Spooky Graveyard

Hi crafters! Happy Halloween! Today I have one last Halloween project to share, in between kids knocking on the door. 

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I made a little graveyard scene as my last Halloween project of the year, with lots of little details. The base is made from a cardboard box and I used a bunch of different Tim Holtz idea-ology embellishments. There is an acetate piece at the back of the arch. The project is about 6x6 in.

This project was a little hard to photograph because of the fence and gate and since it was raining the whole day today.

Start with a cardboard box, cut into shape and glue a piece of Sizzix mat board at the bottom for stability. Later I also added side pieces.

Distress the Gothic Gates, metallic pieces and gravestones with Distress Paint. Paint the base black.

Die cut the pieces for the two paper graves from heavystock cardstock using Tim Holtz Graveyard Colorize die set.

Ink the pieces with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated inks. I used the Gray Skies ink blocks and ink brushes.

Stamp the texture from Simon Says Stamp All Seasons Tree and Crackle Background on the grave pieces.

Assemble with Simon Says Stamp Pawsitivily Perfect White Foam tape.

Apply a little Black Opaque Texture Paste to the gravestones and cover with Rock Candy Glitter.

The idea-ology arch was adhered with staples and the printed acetate was glued to the back. Fill the base with black texture paste.

Add texture paste around the edges too and sprinkle with Rock Candy Glitter. The fence was die cut from black kraft core paper and pressed into the paste.

Press everything into the paste, which will act as a glue. You might need to straighten items up as they dry, so don't leave it to dry all on its own. 

I scratched RIP into the gravestone and rubbed black paint into the scratches. 

There are skulls, bones, Bubbles and pumpkins.

I also sprinkled both some Mica Flakes and Rock Candy Glitter to the paste.

Another skull hiding in a corner.

I used brads to adhere the metallic word plaque.

You can add some alcohol ink to the acetate if you want to, but I decided to keep it as it was. Sand the edges of the arch and ink with brown ink. The bats were die cut from black kraft stock.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and that it inspired you to build a little scene. If you don't have a good base, it is often easy to build one from cardboard. 

Thank you for visiting my blog! See you again tomorrow!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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