Thursday 4 October 2012

Hanging Skulls Halloween Canvas

Over at It's Crafting Time blog the theme this week is orange, black and yellow, which immediately shouts Halloween given that it's October. I thought I would make a dark scary canvas, with the hanging skulls and the all seeing eye on the bottom bit.

I don't have a walkthrough on this post, I got carried away and forgot to take photo's. So I started off by doing a base coat of orange paint and then added layers of yellow paint, black Dylusions spray & orange drips.

I've used Tim Holtz tissue tape, Halloween stamps, and the Sizzix Graveyard die. Dylusions harlequin and number jumble stencil. 


I painted the tree directly onto the canvas. I love the way it goes round the side.


I used the Crafters Workshop number stencil on the bottom half with black Dylusion spray. Then I decided to paint in an eye. It looked like there was one there, so I went with it! The letters are from Studio G little wooden alphabet stamps. I love these little stamps. I have loads of them.


Will you be getting dressed up for Halloween?
Michelle xx

17 comments:

...the yorkshire fox... said...

...this is super cool Michelle, a spooky-tackular way to celebrate halloween...super use of the three colours, loVe the on the edge graveyard die, you've shown it to perfection here...a superb inspiring piece...Mel :)

flutterbycrafter said...

This is seriously spooky, love it though, lots going on here

hazel said...

A fabulous spooky canvas - I love it lots.
xxx Hazel.

Redanne said...

A truly wonderful canvas Michelle, gorgeously spooky, love that graveyard at the bottom and the tree is brilliant the way it goes around he canvas. Love it, will not be dressing up but do love to see all the kids in their costumes. Crafty hugs, Anne x

Crafting Queen said...

What a super canvas!!! Great colours and layers.

Sue said...

Fab canvas, love that colour combination.

thekathrynwheel said...

OOOh spookalicious! Amazing creation, love it!

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

AMAZING Michelle, love your tree especially how it goes around the side too, wonderful. Love the eye at the bottom, very spooky and your drips really add to the eery feel of the whole piece. Love it. Tracy x

patcrafts said...

Fab canvas so many wonderful layers and you painted that tree it's amazing especially the way you have it going round the side. Great very spooky.xx

Words and Pictures said...

Your canvases are endlessly brilliant Michelle - so much texture, imagination and atmosphere in this. The gravestones are simply wonderful against the textured background! Top sentiment too!
Alison x

Maggie said...

Spookily good canvas, love all the different textures & layers.

Gillian .... said...

Super cool spooky canvas Michelle, I love it all, especially love the way you done the tree v.cool. x

Tracey-B said...

Wow, that is such a cool/spooky canvas! Brilliant!

Sandy said...

Wonderful - absolutely wonderful - it gives me the creeps!!!!!
Sandy

Inkypinkycraft said...

A fab canvas Michelle you are the canvas queen!!!! The drippy colours arevyummy and you have embellished and painted to finish this canvas to spookylicious perfection!!
A fab make crafty bud!! Trace x.

May said...

WOW!!! A fabulous canvas Michelle, Brilliant colours & detail.. super spooky.. love those skulls.. Hugs May x x x

Marjie Kemper said...

Wow... this is so cool and spooky and layered and yummy all at once. I see so many great details in your layers!

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