My Macabre Monthly has begun!

Have no fear, I am only talking about the newest incarnation of 

Haunted Design House's Macabre Monday challenges. 

We have decided to begin this year as a monthly challenge

 with really inspiring themes that are left to your interpretation. 

No sponsors, but we will be honoring our monthly chosen winner 

with an exclusive badge just for that challenge.

The more exclusive badges you collect, the better your chances are of

winning an incredible array of artistic goodies from the Minions at the end 

of the year.  

Sound like fun? I think so. 

Wanna see what I made for our first challenge

"What's New Pussy Cat?"    

I decided that my first project for 2015 was going to be a 

mixed media canvas. I really love the freedom this kind of 

project allows. No rules, just add schtuff to your heart's desire.

I began with a 4" x 5" canvas base, painted it with green acrylic paint,

and stenciled a diamond pattern using a pearlized crackle medium.

I got this new stamp from Stampotique called, "Spotted Monster" ,

and I added the wings also from Stampotique, to give him the gift of flight.

He's all colored with Copics, and some Rock Candy Stickles for texture

on his wings and spots. 

After all the paints and mediums were dry, I still wasn't convinced this was

a done deal, so I added more crackle paste randomly on the canvas.

Then I broke the seals on some Silk acrylic glazes I had been dying to use.

They really add a nice subtle touch of color and shine. I ended up using my

fingers to apply it so it didn't look too deliberate. 

I added a Tim Holtz tag at the top with some black tinsel twine.

I also used some new TH stars, along with some pearls to give the

feeling of the starry sky. 

And it's not cool to forget about the sides of the canvas.

I added all the words using green tissue paper and stamping the words

directly onto it using Memento ink in black. 

I glued it down using Golden matte medium and it made the 

tissue paper disappear. I have a hard time stamping directly onto canvas with 

any success, so this really made my day. 

Thanks for dropping by today.

I hope you enjoyed my first creation of 2015, and that you'll join

me throughout the coming year to see more of my artistic ramblings

and shenanigans.   

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Stampotique - SDC176 Anything Goes

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes 

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Mixed Media only- anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes