The Book Of Halloween

Hi everyone how are you! anyone who follows my blog will know that I attended the Artistic Stamper Birthday BBQ @ this event I met the talented Mark Gould who was demonstrating
the new Deco Art Media Range and I had a chance to play. To cut a long story short I have
fallen in love!!! with this product so this post is all about the range and Tim Holtz texture
fades and stamps All products can be purchased through the Artistic stamper
if you can't find them on the website then e-mail Jenny,
 she will be able to get them for you.

1. Tim Holtz Halloween Night,  Poison texture fade & Compass texture fade.

2. Tim Holtz Apothecary stamp set, Stamp set classics ±1 SCF001, 

Mini Blueprints CMS136 . 

3. The compass stamp of indigo blue Grand tour 111.

4. stampotique  bat wings

5. Artistic Stamper clock face from the time and keys plate

6.  Deco Art Media antiquing cream in White,  Carbon black,  

English red oxide & Patina green.

7. Media Fluid acrylics in Prussian Blue, Carbon Black, Burnt Sienne,

English Red Oxide`quinacridone Gold, Metallic Gold 

& Interferencia Gold.

8. Decou Paige matte medium.

9. Media Ranger Crackle accents.

10. Treasure gold.

Firstly I used Tim Holtz texture fades and plain white card which I ran through my

Vagabond machine. I did quite a few sheets of card as I was 

covering the two books with them.

I mixed the prussian blue media fluid with white acrylic paint and then

painted the entire book with it.

Next I used white antiquing cream knocked it back with damp cloth then buffed up 

with a soft cloth I then covered it with black antiquing cream

 and heat dried with my gun.

Once I was satisfied with the look I brushed the entire surface with Americana 

Decou Paige matte medium to seal it. 

Firstly I used grey board and put Tim's Halloween Night fade through my machine

I coloured it with a mix of prussian blue and yellow to make a green

a bit of gold as well. Once dry I covered the entire piece with

 black antiquing cream dried then knocked back with a damp cloth. I then sanded it 

to make it stand out. I Sealed the entire panel with matte medium.

I stamped the wings onto card with black versa fine and then clear embossed them I

 coloured with watered down media fluid and sprayed with a mica 

spray to make them shimmer and glow.

I stamped the skull from Tim's plate onto craft coloured card then highlighted the teeth 

with white paint. I stamped the artistic stamper clock onto white card and covered

 in rangers crackle glaze, once it had crackled i run the edges with versa

 mark and then copper embossing powder.

I finished of the front panel with black fimo clay stamped and 

coloured with treasure gold.

 Here is a view of the back of the box as I was working 

on it 

The back finished I just love the way you can layer up 

the Media range the possibilities are endless.

The inside of the box I used the compass texture fade. I painted the

 base with the blue then used red oxide antiquing cream then a

 bit of white in area's.

The faux pages I used burnt umber watered down then treasure gold

I followed the same process for the second box. just changing

 the mix of colours.

This is the back view.

I used the fimo clay here to do the compasses. I rolled out the clay,

and stamped into it with the Compass of tim's classic plate and the

indigo blue compass. 

I used Spanish Topaz once they had been baked in the oven, to highlight.

I assembled the skull with a screw brad through a cog and a 

circle of coloured card.

The clock and wings were fixed to the top of the skull. I used a silk

rope that I glued around the edges of the main box to finish it off.

Please remember to seal with a media varnish the media range

 has a few to choose from.

The final layer of this project is a book which sits inside the 

second box.

As this post has gone on and on how to make this the book and how to make the pages 

inside can be seen over on my blog  @ deeadamsart.blogspot.co.uk

I hope you have all enjoyed this blog as much as I have enjoyed creating it. 

Don't forget you can e-mail Jenny for any of the supplies that 

don't show up on the website. I would love to hear what 

you all think! so please feel free to leave a 

comment or two.

cheers Dee x