces	Seth Apter Baked Texture - Rocky Road	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Snow Cap Mixative AL31611
Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Mushroom	Set of 6 Amber Bottles	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Collage Medium Matte TDA47933	Ranger Opaque Crackle Texture Paste	Prima Art Alchemy Impasto Paint - Pitch Black
Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Spray Stain TSS44161	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Spray Stain- Antique Linen TSS42136	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Vintage Photo TSS42594	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Black Soot TSS42167	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Black Soot TIM19541
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Weathered Wood TIM20257	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Hickory Smoke TIM43232	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Pumice Stone TIM27140	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Hickory Smoke	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Antique Linen
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Ground Espresso