Coffin Apothecary with Raven Doors – NEW Collage Sheet & Digital Image Set – VIDEO TUTORIAL

Oh how I love apothecaries!  This year I’m ratcheting up the creep factor with a coffin shaped apothecary that has ravens for doors.  The project includes a video tutorial where I demonstrate how to assemble the coffin using a free coffin template that you’ll find below.  There are also some free images that I used in my apothecary as well as a new Potion Bottles Silhouette collage sheet and a digital image set.

NEW Collage Sheet & Digital Image Set

This sheet is filled with potion bottle silhouettes.  Several of the images are sized to fit the coffin apothecary.

The digital image set contains 54 bottle images.  27 bottles have labels (the same as on the collage sheet) and 27 are blank.  Add your own labels to the blank ones, or use them for a different purpose such as perfume bottles, or as a template to cut-out a piece of chipboard.

TUTORIAL

COFFIN TEMPLATE AND IMAGES

To download the template and images, click on the image to expand it, right-click and select Save As.

If you wish to enlarge the template beyond what will fit on a single 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of paper, download the separate template images.

Alpha Stamps Supplies Used for this Project

Verdigris Bat Pendant - Other options are Large Antique Bronze Bat Pendant and Large Brass Bat

An Eerie Tale 8x8 Paper Pad

Resin Skull Beads-Used 4 as feet

Cat Eyes 5mm Yellow-Used on Resin Scull Bead Feet

Small Brass Box Hinges-Used 2

Gilders Paste - Inca Gold-Used on skull feet

Vintage Photo Distress Ink-

COLLAGE SHEETS

Potion Bottle Silhouettes Collage Sheet or Digital Image Set

Witchy Little Labels & Ephemera Collage Sheet

Tiny Little Books Collage Sheet

Little Potions Collage Sheet

Skeleton Slides Collage Sheet

Books Spines and Labels #1 Collage Sheet or Apothecary Book Spines, Covers & More Digital Image Set-Alchemist writing used to cover the front

RAVEN DOORS

Black Chipboard Raven

Other options for doors are: - Gargoyle Front View Die-Cut Chipboard – cut in half or Gargoyle Side View Die-Cut Chipboard – use two for doors

3D Skeleton Hand Charm-Holding Potion Bottle

Masquerade Mask Cut-Outs-Raven eyes

Gold Dresden Rosettes

Fancy Fleur Drop- Holding the feathers

Tiny Skull Beads - Silver-Used as bottle stoppers for bottles in skeleton hand

Black Diamond Stickles-Raven Eyes

BOTTLES – The list below includes some of the bottles I used and others that are the right scale for the coffin

Even Tinier Bottles

Mini Inkwell Bottles

Tiny Round Bottles

1-1/2 Inch Glass Bottles

3cm Tall Bottle with Cork

Chunky Little Bottles

Domed Apothecary Bottles

Corked Vials

Amber Even Tinier Bottles

INSIDE COFFIN-

16mm Clear Glass Marble-Used as crystal ball

Filigree Cone Bead Caps - Used to hold crystal ball

Miniature Open Book

Ceramic Gargoyle Bead

Mini Ceramic Gargoyle Beads-Used as bottle stopper

Silver Cup Box Feet-Used as a potion cup filled with red wax

Brass Skull & Cross Bones Charms-Used on front of bottle

Resin Owls - Black-Used on front of bottle

Lime Green Stickles-Owl Eyes

Small Resin Skull Beads-Used as bottle stopper

Eyeball Beads-Used as bottle stopper

13mm Flat Lace Edge Setting-Used for candleholder base

CANDELABRAS - On Sides of Coffin

Halloween Carnival Games #4 Collage Sheet or Halloween Carnival Games Digital Image Set-Candles

Metal Hands

Dazzles Gold Thin Line Stickers

Gilders Paste - Patina

Antique Bronze Spider Pendant

Festive Halloween Votives and Candles – NEW Collage Sheet & Digital Image Set

To kick off the Halloween crafty season, how about decorating Votives and candles for your Halloween displays.  

When I created the Pretty Potions & PoisonsApothecary two years ago, you may have noticed that I used decorated candles as part of the overall display.  To decorate the candles I used rub-ons from my stash.  Unfortunately I’ve had a hard time finding good Halloween rub-ons.  Since Alpha Stamps can produce their own sticker sheets from any of the collage sheets they carry, I decided to make a Halloween Silhouette collage sheet that would be east to cut-out and work great for decorating things like Votives, candles, bottles and as backgrounds for layered artwork.  And in case you want to take the images in some other direction or scale them up for really large projects I have also created a digital image set of the images.

NEW Collage Sheet & Digital Image Set

This sheet is filled with spooky silhouettes.  Many of the images are sized to fit the Votives. 

The digital image set contains all the images from the collage sheet plus 4 more images (cat, coffin, spider & a different tombstone).

The Details

For all of the samples I used the sticker sheet version of the collage sheet.  Cut the image out from the sheet and carefully separate the sticker from the backing as to not damage the ink on the image.  Apply the sticker and smooth to remove any bubbles.

You’ll notice I have all the Votives on stands as I think it dresses them up and it looks more interesting for them to be at different heights..

The bone trim around the bottom of the green Votive is from a Gothic Lace Border set of stickers.  The image of the bones is raised from the transparency to give it dimension.  The base of the votive is made from a wooden egg cup.

On the purple votive I have used black lace to trim the bottom and a wood candlestick holder as a base.  The holder is trimmed with beaded fringe and another of the gothic lace borders.

For the orange Votive, I trimmed the bottom in sweeper fringe.   The base is made from gluing a wooden knob into the grove of an egg cup.  The knob fits perfectly into the grove.

Another option for the sticker version of the sheet is to apply them to candles.  I used the ghost images on the tall candle and a couple of the tombstones at the bottom.  I tied black tulle around the base of the candle holders.  For the larger candle I used glitter bat stickers in addition to the images from the collage sheet.  I used a box top as a stand decorated with paper and pumpkin pods.

Alpha Stamps Supplies Used for this Project

Halloween Silhouette Collage Sheet or Digital Image Set

Glass Votive

Gothic Lace Black Border Stickers

LED Tea Light

Egg Cups  - Green Votive & Orange Votive

Dazzles Silver Thin Lines Stickers Green Votive

Tim Holtz Crossbones Set – Green Votive

3 Inch Tall Candlestick Holder – Purple Votive

Black Beaded Fringe Purple Votive

1/2 Inch Scalloped Black Lace – Purple Votive

Wooden Knobs – Orange Votive

Dazzles Black Thin Line Stickers Purple & Orange Votive

Black Sweeper Fringe – Orange Votive

Halloween Fiber Set – Orange Votive

Tulle Netting – 6 Inches Wide - Black – Tall Candle

Martha Stewart Halloween Glittered Bats and Moon Stickers – Large Candle

Spirited Labyrinth Scrapbook Paper – Large Candle

Pumpkin Pods – Large Candle

Over the Summer Sea

To wrap up the summer, and before I start throwing Halloween projects your way, I have a collage piece to share with you. 

The red netting is made from cheese cloth died with Red Pepper Alcohol inks.  The silver leaves were originally part of a huge green spray of leaves I purchased at the craft store.  The leaves are very tiny so I thought they would be a perfect size for small projects.  I spray painted the leaves silver and added blue Microbeads. 

Other embellishments include paper leaves, real seashells and brass fish from my stash.  I also added blue mulberry paper tulips and white foam stamen.

Collage Sheet and Digital Images I Used:

Beach Babes – Sea Gulls

The Sea Calls to Me – Victorian Woman

The Deep Blue Sea – Coral and Sea Shell

Frames & Borders – Weathered Blue Frame