Mirror Mirror On the Wall.........

Hi folks! it's Toni here and I'm sharing a little Halloween themed canvas. We never used to pay much attention to Halloween when I was growing but it's now big business here in the UK. Last year was the first time I'd hosted a Halloween party for some of my nieces and nephews. It was great fun and I'd love to do the same again this year ! With that in mind, I've made a start with this home decor piece. This canvas board measures 5" x 7" and is just a nice size for a quick make.
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. 

Wendy Vecchi - Studio 490 - Yikes . . . Stripes Stencil	Dina Wakely - Media Gesso - White	Distress Ink Pad - Embossing	Distress Ink Pad - Peeled Paint	Distress Ink Pad - Mowed Lawn
Distress Ink Pad - Crushed Olive	Tim Holtz - Idea-ology - Industrious Stickers: Borders	Ranger Heat It Craft Tool	Tim Holtz Distress Paint - Black Soot	Ranger Embossing Powder - Clear