Trick 'R Treat Frankenstein Day 25

The days are really buzzing by lately.

Time flies when have none.

I wanted to share this incredible replica of Sam's sucker

from 'Trick 'R Treat'. I purchased it through a shop called,

Candy Corn Apocalypse 

run by a funny and talented fella named, Anthony Rapino. 

Anthony sculpted the original design and then cast it in 

this great translucent resin. I bought the aged bloody variant.

'Cause I'm a sick puppy like that. Did ya see what I did there? 

Check out Anthony's shop and see all the cool Trick 'R Treat and

Leslie Vernon magnets he has also sculpted. I bought a set of 

unpainted magnets of Sam with, and without his mask, and a 

masked Leslie Vernon, as well. I still need to paint those...

I made another page for that pesky paper bag album.

I made a Frankenstein themed page, complete with pocket and insert.

I used a cute Frankenstein image from Mashi Muffins (Wendy Chew).

 I really like her style of art. I also really like candy corn colored hair. 

It makes my purchase feel validated when a craft item 

has multiple functions. I just picked up this icicle border die 

from Cottage Cuts and I used lime green cardstock to resemble 

green ooze. Add some Stickles and you have fancy green ooze.  

I needed something to break up all that candy corn. 

Here is my insert. I used some cool old film poster images,

but most disturbing is the strange photo of Frank as a

small child. At least he finally grew into that wrecking ball

of a head of his.

I'm still hanging in there and am hoping to maybe get a jump

on next week's projects this weekend.

Wanna see some cool Halloween posts? Check out these month

long blog hops going on right now!

31 Days of Halloween 

Countdown to Halloween  

Quick parvo puppy update:
Foxxi was greatly improved yesterday. She was a hungry, happy tail girl.

She received a well needed bath and spent some time drying in the sun.

Yesterday was not a good Gabbi day. Hopefully, she's in the last stages of this

horrible disease. Still no appetite, but is drinking water on her own. Kind of.

She's only three/four days into this, so we're hoping for a better day today. 

Thank you again, for all of your well wishes and good vibes.

I think it's working. :)

I love me some classic monsters Day 12

I have a natural propensity towards the weird and the unusual.

Always have, as far back as I can remember. 

The fact that my grandparents were magicians and were married

on Halloween may have had something to do with it.

And I was named after my grandmother as well.

  Man, I miss them.

I have always had a love of classic horror monsters like The Wolfman, The Mummy, 

and The Creature from the Black Lagoon. Not so much Dracula for some reason.

Too human, maybe? To prim and proper? I can't stand Lestat, sparkly Edward,

or Bill Compton-type vampires. Lame. 

 To give photographic proof of my love of classic Universal monsters,

here's some of my cool schtuff.

I do find a sweetness, or a sadness even, within these types of monsters.

Tragically misunderstood, and innocent victims of their own environment.

This was a toy from Burger King '97.

When you squeeze his diaphragm while underwater, it sucks up the water.

Then, when you squeeze it again, it squirts the water out of his mouth. 

This guy is from Jack in the Box, but no year is printed on it.

He has uneven wheels underneath, and when you wind him up he

walks kinda wonky. Slowly. 

I'm pretty sure I have a Dracula with a red coffin

and a blue wooden coffin for this guy somewhere...

As my love of monsters has grown, so has my ability to afford nicer toys.

Nothing super spectacular or pricey, but for a collector on a budget
these are much nicer than the stuff I had as a kid.

I got this handsome mister last year for myself for my birthday.

I love how stylized he is. The sculpt is quite nice and detailed, too.

Very nice paint job.

Nice articulation of the hands. 

The outfit is all cloth except for the pants.

Overall, very cool.

I was totally looking forward to the release of The Creature in this line.

I figured with the way Frankenstein's Monster turned out, this one would be 

bad ass. Hmmm. Maybe I was wrong.....

He looks kinda constipated.

Nice sculpt on the body. The waist turns, as does the chest.

Nice articulation of the ankles/feet.

The face is kinda lame. Not stylized or unique enough for my taste.

The Mummy figure has just been released, but I want to see a close up 

of it before I order him. I'm diggin' the pictures I've seen of it so far.  

I'll save the piece de resistance for tomorrow's post.

Don't wanna over do it.

 Here's my art project for today. 

It's a corrugated cardboard base wall hanging.

Back when I was on the Rick St. Dennis design team

he was thoughtful enough to draw an image for each of the

design team members. This one was for me. It's a 'Glo-Bug'.

Ever since he drew it, I have had this idea of putting it under a cloche

for safe keeping. Finally, that has come to fruition. 

I die cut the TH bell jar/cloche using black cardstock for the base and 

clear packaging (acetate) for the jar part. I used TH Distress paint in bronze, 

for the base and after drying it with a heat gun, I painted it with 

Rock Candy crackle paint.

   

I even managed to get some modeling paste and stenciling

on this thing. Used some Silks glazes in black and iridescent copper

for some sparkle and shine. 

After adding the metal corner pieces and the spider web die cut,

I adhered the 'Creepy' banner sticker as my title. 

This is adorable!! Momma is pleased with herself.

It's going to hang (somewhere) in my craftroom. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

I'm almost sure it was your visit that has made me feel better.

See ya tomorrow with my newest Universal Monsters collectible,

and another Halloween art project for the 31 Days of Halloween and

the Countdown to Halloween.