Witchy Woman

The October Creative Adventure at Creative Carte Blanche is Witchy Woman.  Since we are near to Halloween I decided to create a witchy cabinet.

For the base of the cabinet I used Eileen Hull's Candy Drawer Box (Sizzix 657726).  The top of the cabinet is a Tim Holtz Vignette Box and I used Tim Holtz's Regions Beyond paper stack to cover the cabinet.  The finished cabinet measures 10" x 5.1/2".

The drawers were covered with Regions Beyond papers and the drawer knobs are Idea-ology Hitch Fasteners.  The broom is also Idea-ology, as is the spooky charm and the spider.

On the bottom shelf I added some Idea-ology bottles, pumpkins, bones and a witches hat (die cut and painted with Evergreen Bough Distress Paint).

The witch lady is mounted onto an Idea-ology frame and the skull and crossbones are mounted within an Idea-ology dome.  The books are handmade from cardstock and the spiders on this part are from my stash.

The flowers are made from Tim Holtz's Tiny Tattered Floral Thinlits die, the bottle has been coloured black with Alcohol Ink.

I used my newest die, Tim's Twisted Edge for the top of the cupboard, mounting this onto Tim's Plaque die.

The back and sides of the cupboard were covered with Regions Beyond papers. The Idea-ology '31' was added to the front of the cabinet to finish it off.

Another view of the finished cabinet.

I am entering this into the Creative Carte Blanche October Adventure. - Witchy Woman.

As always, thanks so much for looking, I appreciate your visit.

Anne  xx

Eileen Hull's Holiday Jumpstart

Hello Friends

Another scheduled post, I hope to resume normal visiting soon!

Eileen Hull's Inspiration Team are creating projects all this month celebrating Holiday
 Jumpstart, we are kick starting the holiday season with projects relating to Autumn,
 Halloween and Christmas.

I have created two quite different projects, I wanted to show different ways to use Eileen Hull's
 latest release - the Twist and Style Tool (for Sizzix).  I am finding lots of way to use the tool.

First up is Halloween, my favourite time of year!  

I used Eileen's Cookie Box die (659874) and Tim Holtz Regions Beyond papers and Tim's latest Idea-ology pieces for decoration.

I die cut all of the pieces in thick card and also in the Regions Beyond paper.  I find it easier to die cut separately, build the box and then add the papers.  In this way I can cut off the tabs that would normally be glued - I'll show you how I used one of the cut off pieces.

I used the Twist & Style Tool and some black and orange twine to create a Halloween twisted bow.

I used the Tool to and some thin wire which I twisted and then 'coiled' with the aid of a pokey tool, you could also use a pencil.

I used the left over cut off piece of Regions Beyond paper to create this flower.  I also added some black tulle which I fashioned into a bow.

I glued the bow, along with the twisted twine, the bow and the flower to the top and added the 

Tim Holtz Idea-ology pieces to the front of the box.  Quick and easy!

I used the Twist & Style Tool to create a Christmas tree ornament, although it would also

be lovely to attach to a Christmas card or gift.

A few of the steps are shown below.

I used the Tool to twist some heavy wire (doubled) and then fashioned it into a heart shape with the help of my jewelry pliers. 

I used another piece of wire to string on some pearls and crystals.

I added the wired pearls and crystals to the heart, making sure I kept the the pearls and gems to the top.  Continue all the way around and secure the ends of the wire with some pliers.

I didn't want to waist the bit that I had left over so I made a middle piece and then I finished it off with some sparkly ribbon.

Two quick and easy makes for the holiday season!  I hope you will have the time to go over HERE and see what my talented Teamies have made.

As always, thanks for looking!  Anne xx