Black and White Horror Show

Here it is the day before Halloween and I was finally able to

complete my project for the final Haunted Design House theme,

and the October 12 Tags of 2015, for Tim Holtz.

Now, I pre-ordered this awesome die set back in August. Pretty much the

very second I saw it. I mean, c'mon! It's a Zombie! 

And I loves me some undead corpses. 

BTW. I ordered this die set from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

They are offering this die, and many others at half the price of

most every other retailer I have seen. They have the best every day 

prices for all of your funkie and junkie makes. Just so ya know.   

Zombies are my all time favorite monsters. 

After The Creature and Frankenstein's Monster, mind you. 

I am a bit of a purist, so the classic monsters do come first. 

But I have loved Zombies since I saw "Night of the Living Dead".

Well, actually my love really started with "TarMan", from "Return of the Living Dead".

He was the coolest, and still is the coolest on screen Zombie ever.

And then it seemed only fitting to really familiarize myself with the 

original "Night of the Living Dead". And that is where I got my inspiration

for this tag.   

My usual Zombie color of choice is green, but I wanted to make

this guy really stand out without the use of bright colors.

I thought an old black and white, silver screen zombie was fitting. 

I began by die cutting various shades of gray and black card stock.

I inked the edges using Black Soot and Hickory Smoke distress inks

to give some shading on all of the pieces.     

After adhering the designer paper to a tag, I speckled it with silver, black 

and white distress stains. I also sanded the edges of the tag, too.

Then, I added the number 31 enameled tag after giving it some Brushed Pewter

and black distress paints. I even got to use my TH distress hammer on the brads.

I love the aged effect on this tag.

I tried to keep this guy as dimensional as I could.

So cool to have dimension like this. The key really is to use a wet glue,

as opposed to a tape runner or other dry adhesive.  

I added some stained seam binding and silver tinsel twine

to keep in the black and white theme.

I also used one of my coveted "Zombie" charms.

I have a few different design charms, but felt this one worked the best.

And I still have another one of these in my stash.         

As cool as everything on this tag was turning out, I felt he needed something 

else to make him really creepy. Drippy goo! No real zombie would be seen

shambling along with a clean mouth and chin! I added some black goo to his

mouth and covered it in Glossy Accents to really make it look awful.

Something really disturbing about that dark black drool coming out of him.

I love it!! 

 I am so happy with how this tag tuned out.

I am thinking of making a canvas out of him in the 

very near future. I'll be pumping out Halloween projects

until Thanksgiving (and beyond) so stay tuned.

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

Tim Holtz - 12 Tags of 2015 October

Crafty Catz - Tag It

Frilly and Funkie - Something Wicked

Little Red Wagon - Ghosts, Goblins, other Halloween Creatures

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes

Die Cutting Divas - Happy Halloween

Use Your Stuff - Die cuts and punches

  

   

I just can't get enough of her!

I don't know what it is about her, but I just can't get enough of

Marie Antoinette!

Aurora Wings has a stunning Marie that I colored to resemble a zombie of

the highest regard. She was quite a remarkable result of Copics, a googly eye,

and a deviant mentality. All mine. You can see her for yourself right here. 

I have another Marie image that was drawn by one of my favorite artists,

Abigail Larson. She is quite a talented dark artist, who has done some

images for SBS, which is where I got the image. 

I have had her stashed away for months, and am thrilled to have finally

brought her to life....

Isn't she lovely? 

Oh, so tragically undead, and lovely.

  

I was inspired by the current Left Of Center challenge 

of black, white, and one other color.

I chose to use my (other) favorite color, yellow green. 

I used Lime Green Stickles for some sparkle on the oval frame,

and the die cut leaves. I managed to get a decent photo of the glitter.

It's harder to capture on film than you'd think. 

I used some definition dp (from parts unknown), and was able to arrange it

so that the word and definition for scar, is visible under her portrait.

I thought that was kind of cool.

She was a blast to color, and a challenge to keep her in shades of black

and yellow green. I used Warm Grays for her dress and facial shading, 

Toner Grays for her hair, and Neutral Grays for the background.

All of the greens are G09, YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01, YG00, and YG0000.   

I am rather proud of this one.

I'd like to show her off, and enter her in the following challenges:

Left of Center - Black, White, and one color 

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

A Step in the Darkness - Anything Goes

Craft-room Challenge - Green inspiration

Kraftin' Kimmie - Anything Goes