26. Don't Open The Door!

Wow Lou, a fantabulous project yesterday and one I will be making as it would go well with my offering for today.

Heard of fairy doors? Little doors that you place around your house, often next to the skirting, to let the fairies in. Phht - we want no butterflies and flowers and fairy dust coming in at this time of year. We want to welcome something scarier into our homes, right?

So, in the spirit of fairy doors, I present some Halloween doors.

First thing that came to mind was zombies. Of course, you probably don't want to let them in because they'll wreck your house and eat your brains right? So, I did a keep out door, using corrugated card as the base, the frame from a small shadowbox like the one I used for my Danse Macabre post, and faux planks of wood (see my witch's birdhouse post for details). A little gel pen for the nails, some printed zombie tape, a zombie picture behind the frame (mostly hidden) and some arms from the cheapest of cheap pound shop fake barbies, painted green, and bob's your uncle.

See, I told you not to throw away the dolls after you use the legs for Lou's project.

But why stop at zombies? Why not go horror as well? So next, I did a psycho door. Same corrugated card base, a bit of scrap sheer-ish fabric and some eyelets, glued onto the perspex from the shadow box frame for sturdiness. I slashed it a bit and added some alcohol ink for the blood. I also pooled some glossy accents at the bottom, coloured with the same red alcohol ink, and when it dried you have a nice pool of blood emerging from underneath the shower curtain which I accented with a knife photo. Not sure it's the sort of home decor that Janet Leigh would like, but it's going in my bathroom.

A door doesn't have to be just door shaped though. I recently received, via a swap, a coffin cut from chipboard and a skeleton that fit's beautifully inside. Plenty of templates out there on the net. I covered the coffin with paper and added an RIP charm I had. Did you know, if you add a splot of glossy accents and then smear it all over with the side of your finger, you get a passable polished coffin wood effect? Well, you do now.















I added some red crystals to my skeleton's eyes, and then you can leave the door somewhere either closed of half open to make it easier. I imagine skeletons, having not much in the way of  muscle tone, might appreciate the extra help.


And finally, arachnophobes look away now! It's going to get worse!!













I wanted to use the last bit of the shadow box, seeing as I had now used the other bits and couldn't really get a refund any more! So, I lined the base with paper with webs stamped over it, and filled it with a couple of fake plastic spiders and that fake web stuff that you can get in the Halloween aisle at this time of year. I made a web from thin black wire and added another spider, so hopefully it has a bit of depth and looks like a spiders' lair. A door made from embossed and inked card completes the deal.

Just for fun I'm entering this into The Male Room Challenge  and the Left of Center Challenge blogs.

Well, that's it for me for today. Tune in to see another fab project tomorrow, and the next time I post will be for our last Wicked Wednesday giveaway.

Stay spooky.

Bex

10 Chalking up the Coffins

Loved yesterdays project from Jas and what a great giveaway from Rebecca.

Have you left a comment yet?  You've got to be in it to win it!!

Todays little project can be completed in under 1 hour once you have gathered all your supplies and it involves mixing up your own chalkboard paint.  Oh the possibilities!!

Supplies:
22cm x 11.5 cm thick chipboard or mountboard
5.5cm x 5cm thick chipboard
1 teaspoon Grout powder
8 teaspoons BLACK acrylic paint
102cm wire, I used thin garden wire
5 x Small bats, I cut mine with my sizzix die.
5 x Sticky Dots
5 x small circles.

Instructions: 

This is my template, I took a DL envelope folded it in half and eyeballed it!!  I have marked on the measurements if you want to follow it.

This is the coffin cut from chipboard,mine was a bit flimsy, I suggest you use a sturdier base.

To make your CHALKBOARD paint, MIX 1 part grout : 8 parts acrylic paint, you don't need very much hence my suggestion in the list to use teaspoons!!

Apply 2 coats of Chalkboard paint, allow the first coat to dry, it only takes a few minutes.

Next cut the wire into 6 x 17cm pieces.  Attach the bats to 5 of them, I used glue dots.

Next take the 5.5cm x 5cm piece of card, cover one side with double sided sticky tape, attach the bats on wire, bent as desired and using the last piece of wire, make a hanger.  I applied double sided sticky tape over the top to help secure the wire.

NOTE: The sticky tape side will face the front of the coffin.

Attach to the back of the coffin.



Rub chalk all over the coffin to 'season' it, wipe the chalk away, its now ready to use.

Enjoy!!








I have entered this into the Crafting by Designs Boo Challenge.

Rebecca is up again tomorrow, I wonder what devilish dark delights she has in store for us.