Ephemoire Gothic Tag Set

Hello Crafty Friends

I  am back with Ephemoire and i am making my entrance with the dark trio of tags. This is just a warm up while i flex my weirdness.

Products used

Bonafide Collection Vol 2

Creepy Closet

Human and Animal Bones Collection

Watercolour paints

Tim Holtz Tag dies

Embossing powder 

paper flowers

pearls

Black glass chips

 Print out the Bonafide papers onto card in grayscale. This was a happy accident !!
Place a large tag die or template over the papers so that you get the patterned part on most of the tag. then cut it out.
 Colour in the patterned sections with watercolor paints
 Apply a stencil mask to the plain parts of the tag

On the skull tag, glue on paper flowers and embellishments.
Then add a sentiment to finish.

 For the other tags, stamp out a sentiment for each and then use embossing powder on the words.
Add the skeleton and skull images  to the tags.

Thank you for visiting

Hellgnome's Death Digis Skullerflies Artist Trading Cards

Hi all

I have a set of artist trading cards to share, made using digital stamps by Hellgnome's Death Digis.

I used the Skullerfly stamp.

1. Stamp texture stamps onto atc blanks
2. Apply a stencil mask
3. Add Yellow, red and orange inks
4. Stamp over the top with more texture stamps
5. Print Skullerflies and colour in with inks
6. Stamp out words on to card and cut them to fit ATCS.

Thank you for visiting

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The Blank Page Muse November Day of the dead skull

Hi all

Today you will learn how to turn a plastic Halloween skull into this sugar skull using The Blank Page Muse Stamps

You will need

The Blank Page Muse Day Of The Dead Sugar Skull Stamps

The Blank Page Muse Art Journal Mixed Media Set

Plastic skull

gesso

acrylic paint in assorted colours

Permanent ink pad

tissue paper

larger resin flowers.

Cover the skull i two coats of gesso and then white paint.

Next stamp out the flowers on to tissue paper and then paint then with acrylic paint. Do this on a non stick surface as the paint with go through the tissue a little.

Once flowers have dried, cut them out and adhere to skull using heavy gel medium. Add resin flowers for the eyes.

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Bleeding Art October Challenge Blingy Skulls

Hi all

we have a new mixed media challenge starting up in October. It is a bit different to other mixed media challenges as we want to see your Canvases, Shrines, assemblages, anything free standing, anything that can be hung on the wall or that uses recycled items. I am sure you creative lot will have other ideas to share too.

Here is my first project for the October challenge and yes like a giddy child i have jumped straight into Halloween with these mixed media skulls.

I tried three different types of medium on each skull. This one is texture crackle paste and it dries like cracked stone so very lovely. I then painted it and covered it in as many gems as i could. I thought blinging up one side looked more edgy, well i saw this on Pinterest and had a go but it looks nothing like the original idea.

Skull number two was covered in cheesecloth you know that stuff 19th century mediums liked to regurgitate and pretend were ghosts. Anyway stuck to a skull and painted over with acrylic paint gives the project a nice texture.

I added a few beads first but it look bland so i added micro beads using heavy gel medium, It needed something else so i added a pile more pearl beads down the front to give it a full bling look. I added flowers to the other eye socket, i think it looks less creepy without a gaping hole for an eye but that is just me.

Skull number three was covered in texture sand paste which when dries looks like a stone surface. I painted it orange and then added bling to a chip board spider. 

Thank you for visiting and please join us.

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Remember When Blog Hop

Hi all

We are doing a blog hop and the idea is to use something from your stash that is 10 years or more old. So i have chosen the patterned edged scissors which were one of my first craft tools.

Comment on each blog to win a prize:

JustYolie - http://www.justyolie.com/2018/04/remember-when-blog-hop.html?m=1

It's Oddly Appealing https://itsoddlyappealing.blogspot.com/2018/04/remember-when-blog-hop-starts-now.html

Scrappy Cafe - https://scrappycafe.blogspot.com/2018/04/remember-when.html

Keren

http://www.kerentamir.com/remember-when-blog-hop/

Marie Heiderscheit- https://marienicoledesigns.wordpress.com/2018/04/13/remember-when-blog-hop-giveaway

Linda Israel- http://lindaisrael.com/2018/04/14/remember-when-using-retro-art-supplies-for-journal-cards/

Erin Reed - https://scraps-of-reflections.blogspot.com/2018/04/misted-atc-cards-remember-when-blog-hop.html

Anita Scroggins - https://goo.gl/WRGz6V

Katie Lamb https://whatkatiedid2.blogspot.com/2018/04/remember-when-blog-hop.html

Nadine Carlier - https://myscrapnstuff.blogspot.com/2018/04/remember-when-blog-hop.html

Susan M. Brown {sbartist} - https://sbartist.blogspot.com/2018/04/going-back-in-cre8time-remember-when.html

Julie https://juliemcguffee.blogspot.com/2010/01/hey-presto.html

Link Party http://www.inlinkz.com/new/view.php?id=774354


Winner
No 16 Lisa M 

I am offering a word stamp from The Blank Page Muse and something i handmade as a prize.

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Cover a 6 x 6 blank with purple paper and then cut a strip from black paper.

Use the deckle edged scissors along the edge and then cut a large rectangle from grey paper. Use the torn edge scissors around the edges and ink with dark red ink.

Grue the black strip to the back of the grey piece and then stick it to the card.

Take a topper and use 3D foam tape to secure it to the edge of the card and then add a sentiment.  

Cover a blank 5 x 7 card with black paper.

Glue lace across the bottom of the card to hide where the paper joins. I used two sheets of 6 x 6 paper so i had to cover the card in two parts.

Cut out a large rectangle from purple paper and use the patterened edged scissors around the edges. Ink it in purple and stick it to the centre of the card.

Cut put a wide strip of patterened paper and use the patterened edged scissors around then glue it down the edge of the purple layer.

Add the topper to the centre and a sentiment to finish

How To Create Frightfully Good Mixed Media ATCS With RSD

Hello all

I have a few lively ATCs or Artist Trading Cards to share with you today. I usually put the skully stuff on my dark blog but these aren't as scary. These are available from Rick's Zibbit shop here https://www.zibbet.com/rick1949 

Here is the link to the image https://www.zibbet.com/rick1949/offerings-digi-stamp

I created the backgrounds with a Gelli Plate and a brayer to get a distressed effect. I then used a mini stencil and applied brusho powders over the top.

I used my Hearty Doodles set to add the textures and then added white thread to the center.

The skulls are coloured in with Brusho powders and i went over some of the details with a white uniball pen.

There is more inspiration over on the Rick St Dennis group and we have an ATC swap going on so if you would like the chance to have one of these sent to you then pop in and join up   https://www.facebook.com/groups/rickstdennisdigifansandfriends/

Skull Appreciation day June 4th 2016: Altered Box The Fallen

Hi All

Here is my make for Skull Appreciation Day where we all get together and make something using skulls.

I used a lot of DecoArt Media products on this one. I started by painting a large MDF box with DecoArt Media White Gesso and then i spread a thick layer of black gesso over the top and dried it off with a heat gun so that the top was spongy but not completely set. I then used a dragon scale ATC background stamp and pressed it into the gesso. Once set i then applied another layer of black gesso and used the Andy Skinner Snake's Web Stencil. I didn't intend on going for a fallen angel theme but with the scales and the winged skull it just went that way so i stuck with it. 

I dry bushed the embossed areas using Dazzling Silver Metallic paint and rubbed Lavish Green and Cosmic Blue Metallic Lustre over the top of the silver. The winged skull is from Things to Alter 

The skull was decorated using white gesso and then a layer of white modelling paste using the Short Circuit Stencil. Once dry i painted it with Dazzling metallics in silver and used Amethyst on the wings.

I repeated the dry brushed technique on the front and i painted the large joined wings with Dazzling Metallics in gold. The photo doesn't show it but it shimmers so beautifully in the light. 

I did plan on putting velvet in the who inside but it went a bit wrong so i did just the lid with the bit i saved. I painted a star gold and added it to the lid to give it a mystical feel.

I really like Amethyst

Here is the blog roll with everyone who is joining the hop so please visit them and leave some love. Terra
Black Dragon
Jorgey
Susan S
Julia
Alex
Alison
Ike
Leigh
Lost Coast Portal To Creativity
​Katie You are here
Deadly Little Witch
​Susan R
​Dream In Darkness

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Delicious Doodles June Pearls and Lace

                                                                       Hi all

I am back with my DT make for the June challenge over at Delicious Doodles. You can join the challenge here http://deliciousdoodleschallenge2.blogspot.co.uk/

I used the Gothic Grunge 8x8 paper pack from Lelli-bot crafts for the layers. It comes with the toppers and sentiments that can be cut out and used as well.

I used the Creepy Crawlies Tattoo page and shunk it down so that it can be used as a topper.

I added a little spider charm onto some beading elastic and thread him through the back of the card so he dangles.

Thank you for visiting