MMMC #17 - Spooky Word Search

Let me be the first to wish you a very HAPPY OCTOBER! The temperature is finally reaching that perfect autumn chill and my neighborhood is already putting out pumpkins on the porches :) The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge is celebrating October with a fun WORD SEARCH Challenge!

Your challenge is to create a project based on any of the spooky words you find in our word search! Have fun looking :)

Our super amazing prize this month is sponsored by Grumbacher art supplies! They were so kind to send our design team some products to play with, and they are giving one of our lucky entrants an awesome prize as well!

Now time for my Halloween project. In the word search I found the words skull, purple, orange, and bones...

I had some canvas board laying around so decided to finally put it to good use!

The Grumbacher acrylic paints are so smooth and mix beautifully. I got a perfect Halloween orange by mixing the yellow and red paints and painted over my board. Then I added some paper tape from Tim Holtz "Regions Beyond". 

Then I used my fingers to spread around some of the Grumbacher black acrylic paint...

Next I used the Grumbacher Higgins ink to tint my modeling paste (i used one drop of blue and one drop of yellow to make a green). The stencil I used is The Crafter's Workshop "Spiderweb".

Finally I used some Koh-I-Noor woodless colored pencils to color my skull and skeleton images from Tim Holtz's "Frightful" ephemera pack. I loved using the pencils because Koh-I-Noor is actually the very first 'real' colored pencils I ever purchased... probably about 17 years ago. They were great then and still are now!

To finish off the background, I painted some Unity number stamps with Grumbacher acrylics then stamped on my board. I also cut up some purple gauze paper to place behind my skeleton.

Thanks for joining me today and have a wonderful October! Make sure to enter your October project into our MMMC Gallery! You have until October 31st to submit your fabulous mixed media art :)

Grumbacher Academy Acrylic Paint, Introductory Set of 6 Colors	Koh-I-Noor Progresso Woodless Colored Pencils 24 Color Set	Higgins Color Drawing Inks (Brick Red) (3 Pieces) - Higgins Color Drawing Inks- Color: Brick Red- De	Higgins Color Waterproof Drawing Inks blue [PACK OF 4 ]	Higgins Color Drawing Inks (Yellow) 3 pcs sku# 1839005MA
Multicraft Imports 5-Piece Plastic Palette Knife Set	Ranger Heat It Craft Tool	Gamblin Gamsol Odorless Mineral Spirits Bottle, 4 oz	Ranger 15-Inch-by-18-Inch Inkssentials Craft Sheet	Ranger Dina Wakley Media Stiff Bristle Paint Brush, 0.5-Inch Flat, 4 Per Package
Deco Art Media Modeling Paste, 4-Ounce, White	EK Success Cutter Bee Precision-Cut Scissors	Tim Holtz Paper Tape - Regions Beyond	Tim Holtz Ephemera Pack - Frightful	3M Scotch 1/2-Inch by 36-Yard Double-Sided Foam Tape
Plaid Mod Podge Matte, 32-Ounce	TCW - Spiderweb	Perfect Pearls - Biscotti

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