Thank you once again for your wonderful comments last week they were greatly appreciated. This week I gave the whole tag a coat of Aileens glue, thick and then thicker in places. Next I held the page, wet glue side down in the flame of a candle to leave a coating of soot over the whole page. This took quite a lot of time but it was important to coat all the white glue with a thick layer of soot. When covered I made sure it was cool to the touch then pushed the glue around under the soot to create ridges. I left the whole thing to dry then rubbed the excess soot off and then highlighted the ridges with rub-ons. A better description of the process is given here by Heidi at Duncan Crafts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGsefNXGmCw&feature=related.
I stamped and embossed the 3 large ghosts with white embossing powder, and stamped two more on shrink plastic to make the charms. the word spooky on a spare piece of the background and a spider and his web in the top corner. I added some holographic powder to the web to give it a frosted look (doesn't show very well in the photo. Off to look round your tags. Have a fun Halloween everyone.
Wow-- very cool!
ReplyDeleteVery clever idea for the background and the ghosts look amazing
ReplyDeleteChrissie x
I LOVE all the texture and distressed colorations you achieved through this unusual technique. I may need to try that sometime. Blessings!
ReplyDeleteFabulous tag, and that background technique looks amazing.
ReplyDeleteLovely tag and an interestung technik, thanks for sharing the link. Valerie
ReplyDeleteIt seems like a labor intensive process for the background but the effect was fantastic!
ReplyDeletei was looking at the picture and admiring all the texture to this piece and then i read your description of how you did it. wow! most impressive and worth a try. thanks for the link. cool tag. xo
ReplyDeleteWonderful textured background - very clever! Carolyn xx
ReplyDeleteSuperb background & I love the ghosties :0)
ReplyDeleteThis is so good, love the background and the spookiest! X
ReplyDeleteI love the effect you achieved with the background - thanks for sharing how you did that.
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