a spooky book of spells

Well the theme over at  Frilly and Funkie is Haunted Halloween and here is my spooky book of spells. I have had a ball making this and hope that it comes across.

Now I had lots of step by step photos but sadly I had a teensy accident and they are gone :(
So I will try to add the details for how I created this piece and if you have any questions please feel free to email me and I will try and help!

I started with a blank, hollow paperboard book which I covered with black soot distress paint and then added some of Wendy Vecchis yummy paste through a layering stencil.. The wording is cut from the wonderful new alphabet thinlits...a real must have

It gives such a great texture, I then painted over some more black paint and brushed over some treasure gold.

I also added a little shelf ( can just see in the top of the picture using one of Wendy Vecchi's arts parts.
Then onto filling with lots of goodies... I added some vials with great crackle..Apply glue and seal to the bottle, leave to dry then add a layer of rock candy crackle paint and leave to dry.Finally I added some distress stain and heated but alcohol inks work really well.

I also added some small skulls, altered with distress paints. I added more vials filled with white embossing powder and with a rub on on. Die cut some little labels and inked and stamped with script stamp to added detail and tied around bottle necks. I also added lots of cobweb stuff from a Halloween cobweb. ( I mean there are probably a few in the house but these look nice )

I added a spooky spider all glammed up by painting with glue and seal and then sprinkling with distress glitter...not too creepy!? I stamped some of the vials and added inside as well as some poison signs.

Here you can see all the details of the little art part shelf complete with poison and a skull, as all self respecting spooky shelves should have?

  another spider....

 and a few more bottles for good measure!

 and here is another spider who has squiggled his way onto the cover...

 This shows the spine of this spooky book...

  and lastly another rather cobwebby skull on the top of the thick book.

So for more spooky makes from my wonderful team mates please hop here. You still have a week to enter and could be one of our lucky winners. if you are the chosen winner you will have the chance of a GD spot and all entries are eligible for the chance to win $25 shopping spree at the Funkie Junkie boutique.

keep those fingers inky!

trace x

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live in the moment for Frilly and Funkie DT

Well it is time for the Funkie team to unveil their makes for this fortnights theme  for Frilly and Funkie DT and the theme has be chosen by the lovely Sue ...and is stencils and textures ..here are the details...  Stencils have become a firm favourite of mine and are really popular in the crafting world now.  So, for this challenge let's see you use your stencils on your projects but also lets see some texture too!  This can be embossing, texture paste or even fabric.  But most of all have fun!

If you'd like a chance of winning a Guest DT spot here at Frilly and Funkie or a $25 spending spree at The Funkie Junkie Boutique, you must create a new project, link it below and make sure you add a link in your post back to this challenge. You can combine our challenge with up to 10 challenges (including this one) to be in with a chance of winning. So I had so much fun playing...ahem ..I mean making this piece and here it is :

I wanted to add lots of layers and textures ...so here are some of the steps of how I got to the end.. I started with one of Linda's #10 tags from the boutique and applied some of Wendy's new crackle paste to some areas and then some of the clear paste through a Tim stencil..When dry I realised that it didn't quite have the effect I wanted ..so thinking cap time... I added some colour using distress ink and then applied some more of Wendy Vecchi crackle paste ...across the stencilled clear paste...and let it do its magic!

I love the soft crackle here , as a thin layer had been applied over the clear stencilled paste...and also here applied straight to tag 

I also added some weathered wood distress ink through the stencil in places and then edged in walnut stain distress ink...so layer one complete with tissue tape ...all done ...

Now for layer two...I used a #8 tag and applied white Wendy vecchi embossing paste through this fab prima stencil in areas...and then some crackle paste in areas...colouring with distress ink when dry...

Then I set too layering and embellishing the finished piece... I added a piece of corrugated card stock and then a little piece of card..with tissue tape layers and more crackle paste..then  a heart cut from Wendy's heart stencil..used as template and covered with glitter .and some rusty wire..

I added some idea-ology and one of the new idea-ology arrows wrapped in rusty wire.. some dyed seam binding and more idea-olgy.

At the bottom I added some of the new burlap and a word band tied on with more rusty wire..

Well hope you like my make and make sure you hop across here to see my fab team mates makes...hopefully you will find time to hop across and join in all the fun too ! x

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Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.  ~Danny Kaye