Masters of Horror Portraits Halloween Blog Hop

  

Welcome to DAY FOUR of our Halloween Blog Hop with Coredinations and Xyron! 

 

All this week our three design teams will be creating Halloween projects with:

cardstock by CORE'DINATIONS

adhesives by XYRON

flowers and trims by PETALOO

 

In addition to giving you Halloween inspiration...we will be picking WINNERS for PRIZES too!

Here is our PRIZE...

 

 

HOW to ENTER & WIN???

1. Leave a message here on the Petaloo Blog 

2.  Repin a project from Petaloo Pinterest  here

3.  Leave a message on Petaloo Facebook  here

 4. go to Coredinations Bog ~OR~ Xyron Blog 

 

 Let's get the Halloween party started with Petaloo DT member Nichola Battilana

 

I am not ashamed to admit that I am a creepy sorta' girl. Besides flowers, fairies, frills and glitter, I'm also a big fan of horror, thrills and creepypasta. For my blog hop project I wanted to create something that celebrated my love for the horror genre.

And so I've created these framed portraits of two undisputed masters of horror: Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft.

I began with an inexpensive wooden frames, covering them with Core-dinations Cardstock Neutrals. I embossed the paper, sanded it to reveal the colour core, and distressed the edges. I love the 'aged' look and texture this gives the pieces.

My Lovecraft portrait includes a vibrant assortment of blooms. The orange and green combination is just a smidge 'toxic' and coordinates perfectly with the polymer clay tenticles!

Edgar's portrait is complimented with an assortment of dark Petaloo blooms in a variety of textures.

My papery bits are held in place with my trusty Xyron Wedge Shaped Glue Stick. Larger items (like those hefty tenticles) are held in place with a spot of hot glue, but small snippets of Double-Sided High Tack tape hold everything exactly where it should be.

I'm pretty sure dear old Edgar would approve :)

Petaloo
Botanica Blooms 1102
Darjeeling Mini Mix 1462
Burlap Blossoms 1200
Floral Ephemera 1100
Penny Lane Mixed Blossoms 1836
Spring Berry Clusters 1105

Xyron Wedge Shaped Glue Stick
Xyron Double-Sided High Tack

Core-dinations Cardstock Neutrals

G45 Ornate Metal Label Holder
Wooden frames
Portrait print-outs
Feathers
Pen nib

 

Comments

[Linsey R]

These are totally creep-tacular projects!!! I love them!

[Nancy Carroll]

Wow, this is so much spooky, creepy fun.

[Nancy Carroll]

pinned:
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/431641945510472288/

[Peggy Baker]

Wicked cool projects...love

[plus.google.com/111007864127265049738]

Spooky and fun.

marg0006 at Verizon dot net

[Linda F]

What fabulous creations. I love those fun tentacles and all those black flowers on Poe's portrait.

[Amante Del Papel]

amazing portrais, perfects for this holidays!

[Jennifer Gail Hoxie]

I love Poe, he's on my nightstand, and this project would be great sitting right next to his collected works.

[tristanrobin]

Couldn't let this go without pinning it!
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/211880357444514297/

[tristanrobin]

absolutely delightful pieces - and especially that knock-out Edgar Allen Poe frame. I love it. The raven feather is the PERFECT touch!

[C Wong]

Creepy but great layering of products! You did a wonderful job!

[Amanda Townsend]

I love Poe. Gives me goose bumps. Great job. The frames are fantastic.

[Katie B.]

Great frames but very creepy!! Love the black feathers with the black flowers. Thanks for sharing.

Katie B.

[Kara]

Pinned this
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/385409680585803073/

[Kara]

very creepy project.

[Barb Macaskill]

I pinned here: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/204280533073197396/

[Barb Macaskill]

I have visited both Coredinations and Xyron's FB pages and blogs and left them and their designers love! Great hop this week!

[Barb Macaskill]

Creepaliscious! I love all things Edgar Allen Poe!! He is the king of creepy! Great job with both of these cool frames!! TFS!

[Chidchat0904]

S P O O K Y Ideas....LOVE!!!

[Robin B.]

I pinned.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/486811040945780515/

[Robin B.]

I love horror and these pictures are fantastic! I love the dark look and the embellishments.

[Amy Jones #8546]

I had to pin these. Heres the link to my pin. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/151715081172953623/

[Amy Jones #8546]

wow. these are neat and super creepy and spooky with those old photos. The flowers are wonderful.

[Denise Bryant]

creepy and awesome! Great details!

[Laurie Elliott Black]

great project!