Sketchbook

Hallowe'en in Wonderland ...

I recently finished this altered birdhouse using the wonderful "Hallowe'en in Wonderland" paper collection from Graphic45.

  

 

For more detailed instructions on how I made this, see my project on the Frantic Stamper Happenings blog.

Who-lloween Cards ...

Isn't this the cutest stamped image?   I just think it is adorable.   I got it over the summer but just now had the time to try it out.   When I was stamping it, I thought "why not use it for Halloween cards"?    I think they ended up making cute holiday cards.

I simply stamped them with black Memories ink and colored them in using the MCP technique.  For those that don't know what the MCP technique is - it is Magic Colored Pencil technique.  It is coloring with Prismacolor pencils and using Gamsol (I use Sansodor) to blend the colors.

Happy Who-lloween! 

Black Hat Society ...

I recently hostessed a Halloween Hanglie Danglie Mingle with the theme of the Black Hat Society.   All of the art pieces had to include an image of a person and a witches hat.  I previously posted the one I mailed out.    This is the one I received - "Little Witches Don't Stay Little".   Autumn made this for me.  She does incredible artwork.   I was thrilled to receive this, and have it proudly hanging in my kitchen.  Thank you Autumn!!!

Be Witchy ...

Well, another Halloween themed project finished!

I am the hostess of a Halloween mingle in one of my art groups.   The theme was "Black Hat Society".   We each had to make one "hanglie danglie" (that's a technical term) that had to include an image of a person and a black hat.   This is what I came up with.

 

The base of my "hanglie danglie" is a canvas covered board.  I inked it up in shades of orange and red.   After stamping the chandelier image, I used some yellow oil pastels to highlight it.   The womans image was added to a large puzzle piece and topped with a hand cut witches hat.    The potion bottles are 3D laser cut wood bottles from Etsy.   I added bling, and some chandelier drops along the bottom edge. 

Be witchy all you boys and ghouls ....