I Want To Be Your Mummy

Next to Christmas, Halloween is my favorite time of the year!  Halloween is a time of fun and harmless mischief.  I love the little children coming to the door in costumes, excited for treats.

Last year's Halloween Plate is one of my favorite plates.  AND - this mummy is Fantastic!!!

VLVS Images:

12961 Bat 
18918 "31"
18907 Cemetary
18911 Full Moon
18919 Spiked Fence
14748 Mummy
19230 Coffee Ring Stain (dots only)

Start with a plain tag.  Rip word/dictionary paper and adhere in random spots on tag.

Use paint and stains to create creepy backdrop. Stamp images except mummy.

Moon stamped over painted yellow area.  White Sakura of America Gel Pen added for accent, and more yellow for shading.  The cloud part was stamped on right side of tag without moon.

Mummy is stamped, highlighted with white Gel Pen, and then stained for shadows.

Wire at top adds extra dimension as well as a die cut bat on middle left of tag.

My mummy's calling so I must go........................

Cre8tivelea Yours - Lea

Come to the Greatest Show On Earth!

An indexed journal book is a great substrate for VLVS circus images!  Remove "Under The Big Top," or elephant and add a personal pic from when your family attended the circus.  Makes a wonderful scrapbook page.

VLVS Images:
19190 - Admit One Ticket
19193 - Bulls Eye Target Open
19196 - Bulls Eye Target Solid
19195- Circus Lady
19199- Greatest Show On Earth
19200 - Under The Big Top
19219 - Whimsical Elephant
979 - Design solid Circles

VLVS Partners:
Sakura of America - Cray Pas Expressionist Oil Pastels, Moonglow Gelly Roll Pens
UMWow Studios - Chipboard Banners

The first thing I did was create the background.  There is a subliminal orange and creamy orange jacquard-like background.  I stamped the dots and the bulls eye images.   For the dots, do not ink up the whole stamp, just part to give a more natural look.  Edges distressed slightly.

The picture above is my playing with how I might want the finished layout to look.  Things usually change as I work on my art.  Notice, I changed the "Big Top" word placement with "The Greatest Show" word placement.

Each image is colored using oil pastels colored on plastic (An old CD works well for this) and use odorless mineral spirits to create a more watercolor look.  The Gelly Roll pens add pops of color for contrast.  A couple colors of Copic pens also used to finish off the design.

Here is a close up of how I colored the Chipboard banner pieces.  Instead of picking up color from the CD, I colored full strength with the oil pastel on the chipboard and softened with mineral spirits brushed on top.  It would be fun to go further and layer maybe another patterned chipboard shape over the solid - i.e. the orange striped piece over the solid blue.

This is how the page looks standing up in the journal.  The left side could be where you scrapbook or journal words about your memories of going to the circus as a child or with your children.

We all love the Big Top, afterall; it is The Greatest Show On Earth!!!


Cre8tivelea Yours - Lea