Its Autumn again and that means Halloween is just around the corner. I wanted to make a Haunted house, so decided to see how far I could adapt the Tim Holtz Village series dies from Sizzix.
The house is constructed from parts of the basic Village Dwelling dies, with the Chapel Tower and dormer windows from the Village Bungalow die set.
I made a custom base from card, big enough to take the various items I wanted to add - grave stones, pumpkins etc.
The fence is constructed from recycled coffee stirers. The Bottlebrush trees are handmade from sisal string and wire, and coloured with Ranger Distress Spray Stain.
The footpath is made from torn card and the gravestones are adapted from the doors cut from the die sets.
The base is painted in acrylics, all other details are painted with household emulsion paints. Tester pots are perfect, they are inexpensive and with the added benefit that you can get them in matt finish. The crackling effect is made using paint over pva glue. There are many videos on how to achieve this on You Tube.
I used air dry clay to make the pumpkins and crows and added a tealight holder inside the house. Faux cobwebs give some added atmosphere.
I hope you like the finished result? Thank you for visiting my Blog, please check out my other pages.
Alli xx
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