Black and White Halloween

Black and White

Halloween

Hey there Crafty Friends.

I'm here today to share with you a mixed media canvas I made using the inspiration of a challenge photo. 

Its been a while since I took on a challenge

And I have to admit it felt great!!!

But it was a little tricky. 

I had to look at the photo and get something from it that inspired me. 

That wasnt the tricky part, 

because I love Halloween. I love things with skulls and flowers and butterflies too. 

So I knew these things had to be involved somehow. 

But the photo to me screamed a new demention of sorts or dream.. Almost like your stuck in a haunted place, your creative mind is trying to find the good things there, the inspiring things but you're still looking for a way out.

Here is my canvas

I found all kinds of inspiration in this photo

The tricky part was keeping everything Black and White.

You really want to add a splash of color somewhere. 

Its harder than you think. 

My zipper represents the way out. 

My skull was a wood skull unfinished.

I painted it black and then white, using DecoArt Crackle paint and then used black to shade in some areas to make it look more scary and real.

I used texture and Prima flowers as well as other flowers from my stash.

I also used numbers to form a clock around the canvas to make it seem like its falling apart. I made these using a stencil and modeling paste, once dry, I carefully moved them in place. 

The #13 represents Friday the 13th.

I used Creative embellishments Butterfly and Triangle pieces.

I painted them black and added white for details of the butterfly and marks on the triangle.

I'm playing along  in these challenges:
The Creative Embellishment October Challenge. 
The Frilly and Funkie 'Tis near Halloween challenge

The Dream in Darkness Challenge Blog
The Happy little Stampers Oct. Mixed Media challenge

Thanks for stopping by. 

Hugs

Amy