Skull Love!

November 1st and 2nd was Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead, a Mexican celebration in which families gather to commemorate their loved ones who have passed on.
There are many traditions associated with the Day of the Dead Festival including the creation of sweets from pressed sugar in the shape of a skull, which is decorated with icing flowers. These sugar skulls and Catrinas, carved figurines with a skull head are used as grave decorations or offrendas and during the widely held feasts!
Here at Bombshell Stamps we have several beautiful sets of stamps that are inspired by the Day of the Dead festival see them all HERE!

I created a mini shrine in honour of my relatives- combining beauty with the macabre!

 

Close up of the left side:

Close up of the right side:

Supplies:

A Pirate's Life Bombshell Stamps

Western Gal Bombshell Stamps

Sugar Skulls Bombshell Stamps

Calaveras Fiesta  Bombshell Stamps

Vintage Cabinet Card Die by Tim Holtz

Mini Bat and Skull Tim Holtz Die

Nestabilities Floral Ovals

Moulding Paste

Acrylic Paint

Authentique Patterned Paper

Various Embellishments

Copic Ciao Pens

Hope you had a lovely Halloween and Dia de Los Muertos!

GlitteryKatie xxx

Talk Like a Pirate Day!!!

Arrrrrr me craftin' beauties today be Talk Like a Pirate Day so to celebrate here's two Piratey creations to get ye in the mood!

Supplies:
A Pirate's Life Bombshell Stamps
Homeward Bound Bombshell Stamps
7 Gypsies Gaffer Tape
Copic Ciao pens
My Minds Eye Halloween papers
Spellbinders Labels 8 & 22

Entered into the Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge

Classic Tattoo Bombshell Stamps
Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Squares & Banners
Distress Ink
My Minds Eye Halloween Papers
Embossing Powders
Hero Arts alphabet stamps

So tap into your Pirate self and enjoy marauding round yar craft room!!!
GlitteryKatie (Crafting wench!) Xxxx

Skull Appreciation Day Blog Hop

It's June 4th which means today is Smeared And Smudged Skull Appreciation BLOG HOP!!!
Welcome to my Blog!!
I LOVE skulls in fact I have a lovely Sugar Skull tattooed on my back!!
So I created two projects from this awesome Blog Hop!

The first is inspired by the legend of ghost ships and I went totally vintage:

I used A Pirate Life and added a small skull for her face from the Sugar Skulls stamp set.

For my second project for the Bombshell Blog part of the Skull Appreciation Blog Hop I went with a favourite insect of mine, a moth:

I made my own Deaths Head Moth (I also have a Moth Tattoo!) using Butterfly Dreams Bombshell Stamp set and adding little skulls from the Woodcut Madonna and the Tattoo Background stamp sets.

Now set off round the other players to see the LOVE we have for SKULLS!

Love
GlitteryKatie xXx


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