HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! Hi There, It’s me Shari from Ain’t That Artsy Fartsy and I’m so happy to be here today to share a fun little décor piece I made for Halloween. With so much Halloween inspiration out there, and with a little apropos change to a song lyric, I came up with…..
…wait for it……
While you’re all laughing and chair dancing, I’ll tell you a little bit of what I did to make this altered wooden house.
I cut my house out of a piece of unfinished poplar. This house measures 9″ x 4″ x 1″ and I covered the front and back with pieces of Tim Holtz Regions Beyond Paper Stash that I had stitched together with my sewing machine.
I roughed up the edges with my paper distresser and inked with Black Soot DI then adhered to the front and back surfaces with matte Decou-Page. I added smears of black gesso with my fingers and adhered a long piece of Design Tape to the outside edge.
I added stenciling to the front and back sides of the house with Tim’s Gothic Layering Stencil and black modeling paste. While the paste was still wet, I sprinkled Shabby Shutters Distress Glitter over it, tapped off the excess and let air dry. While that was drying, I spritzed pieces of cheese cloth with a combo of Hickory Smoke and Black Soot DSS and heat set.
The tree and fence are older Sizzix dies that I treated with crackle paint and rusting powder respectively. When the crackle paint dried on the tree, I rubbed it with antiquing cream to accentuate all of the neat texture, then I started to adhere the pieces onto the house.
This little foursome of cutie-pies is from Tim’s Found Relatives-Occasions. I fussy cut them from their card and colored their Jack ‘o Lanterns with my Pumpkin Spice DM. I die cut a bunch of leaves and roses from the Tiny Tattered Florals die from a mixture of Kraft Core, Color Core and Regions Beyond Paper Stash. I stained the Pumpkin Pieces with Hickory Smoke DSS and gave all of the roses and leaves a spritzing of Pewter Perfect Pearls Mist.
The song lyrics were printed onto white card stock and cut into bands. I sealed with matte Decou-Page and then coated with clear crackle glaze. When the crackle glaze was dry, I rubbed with Hickory Smoke DI and adhered onto the house with matte Decou-page.
I outlined the word bands with Black Soot DI and my water brush, then brushed a wash of translucent white paint around the edge of the house, spritzed with water and let the watery paint drip down.
To finish the house, I attached a Typed Token and applied one final splatter of off-white paint to the front and back sides of the house.
I hope you’ve enjoyed my little Halloween house today and will come back later in the week for our Throwback Thursday feature.
Until next time–Stay Artsy Fartsy!! XOXO-Shari
Shari, this is such an amazing piece you’ve created. Very much inspired to do one for Christmas. Thanks for sharing
Thank You, Noree!! I’ll probably make another one or two for Christmas, too 🙂 🙂 Happy Crafting!! XOXO-Shari
I just LOVE your Halloween house, boys and pumpkins, Shari!
Wonderfully inspiring and imaginative as always!
Hugs,
Claudia x