My creative soundtrack

I don't know about you, but I simply MUST have music playing while I'm creating.

Although, I did have TerrorVision playing on You Tube last night while I finished 

up my latest Haunted Design House - Macabre Monday challenge piece.

The new challenge is "I Love Rock & Roll", 

and you are to choose a song as your inspiration. It can be the music,

the lyrics, or even the video imagery to whet your creative appetite.

I originally chose "Rat Trap 666" by Die Antwoord, but after listening closer to the

lyrics (they're from South Africa so it gets hard to decipher at times), I chose to

go in another direction. Have you ever ran across an old CD and have no idea

who it is? I found an Otep CD that I totally blanked on, but the very second I put it

on I instantly remembered this chick. I am usually not a big fan of women fronted

metal bands,  but this chick is bad ass. I really dig her and her gritty sound.

The lyrics to "Blood Pig" really spoke to me, and allowed me the freedom

to create something that represents me. The lyrics are a bit "colorful" so

I'll warn you now, and show you the lyrics I used for my altered mouse trap.

Yeah, an altered mouse trap was what I wanted to make, hence the idea to use

the first song, if only for the title.  

Blood Pig on the album Sevas Tra by Otep 

I'm fucked up

I'm different

Words remain

My only escape

Art saves

All of me

Evolving

Yeah, that pretty much sums me up.

I have recently started collecting ideas for this project on a Pinterest board

I created here: Glo's pinterest board . I really like how small these are,

like an ATC, but a little larger at 1 3/4" x 3 3/4". They make great note holders

and just neat little bits of altered art. 

I began by purchasing a set of four traps for under $2, and I'll be checking out the

Dollar Store next time I'm out and about. After removing some of the unnecessary

hardware,  I gessoed two of them, one in black and the

other in white. I was still very undecided at this point.

I decided to use some Silks acrylic glaze, and I love how it turned out!

 I used Spiced Pumpkin and it gave such a beautiful, fiery color to the

black gesso. Like the flames of hell fire coming to get me...

After the paint dried (it actually takes 48 hours to cure completely, so this was a bit tacky),

I used matte medium to apply some images I had saved on my computer. I felt that these

images represented me in some way. Either in aesthetic, or attitude.

My sinister sistah, Donna hooked me up with some super kewl

charms when we finally made contact, so I used this guy as my

main focus. I used black acrylic paint to the recessed areas to

bring out the details more, and even went so far as to use Inka Gold

in green, purple, and orange to add some color to the crown.

I also went nuts with the Glossy Accents and Glossy Crackle products. 

Crackle on the Ouija board, and Glossy on the spider punch cuts.  

I love me a good Cthulhu image, some (paper) spiders, 

a 'Going to Hell' charm, and a sentiment that pretty much sums it all up. 

I usually go with a matte medium to seal everything, but once I saw how the

Glossy Accents really showed off the color of the Silks, I opted for a glossy medium.  

I was just turned onto shopmissa, where everything is $1, and I saw

these spikes that are used on nails as nail art (can't imagine wiping my butt

with hands festooned with spikes, but that is pretty heavy metal). 

I knew I could use them in multiple ways in my art. 

I bought a bunch. They were 20 for $1, c'mon! 

I used Glossy Accents to glue them down, and then thought they needed to be

embedded in GA to stay on forever. Perfect!

I added some Tim Holtz Halloween rub-ons for some

interest on the sides.

So now you know a little bit more about me, and hopefully you'll be

back anyway.

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

Anything But a Card - Anything Goes 

That Craft Place - mixed media

Corrosive Challenges - Hot, hot, hot (the Silks paint looks like fire)

Mixed Media World - masculine (this is anything but ladylike!)

Altered Eclectics - Anything Goes 

Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes mixed media

Forever Dark 2 - Anything Goes