a spooky challenge...with Michelle

well a while ago Michelle and i did a challenge thee..

.and here is another....
fab challenge...
now Michelle is the canvas queen...
and it was her choice so.. its a mini canvas board...
hope i come up to scratch...
 

so  we both make something on the theme decided using the same materials..

 

so here is the recipe:
 

canvas board

arts parts residence

Halloween theme

stamps

paint
gesso

die cuts
distress ink
mystery ingredient..i used metal..

 

so here is my make:

 

i started by gluing my die cuts to the canvas board

and then covered in paints and

when dry lots of layers of inky yumminess..

using black soot, metallic distress stain and pumice stone

i left the tree so it looked like it was highlighted

i edged using a fab stabilo all pencil....recommended by Hels

(which can be blended in with a waterbrush!)

i added lots of layers of die cuts to the bottom,
i love this graveyard on the edge die..
and added layers of this coloured and distressed in different ways...

i also added the fab fence die, inked,
embossed and layered with more ink..

the house,
was covered in layers of embossed metal
and inked
i added a screw brad for the door knob..

finally for the stamped element
i added a Halloween tag stamp
..
oh and i added some flying bats!

make sure you pop across here to see Michelle's fab make...
and lets hope she is happy to do another challenge soon!

i love it, gets the brain cells going!!!!!
 

Arty hearty recipe challenge....

Well it is time for another Michelle and Trace recipe..

inspired by the wonderful Hels and Ellen

where we both have the same yummy ingredients and

see what we come up with ...

See mine below and see the lovely Michelle's here..

So onto the ingredients:

A tag

Michelle's Digi (can be found here)

Foil

Embossing...heat or dry

Acrylic paint, gesso

Distress inks

Paint dabbers

Lettering

Stamps

A secret ingredient...

( i may have had a couple..i never was very good at following recipes!!!)

So here's mine:

 

 

I started by putting my tag through an embossing folder,

then lots of painting and inkiness..

then onto Michelle's digi .. i printed out and adhered to cardstock..

then coloured, inked and put through embossing folder...

and inked again...

 

 

my lettering came in the form of a quote...

i added lots of cogs, coloured with various techniques...

 

 

 

and then i added my wire special ingredient...and some rusty wings..

which i made using a rust technique from the fab Andy Skinners timeworn workshop...

 

 

I had a ball making this tag and cannot wait for our next recipe..

make sure you pop across here to see Michelle's fab make...

have a fun and inky day!!

a recipe challenge..

Well this is a challenge....

when the fab Michelle contacted me about the idea of doing a challenge thee.. idea, I jumped at the chance..

and it has been so much fun...she checked with the wonderful Ellen and Hels whose fab challenges can be seen on their blogs.

Michelles fab blog can be found here and her post for this challenge is here ....

For more challenge background see the fab Hels last challenge here and the lovely Ellens fab last challenge here.

So onto our challenge...we talked and set up a few items..which grew... So here they are :

Tim Holtz stamps

Blank dimensional book

Gilding flakes

Paint dabbers

Gesso

Stencils, die cuts

Distress and archival inks

Idea ology

it was so exciting!!! And then I kept thinking..ooh wonder what Michelles doing?!

so without further ado ... Here is mine..

and inside

I admit some of the products are things that have been in my stash for ages

and not seen the light of day..like the gilding flakes..

.if you had seen the mess I made, oh boy!

 yes I did have the window open and these are flighty to say the least...

I will leave the rest to your imagination.

.......let's just say everything sparkles!

I covered the the outside of the book with DI and then cogs,

well actually i put cogs everywhere...

cannot help myself!

the cogs were cut from grungepaper and grungeboard,

coloured with distress ink and then splodged with paint dabbers

in pitch black, copper and gold

 inside I added a stamped piece with cogs info, rolled and distressed, wings,

 bottles wrapped with stamped paper,

 ideaolgy....

and a compass made from a tim stamp.

.with glossy accents and gilding flakes added

and then the inside cover..with ideaology and more...

cogs!

the inside was painted with gesso mixed with

 paint dabbers and dabbed at ..

sorry about the long post for such a small piece , there was lots to show...

I have loved doing the challenge with Michelle and hope we can do another real soon!

I am entering this for the following competitions:

alter something @ http://sarahhurleychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

steampunk @ http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/

monochrome @ http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.co.uk/

vintage @ http://itsallaboutthevintagechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

have a fun and inky day!