Embossed Monster Flip Frame

Hi friends! Thank you so much for all the comments on my SSS Create Joy blog hop post on Friday, I had such fun reading them all. Now it is Monday again, and a new Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. Halloween is soon here and this week we have a Monster Mash challenge. 

I interpreted the challenge quite literary this time, because I wanted to use Tim Holtz Sizzix Monster Thinlits die. The Monster die is similar to the Zombie die that I shared some time ago (you can find the Zombie tutorial here), in the sense that you die cut a number of pieces and then piece them back together to create the monster. I die cut the monster from different colours of cardstock for my son and his friend and they had fun putting their monsters together, almost like a puzzle. This is a great Halloween activity for children. But I hadn't used the Monster die myself yet. I decided to make another panel that can hang from a Flip Frame. I really love the Flip Frames, and that you can just put something else in it when the season is over.

 Here you can see all the pieces you need to make the monster. I die cut them from manila cardstock.

I decided to use embossing powders to create my monster, so that he would have an enamel and grungy textured look. I used Verdigris, Rust, Watering Can, Platinum and Cement, all from Ranger. The Emboss It dabber works great for these types of projects, or you could press the paper into an embossing ink pad. The bottom piece (not shown here) was inked with Black Soot.

I inked the pieces with Black Soot, to cover any areas that were not embossed, as you can see here on the eye brows, it gave a cool distressed look. Assemble the pieces starting with the bottom. Bend or fold the green piece, the hair and the nose slightly. It is hard gluing things to an embossed surface, but I find that Ranger's Matte Multi-Medium worked really well.

All the different powders look cool together. Here you can maybe see the shine of the different embossing powders a little better.

For the background, I used cardboard paper from Tim's Textured Surfaces set, as well as a torn, sanded and inked paper from the Regions Beyond Paper Stash.

I also added some Halloween Trimmings ribbons, a token and an Occasions Small Talk sentiment.

The bat comes from the Wicked Alpha Parts set. I punched holes with my Crop-a-dile and set eyelets in them.

The bat and spider were given a little Ground Espresso paint. I also used a few strips of Regions Beyond Design Tape.

 Love this spooky skull sitting on top of the frame.

Here you can see the dimension of the monster a little better. He looks really fun next to my Zombie panel. Here is another example of a Flip Frame project. 

I hope you will join us in our Monster challenge! As always you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

If you want to, follow Simon Says Stamp on Instagram, they post great stuff daily. 

If you use instagram add #sssmchallenge to your challenge entry uploads, so that we can see them on there too.

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Happy Crafting!

Anna-Karin 

Supplies:

Tim Holtz Sizzix MONSTER	Tim Holtz FLIP FRAMES	Tim Holtz Idea-ology REGIONS BEYOND	Tim Holtz TEXTURED SURFACES	Tim Holtz WICKED Alpha Parts
Tim Holtz ODDITIES Adornments	Tim Holtz REGIONS BEYOND	Tim Holtz BONEYARD Resin Skull Pieces	Tim Holtz REGIONS BEYOND Design Tape	Tim Holtz Idea-ology HALLOWEEN Trimmings
Tim Holtz OCCASIONS Small Talk	We R Memory Keepers COOL METAL Standard Eyelets	Ranger CLEAR EMBOSS IT DABBER	Ranger Embossing Powder LIQUID PLATINUM	Ranger VERDIGRIS
Ranger BRICK Antiquities	Ranger Wendy Vecchi WATERING CAN	Tim Holtz Distress Paint BLACK SOOT	Tim Holtz Distress Paint GROUND ESPRESSO	Tim Holtz Distress Ink GROUND ESPRESSO
Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK BLACK SOOT	Ranger 4 Oz. MULTI MEDIUM MATTE	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM	Tim Holtz TINY ATTACHER Stapler
Tim Holtz SANDING GRIP	We R Memory Keepers CROPADILE	Ranger Inkssentials EUROPEAN HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET
Tim Holtz TINY ATTACHER Stapler

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