Hello everyone. Hope you are all enjoying the weekend. I know I am.. craft is the name of my game lol.
I had just finished a large project which will be going live in a couple of weeks and wanted to do something different. I love skeletons and have recently acquired Andy Skinner's Skull mask - I just had to break open that packet and get stuck in lol. It also serves as a birthday card for one of my sons. They just love this kind of thing instead of a card.
I had a collage frame lying about. I gessoed and then painted it with black acrylic. I lay the mask just as it is and used modelling paste mixed with bronze acrylic paint to cover the entire mask. I wanted the 3 different skulls in the corner. I stamped and copper embossed my dancing skeleton above the skulls. The edges of the frame was stamped and heat embossed using spider and web stamp.
I randomly wiped an ink pad down the left hand side of the frame and embossed with copper. Whilst it was still hot I placed yellow beeswax pellets and mica fragments over the top. I heated it to melt point and left to dry. I sprayed over the entire project using various metallic sprays to give it all a lift. I then used quite lightly heather rub n buff over the skulls and then used mica powder in gold, white and bronze to give a subtle effect.
Now for mother overload of pics!
I do hope you have enjoyed visiting my blog and I hope you will visit again real soon.
Hugz Elaine xxx
This has been entered into the following challenges
My Time to craft - gothic 31m
Happy Campers - dimension 2a
Crafting for all seasons - anything but a card 2a
Crafty creations - embossing 27m
Tuesday Alchemy - anything goes 26m
Smudgy Antics - anything but a card 31m
Creative Card Crew - masculine 2a
TTCRD - anything goes 26m
VVickies challenges - anything goes 31m
Love to create - anything goes 25m
613 Avenue Create - anything goes 31m
Challenges 4 everybody 29m
Kenny K's Krafty Krew - anything goes 31m
WOW embossing - anything goes 31m
This is stunning and elegant. I am so impressed with your blog as well,beautiful.Thank you for playing with us at smudgy antics.
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This is absolutely gorgeous! Fabulous project with great details.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing your creativity with us this week at Love to Create.
Best of luck and we'd love to have you visit again!
Mian
Love to Create Design Team Member
http://mianspysselhorna.blogspot.com
Hi, Elaine,
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous! You know I am a huge fan and think everything you do is fabulous, but I must say, you have outdone yourself! I miss you guys!
Thanks for dropping this off at our house at 613 Avenue Create!
Hugz,
Chana, Owner
WOW - such a lot of work, so many techniques, textures and subtle colours. Your son will adore this for sure. Thank you for sharing your art with us at Smudgy Antics
ReplyDeleteWOW! You are very creative and I love how you used the embossing. Thanks for joining us this week at Crafty Creations!
ReplyDeleteThis is simply stunning, I realy like skulls too and your project is so cool! =)
ReplyDeleteHugs, Elenor
Your project is amazing...thank you for joining us at TTCRD this week.
ReplyDeleteWow Elaine, this is amazing! Your lucky son with love this I'm sure! Gorgeous colours and textures throughout, stunning!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining the challenge at the Creative Card Crew!
Sheena
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Really Unique!! Love it! Thank you so much for playing along with Love to Create's Anything Goes Challenge this week!! We can't wait to see what you'll create next time!!
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Tina
Great project, its pretty masculine alright. I can see tons of guys liking it :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us this week at Creative Card Crew!
Mei
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Definitely a different sort of man card! Love the layering and textures with the embossing over.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at the WOW! Embossing Powder March Challenge and good luck.
Neil
Great embossing. Thank You for sharing with us at Lady Anne's Challenges. I hope we see you again soon.
ReplyDeleteLove ~ Lady Anne xx
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Great colors and texture to your art work, thanks for joining us at CFAS, and good luck.
ReplyDeleteAn interesting project - a fab textural piece. Thanks for sharing at 613 Avenue Create,
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Sandy
Wonderful Gothic creation. Thanks for joining us at My Time To Craft!
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Julia
Cool!!! Thanks for participating in our LOVE TO CREATE challenge!! Hope to see you again next week!
ReplyDelete~DEANNE~