Monday, September 20, 2010

A Little Creepy...

The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. -H. P. Lovecraft
I made this Halloween Decoration with this awesome
8" unfinished Skull from Say it With Letters. This is my last project as a SIWT DT Member, I will miss being on the team, but no worries, it will Not be the last SIWL project I make. I Love these shapes and plan to make Many more projects with them.

After I was done with the project I asked my son what he thought...he paused for a minute and then declared that is was "A Little Creepy!" I worried that meant he didn't like it, that is until he started telling everyone about it. He was rather proud of me, I think. :) *blush*

I started with the unfinished Skull, painted it Cream (Acrylic Paint and a foam brush,) then I added Bright Green paint to the edge and the inside of all the features. Once that was dry I went over the edges with grey ink on a sponge to give it some dimension. I then cut a piece of mostly green Designer Paper (I think it was some Basic Grey Christmas Paper) the right shape to cover all the features. I lined this up on the back and outlined all the features with a pen, I then brushed some glue all around the areas of the eyes, nose and mouth, sprinkled on some Loose Green glitter and let that dry. After it was dry I applied it to the back so the glittered showed thru the holes. I added a Cosmo Cricket Rub On bat to the cheek and a big Pearl Swirl from Prima (It was pink, but I colored it black with my Copic Marker.) Then, I adhered the skull to a 12x12 sheet of Basic Grey Spiders Web paper with E6000.
Once it was in the frame I decided it needed a little something extra, so I added some Cosmo Cricket Rub On cobwebs and some fun Crystal Embellishments...

Supplies:
Stamps: None
Paper: Spider Webs (Basic Grey Eerie Collection)
Ink: Going Grey (SU)
Misc: 8" Unfinished Skull (Say it with Letters,) 12x12 Frame, Prima Pearl Swirl, Haunted Rub Ons (Cosmo Cricket,) Stickles, Green Loose Glitter, Acrylic Paint, Crystal Embellishments


Challenges:

Pals Paper Arts: Wicked
Alphabet Challenge: U is for un-used stash (Spider Webs Paper from Last Halloween)
Alys Sunday Challenge: Sparkle
Ann's Creative Nook: Halloween
Paper Sundaes: Fall or Halloween
Sundays with Chrissy: Sparkle & Shine
Cottage & Vine: Fall Decor Linky Party

Thanks for stopping by!

Craft Critique is having a Halloween Carnival! I added this to their Link up!!!

19 comments:

  1. Frankie saw me looking at it and said he loves it. Good job!

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  2. Wow...that is really creepy and yet beautiful. How is that even posssible?!

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  3. Really really cool!! Love the flourish over the forehead!! Hugs,

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  4. Wow, that's so cool Rachel!

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  5. This is really creepy! Great Halloween project! Thanks for joining us at PPA!

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  6. Whoa! Scary! What a terrific project for Halloween! Love those colors, too! Thanks so much for playing with us at PPA this week!

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  7. Whoa! Scary! What a wonderful card for Halloween! Thanks so much for playing along with us at PPA this week!

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  8. Spooky Delight! - Gosh this is eerie but so cool. Love it.

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  9. So cool! Love your eerily beautiful project!
    Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week!

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  10. gf, this is really neat... so wonderful.. love your halloween skull! Perfection!

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  11. Love it!!! Thanks for sharing with us at Alphabet Challenge!

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  12. Wow! This is fabulous! Thanks for playing @ PPA!

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  13. Great card if a little scary lol! Thanks for taking part in the Alphabet Challenge xx

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  14. OOOO Rachel girlfriend this is such a cool card! Love the sparkles! Thanks for joining us at Sunday's with Crissy!

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  15. Rachel this is awesome!!! Love the jewels you added! Thanks for playing along at the Nook this week!

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  16. love it with the glitter on the eyes:-) really neat halloween card:-)Thank you for joining us at Sundays with Crissy
    XmicheleX

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  17. Fabulous project! What a great idea! Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes!

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  18. What a fun project!!

    Thanks for joining the party!

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  19. oh my goodness, i LOVE that! and the title of your blog is awesome...i love me some word play.

    www.thecapeonthecorner.blogspot.com

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