Halloween Fun!

Time for a new challenge at The Funkie Junkie Boutique Challenge!  The talented Sara Emily has challenged us this time with It's Halloween!

Here is how she described the challenge:

"I love Halloween! With Halloween just a few weeks away, I challenge you to create a vintage or shabby chic project with a Halloween theme. Your project can be as silly or creepy as you like, but just have fun!"

I started working on tags and cards with the intent of making a spooky card.  But instead I went shopping. :) 

I like browsing at home decor stores because I get inspiration that I want to go home and try to create. :)  This time it was a beautiful pumpkin covered in corn husk textured flowers.  It was all neutral but I couldn't get over the texture on the pumpkin. 

 I hurried home to try to create many many roses. :)  I cut about 30 pine cones from some scrap paper used to wrap up items from the store.  It is like a heavy newsprint.  I wanted something with some texture. 

 After I cut all the flowers and leaves I laid them out on my craft mat and gave them a coat of gesso.  I was hoping it would help give more firmness to the flowers / leaves and soften the effect of the sprays. 

Next was to let them dry and clean up the paint. After they dried I sprayed all the flowers with a mix of Fired Brick and Fossilized Amber. 

I let them all dry again and stamped them with black ink using the Glorious Bouquet stamp.  The stamping was imperfect and partial in places which works fine because of the shaping of the flowers.

Next I got the glue gun out and made the roses. 

I sprayed the leaves with a mix of ground espresso and peeled paint. 

The pumpkin I purchased was a white pumpkin.  I gave it a coat of gesso and then sprayed it with abandoned coral distress spray ink. 

I used hot glue to apply the roses along the side  and sprinkled in a mix of the leaves.  In doing so it left the glue strings all over the roses.  I decided to leave it to give it the webby effect from my spider. 

I added a coat of frosted crystal embossing powder over the surface of the roses and the pumpkin.  I took the versamark embossing powder and sponged it all over everything and then coated the entire project with the embossing powder.  I heat set it. 

To finish off the project a little black bird, spider and charm.

Come join in the fun and share your Halloween inspired art!   The winner will earn a chance to be a Guest Designer at a future date here at The Funkie Junkie Boutique blog, and everyone who enters and follows the rules will go into the draw for the chance to win a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique. There are also Top 3 Badges for three additional outstanding entries, chosen by the Design Team.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz

Products (Linked to the Funkie Junkie Boutique)
Sizzix Tattered Pine Cone Die
Ranger Distress Oxide Sprays - Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Fossilized Amber 
Ranger Distress Spray - Ground Espresso, Abandoned Coral 
Ranger - Embossing Antiquities - Frosted Crystal Embossing Powder 
Idea-Ology - Tim Holtz Adornments Halloween Words
Silvertone Spider Charms
Stampers Anonymous - Glorious Bouquet 
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Dina Wakely Mediums - White Gesso 

Nutcracker Ballet

Finally my tag for Linda's Week #10 Tag is complete. (sponsored by her Funkie Junkie Boutique)  It looks nothing like Linda's tag but the inspiration is there!  I loved how she created her background and did the same with a mix of pinks and oranges.

 I wanted a soft and pretty image to go with the soft pinks and oranges and decided the little ballerina from Artistic Outpost would be just the right touch.   From there I wanted to create a Nutcracker ballet inspired tag.  I think I lost my way a bit but was pleased with the background.

 It uses the sponged on holly in pink over a painted background.  I then layered on a touch of embossing paste.  I finished with a spritz of orange spray.

I added a hint of white spray and white paint acrylic. (Ranger Distress Sprays)

The soldier took the longest time as I tried him a variety of combinations of white, pinks and oranges.

 Hope your week is going well!  I will be back later tonight with day 5 of my tags and I really love how this one turned out!

Suzz