Simon Says Stamp - Designer Spotlight Week 4

Hello Friends

I am here today to share another project in the Designer Spotlight for Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.

For the new 'STITCH IT' Challenge I created a Halloween project.

I love to put a 'not too scary' Halloween piece in my front window on All Hallows Eve, so that it doesn't scare the little ones too much.  

I started by preparing the tombstone base by painting all of the base elements with Black Soot Distress Paint.  I then stamped the top and bottom parts of the Tombstone Etcetera Tag with Tim Holtz Stone background stamp before heat embossing it with clear embossing powder.  Once dry, gesso was dry brushed over the the Tombstone parts to give a slate like look.

Next, I used Distress inks in Scattered Straw, Carved Pumpkin and Wilted Violet to colour a piece of  white card for the background.  Once coloured I used the Tim Holtz Swirling Stars die to cut a few stars into the background and then stitched up the sides with black cotton to add some interest. I decided last minute to add some white splats with gesso.

I die cut the witch and cat and dressed the witch with some dyed gauze and created a skirt with some netting from my stash.  I stitched the items in place onto the witch.  The die cut cauldron was dry brushed with gesso before adding some Twisted Citron Distress Paint to give the impression of the cauldron boiling over.  I added some Idea-ology bones and dried florist bits to the cauldron.  The fire was created by die cutting the fire elements from the Tim Holtz Fireplace die set.  I also added a few twigs from the garden along with some Idea-ology skulls, pumpkins and dome from my stash.

At the top of the Tombstone I added a die cut spider web, a Raven, a spider, metal word adornment, quote and skull, crossbones and Quote Chips.

So that's it for this week from me but it would be lovely to see you join in the challenge.

As always, there is a $50 voucher for one lucky winner!

The products I used that are available from Simon Says Stamp are all listed below.

Thanks so much, as always, for your visit, I really do appreciate it and I hope to see you again soon.

Hugs, Anne xx


PRODUCTS USED:
Tim Holtz Etcetera Tag - Tombstone
Tim Holtz Slate and Stone Cling Stamp
Tim Holt Bigz Cauldron die
Tim Holtz Fireside Thinlits die
Tim Holtz Thinlits Swirling Stars die
Tim Holtz Batweb Trim Thickboards
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Boneyard Findings
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Word Adornments
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crossbones Adornment
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Halloween Adornments
Tim Holtz Halloween QuoteChips
Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Various colours
Tim Holtz Distress Paint - Black Soot
Dina Wakley Ranger White Gesso
Judikins Clear Embossing Powder