I can't get through the Halloween season without making at
least one project other than cards; this year was a little frustrating because
I still have so many things in storage and I am not used to having to go hunt
for an item I want {and hopefully I can find it!} Personally, I think this is one of my favorite
creations and I hope you like it, too!
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The Book
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I have used mostly Tim Holtz Idea-Ology products in making
this; some are discontinued, but you can find most of the items online if you
must have them. If there is no link, I
couldn't find the product. I am in no
way endorsing the stores to which I have linked. They are merely the first link that came up
with the item in stock when searching with Google.
What I Used in my Project:
Tim Holtz/Idea-Ology Configurations Book
Tim Holtz Paper {I think I used Materialize but I
can't find it anywhere}
Tim Holtz/Idea-Ology Industrious Stickers, Gothic,
#TH93236
Metal Letters and Numbers
Various Other Odds and Ends
The whole book, opened
I am not positive about the paper I used as I only found a
few pages in my Halloween stash and couldn't locate the full pad, but I am pretty
certain I used “Materialize” which I cannot find anywhere online. That's
sad as the papers are beautiful black & white patterns. Anyway, I
started the project by painting the book and the boxes with black paint.
Since I never know what I am going to do with the items I chose until I know
{heeheehee}, I figured starting out with everything black was a good
beginning. I wrapped some of the boxes with really old washi tape that I
have had for so long; I know some of it is Tim's, but can't recall the name. Other washi tape as well was used but again,
I'm blank on the name. I papered some of the boxes, as well as the
background of the book.Added some witches, a black cat, pumpkins, and
other spooky items. The skeleton is from
the Dollar Tree and his red eyes are gems from my stash.
I used various Quote Chips and Quote Tokens to fill in some
spaces as well as some very, very old metal letters and numbers and I can't
even remember getting them. If you look close you can see the spider climbing up the wall near the Quote Chips. I actually used some of the metal letters
when I made the hanging word “SPOOKY.” I glued them on top of the Type
Charms and then put the acrylic bubble on top of that. I placed my
witches and surrounded them with all the boxes and bits since they are really
the focal point of my book. After I finished, I realized I didn't really
have a way to tie in the fact that this was a book so I decided to make it a
magical Spell Book. I made a table of 
contents in fancy font and solved that issue. I hope you can read the table of contents, I had a LOT of fun thinking it up! I also had to size the pictures down to small so if you'd like to see them bigger, just give them a click.
