Simon Says Stamp Halloween Blog Hop – iGirlZoe, Crafter & Tim Holtz Addict

Hello friends. Today I’m participating in the Simon Says Stamp Halloween Blog Hop featuring the newly released Simon Says Stamp exclusive coordinating dies to match Tim Holtz stamps. If you’d like to see and buy the Halloween coordinating dies, they are here HERE.

I’m honored to be joining so many talented makers as one of the stops on this hop, you can see the list of hop participants at the end of this blog. You may have arrived from Sandi MacIver’s blog, but if not, you can start the hop on Simon Says Stamp blog.

I am utterly OBSESSED with the coordinating die set to Tim’s Sketch Manor stamp set CMS408. Firstly, a confession, when I received this die set from Simon Says Stamp and pulled the coordinating stamp set out, it had never been inked!!! I’m proud to say that every stamp has now been used and I will be using it a lot going forward. So a BIG THANK YOU to Simon Says Stamp for inspiring me to use the toys in my toy box with this awesome new die set. Let’s get into the details…

I absolutely love the way the dies allow you to build layers on this haunted manor! I stamped the manor several times and then die cut using the different dies and watercolored using Distress ink ready to assemble. It’s not necessary to watecolor the parts that are going to be hidden by the next layer, but it was a good practice run to see that I liked the colours I had chosen. No surprise that it was browns! lol

The Simon Says Stamp 3D foam adhesive squares are a must for this. I have a nice stock pile of the black as they are my favourite of all 3D foam squares. The multi pack comes in small and large foam squares and in 2 different depths. For the layers I used the shallower of the squares with the deeper ones on the base of the manor to raise it up off the tag.

You can see here how much depth the die cut layers give! And the dies take all the work out of this for you. Cool right?!

I really did use all the stamps in this set. Starting with an Etcetera Tag in the Mini size, I added Distress watercolor cardstock, which I inked with various Distress inks (listed at the end of the post). Once dry, I stamped directly onto the tag and watercolored, also with Distress inks. I stamped and die cut the moon with the new coordinating dies and added this to my tag.

I then added the Manor to the tag and squealed a little with delight! I LOVE THIS DIE SET!!

I love how atmospheric the background stamps make this scene.

I used a couple of stamps from the Field Notes stamp set CMS396 to create a banner. Adding a couple of idea-ology Hardware Heads with a little rust paste. I picked up this moss from Simon Says Stamp and it was perfect to add texture to the tag, which I added with a little hot glue.

Thanks for stopping by, the next stop on the hop is the talented Tina Smith.

Let me know if you have any questions.
Zoe

Blog Hop Order:
Simon Says Stamp Blog
Nina-Marie Trapani
Caly Person
Stacy Hutchinson
Nichol Spohr
Tami Bastiaans
Sandi MacIver
Zoe Hillman (YOU ARE HERE)
Tina Smith
Jean Doeringsfeld
Barb Engler

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