BEWARE.... -- FWF 10-21

TRANSLATION:
CAT:  Dude, that was awesome!  I've never seen my human run across the CEILING before!
SPIDER:  Told you...

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CAT LOVERS HOP

Oct. 26-30, 2015

Right here at Her Peaceful Garden

Don't be scared!  The Hop doesn't start until next Monday!!

Get a head start by looking at the Hop Guidelines Page!!

Hi, Friends.......

I hope you are having a good week.  I was feeling sluggish and tired for the first part of the week, but am better today.  I think it was the cool, damp, gray weather.  Today is sunny and I have a lot more energy.  Does that ever happen to you?

I am here with my token spooky/creepy project for the Halloween season that I made for the Unity - Friends with Flair Link Up this week.  I am not into the darker side of Halloween with witches, ghosts, etc.  I much prefer cutesy bats, cats, etc.  But I manage to make some creepy looking mixed medium thing once a year and this is it...an art journal page...because, honestly, who would I send a card like this to???  Don't know about you, but spiders totally creep me out!!! EEEK!!

My mixed media project started as several book pages glued together for support.  Then I Mod Podged a kleenex that had been used to dab up paint splotches onto the page.  Love the wispy wrinkles and tatters!!  Then I sprayed and misted it with Tsukineko Walnut Ink Antiquing Solution in Cornflower and Clearsnap Smooch Spritz in Carrot Cake.

I had been wanting to make a spider out of this gem for some time, but wasn't sure how to make it work.  So I sat down today and figured out a way.  Do you like her?  

I backed the abdomen with some patterned paper so she wouldn't get "lost" amongst her web.  The legs are made of craft wire that I wrapped turquoise washi tape around and inked and heat embossed with copper powder.  I really like how creepy she looks.  



The messy web is made of some dollar store "creepy cloth".   I dabbed some gesso and Distress Ink over it to make it look more web-ish.  

The BEWARE sign is a Unity grab bag stamp I received this week.  (THANKS, Unity!!!)  I used the tree stamp from my Lawn Fawn - Into the Woods stamp set for the woodgrain background.  


Do you see the ravens flying around in the distant sky in the photo below?  That is another Unity grab bag stamp I just received.  Perfect for spooky evening scenes, but will work great for lighter mood cards, too!  I stamped it several times with Onyx Black Versafine ink and heat embossed with clear powder.  LOVE!!!

I finished off my project with a few autumn leaves.  The orange one was a bit too bright, so I toned it down by sponging on some Distress Ink in Walnut Stain.  I love the skeletal leaf layered on top. I just picked up a package of these at the dollar store the other day. Cool find!    

Hope you enjoyed my creepy project today!  It was a lot of fun to make.

Be sure to join me next week right here at Her Peaceful Garden for my Cat Lovers Hop! Please read my Guidelines and FAQs page so you can play along and be eligible for the fabulous prizes!!!  I have the most awesome sponsors, including Unity!!!  Yay!!!  

Thanks for stopping by and leaving your wonderful comments.  See you later............

<3
Janis

Thank you for the honor of entering this art journal page in the following challenges:
1.  Unity - Friends with Flair Link Up
2.  Wow! Embossing Powder October Challenge - Anything but a Card
3.  One Crazy Stamper October Challenge - Christmas, Halloween, or Fall
4.  Double Click Connections Challenge #33 - Halloween or Orange/Purple/Green colors
5.  DL.Art Thankful Thursday #166 - Halloween/Thank You
6.  The Male Room Challenge #21 - Halloween
7.  Rubber Dance October Challenge

8.   DL.Art October Challenge Linky Party
9.   Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Monster Mash

10. Crop Stop Linky Party #9 - Anything Goes with product that CS sells (Lawn Fawn, Distress Ink)

11. Try It On Tuesdays - It's Frightening/Halloween
12. Moving Along With The Times Challenge #6 - Halloween
13. The Paper Girls Challenge #90 - Get Ready For Halloween