Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Halloween meets Claudine

This week's Compendium of Curiosities challenge uses Claudine Hellmuth's Multi-Medium.  (Instructions can be found on page 66.)  This stuff is great as a glue cuz paper stuff doesn't curl or warp (unless it's really thin or you've used too much medium).  First I punched a circle from Eclipse tape for my moon.  I didn't want it to be distressed just yet.  On the tag I used the following distress inks to create a spooky sky:  Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Fired Brick, Brushed Corduroy, Milled Lavender, Stormy Sky, Chipped Sapphire, Walnut Stain and Black Soot.  Snow Cap Pigment Ink was used on the cloud stamp then I spritzed the whole tag with H2O.  The edges were further distressed with brown and black. 

The bare tree is a Sizzix die as is the ghost.  The skull and crossbones are a small grungeboard element.  These items got the multi-medium touch with some pages from the phone book and an encyclopedia.  The tree has some brown distress ink on it then was run through the TH Woodgrain embossing folder.  More distress inks were smushed over the raised areas.  The ghost was distressed with Weathered Wood after a thin layer of Rock Candy Crackle paint dried; the arms have been pulled forward.  The skull was touched up with Snow Cap Pigment Ink then also received a light coat of RCCP. 

The fence was something I found in the clearance aisle after the holidays.  It's meant to be for the Christmas villages but works well for fall.  '31' is from The Paper Studio.  The witch is a Martha Stewart punch.  The moon has a bit of yellow, orange and red distress inks on it to make it resemble a harvest moon.

So, if the Christmas-themed art wasn't bringing on cooler temps, perhaps this fall one will?!?  And if that's the case I will patent the idea!  LOL

15 comments:

  1. I love this tag, that tree die is great!

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  2. This is super fun. And wow, you are getting ready for Halloween already! Impressive.

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  3. This is a cute one! Great idea to use the tree and ghost.

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  4. Girl, you are rockin' the holidays! I love this one, all the different elements are fantastic! The witch on the moon is stellar. The tree is tops, everything is just wonderful!

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  5. ooooohhh spoooooky - it's fab and all works so well together!

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  6. Oh, cool! This looks like an illustration straight out of one of my favorite Halloween books when I was a kid! LOVE how you used the Multi-Medium technique on the ghost and tree, and your little barbed wire-wrapped is perfect! Great job inking the tag, too!

    LOVE IT! ♥

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  7. Brilliant, such fun. Annette x

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  8. Love your tag! Everything about it: the tree, the witch, the ghost, the fence...

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  9. Over the top AWESOME! Love it!

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  10. looks like we're all moving ahead to those fabby holidays that are so much fun--this is a perfect example of a wonderful fall piece

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  11. Love how you did this...what a treat to see a Halloween piece! Must follow you to see what comes next!

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  12. What a creative and fun tag! Brilliant!

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  13. It's adorable! It's so hot here, I'm wishing for fall myself!

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  14. OMG! I love this Halloween tag! Every element is so cute! The tree is my favorite part! SO cool!

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