Urban Scrapbook's Monthly Challenge Kit - October

Greetings all...
Pop on over to the Urban Scrapbook blog. There you can check out the design team's layouts for our spooktacular October kit.  Simple Stories - Spellbound.

For my layout, I used an image I purchased from Alpha Stamps. I printed it twice and cut away the window sections so that I could layer it. 
The skull and word "poison" were glittered using the jar of sparkly goodness that is included in the kit.  I added some twisty gnarled branches (Tim Holtz) and some purple and lime green foil to the layout..

thanks for stopping by and having a look. I will see you soon. Christmas is coming!!! woohoo!

Hell on Wheels Undertaking

Hi Everyone:
I have a creepy fun project to share with you.  You know me and my diorama scenes...I love constructing a story.  I used a lot of different cut files for this particular scene, lets break it down...

Thanks for stopping in to visit the Hell on Wheels Undertaking scene, walk through the gates of Hell, sit a while and pick your coffin. Don't worry about the buzzard, he's the mascot for the company. The onsite safety supervisor insisted that there be some sort of precautionary measures in place in case the dead come back to life. An emergency break the glass kit was installed behind the office door. 

I knew I wanted to make a Halloween Trailer so I started with the Vintage Trailer from SVGCuts Camp Firefly kit

I increased the size of the trailer by 150%, assembled the panels, and did a little rogue stamping on the bottom sections with an image from Tim Holtz' Rock Star cling stamp set.  The tree,coffin, flames and gate are from the Silhouette Design store.

Once I got everything cut, inked and assembled, I decorated the trailer with some PDF images I purchased from Alpha Stamps here.and here.

thanks for looking, see you soon.

Halloween carnival event finale

Hi again 

One last post to showcase the last 3 pieces of the Haunted Carnival.  The first 2 are inspired from the creative genius Laura Carson over at artfullymusing.blogspot.ca  The third one is an original piece using some of the images from the collage sheets.

Stare down a Gargoyle. 

Cute and creepy all at the same time. I had to modify it a bit because I didn't have the cubby hole cabinet or gargoyle beads so I made my own using a box lid and some foam core for the dividers. I adjusted the size of the gargoyle image and copy/pasted it 3 more times.

Dodge the Zombies...

Dodge the Zombies is a really cool attraction. Again, a bit of adaptation. I cut the tombstones out of light chipboard using a die (Tim holtz' tombstone and arched frame) painted them and added to the display. Same with the tombstone on the edge die around the perimeter. Bones, chain, pumpkins and leaves add a decorative element to the mossy ground.

Madame Zelda

Here's my "original piece". Every carnival needs a fortune teller. I started with the leftover piece of a paper mache pumpkin, modge-podged some great background paper from graphic 45 inside and then started building the scene.

The crystal ball was a wood bead, colored, then glossy accents glazed over the top. A little spell book and skull sit on her table.

Zelda's hair is steel wool

The back of the pumpkin turned out cool. I painted it gold, then stained it with black soot distress stain and finally, dry-brushed some peeled paint and ripe persimmon distress paint on top. 

Well that's it, hope you enjoyed the posts about the Carnival.  I really had a lot of fun building it. 

Once I get it all displayed, I will add on a picture. Until then, stay crafty my friends.

Carnival Rides

Here we are again,

As promised, pictures of the project that started it all. I must say that compared to the ferris wheel, the carousel was a breeze. And the spinning cauldrons ride was just plain fun to do. I hope you enjoy the pics.  Thanks again to Laura Carson for her inspiration and digital files I purchased. I had so much fun.

The carousel turns on a lazy susan bearing I bought at Home Depot.

The new spiderweb die from Tim Holtz is awesome as an overlay.

The Ferris Wheel...

This project took me about a week to complete. I had to walk away from it a couple of times.

I couldn't find lampshade hoops anywhere, embroidery hoops weren't the right size and I was resigned to the fact that I wouldn't make the ferris wheel. Then the lightbulb moment hit me in the dollar store.

Splatter screens (you know, when you're frying bacon and don't want the grease splatters everywhere)

They even had knobs and a washer with them. SWEET!

Yes it turns!

Side view

Spiderweb and spider stamps from "Stampendous" 

Spinning Cauldrons...

Love how this one turned out. I wanted the base to kind of look like burning embers. I had a piece of perfect paper in my stash. I did an overlay using the Graveyard on the edge die from Tim Holtz.

Another lazy susan mechanism so it turns. Check out the skeleton riders. One is just chillin' the other has his arms up for his need for speed.

Final shot from above. 

Well that's it. I have a few more items I haven't made yet, but I think I will let this flu bug run its course and give myself a creative break for a couple of days. Thanks for stopping by. Chat soon.

Carnival Games

Hi again,

I've decided that I am a terrible picture taker. Trust me when I say, I have deleted more pictures than kept. They look good on my screen, but when I go to post them, I find that they're blurry or grainy.  It's very frustrating. Anyway...

I wanted to share the next part of the Halloween Carnival I've been working on, so without further delay, here are the carnival games.

 

Stump An Owl. I used a cobblestone stencil from Prima. The pumpkins are Stampotique. The images are, of couse, from the collage sheet bought from Alpha Stamps.

                                                                                                               Scary Meter. How scary am I? Depends if I've had my my coffee quota yet. (Really)

                                                              Next up we have Bag the Rats & Skull Toss

The trees are die cut (Tim Holtz) from chipboard glued together for height crackled and stained.

Skull beads from Michael's, pumpkin stamps from Stampotique.

So far so good? Next post will be the project that inspired it all, causing this HUGE snowball effect. I'm really happy with the way everything  is coming together. See you soon.