Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Stashbusting September Project #9: Nevermore and MORE!

After a day that started off rather stressful at work and seemed headed for worse, I am excited to head towards the end of the day on much brighter notes. First, I'm happy with the way something I made tonight turned out ( arent we all our own harshest critics?) and second, I got a note from Michelle at Someday Crafts that she was featuring my "Witchy Boots", and third and very exciting....I reached 300 Followers today!!!! Woo-hoo!!! Thank you all you wonderful chocoholics out there who have decided to follow my chocolate fueled ramblings. I will announce a fun giveaway tomorrow, and don't forget to link up to my Open House on Friday!!!

Since I was in an unpleasant mood when I started this project, I didn't take pix along the way. The steps are the same as the Owl project from last night. I love Edgar Allen Poe and wanted to do something for Halloween based on "The Raven". Of course The Graphics Fairy didn't disappoint but I also found some cool skulls at The Vintage Moth. So here 'tis. 

"Quoth the Raven, Nevermore"

Materials:
  • Canvas Art Board
  • Burlap design scrapbook paper
  • Scrapbook paper scrap
  • Black stamping ink
  • Cream acrylic paint
  • Avery clear label paper
  • K&Co adhesive borders
  • Mod Podge
I mounted the skulls on some scrap cardstock, trimmed, and adhered with foam dots for more dimension:
And I just wouldn't be me w/out some bling. Shouldn't skully eyes glisten?!

The birdcage is also from The Graphics Fairy. Off to find some chocolate!

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23 comments:

Erin @ Crafts and Sutch said...

Congrats on 300! That is fantastic and a feature on Someday Crafts.

I adore this! I'm kind of hoping this is the giveaway! :)

Erin :)

Caroline @ Artfully Caroline said...

Looks like your day turned a lot better than mine (thank got for chocolate as it helped preserve my sanity at work *G*. Congrats on a great milestone and the feature is well deserved. Your witchy boots are all totally cute. As soon as I manage to let go of the summer, I'll have to get to put one of those on my Halloween crafts list. I'm not quite ready yet ...

Caroline

Our Hopeful Home said...

I LoVe The Raven! So cool!

Michelle L. said...

300whoooooooooo!!! Your skully-owly-Halloweeny series is making me crazy, all are so elegant and fab I don't know how to keep finding ways to say love that in comments! This one is no exception, I'm so happy you crafted through the bad mood and made it and showed it off.

Melissa said...

Your house must look very cool at Halloween!!

Lori said...

Very cool, I love the skulls, must go and print those out... I wouldn't want to get up in the middle of the night and see this on the wall, might scare the pee out of me before I made it to the bathroom.....
Oh, and congrats on the 300! Awesome!

Tina said...

Love it !!!
first time here, I think, I dropped in from the linky party. Great project
T

Netty said...

Its a terrific canvas. Congratulations on both. Annette x

Christine said...

Yay! 300!! Woo Hoo! That's so great, I'm very proud of you.

I love the way this came out, the skulls eyes look like they are glowing! Love the Poe inspiration as well!

Room to Inspire said...

This is fabulously spooky - perfect for Halloween. I like the addition of the jewels! Have a great weekend.

Chelsea

Becky@Beyond The Picket Fence said...

Very cool artistic inspiration of Poe. Thanks for linking up to Beyond the Picket Fence's Under $100 Linky Party

Thespa McLaughlin said...

This one is awesome too!

Karen The Graphics Fairy said...

Oooh! I love this one too!!!

Lori@Paisley Passions said...

LOVE it!!! Thanks SO much for joining in on Thrilling Thursdays @ Paisley Passions. I hope to see you again this week :)
~Lori S.
Thrilling Thursdays @Paisley Passions

Unknown said...

Looks like your day turned out better towards the end. Great piece.
Congrats on 300, this is great.
Thanks for sharing.
Michele

Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces said...

Spooky fun creation! I love it! Thanks for sharing!

SewPaperPaint said...

OMG this is neat! Too bad I missed the giveaway. Very nice project idea!

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Hey, very nice site. I came across this on Google, and I am stoked that I did. I will definitely be coming back here more often. Wish I could add to the conversation and bring a bit more to the table, but am just taking in as much info as I can at the moment. Thanks for sharing.
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