Monster

Hi all and welcome to another week of the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. This week the challenge is the Monster Mash! 

With Halloween coming up quickly now is the time to get your monster on and create something inspired by monsters. Scary, cute, creepy or just plain fun any monster inspiration is welcome.

I love these little guys from the Valentine set from Simon Says Stamp and I decided to translate them into a Halloween Scene.

I started with a scrap of cardstock with a touch of color burst powders leftover form another project.  I thought it looked a bit like graffiti so I pulled out the brick stencil to add a brick wall to my tag.

I then colored in my adorable monsters:

I decided to stamp them twice to cut out there eyes and pop them up so they really were pronounced.  Poe's eyes were replaced with a second set of Allan's which happened by accident when they got jumbled up on my desk.  I decided I liked how they looked and made her a set of Allan's eyes to give her a more frighted look.  She also got a top hat leftover from another project which I thought looked cute on her. :)

Next I needed something to make my little monsters looking scared.  Off to pinterest I went looking for inspiration on shadows that would make someone scared.

I sketched an outline with pencil and after I was happy I colored him in with watercolor first and then pigment marker.  His eyes are watercolor pencil with a hint of white gel pen. My scene needed a few other touches.

I sponged in the moon with a combination of fossilized amber and spiced marigold.  I then added a stenciled tree with black embossing paste.  When I was out in pinterest looking at monster shadows the quote by Edger Allan Poe was there and I decided it fit perfectly with my tag.

Products:

 My Favorite Things Brick Wall Stencil  Ranger Distress  Tumbled Glass Ranger Distress Ink - Dried Marigold, Fossilized Amber, Ranger Watercolor Marker - Black Soot , Simon Says Stamp - Monster Hugs, Ranger Archival Ink, White Cardstock, Watercolor Pencils

As always Simon Says Stamp will be giving away $50 voucher to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

So now it's YOUR turn, come play along and show us your inner monster! You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in

Suzz

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I'm Feeling a bit Green today!

Time for Tim's October Tag!  He used one of his new Monster Dies.  I don't have any of those but thought about what I did have that would make a great Frankenstein.

 Can you guess who that sinister eye belongs to? 

 Frankendavid of course.  I decided to try to transform the handsome David into Frankenstein.  I started with the fun splattered background that Tim shares in his tag.  A mix of lime green, silver and olive green Ranger Distress Stains sprayed on my craft mat and sprtized with water.

I then stamped David with the black ink.  I ended up embossing all the images with black embossing powder to make the images pop on the background.

After I finished I decided to redo it a second time to make his hair a little more steinish. 

I used the same colors in the background to see if I liked the effect more.  I decided I liked the scar better in my second tag and the first tag overall so I didn't finish off my second tag. 

Have a fun Saturday!  We have homecoming for my youngest so lots of preparation happening today!

Suzz