Hey everyone hope you are all enjoying the sun
i warn you now guys this is a long one !

So this post is for the new mixed media challenge at

That Craft Place

As always for the mixed media it is anything goes

Just a little warning some might find the second make  little gruesome lol.

I had so much fun with this though I gotta tell ya, it all started with a teamie posting a status in the DT group saying ''to craft or not to craft '' and a comment from someone saying the imagined her with a decoupaged skull, well I know that Erin the original poster is a bit of a Walking Dead fan and so the idea seed was planted.

I borrowed one of the skulls from my daughters collection (don't ask lol)

I covered it in cling film as tight as I could get it, then I started covering it in strips of newspaper , leaving tiny open strip from forehead and over the skull all the way down the back using lots of pva glue, to make sure it kept the shape of the eyes nose and jaw etc I shaped some clay, wrapped it in more cling film and pushed it in till the glue was dry.

Once dry I removed the shaping clay and repeated the newspaper layering, I did this about 5 times.

Once it was completely dry, (this takes a good 24 hrs)

I used some really sharp scissors to cut the cling film up the open space, this will enable you to release the newspaper skull , it takes a bit of wiggling and you have to be quite rough.

Once you finally release it you will have to join it back together (which is why you don't want too big a gap) I use making tape then more newspaper and pva.

The next step is to stuff it with crumpled up newspaper to give a bit more strength (dry this time).

Make a base from cardboard and attach with more newspaper strips and pva, leave to dry.

Finally use a file to smooth any rough or sharp bits.

Ok now the fun bit, first paint with a layer of gesso, then acrylic paint (colour will depend on what you are going to so with your skull).

number 1

Ok so for this first one inspired by Erin, I took some of the tissue paper I got from TCP, cut to size and stuck it to a sheet of printer paper with a line of double sided tape along the top edge, I found pictures of the cast and zombies took them into my graphics program and made the roughly the same size, printed, Then roughly tore them out. I needed about 4 a4sheets.



I added the cast members first,

 then gradually filled in all the spaces with zombies, 

there is a pic of the whole cast on the back base of the skull and the title on the base.

and the title on the base.

To adhere the tissue I used..........I also used this as a final coat to give a nice seal all over

number 2

Now this one I did just forthe gruesome fun of itthough I'm sure some of you wont think it so lol

He is made exactly the same up until the acrylic paint, this time I used a fleshy pink, then watered down gesso to tone it down, over this I sponges layers of alcohol inks in.......... again watered down but using blending solution, and layers of watered down gesso gradually building up the colour to hopefully look like bone, i added some clay teeth,
an axe wound

and bit of grey matter showing through the bone

 I then mixed red acrylic with gloss acrylic medium to make blood, I sponged it into the eye sockets bad nose hole, the got lovely and messy by using my hand to cover the skull, I wanted the look of it being scalped, I'm quite pleased with the result.

So there you have my makes for this challenge I hope you like them

I am about to start on a new one for my daughter so I will do a photo step by step tutorial for you to have a go for yourself, they make tab Halloween decorations

Hugs xx

you can get the 
gesso
acrylic medium
acrylic paints
pva glue
matt glue seal and glaze
& clay
from
That Craft Place 

come on give it a go

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hi guys

this post was supposed to go live yesterday but unfortunately i am not 

a hot weather person and due to melting i missed the deadline sorry everyone.

but the do say better late than never so her i am :)

ok so its a new month and a new challenge at 

Delicious Doodles

and i love this theme

Magic and Myth

i have used 

The Magicians Crystal

isnt he fab!

he is coloured with Spectrum noir pens then mounted onto silver card. his wonderfull crystal was masked off, (well the rest of him was really i guess lol) then i sprayed it with a stamping up sparkly spray.

then i took a piece of lovely patterned green paper and stamped randomly on the top right and bottom left corner in silver, then i splashed silver randomly on top.

i cut the moon stars and dots on the craft robo andpainted then in silver and lilac h20'sthen the green was mounted onto silver, and onto the 8x8 white base card, the magician was mounted at an angle and the stars and dots stuck on.

hope you like it and come play along with us .

hugs x

hey guys how you all doing?

well its Sunday again so time for the new challenge at 

Glitter n Sparkle

this week the theme is 

Add a sentiment

my image is from 

Bugaboo 

and is called

Guy fishing

i went for a 6x6 white basecard

layered a didi paper that i have had for quite a while and cannot remember the name of the company it came from :/

the little bubbles have fish inside.

the image was printed coloured and the edges inked.

the gone fishing and trees are a cut from the silhouette store, cut on my craft robo.

and there you have it, a nice little mans card

hope you like it

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Hey guys

Another week another challenge at

Glitter and Sparkle

Theme is

One for the boys

Heres my make

isn't he adorable

This is a 6x6 card base, simply layered with different papers, then some bakers twine.

The cute little golfing monster is from this weeks sponsor

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hey guys here with my usually Sunday post for 

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge

this weeks theme

Include a die cut

i have this beautiful Unicorn image to use from 

The Stamping Boutique

love this image but this pic really doesnt do it justice, her hair is painted in sparkling

 h2o's and looks so pretty

the horn is crystal stickles, as are the dots all around it, and the edges of the image and purple mat.

the leaves and roses are die cut, and i added gems to the flower centres.

hope you like it

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afternoon all

the new challenge at 

Glitter n Sparkle challenge

is now live

theme

anything goes

my image is 

Scilla Fairy from Crafty Sentiments

shes so pretty

i printed her our and coloured with Spectrum Noir pencils

the background i made in Do Crafts Digital Desiger using the urban faeries disk.

then i fussy cut her out, added glitter to her wings, and tiny gems to her hair.

i hope you like it

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hey all my lovely peeps.hope you're all well and getting some sunshine

its time for a new challenge at 

That Craft Place challenge

and everyone's fav theme

Anything goes

iv gone a little dark with this make, 

(but not as dark as another piece im working on lol ) :) 

 but that's another days blog ....

today's make is a desk tidy

i started off with an empty gravy granules container, a loo roll inner, 

and a roast potato seasoning pot.

then taking some packaging cardboard (my daughter loves Amazon :/

i cut 2 circles and glued them together for stability.

each part was then painted in black jesso before being sponged 

with a mix of black white and grey acrylic paint.

once they where all dry i painted a coat of Cosmic shimmer 

matt Glue,Seal & Glaze, as i was going for a stone effect the matt glaze was perfect.

i then glued each piece to the base 

next i took some thine wire and made barb wire and wrapped around the containers.

i took some flowers and added leaves and stuck them on as if they where growing on the wire.

the skulls came from an old Halloween decoration, i simply piled therm up, adding another rose.

the little fence is a silhouette cut which is painted black and then brushes with Creative expressions 

Metallic gilding Wax in Patina 

then to complete the graveyard look i took apart a washing up sponge taking the green scrubby bit and pulling it apart  and sticking in random places to resemble moss.

close up of the skulls

&

the little lonely dude round the side 

hope you like it guys,

all the products used are from That Craft Place but of course you will have to supply your own rubbish to up-cycle ,    lol

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