Skull Appreciation Day 2013 Blog Hop!!!

Hi everyone!!! And a big hello to anyone joining me for the first time today hopping along on my first ever Blog Hop! Today is Skull Appreciation Day and in association with Smeared Ink, I am taking part in their blog hop - you can find the complete list of blogs at the bottom of this post!

*Edit* My 3 year old decided to get in on the skully action today - he went to bed last night with his super skull pyjamas, so with his best catalogue pose, here is Callum joining us on the hop!!

 

I found out about this event quite late on but wanted to put the work in and come up with something unique and personal and while net surfing, I kept coming back to 'El dia de los muertos' or 'Day of the Dead' and the vibrant, colourful masks and face painting that is associated with this carnival. I got out my sketch book and had a go!!! I have drawn this free hand so its a bit squinty but overall i'm happy with the outcome... now what to do with it!!?

If you've been here before, you'll know that I've been making wall hangings recently and so I thought that's what I would do for today! I cut some chipboard slightly larger than A5 to fit the mask and covered it with some red free paper and blackened the edges with Black Soot distress ink. 

I've added some black bling, printed the words 'dia de muertos' using a set of stamps from Craftwork Cards and black memento ink, and embellished with various flowers and bobble head pins.

The image was sprayed with silver spray and sparkle before mounting, there is also some red and gold stickles on various areas of the mask, and black stickles on the flowers as well. Some black lace attached to the back of the hanging finishes this off. 

While i was photographing this, my son's friend was admiring it and asking if i could do something cool with skulls for Father's Day which is the 16th of June here and so, I think I rose to the challenge!

This is a stamp from Dimension Fourth which I stamped with a versamark ink pad and heat embossed in silver. I covered the card blank in a free paper which actually has skulls on it but its a bit hard to see with the ribbon and image on there.

Some black and silver paper for matting and layering and a silver peel-off to mark the sentiment. I've also added some White Opal liquid pearls which I think is quite silvery.

Well, I hope you've enjoyed my offering for Skull Appreciation Day!! If you are hopping with us, the next stop is Karen. If you've landed here by chance, the full blog list is below! 

Have a great day!

thanks for stopping by

Mo xxx

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Tori
Laura
Kapree
Kristy
Sandy
Jacki
Rick St Dennis
Airless Chambers
Wendy
Julia
Susan
Lady Brayton
Black Dragon
Kay
Miko
Creepy Glowbug
Aletha
Ike
Miranda
Hazel
Monique
Shoni
Suzi
Leigh S-B Designs
DominoART
Alison
Donna M
Donna W
Jane
De Stempelwinkel
Evil Edna
Jenn
Steph
Anna
Bombshell Stamps
Helen
Shell
Movie Magic Monthly Blog
Fiona
Serena
Little Black Kitten
* you are here - Maureen - you are here*
Karen
Milo
Teri