Hello friends...
Hope you are all good!
Today I'm going to share with you one of my Halloween inspired (Tim Holtz) Idea-ology makes
This one honestly took me days to make and I'm not going to lie it also gave me some creepy sleepless nights.... but I loved how it worked out, I hope you like it to?!
As soon as I saw the new eyes from idea-ology I knew I wanted to incorporate them into a book cover or a box.... and as one of my favourite bases to use from Idea-ology are the boxes I decided to use one of the vignette boxes and a panel frame for the door .....
To start I covered the box and door panels in the new papers (abandoned) these papers are so cool! They have designs both sides and you get 2 of each...
I then added the eye by glueing it in place with collage medium, you need to let this totally dry.
Then I built up around the eye using air dry clay, again you need to be patient as you have to work in layers.
(If I get a chance at some point I will try an instagram live or story to demo this technique)
When the eye is dry I painted around it using black crackle paste, left it to dry then again repeated
I added the black crackle to the rest of the box.
Next up was the insides and what to add to them....
So I thought I would continue with the eye theme.
I stuck in a metal box base but then (when dry) drilled the watch into place. (This is the tricky bit and I broke two drill bits while trying to do this so I do not recommend you try unless you have the correct tools and safety equipment!!)
I then added the finial to sit the watch on and two skulls to guard over it.
The eyes were popped out of the plastic using a pokey tool ( again be careful if you try this!)
The curtain was added along with the words to the inside of the door
Inside the watch I added a layer of the paper then some cogs followed by another eye which I then built up with the air dry clay, the butterfly is from the new halloween sticker book and I inked up some of the mummy cloth to lined the box with.
On top of the box I added a wooden finial and distressed it in black and green distress paint, then added a word coin to it. The clip at the side was made using one of the spider charms but I replaced the pearl with a word band.
This was a great project to create.... as you can see I just love the dark side!
All the Halloween products are shipping now, so grab them while you can....I know I need more of those eyes!!
As always please do leave a comment, I would love to know what you think and I appreciate you passing by!
Hope to be back very soon with more fun Halloween projects to share!
Bye for now
Kaz
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