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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Trick or Treat - Chris Sexton.






The ARTastic Challenge for February is to use paint and ink. This was a bit of a challenge for me as I don"t often do messy. I loved the inspiration piece but didn't  have a photo with a red, blue and black colour combo so I went with what I had.


The photo I chose is of my great-niece Lilly having her first Halloween experience. She loved dressing up and "trick or treating" with her mum in the street where she lives. Once I chose my background paper I then had lots of fun making a mess of it with the paint and ink-although I must admit it ended up being a fairly controlled mess.


I sponged white paint through a zig-zag stencil (which represents the sharp points of her fingernails) then used black ink with another stencil to create the suggestion of cracked paintwork (which you'd probably find in a witch's hovel). I then splattered black watercolour paint in random spots just for fun. I then stamped a faux stitched border in black ink.

Once the background was done I distressed the edges then tore some areas where I wanted the suggestion of spider webs which I created using gauze .I then used corrugated cardboard, which I added green paint and Kindy Glitz to, to place under my photo. All that was left to do after that was to add more gauze, a journalling pocket, a couple of tags and a scary looking spider, which I inked red and black then finished with Glossy Accents. I mounted my photos with red and mounted them on 3-D tape to help them pop off the page. Lastly, I inked some chipboard stars then glitzed them up. All done! Hope you like my efforts.
Cheers, Chris.

13 comments:

  1. This is a fabulous page. I love your paint/ink work on the background and the distressed edge and little spider are awesome. Thanks for joining in with us at ARTastic.

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  2. This is a wonderful page Chris with such rich colours and delightful details. Thank you for joining in at ARTastic this month.

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  3. Another amazing "ARTastic" page Chris - this is so much fun. Love all the techniques you have used.

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  4. Well I think your messy is just great! Love this! the background is awesome for a Halloween page and love all the details! Thanks for joining us at ARtastic!

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  5. Great page Chris. Love your 'controlled' messy and the textural components you brought to the page.... love the gauze and spider! Thank you for playing at ARTastic. Cheers, Di

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  6. Wow, this really fabulous Chris! I think you do messy really well!! Great photos & really love your background.
    Thank you for playing at ARTastic with us!
    Debi - DT ARTastic.

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  7. This is a great fun page for the Feb 2014 ARTastic challenge! I think the messy grungy look goes really well with kids pages!
    Kylie - DT ARTastic

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  9. This is such a fantastic LO. I love the colours and the awesome stencil work, and ofcourse the scary photo too ;) Thank you for playing along with our challenge at ARTastic :)

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  10. I think you're going to have to messy more often☺cause you have done a wonderful job. The background suits the photo and I love all your different embellishments. Thanks for joining us at ARTastic this month.

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  11. I love all the details in your layout and all the colors look perfect together!!

    Desi
    ARTastic February Guest Designer

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  12. I love EVERYTHING about this! I love your interp of the inspiration and your stenciling and distressing. What a great page! Thanks for hanging out with the ARTastic folks!

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  13. Love this page! There is so much to look at. Great colours too. Thanks for playing along with us at ARTastic.

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