As usual, I started off by giving the board a quick coat of gesso. I then used Wendy Vecchi's Yikes....Stripes stencil with Black Soot Distress Paint and applied the black paint with a blending tool.
Once this was dry, I added some further stenciling, using a Tim Holtz 'Shattered' Layering Stencil. This time. I used Black Soot Distress Ink so that it was a little more subtle. I also blended some ink around the edges and used a heat tool to set it.
I die cut the mirror frame using an Alterations Ornate Frame die. I used black card and then applied Distress Embossing ink and clear embossing powder. I adhered a piece of mirror card to the back. It was difficult to capture the shiny effect in a photograph, without getting a reflection of me and my camera !
I created a little shelf underneath the mirror by adhering several strips of dimensional tape on top of each other. I then covered the tape with a strip from Tim's Industrious Stickers.
I made a little flower arrangement in a small glass vial and adhered it to the shelf and also the canvas. Not sure that flower arranging is one of my strong points ! To finish off, I added some die cuts of ivy from the the Spring Greenery Sizzlits Die. I cut these from manila card and coloured the leaves with Distress Inks, before giving them a coat of clear embossing powder. A little Ideaology Number Plaque and a die cut glittery spider were the final touches. I'm really quite pleased with how it's turned out. I hope the children will like it!x
If you'd like to have a go at something like this you'll find some of the products I've used in the lovely eclectic Paperie store. Just click on the links below and you'll be transported straight there.
SPOOKTACULAR, Toni! LOVE the shine from the clear embossing powder! LOVE the mirror, frame, and shelf you created! GREAT Halloween decor!
ReplyDeletewhat a great Halloween decoration Toni! love the stripes, the mirror and sweet little shelf holding the bottle and rose - so fun!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Toni ! Love the mirror and the spider is giving me the heebie jeebies ! Sue C x
ReplyDeleteSuperb Toni! Love the eerie elegance of this. I bet it will be a big hit. Jenny x
ReplyDeleteWonderful make, love how you did the mirror with that little shelf, very clever!
ReplyDeleteWow Toni, what a fabulous make! I don't like spiders but use them all the time at Halloween - love how you used this scary one!!
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