Witches Apothecary Chest - VIDEO TUTORIAL

My idea for this apothecary was to make it look like it was alive complete with feet, hands, and lots of eyes (I have the image of the eyes for you further down in the post).  I can imagine the chest following the witch around while the candles argue with each other.  The core of this piece is a simple assembled Vanity Box with drawer kit.

The hands attached to the sides serve multiple purposes; they can be used to lift the chest, hold items (like the cauldron), and make the chest look alive.   I used a medallion mold with a skeleton chest and polymer clay to attach the hands to the chest.  The pulls on the drawers are bones from my stash. 

The candles with faces are made from polymer clay, which I demonstrate how to make in the video tutorial.

I’ve made all kinds of witchy stuff (bottles, books, a bookstand, scrolls, chalice, potion bowl, hourglass, and wand) to go on top of and inside the chest.  There must be something particularly nasty in the stack of boxes as it is chained and locked.  Notice I’ve used another set of hands as part of a book stand for the Spells and Potion book.

The spell books are made from my Mini Witches Library Collage Sheet, and the bottle labels and other images are from the Witchy Little Labels & Ephemera Collage Sheet.

VIDEO TUTORIAL

In the video tutorial, I’ll walk you through how I assembled and constructed all of the apothecary chest elements.

FREE IMAGE - Sized to fit the front of the box.

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Mini Witchy Library Collage Sheet

Witchy Little Labels & Ephemera Collage Sheet

Vanity Box with Drawers

Dragon Claw Box Feet – Set of 4

Silicone Mold – Halloween Skeleton Cameos – Used on sides

Antique Bronze 3D Skeleton Hand Charm  - Used on sides

3D Silver Skeleton Hand Charm – Used for book stand

Antique Silver Tall Flower Bead Caps – Used for the candlesticks and book stand

Verdigris Tall Flower Bead Caps – Used for the candlesticks and book stand

Bronze Puffy Filigree Beads   - Used for Candlesticks

Antique Gold Rope-Edged Rondelles - Used for Candlesticks & Hourglass

8x8mm Large Hole Plastic Drum Beads – Used for Hourglass

Fishing Owl

Mini Black Cauldron

Mini Cigar Box Set

Set of 4 Metal Apothecary Jars

Set of Metal Ginger Jars

2 Glass Bottles w Round Lid – 21mm Tall

Amber Even Tinier Bottles

3D Silver Skull Charm – Large Hole – Bottle topper

Small Man in the Moon Charm – Bottle decor

Ceramic Raven Beads - Small – Bottle topper

Lighted Halloween House

This project was inspired by an easy to assemble Tea light Haunted House kit which is part of AlphaStamps's "Halloween Haunted House" theme for October.

The front and back of the kit are the same except for a large opening on one side to house the tea light.  The kit also comes with a base, fencing, and some tombstones

I started by assembling the house and painting it black then adding paper to the front and back.  To add more interest to the house, I used strips of decorative paper to create a roof, gluing the paper from the front of the house roofline to the back.  I then used pieces of black Dresden to dress-up the roof lines.

By adding paper to the rooflines, I could use an additional tea light on the back of the house to light up the second floor.  I stuck the flame part into a round window on the back.

I painted the light black to make it blend in with the house. 

In the picture below, you can see the tea lights flickering behind the cabochon windows on both the first and second floors.

To dress up the windows I used die-cut chipboard frames to which I attached round and rectangular cabochons.

I added images (from the Halloween Pendants Collage Sheet) behind some of the cabochons using Glossy Accents.

Notice that I also added paper to the sides of the house and attached faux windows and a door using the die-cut chipboard frames and cabochons.

I covered the base with more decorative paper and added die-cut spooky fencing with decorative bats.  To the base, I added pumpkins, and tombstones (some from the kit and some from my stash).  The creepy kids are from a new Mini Halloween Darlings Half Collage Sheet and the owls and cats are from the Familiars Collage Sheet.

Final touches are the bats attached to the roofline and the spooky tree attached to the back.  To make it look spookier I painted red eyes in various places on the tree.

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Nightfall 6x6 Paper Pad

10x25mm Mini Glass Rectangular Cabochon

Spider Web Glass Cabochon – 14mm

14mm Round Glass Cabochons

Halloween Pendants Collage Sheet

Mini Halloween Darlings Half Sheet

Familiars Collage Sheet

Tea Light Haunted House Kit with Base

Window Frames for Tea Light Haunted House

Round Frames for 18mm Cabs

Rectangular Frames for 10x25mm Cabs

Black Cat Glass Cabochon – 18mm

18mm Round Glass Cabochons

Black Dresden Sampler Set

Baroque Dresden Borders - Black

Bat Borders – 7 Inch

Half Scale Widows Walk Fencing

Creepy Tree – 5 Inch

Pumpkin Pods

LED Tea Light

Halloween Lanterns

September’s Kit at AlphaStamps is “Halloween Countdown” which includes a mini shrine.  There are 5 different shrine designs and I have picked my three favorites for this project. 

By using flickering tea-lights and glittering much of the surface the pieces really sparkle.  I’ve used Halloween themed die-cuts and vintage images to add more spooky fun.

I started by assembling the shrines and spray painting them black.  I covered the outside and inside of the shrine with decorative papers.

I then used various colors of glitter (black, purple, green, yellow, & red) to accent the fronts of the shrine.

I glittered and attached cut-outs from the Black Creepy Critters Shape Set, Wood Jack-o-Lanterns Cut-Outs & the Narrow Spider Web Flourish Borders.  I think my favorite creepy critters are the rats as they have very detailed whiskers and tails.

I then attached vintage Halloween images from various collage sheets and glittered the images to make them coordinate with the other items I glittered.

I covered the flame on 3 yellow flickering tea-lights with tape and sprayed the lights with black plastic spray paint.  The lights fit nicely into the shrines behind the border.  The final touch on the Big Cat Shrine was to add green wire whiskers.

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Village Halloween 2x2 Number Squares Scrapbook Paper

Wood Jack-o-Lanterns Cut-Outs

Halloween #2 Collage Sheet – Pumpkin Girl

How Sweet the Moon Collage Sheet – Small moon face & Owl and Cat

Halloween Children Collage Sheet – Cat on pumpkin & Witch Girl with Cat

Spooky Boo Scrapbook Paper - Eek

Haunted House Mini Shrine

Raven October Mini Shrine

Big Cat Mini Shrine

Black Creepy Critters Shape Set

LED Tea Lights