Hi friends! I hope you had a good weekend. We had a somewhat rainy weekend, which is part of autumn after all, but today the sun is shining again.
This week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge we have a 'Not a card' challenge, so you can make pretty much anything, as long as it is not a card.
I made a Halloween wall-hanger, using a bunch of Tim Holtz idea-ology products. I also had fun making a spooky dimensional stamped skull, and even more fun with pairing up sentiments from the Halloween Clippings sticker set.
The background is a Halloween Baseboard and I mixed Dina Wakley's Medieval paint, which is metallic, into a little embossing paste. It was applied through the Batground stencil. I also used a Halloween Shape Token.
Holes were made with my Crop-a-Dile and I set an eyelet into them. The wallhanger is hanging from black tinsel. I really like the numbers added here and there among the Clippings stickers, and used one here. The edges of the board were also sanded and inked.
It is such fun to mix and match sentiments from the Clippings sets and I thought this combination turned out quite good. It's three separate Clippings sections, but almost looks like they belong together.
I used red Heirloom Roses and dripped Pitch Black alcohol ink into them.
The bottom was punched repeatedly with a Crop-a-dile, and various Halloween embellishments hangs from the holes. It gives a nice heavy feel to the wall-hanger. I added some black paint to the embellishments. There are also two strips of Design Tape and an Industrious sticker.
The skull was stamped on Wendy Vecchi's Clearly for Art Modeling Film with Stazon ink. I colored it with Snow Cap alcohol ink Mixative on the back. It was carefully heated with a heat tool and shaped into a dimensional skull. Be careful not to burn yourself. The film keeps it's shape perfectly. I attached it with staples.
It is hard to capture the dimension of the skull, you might see it a little better here.
I hope you will join us this week in our Not a Card challenge. As always, you have a chance to win a $50 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.
Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.
Thank you for taking the time to stop by my blog today!
Happy crafting!
Anna-Karin
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ooh, very spooky :-) the skull and creepy details are fabulous! LOVE it :-)
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I love the rustic texture and the skull is really cool!Love the hanging embellishments they add so much interest! Love this.
ReplyDeleteI love this, Anna-Karin! What a great wall hanging to put up to create a Halloween fright. I love all the little details you've added. So cool!
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Great piece Anna-Karin! Love the stamped skull!
ReplyDeleteWow, this is creepy! I love the colors, the mix of browns and black and the texture made with those small bats is so cool. Hugs, Marzena
ReplyDeleteOMG!!! It's so creepy and so stunning!!! Wonderful project!!!
ReplyDeleteVery spooky!
ReplyDeleteThat's such a great Halloween creation, pretty scary !!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cool spooky wall art piece, Anna-Karin! I love all the little details in how you accessorized it!!
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Steph
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Wendy's Clearly for Art worked great for your skull. Great details on your project!!
ReplyDeleteSo much goodness here! 💗😍
ReplyDeleteBeautiful...creepy...stunning! You did an amazing job, Anna-Karin...as you always do! Hugs xxx Simona
ReplyDeleteWhat a superb wall hanging! I enjoyed seeing how you created and added the different elements and I love the alcohol ink roses and metal embellishments you hung from the bottom - amazing 😁. Wishing you a happy weekend! J 😊
ReplyDeleteSpooky cool, Anna-Karin! I really love the bottom with all the eyelets and dangles, very cool! hugs, Maura
ReplyDeleteLove the story you've told with the Clippings Stickers and I adore this panel, Anna-Karin...it's just so wonderfully spooky and has so much detail to look at! Fabulous work! :)
ReplyDeleteI always love to see the details of your work! I get so many good ideas I want to steal every single time! I especially like the way you hit it with the Crop-A-Dile at the bottom and hung all of those fabulous charms. Genius!
ReplyDeleteI love the precision and your attention to details! it is amazing!
ReplyDeletewow wow wow...love that background and your skull is out of this world, love all the charms hanging from the bottom too...hugs kath xxx
ReplyDeleteThis is such a stunning wall decor, Anna-karin. Love the fabulous background texture and those metal embellishments are so beautiful. :)
ReplyDeleteYou nailed this one! The balance of elements and their placement is outstanding with so many interesting tidbits and texture. So fun!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous hanging, Anna-Karin! Love the skull and all the fabulous Halloween elements! Very cool! Hugs, Sandra
ReplyDeleteLove love love this piece! the atmoaphere you created is so creepy! fab! BArbara
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