Good morning! It's time again for another fantastic
Crafty Secrets monthly challenge. For September our challenge was to create something for Halloween using some of the newer products from
Crafty Secrets.
I created a wall hanging using the
Costume Cuties stamp set and
Halloween Greetings Creative Scraps from
Crafty Secrets.
I started with a raw piece of wood. I found these at Joann Fabric for under a $1 and my husband drilled a couple of holes so I could create a wall hanging. I misted the piece of wood with several colors of Glimmer Mist--Twilight, Artic Blue, Haunted Shadow, Raven, Black Gold from
Tattered Angels. 
I let the Glimmer Mist sit on the wood for a couple of minutes and then I took a paper towel and blotted off the excess. I used a heat tool to heat set and speed up the drying time.
Next I used acrylic paint and a sponge brush to add black paint to the stamps and then I stamped directly on to the wood. If you use paints with your stamps be sure to wash them off right away so the paint doesn't dry in all the little spaces. I have found using a tooth brush is great for cleaning and getting into all of the tiny spaces on stamp images.
Let the paint dry--this should only take a few minutes.
Next I added a little color to the dancing couple using Smooch by Clearsnap.
I created a perfectly matching ruffle using crepe paper and glimmer mist. I used the same colors as mentioned above to color the white crepe paper. Then I used
Crafty Power Tape from
SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ to adhere the crepe paper.
Here is the front of the wall hanging once I had the ruffle done.
To add the sentiment I used a stamp from the
Costume Cuties stamp set with gold ink and gold embossing powder. Then I used
S4-301 Labels Sixteen die #3 die template to create the label diecut and added Glimmer Mist and Smooch.
I used
black 3D Foam Squares from
SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ to add a little dimension to the wall hanging.
The wood block "Beware" is from the
Halloween Greetings Creative Scraps from
Crafty Secrets. I used
S4-277 Nested Bats 3 smallest bats to create the bat diecuts.
To create the moon I used a stamp from the
Costume Cuties stamp set and the
S4-116 Standard Circles Small die #3. Then I added Candlelight Glimmer Mist and Stickles.
Here's a few close-up pictures.
Supplies~
Crafty Secrets:
Costume Cuties stamp set,
Halloween Greetings Creative ScrapsPaper: WorldWin Deep Yellow; Crepe Paper White
Ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black; Clearsnap Color Box Gold Pigment Ink
Accessories:
Spellbinders™:
Grand Calibur™,
S4-116 Standard Circles Small die #3,
S4-301 Labels Sixteen die #3,
S4-277 Nested Bats 3 smallest bats;
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Twilight, Artic Blue, Haunted Shadow, Raven, Black Gold, Candlelight; Ranger Stickles Orange Peel, Black; Clearsnap Smooch Sugarberry, Green Apple, Pumpkin; My Mind's Eye Lush Green Rhinestones; Sakura Black Glaze Pen;
SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES By 3L™ Crafty Power Tape,
Black 3D Foam Squares; Folk Art Pure Black Acrylic Paint; Gold Embossing Powder, Sponge Brush, Purple Ribbon, Wire, Heat Tool
Please be sure to visit the Crafty Secrets Blog and all of the Crafty Secrets DT Members. I can't wait to see what they have all been busy creating!!
Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a Wonderful Day!!
Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi
This is a very simple layout but I didn't want to do anything that would overpower the photo. This past summer my oldest son went on a mission trip with our church and a friend took this picture of him. I love this picture!! To create the large square diecut I used the NEW LF-126 Grand Squares die #7 and the Grand Calibur™ from Spellbinders™. 
I inked the edges of the large square diecut and then I stamped a flourish image from the My Mind's Eye "Boy" Stamp Set. Then I added a diecut. To create the diecut I used S4-300 Heraldry die templates from Spellbinders™. I used black cardstock and then inked over with silver metallic ink.
I asked Dusty to write a little something about the photo and then I typed it up and used S5-025 Labels Seventeen dies #4, #5 to cut/emboss the diecut shapes. The dagger is also from the S4-300 Heraldry die templates set.
To create the crest I used one of the die templates from S4-300 Heraldry. I used ivory cardstock, inked it with black and then silver. I added 3D Foam Squares to the crest to add a little dimension. 
Supplies:
