Halloween Shadowbox-part 2

Yesterday's post gave you an overall view of my Halloween shadowbox. It is 12 inches wide and 16 inches tall. Today I will break it down into sections and give you a closer look.

A metal bat (a junque shop find) colored with alcohol ink and distress ink shows off his wingspan by hovering over the corner of the box. The Tim Holtz ticket as well as the witch were stamped on dominoes. The sign says "Witches Castle 1 mile Trespassers will be Melted". Between the sign and the witch is a puddle of wax aka a trespasser.

The box on the top right is from The Toymaker.com where you can download a variety of fun Halloween items. Several of the images in this section are from a collage sheet by Itkupilli. For the grungy bottle, I took a clear bottle, swirled alcohol ink in it then used matte multi medium on the outside to tone down the shine. The top was wrapped with fibers and dipped in beeswax. The label from Love Manor is for a life renewal potion.

The creepy doll face from Digital Collage Images has been mounted on a cracked optical lense. The clock was a tiny brass clock that no longer worked so was distressed with acrylic paints and given a new purpose.

The cabinet cards, cauldron, and birds in the trees images are from Seneca Pond Crafts.

Tombstones are from Inka's Etsy shop Altered Artifacts. The fence is by Jolee's and has been covered with crackle paint and distress stain.

The outside of the box which I failed to take a picture of was covered with crackle paint, chipped off in places then covered with distress stain. When that was dry, I sealed it with Claudine Hellmuth's Studio brand multi-medium matte. It ended up with a nice chippy, grungy look.

I didn't list all of the sources of the papers and items I used. If you have a question or want to know where I came up with some of these items, please email me. You can find my email link on the sidebar. If you are still reading this, thank you!

Halloween Shadowbox

I have been working on this shadowbox on and off for about a week and a half. Finally it is done...maybe. This was one of those projects that you get done pretty quickly without gluing anything down because you know that changes will be made every morning when you look at it again. Everything is now attached and there will be no changes...maybe just add one or two more things.
I am entering this in the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge this week where the theme is Anything Goes. There is also a blog hop and festivities this month for their STAMP-tember festivities.
For close-ups and more info see Halloween Shadowbox-part 2.

The Vicki Project part 2

Welcome back for part 2 of The Vicki Project. This is actually the first shadow box that I completed and is my favorite of the two.

The images are from Crafty Secrets' Heartwarming Vintage Images & Journal Notes booklets. The back layers of the two side panels have been dry embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.

I added gold wire antennae to the butterflies and moths that I cut from the Crafty Secrets Earthy paper pad.

I layered the petals of the flowers and added dew drops, mushrooms, and some unraveled sisal twine to finish off the shadow box panel.

This leaf vine ribbon from May Arts is one of my favorite products. The letter "B" is from the Tim Holtz distressables paper line.

The frame around this image is the cut-out from the center of the shadow box panel.

Supplies:

• Die: Accucut Shadow Box Portrait die #VC101CSJ
• Paper: Crafty Secrets Earthy collection
• Ink: TH distress inks-vintage photo, black soot
  
• Images: Crafty Secrets
  
• Misc: May Arts leafy vine ribbon, dew drops, wire, mushrooms, sisal twine, Cuttlebug embossing folder-floral screen

If you missed part 1 of The Vicki Project, you can find it here.

Thanks to Vicki Chrisman, Crafty Secrets, and Accucut for providing some of the supplies used to make these shadow box frames and a special thanks to Vicki for allowing me to play with the products.

ETA: If you would like to see more shadow box die projects, Vicki has all of them listed on her blog here.

The Vicki Project part 1

I was actually in the right place at the right time for a change and snagged a couple of new die cuts to play with. The die is distributed by Accucut and was designed by Vicki Chrisman. She was offering on her blog, This art that makes me happy, a chance to try out the die cuts. It was an offer I couldn't resist.

The base is a triptych and can be used as a standing project as shown or it can be folded for a dimensional card. The 3 large flower panels are from Crafty Secrets as are the pink and green patterned papers.

This is the center panel. The shadow helps to give you some idea of the 1/2" depth of the frame which forms the shadow box.

The little seed catalogue is made from a vintage image and several "pages" of cardstock that have been distressed and held together with 2 staples from the Tim Holtz mini attacher.

The bunny image is from a vintage postcard with a watering can added for watering the flowers. Notice the tiny seed packets I added to her basket.

And what good is a watering can without water? The water drops have been made with the help of a clear Gelly Roll glitter pen.

For the final panel, I embellished with a variety of watering cans and more tiny flowers. The top watering can is giving up its last drop to the nasturtium. You just can't see it in the picture.

Supplies:

• Die: Accucut Shadow Box Portrait die #VC101CSJ
• Paper: Crafty Secrets Earthy and Radiant collections
• Stamps: grass stamp-maker unknown
• Ink: TH distress inks-antique linen, mustard seed, brushed corduroy-Marvy-jungle green
  
• Images: Crafty Secrets, vintage postcards
• Misc: fence from Jolee's, cheesecloth, Gelly Roll glitter pen, assorted markers, tiny flower punch, distressing tool
  

Stay tuned for part 2 coming up in my next post!