Halloween IdeaOlogy Bonus Make: The Apothecary

    Halloween has come and gone but bring on the Halloween CLEARANCE! I'm always on the lookout for Tim Holtz items throughout the year. Seasonal items can be used for just about anything, not just the particular season it came out in. And like Halloween candy after the holiday is over: who cares if it's got pumpkins on it when we still love pumpkins in November! I'm not really a "Halloweeny fan" but I do like the fall colors, even though I'd rather it was getting warmer outside than colder. And like everything else in my life; I'm late posting one of my makes in time for the Holiday. It's an easy fix... simply make it about getting some great prices after the fact! And I'll be on the lookout for deals, just like all Tim Holtz Addicts the world over. In the meantime, here's what happened...

I already had a few of last year's TH Halloween releases which came back this year,

but I'm always up for more of the tiny, adorable IdeaOlogy!

The TH IdeaOlogy Candy Corn is so stinkin' realistically CUTE!

I decided to use a TH Shrine Structure and Worn Wallpaper (both 2021 and 2022)

and see what all I could fit into it.

Papering the Shrine is easy if you simply adhere with a good glue

(Glossy Accents is my choice, but "You do YOU" as Tim always says),

and burnish each piece all around the edges. 

Then ink up the pieces to give them a worn, aged look with some Ground Espresso Oxide.

On the wood edging, I like to use my Vintage Photo Distress Crayon.

You can see the left wood edge is still bright looking, while the right piece is darker

and more uniform looking after using the Distress Crayon.

Heat set it and it's good to go.

That TH Worn Wallpaper is just amazingly realistic and the texture is spot on!

Now it was time to have some fun!

I even got out some Emerald Coast sand from the Florida beaches to color.

Aging the pieces using Distress products...

...making new IdeaOlogy Baubles into apples using Alcohol Ink (Watermelon)...

...and Ranger Grit Paste and Distress Paints to make a gravestone as 

gritty, old, and unreadable as they look in the cemetery.

And this is what it came to be:

Full Front

Top Shelf

Middle Shelf- books that come off and do open up!

Bottom Shelf

Surprise TH die cut from  on BACK SIDE

Left Side Perspective

Right Side Perspective

Here's a list of links to help you grab some Halloween items before they're gone!

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments Candle Stands

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments Locks & Keys

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Baseboards

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Boneyard

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Broomsticks

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Bubbles

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Confections, Candy Corn

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Drippy Candles

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Jack-O-Lanterns

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Pumpkins

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Skulls

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Tombstones

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Plaques

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Worn Wallpaper Scraps

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Baseboards Halloween 2021

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Corked Vials

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Long Fasteners

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Odds and Ends

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Snowglobe 2022

Silver Tone Skull & Crossbones Charms - Set of 6

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Vignette Shrine

Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Ginger

Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Patina

Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Wild Plum

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Reinker - Carved Pumpkin

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Ground Espresso

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Vintage Photo

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - Set #3

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Storage Tin

Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool + 2 Blending Foams

Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents

Tim Holtz Tonic Studios Black Kushgrip Snip w/Non-Stick Blade & Cap 5"

Posting after Halloween ends up being pretty timely afterall; I get to share pics of the 

Grandbabies! I took Jamie to pick out Pumpkins when I was with him in Upstate New York. When I got back to Indiana, we took Peanut and Princess Pistachio to get pumpkins also. I helped them use the Cricut machine to make vinyl names and stickers for the pumpkins. Then on Halloween Eve, we all ended up cutting pumpkins and their Parents took them all Trick or Treating the night of Halloween. Kids are always happy to dress up and play pretend; Pecan and Princess Pistachio adore dressing up! Princess Rose was the Bystander Baby this year, being too young yet to enjoy it all. But seeing our Grandbabies be able to go out and about -after all the rules of Covid- is such a sweet thing to see! 

Thanks for stopping by once again!

Until next time...

Stay Safe & 

HAPPY BLOGGING!!

The Funkie Junkie Boutique's Inspiration Ave...This time it's "Anything Goes!"... Halloween Surprise Book!

     It's Pumpkin Month, and not only that; it's my birthday... specifically TODAY! Yes, I am getting "old" but I'm not feeling that way. Most of the time, I feel more like I am still running to keep up with my family. It used to be keeping up with the ChiefHubby and our Sons, but we've grown from 4 to 10 in our family, and I always feel that same need to spread myself around to all of them. I had to go get my driver's license today and as a deaf -and mostly blind without contacts/glasses- I was happy to get that out of the way. When asked my age, it was easy to say "57 today" because I've actually kept that as my number all summer long; just to get used to it. It worked! This past month in Upstate New York went really fast. It was quite a treat when younger Daughter took me up to Canada to her Sister's house for Canadian Thanksgiving with them all. WOW: talk about beautiful countryside- surrounded by vineyards with an awesome view of Toronto in the distance! We were driving on QEE (Queen Elizabeth Expressway), which was cool, but the kilometers-per-hour thing really had me doing double-takes, lol!  Having Thanksgiving before Halloween was a bit weird for me, but it was very FUN! Then back 'home' in NY, I get a call from the ChiefHubby.... it was not good. He was feeling very badly, and his leg was swollen again. I booked a flight back to Indy in the early morning hours. I had to take a 1-hour layover in NYCity,

which was alright by me since I've yet to go there. I got to see the sunrise over NYC and Brooklyn Bridge all lit up- quite a site. But then, whilst rechecking in for my connection flight to Indy, someone put their very large back onto the conveyor, and it broke the xray machine. It backed us up so long that I ran the entire way (of course, it had to be on the opposite side from where I got off), but got there just in time to see my panties take off to Indy...without ME. Oh well. What's another 2 hours to rebook another Indy flight? It was clouding all the way after we got up, due to the straight-line winds with possible tornadoes. Flying only bothers me in 2 instances: over large bodies of water... and bad weather. I lived through it and got back in time to take care of the ChiefHubby. We spent 10 hours in a 12x12 ER room, several tests, and changes with a different shot- and he was ready to go home. So far, he's feeling better. So am I: I get to keep him, yay! In all, I got in 3 States, 2 countries, and 1 major city in just 30 days. I was sooo tempted to book my flight to the one taking off next to me; Aruba! That'll have to wait for now. I am TIRED! But oh my, that new sweet Grandbaby Princess Rose is just the bee's knees; smiley and laughing now! With her brownish hair already doing like Bubby's and turning Strawberry Blonde. Big Bubby Pecan wore me out every day, and we both had fun all along the way!

     Over at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, there are tons of new items coming in just for Christmas, but don't forget to grab the bunches of Tim Holtz Halloween items while you can get them! You'll fall in love with all the new Ephemera, and the Chapter 4 items are sooooo COOL!! Right now, I'm a bit behind all the other ladies on the Design Team, due to my time in NY. I'm still on Halloween and going with the suggested Mood Board put up by Laura. The rest of the Team may mix this up a bit but do plan on taking a look back in on each of posting as you're sure to see some of the new products used! The Funkie Junkie Boutique's Inspiration Ave is going to lead to exciting makes... let's get to it!

This is the Mood Board Laura came up with and I fell in love with that blue door,

yet chose to get drawn in by that lower right corner of... weird and spooky?

I started with this paper that I had in my stash paper drawer. 

I'd picked it up randomly thinking it was just too wild NOT to.

One of those "I have no idea what I'm getting it for, but I'll think of something, sometime" things.

I dug through until I found enough to use for this project. I think it matched the lower right

corner of the Mood Board in illusionary looks.

While I had enough Tim Halloween stuff leftover from last year, 

I simply could not resist the NEW TIM HALLOWEEN IDEAOLOGY!

(The Eileen Hull Book Die is also new Chapter 3! You'll see this used soon, too!)

Who can resist Happy Mail from The Funkie Junkie Boutique?!?!

To begin my book, I used my Eileen Hull extras for the EH Folio Journal Die.

I like to get my pages out of the way because they are much simpler to do than the cover.

I did use the corners for added pockets.

(These add-on Eileen Hull Dies are not available.)

I chose another stash stack of scraps to look through and found this paper.

I feel like I am cleaning out a bit to make room for MORE TIM STUFF!! lol!

This shows layering the sides of the Folio's cover.

*NOTE: The Folio has very long sides that make another fold. I simply cut that off

to make a shorter book from the same die.

This paper had a back and front that was the same, but opposite color.

After getting the cover together, it was time to layer in the pocket pages.

I cut 3 pages from the stash papers with this EH Passport Die (retired).

Otherwise, it's easy to simply cut a regular page thinner to use as these middle pages.

I cut tag shapes out along with their reinforcers- to go into the pockets.

There were quite a lot of small bits that just fit for this project- with almost nothing left!

Not enough time.... and NEVER enough TIM STUFF!!!

The new 2022 TH Vellums are even better than the 2021, in moho. 

I always score my book pages again and also scored the TH Vellum so it would fold into the book.

Making the foam shapes stay on the pen springs is easy:

1) cut two of the same shape

2) pull the end of the spring point up- apart from the main body

3) use that point to poke through one of the two shapes

4) flatten the point back to the main spring coil

5) use wet glue, like Glossy Accents, to aheare the second shape on top of the first

to hide the spring.

Once you have it poking through, smash it flat and then patch it up (patch shown just left of wire).

This is a strange angle, but it shows how tape keeps flat (main book in top half),

and wet glues can warp (the smaller with the clock)

I was waiting on my new TH Watercolor Pencils, but they got here after I left for NY. 

Meanwhile.... TH Distress Crayons never disappoint!

You can see I found a (very retired) TH Cabinet Card in which a photo from the 

Halloween Paper Dolls fit right into it, for the perfect cover embelishment.

A few (retired) TH Black Halloween Roses made this dress coloring pop.

A very tiny TH Mirrored Heart (also retired) colored with Wild Plum Alcohol Ink, gave her wealth.

This was the backside of the much older TH Cabinet Card- too sweet not to show!

Click on the item for help in finding things that I used for this project:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits Dies - Vault Series: Halloween 2021

Sizzix Scoreboards XL Die - Folio Journal by Eileen Hull

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Transparencies

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sticker Book Curiosities

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adornments Locks & Keys

Tim Holtz Idea-ology Baseboards Halloween 2021

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Baseboards

Halloween 2022 Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ephemera Pack

Silvertone Skeleton Charms - Set of 5

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Black Soot

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Pad - Ground Espresso

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Crayons - Set #2

Ranger Tim Holtz Alcohol Ink - Wild Plum

Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Storage Tin

Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool + 2 Blending Foams

Scor-Pal Scor-Tape 3/8" x 27 Yards

Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents

Tim Holtz Water Brush, Detailer Brush Tip

Tim Holtz Tonic Studios Black Kushgrip Snip w/Non-Stick Blade & Cap 5"

Are you ready for the results?

FRONT

This VIDEO shows the entire MIDDLE of the book!

BACK

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I's time to cut down and cover all the flowers and plants of Summer 2022...

... and snuggle up with the yummy harvest of Fall 2022!

Until next time...

Stay Safe &

HAPPY BLOGGING!!