Here for the Candy

Another Halloween play, trying out an idea to fill the witch's cauldron with sweets instead of potion. I just love these confections - both Halloween and Christmas versions - but these ones in particular do make me crave candy corn! You can get it here in Australia but I usually try to be good and resist, lol. 

Materials used:

• stamps - Unravelled (Tim Holtz)
• card - smoky slate, basic black, watercolour, vellum, mixed media black heavystock
• distress oxide inks - milled lavender, dusty concord, villainous potion, lost shadow, black soot
• dies - Toil & Trouble (Tim Holtz), Witch Please (CZ Designs)
• other - blending brush, MISTI, villainous potion embossing glaze, heat tool, confections Halloween, craft foam, Dimensionals, distressing tool, water spritzer, craft scalpel, Big Shot, sponge dauber, hickory smoke archival ink

Thanks for dropping by.

Cheers

Kerry 

Boo

I've been seeing Halloween makes for a few weeks now and thought, "come on people, it's only July!" Now we're into August and I've been sucked into the vortex ... roflol. 

Saw a card that inspired the idea for the raised portions I've done here. Wasn't sure if it would work but I like it, I think the splintered vibe adds to the creepy ambience. 

I began with stamping the webs onto two pieces of black card and embossing with white, then cut one with the diamond die and stuck some of the shapes onto the other black piece. Once attached I spritzed with various oxide inks (dye inks won't show over black, you need the pigment) and also sprayed oxides onto watercolour card to use for my skeleton. The bats were cut from black gloss card and I bent their wings to give them some movement. When they catch the light they reflect other colours and look terrific.

There are two layers to the sentiment, as usual, as this adds more depth, and the background piece is watercolour card sponged with ink then spritzed. 

Materials used - all stamps, dies and inks are Tim Holtz unless otherwise noted:

• stamps - Unravelled 
• card - basic black, watercolour
• dies - Mr Bones, Toil & Trouble, Alphanumeric Theory
• distress oxide sprays - antique linen, frayed burlap, pumice stone, lost shadow
• other - white embossing powder, heat tool, Big Shot, MISTI, craft foam, Dimensionals, blending brush, Simply Diamonds die (Pink Fresh Studios)

Thanks for creeping by.

Cheers

Kerry