Trick or Treat Pumpkin Diorama - Deb Stephens

It's that time of year again where we get to indulge ourselves making quirky and kooky Halloween creations!

I used LOTS of Dusty Attic Chippy and other products to alter this Kmart paper mache pumpkin and turn it into a diorama!

The inside background was made with crackle paste and alcohol ink. 

DA0178 Bats 8pk were painted black and stuck onto it. I also assembled DA3124Haunted House #1 and DA3125 Haunted House #2, painted and embellished the roof's with black Quickcure clay, and dressed the windows. Glow in the dark paste was also applied. 

But the Stars of this show are the DA 3101 - Halloweenies #1! They are just so cute! They stand behind the DA0615 Tombstone borders I used as a fence. I also used Quickcure clay to sculpt the "tree" that edges the cut section of the Pumpkin. I embedded creepy eyes into this too.

Lights were added inside the diorama and DA1865 Web corners were glued together to make the front decking. DA1790 Wordpl@y #6-black gave me my trick or treat signage. The lights are great to highlight the small space inside, but also to charge up the glow in the dark paste that was applied. This photo isn't great, but it gives you the idea.

To dress the outside of the pumpkin, I cut the DA0183 Mini Bare Tree #2 in half and glued it to either side of the opening. 

I ran the rest of the Tombstone Border chipboard around the back of the pumpkin. 

 I also stenciled texture paste through the DA3062 Spooky face stencil, and finished with Waxes.

I dressed the top of the pumpkin with DA1460 Ivy Flourish, Black roses, Skulls, pumpkins and Spooky Tule fabric. 

This was a very fun project to make and there is a YouTube tutorial available on my Chanel, linked below,  if you are interested in the process. 

https://www.youtube.com/@DebsPalette

Below are a few more photos and a list of all the Dusty Attic Products I used. 

Until next time, take care!

 

 

 

 

Magic - Kerstin Filou

 

Welcome creative friends!

 I created a mixed media canvas in fantasy style and chose a magical forest theme.

Love the selection

 Foliage, Flowers & Branches

at Dusty Attic, all the chippies are very natural and inspiring for me. 

They are a good addition if you want tell stories from your last hiking tour or the last discovery tour with your kids, but always very suitable for magical fairytales too.

 

 

I worked with papers and transpareny foil from 13arts, some cutting dies, flowers and floristic materials.

 

Some Close ups

 

used Dusty Attic chipboards

 

Toadstools #2 

 Spiders and Webs Set

Ferns

Owls #2 

Winters Forest Small

 Mini Bare Tree #2 

 

I hope you find inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by...until next time!

 

 

 

Winter Garden - Kerstin Filou - Mood Board Inspiration

 

 Welcome creative friends!

 

 Everything is covered in deep snow, it's freezing cold and you can get some exercise every day by swinging the snow shovel. Winter has us firmly in its grip.

A winter where you look forward to spring all the more. Hopefully it will be soon!

Today I want to share with you a 12 x 12 layout in wintry mood. The colours of our monthly Moodboard inspired me to create a scrapbook page  with some impressions from our garden in winter time.

 

 

some close up's

Dusty Attic chipboards 

 

Mini Bare Tree #2

Grass Clusters #2

 Water Pumps

Mini Icicles

Birds a field

Fancy Trim #23

There is still heaps of time to enter the Mood Board challenge yourself for a chance to win one of two $50 Credits to the Dusty Attic website and  it is super easy to enter, just add your take in the comments section on the Dusty Attic FANattics page here

https://facebook.com/groups/1949690068580466

I hope I could inspire you!

Thanks for your visit!