I am sharing my first Halloween project of this year. I created these Halloween party invitations using some older dies I had and the new Sizzix Shadow Alpha dies.
I started with die cutting the windows (Window Frame Bigz Die), applying grit texture paste on them and painting them with dark grey acrylic paint. Then I worked on the embellishments. I used Frightful Things die set and Regions Beyond die set to die cut all the smaller elements and coloured them with distress inks (the ghosts – Old Paper, Antique Linen, the cat – Black Soot and Crushed Olive for the eyes, the pumpkin - Spiced Marmalade, Aged Mahogany, the broom – Black Soot, Ground Espresso, Antique Linen, the spider webs – Black Soot, the hat – Black Soot, Wilted Violet, the witch – Wilted Violet, Crushed Olive and the candles – Antique Linen, Ground Espresso + yellow and orange marker for the flames).
Then I also decided to add fake blood, which I created by mixing dark red acrylic paint with glue. I also tried mixing Aged Mahogany Distress Ink with glue, which turns a lot more realistic while wet, but once it dries, it is quite dark. I did not use it, but thinking back, I should have used it for the lighter elements like the ghost, for on them the paint turned a little bit too pink and bright. I would also recommend waiting for a little while, till the glue dries a bit, for it starts to create clots and looks a lot more realistic. Fake blood is something like adding gold speckles for me and I really cannot stop using it once I start, so there is going to be a lot more on my future projects.
As for the background, I used Brickwork embossing folder on kraft cardstock and applied Hickory Smoke, Frayed Burlap and Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink. I made one of them slightly darker than the other one.
Then I created the frames, I cut them out of kraft using craftknife and coloured them using Ground Espresso and Black Soot Mini Inkpads.
Finally, I just stuck everything down and added “BOO” and “fright” using Alphanumeric Shadow die sets. I cut the letters out of kraft cardstock and applied Distress Inks – Aged Mahogany, Spiced Marmalade, Hickory Smoke and Black Soot. I also added a raven sitting on the letter ‘r’ and some spider webs from Frightful Things die set and Regions Beyond die sets, which I also cut out of kraft and coloured with Black Soot Distress Oxide Ink. I added a little bit of Wilted Violet on the edges of the raven to create a shadow.
Thank you for visiting my blog and have a great weekend!
Dana
Supplies:
Tim Holtz Sizzix WINDOW FRAME Bigz Die 664220
Tim Holtz Sizzix BRICKWORK 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder 664259
Tim Holtz Sizzix ALPHANUMERIC SHADOW UPPER Thinlits Die Set 664729
Tim Holtz Sizzix ALPHANUMERIC SHADOW LOWER Thinlits Die Set 664728
Tim Holtz Sizzix FRIGHTFUL THINGS Thinlits Dies 664209
Tim Holtz Sizzix REGIONS BEYOND Thinlits Dies 664207
Cadence Acrylic Paint - Bordo
Herkules glue
Black Soot, Antique Linen, Wilted Violet and Frayed Burlap Distress Oxide Ink
Old Paper, Crushed Olive, Spiced Marmalade, Aged Mahogany, Ground Espresso Distress Ink
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