Frilly & Funkie Something Wicked

It’s Wednesday and that means there’s another challenge over at Frilly and Funkie Challenge Blog!

This challenge is hosted by Shelly (Stamptramp), who has chosen the theme SOMETHING WICKED …Shelly Says,“With Halloween just a few days away, I decided to challenge you all to create Something Wicked. Whether your style is shabby or vintage, I want to see your spookiest work. It doesn’t necessarily have to be Halloween related – feel free to interpret the theme in a way that suits you!”

Vintage Halloween is right up my street and this guy, from Tim Holtz found relatives cards, is as spooky as it gets.

Initially I was going to mount him in card form under the ornate frame but he didn’t look right. I wanted him to look more ghostly, which is when I had a lightbulb moment and decided to use a transfer technique with multi medium matte onto clear packaging. Here’s how…

Ingredients: clear packaging, multi medium matte and found relative cards.

Fussy cut the image.

As the cards are plastic coated you will need to carefully peel the back layer off , (otherwise the water won’t permeate the paper later).

Cover the front of the image with a generous layer of multi medium, not thick globs, but a good covering. Place adhesive side down onto your clear plastic and leave to dry, (the longer the better).

Once completely dry, spray the back of the image with water and leave for a few moments for the water to soak into the paper. Then start to gently rub the paper with your finger. You will get pulp and a milky residue. Keep spraying and rubbing until all the paper is gone. (I got so into this that I forgot to take an after photo).

Die cut an ornate frame from grungeboard and cover with a layer of black distress paint and dry. Mount the clear plastic onto the top of the frame with a little glossy accents. Die cut a second frame as before. This time after the black soot distress paint has dried, sand and blend in some vintage photo distress ink. Lay the second die cut over the top of the first and adhere with glossy accents. The image now sits between the frames and above the burlap panel. This allows light underneath the image so you can see the red eyes. (For the eyes, I dabbed a pin head of alcohol ink onto the underside of the plastic before mounting).

The bottles are die cut from grungeboard and covered with distress paint, sanded and blended with distress ink and then covered with glossy accents. The corks are cut from cork. The wicked aplpha part is covered with multi medium matte and foiled with Ranger foil transfer sheets. I added rubs from the curiosities remnant rubs sheet here and there.

Thanks for stopping by and take a look at the Frilly and Funkie challenge blog to see the rest of the DT’s projects. All the products I used for this project are available from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

TIM HOLTZ IDEA-OLOGY – BURLAP PANELS, BARE MINIS	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Found Relatives	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash Regions Beyond	Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Ornate Frame Bigz Die	Tim Holtz Sizzix Alterations Apothecary Bottles Bigz Die
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Alpha Parts Wicked	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Remnant Rubs Curiosities	Charm Pendant – Set of 6 Silver Tone Skull & Crossbones	Ranger Shiny Foil Transfer Sheets – Brights	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Grungeboard Basics Plain
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer	NEW Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint – Gathered Twigs	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint – Walnut Stain	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint – Forest Moss	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Paint – Black Soot
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad – Vintage Photo	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad – Walnut Stain	Ranger Inkssentials Glossy Accents	Ranger Multi Medium Matte 1 oz.	Tim Holtz Ranger Idea-ology Sanding Grip