Tuesday 29 October 2013

Artful Times. Challenge 41 - Spooktacular

Spooktacular is the theme for Artful Times, and I decide to use the washed sardine tin that has been sitting on a shelf for ages.
I painted it with black gesso, and sprayed it with orange and purple. The skull and cross bones inside is grunge board painted with white crackle paint, and there is a metal rib cage charm hanging inside. I stuck some tatty purple yarn inside, put up a bit of fencing, and sat a shrink plastic crow on it. I stuck on some Autumn leaves and a pumpkin, and draped a bit of purple web material on one side, with a spider crawling over it. The top is a Tim Holtz handle, with some skull beads each side. there are a few skulls behind the fence. The stand is a cotton reel. I had great fun making this.


6 comments:

Heather said...

Who would think that an old sardine tin could look so good! It's all come together beautifully.

Meggymay said...

Fantastic alteration of the tin, love the details.
Yvonne

chrissie said...

Wonderful idea to use the tin Wendy and you created a special spooky piece with it

Love Chrissie x

lena-dailyscrap said...

Wow! All these details! Great alteration!

Neet said...

Love all the detail you have put into here. What a brilliant idea to use the sardine tine, it makes a lovely project.
Some fab treasures have gone into the making of this - love the crow and the rib cage.
Thanks for joining me at Artful Times - Hugs, Neet xx

Ann said...

Love how you've changed a sardine tin into a wonderful work of art!!!
Hugs Ann xx

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