Get into the spooky spirit with Paula Cheney's hauntingly beautiful Halloween Vignette! Crafted with the latest Distress Mica Stains, Pastes, Idea-ology and more, this project is brimming with eerie details. Perfect for kicking off the scary season!
Tim Holtz Distress Halloween Vignette by Paula Cheney
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Instructions
TIP: wash the stencil immediately or place in a water bath till you can wash it properly.
Step 6: Cut Watercolor Cardstock 5 1/8 x 5 1/8”. Use a stamp (like the new web from the Stampers Anonymous set Boo Crazy) to make a background pattern. Stamp with Black Soot Archival Ink, then stamp it again with Distress Embossing Ink. Move card to a scrap paper and pour black Super Fine Embossing Powder over the top. Shake off the excess powder and slide it back into the jar. Heat the image with an Embossing Gun till the powder melts.
Step 9: Use a Tiny Blending tool to add Pumice Stone Distress Ink around the edges of the card.
Step 11: Use Collage Medium to add the background card to the Vignette Box. Adhere the two cut pieces of the house with 3D foam squares.
Step 13: Choose an image from the 2024 Halloween Layers + Paper Dolls pack to be the centerpiece. Tint the cheeks with Distress crayon Aged Mahogany and a cotton swab. Just scribble the crayon on the craft mat. Rub the tip of the cotton swab into the crayon, then rub over cheeks. If you get too much, rub with a clean cotton swab (a wet cotton swab won't remove the crayon).
Use Collage Medium to add a butterfly (ephemera pack) to the lapel. Fill the background of the metal 31 tag with Seedless Preserves Distress Crayon and smooth out with a fingertip. Pierce a hole just above the butterfly. Use an idea-ology Tiny Fastener to secure the tag to the card.
Step 17: Cut the flowers apart, leaving some of the stem. Set aside.
Step 18: Use Black Soot Distress Paint to wash over the urn from the idea-ology Conservatory pack. Add a bit of moss or string to fill the urn.
Step 19: Repeat the paint wash over the tombstone from idea-ology Graveyard pack. Once paint is dry, use your fingertip to add Distress Grit Paste - Crypt over parts of the tombstone.
Step 20: Add a clippings sticker from the Halloween Sticker book. You might need to add some Collage Medium to the back of the sticker because of the Grit Paste texture. I made some watery ink, then used my finger to rub the sticker with the ink to age it. Dry with a Heat It Tool.
Step 21: Drip Mushroom Alcohol Ink over an idea-ology Skull. Dab off an excess, then dry with a Heat It Tool.
Step 22: Use Collage Medium to add the urn, the flowers and the skull to the Vignette.
Step 23: Add the tombstone to the right side with Collage Medium.
Step 24: Adhere Design Tape Trim to the lip edge of the wood box. Because the edge has been sprayed with Mica Spray, I decided to add Collage Medium to the wood before adding the Design Tape. I also added another clippings sticker to the top.
Step 25: To finish off this piece, I randomly rubbed black paint over parts of the tape so the numbers were not so bright.
I have been a “maker” all my life. Sewing, stamping, paper arts, I love it all. Creating and teaching is a passion for me, whether it is in the classroom or on my blog, One Lucky Day.. I have worked in the scrapbooking/mixed media field since 2005 and for the last 7 years have been the Creative Coordinator for Tim Holtz Brands, a dream job if there ever was one. On a personal note, I live on the Central Coast of California with my husband, Jay. I love to travel to new places to look for old junk and am willing to pack a bag at a moment’s notice. On an ordinary day you can find me working away in my craft room with the windows wide open and music playing in the background. Follow Paula on instagram @luckyday.