Two altered dolls Heads for Halloween

I brought two Brats doll heads from my local charity shop for 79p each . I had a project in mine & I thought at that price if it didn't work out I've not lost much.

 When I got them home I went straight to garage to find a small hack saw & the hand drill for later on .
First job was to add false nails to the dolls which I brought a box of 100 from the 99p shop.
when the nails were dry I attacked the dolls with a drill 7 hack saw then gave them a coat of Black acrylic paint .
I the dolls dry & them sponge grey acrylic piant on the face, arms &body prats that were showing.

 Here are my finished dolls .  I think they will look good in my garden. this year.

Halloween Tombstone #2

This is Tombstone Number two which I've made from a Polystyrene box.

I glued the lid onto the box & placed two half bricks inside so that this would help it to stay in place in the garden & not blow away because polystyrene is so light .

Using black acrylic paint I  gave the box its first coat of paint .

With I small file which I found in our garage I dug away at the polystyrene to make it look like it was well weathered & added a date . 

 When I was happy with what I'd done I gave the box a second coat of  black paint.

To make the box look a little more like stone  I sponge over everything with grey paint .

I had another box & used the just the lid this time & gave it the same paint treatment but this time carved the words Dead & Gone.

I made a cut in the top of the box so that the lid slots in & can be removed a  later day if need be.

This project didn't cost me anything as the two boxes were found dumped in a layby.   

Halloween Tombstones

This year I wanted to add more Halloween things to our garden & thought I would have a go at making my own & plus help to keep the cost down when decorating the garden & hopefully should last longer then some of these shop brought ones.

I started with a thick piece of an old chipboard shelf which was in my husbands garage which I gave a coat of white undercoat.

I then attached some rope with small tacks . 

I had a polystyrene circle which came from a pizza base & the mask I got from the works for £1.

I filled the back of the mask with newspaper & then screwed on & then added some more rope around this. 

Once everything had been glued & tacked down in place I them  used black acrylic paint all over the tomb . 

 The next and final steps was to lightly sponge over the tombstone  acrylic grey & sliver metallic paint .
I'm pleased with my first attempt with the tombstone & will be posting more things that I've made all this week so stay tuned in for more DIY Halloween projects.

Halloween Matchbox Swap

I've took part in a matchbox swap with a couple of crafting friends.

We thought we would have a Halloween theme for them.

We used the large cooks matchbox.

I painted mine black to start of with. I used some recollections Halloween paper to decorate the front & inside the box.  

 The feet I got from Asda a couple of years ago so I already had them in my stash & though they would be perfect to place on top of my box. The bats were cut with a Sizzix die in black card then glitter glue was put on top.

 The inside draw I used a printed image ,  tim Holtzs charm & some recollections embellishments  .

 Here is the draw & box cover side by side.

I ended up altering two boxes because my friends grand daughter like what we were doing & wanted to join in . Bless her she is 8yrs old.

This is the one I made for her

October Tag Swap

These are my tags for the tag swap on ukscrappers.co.uk.

The theme for October is anything with wings.

As i'm a big Halloween fan I used Bats for this theme & tried not to make them scary as I know Halloween is not everyone's cup of tea.

I've used a Halloween paper by Recollections.
My embellishment s are acetate stickers & flock stickers by Martha Stewart . 

October postcard swap

The postcard swap on ukstampers this month has the theme of Autumn .

Here is my entry for the swap.

The colours I've used on my postcard are Tim Holtzs distress inks for my back ground & the leaves .
The inks are Rusty Hinge, Fired Brick, & Mowed Lawn.
The stamps used are by Stampendous.
Autumn is one of my favourite  seasons just when the leaves on the trees are turning from green to red & orange & you get the sunlight shining on & through the leaves which is a delight to see before the leaves fall from the trees.