RWKrafts: October 2018

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

My Halloween Displays

With Halloween just one week away, I thought I would share what I have out on display and link to the original project posts. I didn't realize I had so many Halloween projects until I sifted through the "autumn" drawer and there they were! The photos on this post are of my current house decorations, but click the links for all the details and step-by-steps!

My favorite Halloween creation was actually my first ever configurations box! It will be on display in my house every year until it deteriorates!

http://www.rwkrafts.com/2017/10/my-first-configurations-box-halloween.html

My next favorite Halloween project was the clock I made, complete with bones and a dead pumpkin patch and a really creepy trick-or-treating kid...

http://www.rwkrafts.com/2015/10/5-for-5-halloween-day-1-paint.html

Next up I used one of my first Stampotique images to create this fun little coffin. It's currently on display with a vintage looking jack-o-lantern and one of my favorite Nightmare Before Christmas characters from when I was growing up...

http://www.rwkrafts.com/2016/10/mmmc-october-mood-board.html

Some of my first "official" rwkrafts Halloween projects include these two haunted houses. The one on the right was created for the DCWV design team and the one on the left was created for Faber Castell Design Memory Craft design team.

One of my shelves also plays host to this fun skeleton I purchase a few years ago at Michaels along with some Dia de los Muertos figures I've purchased over the years. Tucked in the skeleton is one of my first Halloween ATCs, featuring Lawn Fawn stamps and a very controversial fork 😂

Happy Halloween everyone!!!

Sunday, October 14, 2018

Today I'm sharing a 3 in 1 mixed media tag inspired by the Simon Says Stamp Cityscape challenge. I immediately knew I wanted to use an old The Crafter's Workshop stencil as the focus of the tags.

The largest tag is painted with Liquitex acrylic paints with the white building lines drawn with a Gelly Roll pen. I used the Urban Landscape stencil to paint in the black negative space of the buildings. The stencil also includes the positive image of the building details, so I quickly traced through the stencil with my white pen.

The rest of the tag is pretty simple. I added a strip of gold mesh ribbon and sequins along with a few pieces of Dina Wakley washi tape and a Tim Holtz Small Talk sentiment.

No journal is too great if you find what you seek.

The smaller tags are colored with Distress Ink and Liquitex acrylics. I also just used the positive building images of the stencil with Distress Ink in Black Soot.