Destination Inspiration October - Terminal 4

Hello to our fellow A Vintage Journey travellers, Anne here and it is my pleasure to share the penultimate stop of our October journey, using the contents of our travel kit bag:

Product : Distress Spray Stain

Technique : Layering Stencil Embossing 

(Compendium of Curiosities III Page 50)

Featured Colour : Hickory Smoke

Substrate : Tag

Since we are close to one of my favourite times of the year, Halloween, I have created

an extra large (scary) tag for the occasion.

I really wanted to 'go large' so I used a No. 12 Ranger Manila tag and cut a couple of inches off the bottom to give a chunky tag.

I could not decide which Halloween stencil to use for the base so I used two, the Bats and the Shatter stencil, along with the Undertaker set of stamps, the Arch Frame die, the Sized Arches die and the Wicked Alpha Parts for my embellishment.  I always try to gather the elements together to start with.

Using the technique outlined on Page 50 of CC III and the Bat stencil I created a random pattern of bats using Black Soot Distress Ink.  I stenciled through the Shatter Stencil with Pumice Stone Distress Ink across the rest of the tag.  The whole tag was sprayed lightly with Smoked Hickory Distress Spray Stain.

I cut the frame and backing and then used Tim's Layering Stencil Embossing technique again, on the frame backing, this time using the Gothic Stencil (after changing my mind from the Shatter stencil) and Wilted Violet Distress Ink.  I used a blending tool and applied Shaded Lilac over the whole frame and then gave it a light spray with the Hickory Smoke Distress Spray Stain.

I stamped and embossed the Undertaker image (in both sizes because I was not sure which one I would use) twice, cut the eyes and nose from one layer and used foam pads to layer the images up.  This gives the image more dimension. I could not resist adding spooky eyes....

I coated the frames, which I had cut from black card, with Distress Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint.  I have to admit I was a little disappointed at first that the paint turned white-ish, but it all came good in the end.

Once the crackled frame parts were dry, I sprayed them with Wilted Violet Distress Spray Stain and I loved the effect it created.  The Rock Candy coating turned a beautiful colour with some lighter patches here and there.

In the end I chose the smaller image as he fitted the frame better.  You can see the result of the spraying over the crackle much better in this photo.

I used the word 'halloween' and a bat from the Wicked Alpha Parts set and I coated the word with Wilted Violet Distress Paint, left it for a few seconds and then lightly removed some of the paint to create a weathered look.

I finished the number 31 in the same way as the word.  I added some vintage ribbon which I dyed using Wilted Violet Distress Spray Stain and add a Halloween word charm 'wicked' to finish off.

A final look at those scary eyes, they look much better in real life.....

Thank you so much for joining me at Terminal 4 and that you feel inspired to get your stencils

 and sprays out to have a play.  Do please come back next Monday for Terminal 5 

inspiration,  In the meantime there is still time left to enter Alison's challenge HERE.

Hugs, Anne xx