Transparent illusions ala Halloween

If you're a follower of the Grungy Monday challenges you know that Linda's going to be taking a breather soon.  I'm sure she'll have some wonderful ideas for new challenges when she returns.  Bet she gets lots of ideas on the cruise so I can't wait to see what's comin' down the 'pike!  The last challenge before the break is to play with Tim Holtz's fragments, fragment charms, and facets. 

I started out with a Studio 490 art parts (spool base and core).  A bit of moss from the floral department of your local craft store and you're set to decorate your Halloween scene.

I adhered the sticky-backed metal sheet to the Black Clearly For Art, cut out the branch tree then ran it through the woodgrain embossing folder.  When heating/forming the tree, the metal helps the tree retain the embossing.  The tree was glued to the spool core (painted with the Pitch Black paint dabber) and base (painted with the Butterscotch, Espresso & Lettuce paint dabbers - camouflage for the moss) so it would stand up better.  The fence was cut from grungepaper, smeared with crackle paint, dried, then rubbed the Pitch Black paint dabber over the cracks for dimension.

Using the various techniques Tim talks about in his blog post I created my scene: a spider dangling from a branch, crow up in the tree, flying bat, witch with moon at the top of the project.  At the base of the tree sit 2 jack-o-lanterns and a witch's hat while the black cat sits atop the fence.  The larger fragment was collaged and had a bit of ribbon added before placing it at the base of the tree.

Tim Holtz:  Mini Halloween stamp set; fragments, fragment charms
Tim Holtz/Sizzix:  fence die, branch tree die, woodgrain embossing folder
Ranger:  Walnut Stain Distress Crackle Paint; Jet Black Archival Ink, Pitch Black, Butterscotch, Lettuce, Espresso Paint Dabbers; yellow, distress inks (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, violet, brown, black); grungepaper; Sunset Orange, Terra Cotta, Slate and Silver alcohol inks
QuicKutz:  sticky-back metal sheet
Claudine Hellmuth:  Matte Multi-Medium
Teresa Collins:  Spooktacular paper (small single images)
Studio 490:  art parts spool, Black Clearly For Art
Misc:  moss, ribbon snippet, black, green & brown wire, pumpkin leaves cut from a scrap of green paper