Halloween Family

Hello dear Blog friends,
today I want to share with you my second make for the "All Things Spooky" challenge over at Country View Challenges, the scary Halloween Family!

I took a brown envelope for my project and played along with some mediums and paints.
Here are the steps:

1. I prepared the envelope with clear Gesso to seal the paper. Inside the envelope I put some 

    strong cardboard for more stand.

 2. I mixed Matte Medium with DecoArt media fluid acrylics "Naphtol Red Light".

 3. To create texture I dabbed the mixture with a palette knife on top of the envelope

 4. While the paint/Gel was still wet I added a piece of black spider web I bought in a 1 € store.

 5. Now I mixed DecoArt media acrylics "Paynes Grey" and "Quinacridone Magenta" to get some
     purple color.

6. I dabbed it around the edges of the orange paint/gel. Then I took my heating tool to dry the
    paint and to create some bubbles (I love those bubbles ;-) )

 7. Now I matted my photo (from Gecko Galz) with some leftover paper on which I experimented
     with paints.

 8. Distress Ink around the distressed edges helped to fit it better to the background.

 9. Now some stamping for more interest.

10. Watered black and white Gesso, sprinkled all over the background, helps to come all parts 

      more together.

  11. I grabbed some clock parts from my collected items in my stash.

 12. I took some wire to frame the photo

 13. glued down all the bits and bobs

14. and added black Gesso and Quinacridone Gold on top all metal pieces to make them look a
     bit rusty.

15. Now I glued down a title and a spider hanging on a threat(from a 1 € store too) and dabbed
      some Interference Magenta on top of the spider and the title.

16. Last I glued down some flowers and leaves from my stash.

Well, very picture heavy I fear!
Thank you so much for dropping in here today! May be you want to join our challenge, there are some days left! You can win a 20£ voucher for the shop!

I want to join in the following challenges:
http://craftylifechallenges.blogspot.de/2016/10/october-2016-challenge.html
http://mixedmediamojo.blogspot.de/2016/10/its-time-to-get-spooky.html
http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.de/2016/10/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-29-mood_1.html

http://creativeartistemixedmedia.blogspot.de/2016/10/welcome-to-creative-artistes-challenge.html
http://frillyandfunkie.blogspot.de/2016/10/a-very-vintage-halloween.html
http://www.vintagejourney.com/2016/10/october-challenge-make-it-spooky.html

Halloween ATCs

Hello all, nice to have you here!
It´s the first of October and you know what it means: A new challenge over at Country View Challenge! This month the theme is All things spooky!

Although Halloween is not a favourite theme for me, I had much fun, creating this set of ATCs.
I found that little skeletons in a dollor store and thought, I would use them in a bit funny way =)

Here a step x step:

 I cut some cardboard and white cardstock into right size.

Then I glued some stripes on top for texture.

Now I prepared the surface with clear Gesso.

 To add some more texture I put modeling paste through a stencil

 Then it was time for color! I used Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists, Simply sheer and Glimmer Glam in Halloween colors, sprayed directly on top and dried them with a heating tool.

I stamped the crow from a 7Gypsies stamp set and then I glued down the skeletons and embellishments.

Here are the 4 ATCs:

I hope you like my ATCs and feel inspired to join our challenge!
You can win a 20£ shopping voucher for the shop!

I want to join in following challenges:
http://mixedmediamc.blogspot.de/2016/10/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-29-mood_1.html

http://blog.emeraldcreek.org/2016/10/falling-into-celebration.html
http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.de/2016/09/challenge-31-no-patterned-paper.html
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-31/
I would also like to link up with my great friend Brenda's Halloween giveaway here.