This Pumpkin Head's FLYIN' with Unscripted Sketches #225

Welcome to Sketch-It Saturday with Unscripted Sketches #225. Halloween is just around the bend and I'm in full spooky spirit. For today's project, I used this weeks sketch and combined the October Inspiration from Viva Las VegaStamps! and added some Creative Paperclay®, too!

I made a mold from a stack of jack-o-lantern foil die cut embellishments using Amazing Mold Putty. CLICK HERE to see how I made the mold. I filled the mold with Creative Paperclay® and set it aside to dry. When completely dry, I sprayed with a combination of shimmery mists, and dry brushed with some Ranger Distress Paints... this pumpkin is AGLOW!

The background was a section of painted cardstock using peeled paint and seedless grape distress stain spread on my craft mat, misted with water then paper dragged into it... leftover from another project {since I was able to make several painted papers from my inky mess}. This was a perfect base to start with and I toned the colors down with Old Paper and Vintage Paper Distress Inks. I stamped a muted foggy scene using Cemetery, the spiked fence, a tree background and Halloween Tree Silhouette, and Headless Horseman/Bridge images - all from Viva Las VegaStamps!.

I stamped an extra headless horseman and colored with Ranger Distress Markers and my water brush; then fussy cut to layer into the scene - taking the place of the two small round items in the sketch.

The final detail was adding a glow around the my flying pumpkin head. I got out my Sakura of America Cray-Pas® Expressionist® Oil Pastels and used yellow and orange to build up a glow around where I'm placing the pumpkin. This really adds movement and the illusion of flames... and with the help of an Action Wobble jiggling device - this pumpkin head is truly airborne! I think I nailed the Viva Las VegaStamps! October inspiration, don't you? CLICK HERE for the details on entering your own creation.

What is Sketch it Saturdays at Unscripted Sketches? Every Saturday morning a new sketch is posted for the week. Flip the sketch, rotate it… create a card, a scrapbook page, a wall hanging, digital, paper, fabric, paint, anything your imagination comes up with! There is no right or wrong way, as long as you are using the Unscripted sketch as the inspiration for your creation! And everyone is invited to join in the fun... and post your creation on their page via inlinkz for all the world to see!

Join us tomorrow at Anything But a Card Challenges for a new challenge - Challenge No. 28... Use the Colors "ORANGE and/or BLACK".

I so love how this turned out and I'm linking it up to the Creative Paperclay® Halloween Link-up Party. Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you a have creative weekend!
:) Sb

Thank You with all My Heart for Operation Write Home's World Cardmaking Day Bloghop

Thanks for hopping along today! I'm so happy to be making "THANK YOU" cards for our men and women serving in the armed forces for Operation Write Home. This special bloghop is the place to be for World Cardmaking Day - packed full of creative inspiration from the creative community, prizes and more!

I created a handmade heart out of polymer clay that I created a mold of with Amazing Mold Putty so that I can use this over and over in a variety of craft projects. CLICK HERE to see how I created this heart. This heart though it looks thick, is very thin and lightweight; cast in Amazing Casting Resin inked with gold and pink inks. This is the perfect finishing touch for OWH Sketch #134.

The sentiment is embossed onto my cardstock from a cuttlebug folder. This folder has many various thank you sentiments on it in collage form and I placed my cardstock in position with the word I wanted; placed on top of an old mouse pad and burnished the outside of the folder just on the one word using the handle of my large scissors. It took a little pressure, but it worked! Then I rubbed the high points over with pink chalk ink. An assortment of coordinating patterned paper scraps and this card is complete.

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Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day! :) Sb

T!m Holtz 12 Tags of 2013 for September... and I'm LOVING my new UmWowStudio Masks!!!

I finished off the month completing the September installment of T!m Holtz' 12 Tags of 2013. I think this makes 3 now that I have done - LOL! {Click Here to see March... and here to see August}. It's just fun to try new things and new toys... and that I can share this with all of you. I just got all the new UmWowStudio Masks in the mail and some super awesome chippies and I just dove right in and let my muse fly.

"... you smiled at the stars like they know all your secrets."

I started off following T!m's technique using Paper Artsy Grunge Paste in the top corner and the UWS hexagon confetti mask from UmWowStudio. Then I layered with Antique Linen Distress Paint with an old-school letter stencil {leftover from my art camp}. 

Next I layered this glowing UWS lightbulb mask... I got some bright ideas!

Next is the UmWowStudio diamond confetti mask.

I added more of the UWS hexagon confetti mask to mirror those in the grungepaste; then added the numbers from my old-school letter stencil; and added mini chevron borders from the UWS line of chevrons mask {i think this is my FAV} and large UWS hexagon mask.

I finished off stamping the Viva Las VegaStamps! nesting gears in black and cut up a little quote that I printed off my Zink Happy printer {love that it's already a sticker}. I distressed the tag edges and tied off the top with some fibers and black tulle. Another inspiring piece for my quote art journal... guess I need to make some pocket pages!

I think I'm really hooked on layering with masks and stencils now... and I have been collecting and hoarding quite a few. Can't wait to see what October brings! Have a great day :) sb