Halloween Everyday, Day 20

For today's project, we used more of the goodies we made on previous days to fit into our pocket page we made yesterday, Day 19. I love how these all turned out, and it was especially fun because we used what we already made. :) I'm so bad at that, normally, that this was very satisfying for me and I need to remember that so I can do it again. Hahaha! 

Here are the labels, tickets, and tags we made to go into the pockets. 

Here they are all tucked into the pockets. I love this.

Halloween Everyday, photo tag pocket

This project is from Day 1, the day I missed when I first found the channel. Remember the flippy flappy wallet with all the pockets and stuff that I made a couple of weeks ago? That was our Day 2 project. I super love how this turned out. 

The photo image is from Tracie Fox Creative, the lace is from my stash; I grunged it up a bit with ink, and I've also used some of the cheesecloth I dyed earlier. The 'glass' in the frame is another piece of inked acetate. I love the antique look a little spilled ink gives it. 

I also used embossing paste colored with scorched timber distress ink and a Tim Holtz mini stencil. I love the texture it adds. You might also spy paper doilies and a moth transparency. 

Here is the tag out of the pocket. More ephemera and tabs we created in earlier days of the project as well as dyed cheesecloth and faux stitching. 

Back of the tag with plenty of space for journaling, photos, or more ephemera if you want.

Halloween Everyday, Junk Journal

As you have undoubtedly noticed, my posts are not in order by day since starting this project. I came in late as it was (only a day, but still) and I've also been playing catch up in between to keep on track with previously referenced projects I wanted to include. Anyway, I AM caught up (I think) it's just my posts are not chronological. I will, however, be on date when we put this all together on Halloween! I'm so excited. 

So, today's project, Day 19, is another full size insert page. This one is a pocket page which will be perfect for labels, tickets, and small items we have created. Also, if you have been a scrapbooker for a good long time you may recognize the background paper I used for my page as Wild Asparagus. I loved this collection and still have a few pieces left. I felt this vintage style project is the perfect place to use it. 

I used some of the cheesecloth I dyed on day 6. So fun and grungy looking.

Halloween Everyday, Day 18

For today's class I had to do a little improvising, but it turned out just fine, I think. We made this spooky 3D portrait. Now, I did my best to make it look as 3D as possible, what do you think? I used foam tape and copic markers to create more shadows effects on the skull cut out and it seemed to do ok at the right angle. I'm happy with it, considering I didn't have the exact products used in the video. It will look great in the junk journal. Be sure to check out Toni's you tube channel to see her awesome Halloween series. 

The cracked acetate sheets from Tim Holtz make for the best creepy looking photos. The skull I cut from one of the TH ephemera pieces. The frame is also a TH piece which I sanded, added alcohol ink, then heat embossed with clear gloss . 

I also added alcohol ink to the acetate because creepy, grungy, and old is what we're going for, right!

This journal is going to be so cool when we finish it on Halloween! 

Thank you for coming by the studio to check out my Halloween projects. This is one of the most fun projects I think I've ever done and I really look forward to Toni's videos every single day. I know it's a little premature, but I hope she is able to do something similar for Christmas. Fingers crossed! :)

Halloween Everyday, Spooky Specimen Slides

Goodness, how fun are these specimen slides we made for the junk journal? I keep all my packaging from cutting pads for the Big Shot and this is one awesome way to use them. These are alcohol ink splattered for a super cool, grungy, and buggy look for these bugs. Too much fun. Thank you so much to Toni for sharing her amazing and wonderfully creepy ideas for this journal!!! Check out her you tube series, Halloween Everyday. 

I used copic inks for this as they are alcohol inks and I don't have any other alcohol ink. They work great and the look of them on acetate is so cool looking.

For these, I used E35, chamois; YG95, pale olive, and I think a little YG93, grayish yellow as well. The bugs are all Tim Holtz designs. 

Halloween Everyday Junk Journal

I made this for the Halloween Junk Journal but it wasn't one of the projects actually scheduled in a video, so I'm calling it extra credit. LOL I made this family portrait as a 'flap' for an inside page in the book. I love how it turned out with the inked acetate sheet from Tim Holtz. The cracks and holes are so cool. Also, the frame is a paper by Heidi Swapp which was a piece of scrap from something else. I loved the antique looking design on it and thought it was perfect for the frame. I also used stamps from Heidi's July Stamp Society set for the fun swirls and flourishes around the photo matte. It gives it a more authentically antique look, don't you think.  

The is the back side of the photo and the 'hinge' that will hold it onto the page. The "witch's rule" is from another piece of Heidi Swapp Halloween paper with more stamps from Heidi Swapp. 

Halloween Everyday, Day 15

Today we made this creepy medical file folder. So cool! I think poor Edith looks a little unstable, what do you think. Her chart doesn't tell us much, but a picture is worth 1000 words, right?! LOL What a fun one this was!!! Be sure to catch the Halloween Everyday series on Toni's youtube channel, here. Can you believe we are halfway through the month already? Halloween is going to gone before we know it. 

Tim Holtz ephemera and stamps, Heidi Swapp stamps, Crafty.by.Toni stamps and washi tape, and handmade ephemera from earlier days of the Halloween Everyday series. Distress oxide inks, eyelets, crop-a-dile, faux stitching, sanding and inking. 

Halloween Everyday, Day 14

On Monday, Day 14, we made this awesome frame using Tim Holtz transparencies. I loved grunging it up and making it look old and creepy. We used washi tape for the outer frame as well as some of the spooky clusters we made. Using what I have made is always a challenge for me. Isn't that weird?? But this project has changed that and I'm loving using the pieces we have created when creating other things. This junk journal is going to be so freaking awesome when we finish it! I'm having the best time. You can play as well if you're interested. Check out Crafty by Toni on you tube for the Halloween Everyday series. 

Halloween junk journal continued

Apparently I'm getting faster at this, or the videos are shorter (they're not though LOL) but I'm sure enjoying creating these fun elements for the Halloween Everyday junk journal project. I made some more cluster tabs after Day 13's video, and also put some finishing touches on more super fun slides I made last week. If you'd like to hop on and get create a fun memory book/junk journal/scrapbook for yourself, you can catch Toni's Halloween Everyday series on her youtube channel here.

These were the most fun for me, I think. I might have to make a bunch more. I loved doing these faux-slides. 

Here are a couple more of the criminal slides that we did on Day 3. 

And more of the long tab clusters from the paper we dyed and the ephemera clusters we've been making.

I can't believe we are halfway through the month already. Halloween will be over before I'm ready! It's my most favorite time of the year to create!!! Thanks for being here. :)

Spooky Soiree

This one is from Lindsay Bateman's Spooky Soiree class. Her classes are always such fun and make such fabulous use of Heidi Swapp and Tim Holtz products. In this class, we made a large window pocket with oversized ticket insert using stamps and papers from Heidi's newest release, Ghost Stories. Take a look.

We have some windows that open.

The skeleton is attached to a tiny envelope that fits into a slotted window behind him. There is also a tiny note card inside the envelope. So cute!

Here we have the ticket that fits into the large window piece. Isn't it so cute. It looks like it could be a genuine vintage Halloween party ticket. (Bonus class included to make this multicolored ink pad.)

There is also a bonus lesson in this class. If you haven't made a DIY ink pad before, Lindsay walks you through the process of making a Candy Corn ink pad with Halloween colors. Check it out on her website.

Halloween Everyday, cluster tabs

Yesterday we dyed more paper. I didn't have the products she used in her video, but I still was able to use what I have and made more papers for creating tabs and clusters and embellishments for the junk journal. 

Today is Day 13 and we used these pieces to make the cluster tabs. Here are a few I have made up so far. This has been such a fun project, I don't know what I'll do with myself when October is over. (Well, besides work on Christmas, but now I'm getting ahead of myself again.)

Keep in mind, these all started as white cardstock. I've added other pieces I created, a few Tim Holtz ephemera pieces, and some washi tape. Also, the stitching is actually stamped as I'm not yet at a point where I can keep my sewing machine handy and out on the worktop. The longest tab is just under 7 inches and the shortest is 3 1/2 inches. These will look so cool on the inside pages of the junk journal/folio we are making!

I don't have a tab punch, so I cut all of these with scissors.

Tim Holtz moth transparency; everything else is what I have dyed and stamped.

For the dying I used distress reinkers, distress spray stains, and some glimmer mists I've had in my stash for ages. The cardstock I used is Neenah bright white, 65 lb. so it's not too heavy, but takes the ink well without being flimsy like copy paper. I used that paper for the stamped pieces as well.