Monday, October 13, 2014

Spooky Stories Mini Book

Hello and welcome! A new week and a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week we are doing 'O is for...'.
 
My take on the challenge is to use Tim Holtz Odds & Ends stamp set, Ornamental die, Occasions Found Relatives and three o's in my title. My son loves to tell and hear various spooky and fun stories, where he is always the hero at the end. I thought I'd make a little book to collect those stories in. I find that it is often easier to remember writing things down, when you have a special place to write it in.
 
This is the back cover, where you can easier see how I made the covers. I stamped ticket stamps from Odds & Ends repeatedly on manila cardstock, which had first been coloured with Distress Ink and water. All the tickets were cut out, bent and folded and the edges distressed. I glued them to mat board with matte multi medium and die cut the covers using the Ornamental die. They have a great, almost leathery feel to them.
 
I cut out a boy from one of the Found Relatives Occasions cards and sanded and inked him a little. There is also a number brad, with Black Soot rubbed into the numbers. Behind the boy is a tree die cut from kraft-core with the Halloween Shadows die. 
 
Because the boy's feet don't show in the original photo, I wanted to cover that part up, so that it still looked like he had feet. I really wanted to use the new pumpkins from the Carved Halloween set, but they were too large. Instead, I stamped them on shrink plastic, shrunk them and painted them with Distress Paint at the back.
 
Another of the carved stamps, stamped on white paper. Behind the skull there is a piece of spider web, also die cut from kraft-core.
 
The title was die cut with the Wanted die.
 
Another little shrink plastic pumpkin.
 
I die cut the inside pages with the Ornamental die. First, I smeared Pumice Stone, Gathered Twigs and Black Soot Distress Ink on my craft sheet, misted with water and pressed manila cardstock into the ink. Repeat on both sides.
 
The pages were stamped with various Halloween stamps, using both Jet Black ink and Pumice Stone. I didn't want to cover them completely since there has to be space for the writing.
 
More pages. All the edges were inked with Gathered Twigs.

It is fun to sit surrounded by stamps and just stamp away, without much of a plan. 
 
I hope you will join us in our O challenge, just as every week, one random participant is lucky to win a $50 gift voucher at Simon Says Stamp.

http://www.simonsaysstamp.com/

Thank you for stopping by today!!
 
Happy crafting!
 
Anna-Karin
 
Supplies:
Ink: Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black; Distress Ink: Pumice Stone, Gathered Twigs, Antique Linen, Black Soot
Paint: Distress Paint: Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint
Embellishments: Tim Holtz idea-ology: Found Relatives Occasions, Seasonal Chit Chat stickers, Number Brads

25 comments:

  1. All I can say is WOW! What a fabulous spooky make! Anne x

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  2. I love this mini! There are no words...just amazing :)

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  3. so very clever - love the covers so much Anna-Karin! The inside is wonderful and ready to go! What a great mini book.

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  4. This is wonderful. I especially LOVE the ticket back cover, very awesome.

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  5. Fantastic book! Oh my goodness such gorgeous details!! :)

    *mwah*
    Steph
    Simon Says Stamp!

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  6. Spook-tacular ! Love how you used Hallowwen past and present Tim Holtz stamps; the background paper piecing is AWESOME !!

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  7. this is a fun book keepsake which your son will hang onto. You sure did put a lot of work into this and it shows. I want to do something like this now that you have inspired me.

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  8. Love, love, love this mini. You are very creative when using so many elements wbich are layered with love.

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  9. I love this idea of writing your son's stories down in a book that you made for him! This is just awesome!

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  10. I Iove your little mini spooky album. I am new to your Blog and I have enjoyed all of your creative amazing ideas. I first saw the mini suitcase and had to see what else you have made. Love all your unique ideas and look forward to seeing more. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  11. Wow! This is awesome. All those fab details. Love it!

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  12. Gorgeous Halloween mini book! Love the brown tones.. xx

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  13. Fantastic! I love your mini albums! So many pages with fun images and the tickets are like a quilt!

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  14. the entire book is great-love the covers!!

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  15. Such a fun book! A very creative and wonderful use of those tickets. So clever! Each page is a real "treat"! ;)

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  16. Wow.. this is such a fun and beautiful creation! Love all the fantastic details. :)

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  17. Wow this is so alsome , I just want so bad to make this one tell me did you use the die Sizzix, bigz top note and if not what was they one you used thank you and iam sure you used Tim's die .\
    Thank you MaryRedford
    mredford24@aol.com
    Please let me know.

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  18. great mini! I have no words, your works are always a great source of inspiration for me! BArbarayaya

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  19. Amazing little album, Anna-Karin! Love the spookiness of it! Those new Halloween stamps are stunning! Hugs, Sandra

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  20. What a fantastic Halloween mini - I just love the subtle inking and stamping on the pages - beautiful! So sad I've missed so much - really hope to be able to do some proper catching up soon!
    Alison xx

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  21. What a fabulous mini, and a wonderful use of those two dies in particular. Love your ticketed back cover!

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  22. Wow Anna-Karin! What a fabulous keepsake! I love all the stamping and distressing!

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  23. So, SO clever! I love the use of the ticket stamps and the whole mini book is just so detailed and wonderful ~ FABULOUS work as always, Anna-Karin! :)

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  24. Your album is amazing! I love the work you have done on the cover, front and back. The stamped and inked pages inside will make great places to put the Halloween photos and write down all the spooooooky stories! Perfect.
    Thank you so much for sharing all your gorgeous work! :)

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