Happy Halloween Skull Frame

Hi there.

My project for the October Craft Stamper Challenge Blog DT this month is this fun Halloween framed skull. There are some gorgeous Prima Moulds to be win, take a look here. 

I made stamped and coloured this fun skull at the same time as another one I have details of in my previous blog. For this one I used Andy Skinner Super Nova Media embossing powders to emboss his Skull stamp, coloured it with Distress Oxides and enhanced with markers and added gems to the eyes and chin.

 I decided which of Andy's new transfers to use on the frame. You can hold the see through sheet to offer up the designs against your base to help with placement.

 Then to ink up the mount that is inside the frame.

 I made it quite bright!

 Added the transfers - I LOVE them! And a bit of pen doodling to fill the empty space

 Then onto the gold frame...

 A coat of DecoArt chalky finish paint in Relic, which is a very dark, beautiful grey. Then I rubbed it back a bit to let some of the gold shine through. I stamped Andy's Grunge Wallpaper stamp and embossed with the Super Nova onto black card for the background.

Decided the skull was going on top of the glass for a bit of a change!

Used Metallic Lustre in Iced Espresso on the inside of the mount as it was a little discoloured, plus I just love the colour! 

 I wanted something pinging off of the frame so chose Andy's Gypsie Queen stamp, again stamped onto white card, but this time I used Wow white embossingpowder - and made sure I wiped the card with an anti static pad before stamping for a crisp image.

 I added some twisted rusty wire to suspend the moth.

 I found some rainbow coloured threads I've had for years, they colours went really well so I chopped some off and stuck a bunch behind the skull.

 A bit of double sided tape holds them up at the top, the rest are stuck underneath the skull.

 The 'Fig 746' image is part of the moth stamp, by putting it in the opposite corner to the moth it balances the project.

 I was really enjoying myself by this stage. 😍

Love how the flying moth looked.....gave her a selfie. 

And here is the finished piece. I with you could see how