Saturday Showcase - Hipster Halloween

Hello there Funkie Junkie Fans, Lisa Hoel here and I have a "Halloween in August" make for you today! I think now is not to early to start holiday crafting. Every year I have more ideas than time so starting earlier is a good strategy. This Idea-ology Vignette Shrine decor piece makes use of old and new Tim Holtz Halloween products. Let's take a look…

Mr. Hipster Skellie makes an appearance and we can clearly discern his main interest in the holiday, especially when we turn on…

… the Halloween Idea-ology Tiny Lights! I used an orange strand from years past (the 2022 lights are green and purple). You can also use regular Tiny Lights and put a drop of orange alcohol ink on each bulb to color them yourself. Mr. Hipster's message, "I'm here for the candy" was cut using the new Sizzix Bold Text Halloween Die Set.

The sides of the Vignette Shrine feature another new die set, Mischievous. I love those little cats and can't wait to add them to future projects.

More words from the Bold Text Halloween set also included!

The lights really make an impact when it's dark:

Sweet! and spooky!

Now for the how-to:

1) I drilled a hole in the back of the Vignette Shrine to thread the strand of Tiny Lights through. (I was originally going to use green lights but changed my mind to use orange.)

2) I used Distress Paint to create the backgrounds to cut the side strips from. I dripped Villainous Potion, Wilted Violet, and Twisted Citron onto my craft sheet, lightly spritzed with water and swiped my paper through it.

While it's wet, Distress Paint is highly reactive to water. I also dripped water on the paper and added more layers once the first layer was dry. It is a really fun technique! You can see Tim demo it in his Distress Paint Demo video.

The finished backgrounds!

3) Next I made the little light box. I cut the sentiment out of Distress White Heavystock and trimmed around it. The box was made with black foamcore to fit my sentiment piece. To give the front piece a "candy" feel, I applied Embossing Ink with a Ranger Emboss It Dabber and then heat embossed with Villainous Potion Distress Glaze. To diffuse the lights that were going to go behind it, I applied Frosted Film (a retired product) to a piece of clear plastic and cut it to fit inside the box behind the front piece. (Heavy vellum would work too.)

I also applied Crypt Grit Paste to the sides of box to cover up the black foam core.

4) I cut strips from my painted papers to fit the sides of the Shrine. I die cut the words and cats through the top purple and green layer. I backed them with strips of paper I had spritzed with last year's Seasonal Halloween Mica Stains - Jack-O-Lantern and Flickering Candle. (I can't wait to see what this year's colors look like!)

5) Next it was time to work on the background paper that was going inside of the Shrine! I decided to make a custom ink pad using an empty Oxide Distress It Yourself Ink Pad and Oxide reinkers in Villainous Potion and Crackling Campfire. Tim gives DIY pad ideas and instructions in this video demo.

I used my custom pad to ink the woodgrain background stamp from the CMS384 Lumberjack stamp set. I wanted to have a striped look so the custom pad made that really easy to achieve. I wasn't sure if I'd like black or grey paper better so I stamped on both to see. (Black won!)

6) I lined the Shrine with my stamped background. The box edges I covered with Trims Design Tape.

7) Mr. Hipster came from the Wicked Hipsters Stamp Set (currently on sale!) I stamped it on White Heavystock, watercolored it and then fussy cut it.

8) Most of the lights I twisted into a bundle that would lie behind the sentiment window box. I tacked the wires down with hot glue to keep them in place.

9) Final steps were creating all the candies using the Sweet Treats Die Set and attaching them to the back. I also added some black and grey pearl gems I had. Tim's new Halloween Idea-ology Droplets would be perfect for a similar look.

I hot glued the end of the light string into place where it would lie under the skull piece.

Thanks for stopping by! Lots of exciting Halloween products are coming out this month so get ready to get your creep on! Pay the store a visit and check it all out.

Products Used:

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Wicked Hipsters CMS439

Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Lumberjack CMS384

Sizzix Chapter 3 Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Mischievous 665996

Sizzix Chapter 3 Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Bold Text Halloween 665995

Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Sweet Treats 664204

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Vignette Shrine TH94034

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tiny Lights TH94157

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Confections TH94170

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design Tape, Trims TH94218

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Paints - Villainous Potion TDF78845, Wilted Violet, Twisted Citron TDF50216

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Halloween Grit Paste - Crypt TSHK81081

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glaze - Villainous Potion TDE78876

Ranger Tim Holtz Oxide Distress It Yourself Pad TDA66415

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Reinkers - Villainous Potion TDR78838, Crackling Campfire TDR72324

Saturday Showcase - Faux Metal Effects

Hi everyone and welcome to another Saturday Showcase, the Design Team's chance to share tutorials and products available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique with you and kick start your creative weekend.

I love the looks that the ageing process can give surfaces and in particular those that occur when metal is exposed to the weather. Having put together an effective rusted effect on a Vignette Accent for a recent project I put together a 'how to', this time using the technique on some Tim Holtz Metallic Kraft Stock embossed with the 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder 'Mechanics' (though it would work equally well with the 'Foundry' version). Here's the video;

Hopefully you now feel ready to start adding faux rust and verdigris to your metal (and non-metal!) surfaces. I've listed the products used below as a handy reference. Thanks for joining me here today. Have a great weekend and remember to get creative!

Jenny xxx

Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Rusty Hinge	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Spiced Marmalade	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Rust	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Watering Can	PRE-ORDER Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Evergreen Bough
Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Cracked Pistachio	Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink - Mushroom	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Orange Blossom	Ranger Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Distress Paint	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Metallic Kraft Stock
(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Mechanics	(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Foundry	Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip	Tim Holtz idea-ology Refill Pack for Sanding Grip (4 sheets)

Saturday Showcase - Tim Holtz Botanical 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder

Hi everyone and welcome! Jenny here with this week's Saturday Showcase where I'm shining a spotlight on one of Tim Holtz new 3D embossing folders from Sizzix. Since this 'Botanical' Texture Fades Embossing Folder arrived I have become a touch obsessed, embossing everything from card to fabric! So today I'm involving you in this obsession with two ideas for using it with different medias. And a heads up, to take a closer look at any of these pictures just click on them.

Tim Holtz 3D Embossing Botanical Sizzix Faux Plaster Tutorial

I began by cutting a piece of 8.5 x 11 Tim Holtz Mixed Media Heavystock into four quarters - the reason for using this Heavystock is that it has been designed to be very forgiving when you apply wet media and I find it doesn't warp the way some regular cardstock can.

For my first experiment I spread an uneven layer of Ranger Opaque Texture Paste over the first quarter of Heavystock, allowing it to air dry (which doesn't take long, even here in the UK).

When dry I blended Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink over the whole surface, spritzed with water, allowed it to dribble and run by moving the Heavystock around, then dried it with my heat tool. Do bear in mind you can stop at any stage of this process if you like the effects you've achieved!

Now I ran the altered Heavystock through my Big Shot with the Botanical Texture Fades 3D Embossing Folder using my Multipurpose Platform and one of my Cutting Plates - the instructions for getting the correct 'sandwich' are included in the packaging and on Sizzix own website.

You'll notice I de-bossed my surface as I wanted to achieve a look of old decorative plaster. Again, you could leave it at this stage but I couldn't! choosing instead to brayer Picket Fence Distress Paint over the surface lightly.

Finally I sprayed the whole piece with a little mist of water and used a paintbrush to dribble Vintage Photo Distress Spray Stain down into the de-bossed grooves. To encourage it to 'run' you can add more water until you get the effect you want. I allowed it to air dry again, though you could use a heat tool to speed up this part of the process. You'll notice as it dries it takes on more of a pale rose hue as the inks and water react with the Texture Paste.

So now my altered Heavystock was ready for use in a finished project. I tore it down the middle, effectively leaving me with two halves for two cards, though you could just use the whole piece as a stand alone background as it wouldn't need much in the way of embellishing.

You can see I took some Tim Holtz Paper Stash to create a simple background, adding stitching and Design Tape with some torn Worn Wallpaper before layering on my embossed card. It then only took some ephemera (the Ideaology Layers collections, Collector and Botanical are a great source for these) a couple of metal Adornments and a sentiment from the Small Talk Occasions set to complete it. Here are some close ups so you can see how the embossed Heavystock adds so much detail to the finished card;

Tim Holtz 3D Embossing Botanical Sizzix Distress Oxide Paint Tutorial

Now here's a second a second, much shorter experiment which has equally wonderful results. Again I started with a quarter of the Mixed Media Heavystock. This time I dipped it repeatedly into a blend of Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink and water to get that mottled effect we are all familiar with.

Having run it through my Big Shot with the Botanical Texture Fades 3D Embossing Folder (embossing rather than de-bossing this time) I used my brayer to apply a layer of Pumice Stone Distress Paint over the raised areas.

After the paint had dried I blended Walnut Stain Distress Ink into the Heavystock to add some 'age' and contrast to the embossed areas. And that was it, ready for use! I love the darker look to this one and decided to create a male themed card with it.

Now I must admit this card became a little more 'involved' than the last, though to keep it simple you could equally just use Tim Holtz Paper Stash and various Layers as before.

I did use Paper Stash for the background as before but this time used my brayer to add light layers of Distress Paint over before applying an uneven layer of Texture Paste through a Layering Stencil. As it had a look of verdigris I did add one more layer of media to my torn piece of altered Heavystock (I can't ever leave well enough alone!) brayering the smallest amount of Tumbled Glass Distress Paint over the raised areas.

The central panel looks complicated but was achieved easily by stamping one of the images from the Tim Holtz 'Theories' stamp set onto card dipped in Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink and water. I stamped the image for a second time onto spare card, cut around the man and balloon, and dipped them in the leftover paints from the background to get the verdigris look again (use shades of brown and grey and end with light dabs of the Tumbled Glass). The altered metal Adornments and a sentiment from the Small Talk Snarky set completed the card. Here are the final close ups so you can see more of that embossed Heavystock;

That's it for today's Saturday Showcase tutorials using Tim Holtz Botanical 3D Texture Fades Embossing Folder! I hope you've enjoyed seeing just a couple of the possibilities for using it - there are plenty more as you play with different colours, inks and paints, and of course two more designs too! And now that The Funkie Junkie Boutique has the new Tim Holtz 3D Impresslits in stock there are even more 3D shapes to alter.

Have fun and get creative!
Jenny xxx

(MAY PRE-ORDER) Sizzix 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder - Botanical	Ranger Texture Paste	(JULY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Antique Linen	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Picket Fence	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Vintage Photo
(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology 8 x 8 Paper Stash Etcetera	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Collector Layers	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Botanical Layers	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments, Index Clips Fasteners	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Vignette Accents
(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Worn Wallpaper	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design Tape Remnants	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Design Tape Salvaged	(FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Hickory Smoke	NEW Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Pumice Stone
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint - Tumbled Glass	(EARLY FEBRUARY PRE-ORDER) Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Theories	Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black Pad #3	(February Pre-order) Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments, Star Adornments