Gothic Arch Challenge #21 - SPOOKY!

It's time for another theme for our Inkurable Stampers 2010 Gothic Arch Challenge!

Your 21st Gothic Arch theme is SPOOKY!

Your task is to create a spooky Gothic Arch! Too easy!

Think creepy, spooky, halloween, gothic, horror movies, etc - and have fun with it!

Well, it's no secret that I'm a big fan of all things spooky, and I knew that this fortnight's guest artist would be the perfect person to show you all how it's done!! And with Halloween only 7 days away, what better time to get our freak on!

Here is Vicky's awesome sample arch:

Vicky says:

"I started by covering my arch shape with a coat of black acrylic paint, and adding a piece of printed paper from the Basic Grey 'Indian Summer' 6x6 paper pad, distressing the edges before sticking it down. I then got to work on my tree by getting a length of wire, twisting it into shape and covering it with masking tape. I gave it a coat of brown acrylic paint and then dry-brushed some black paint to add dimension. I used a sizzix alterations die to cut the fence, sanding it back around the edges, and trimming as necessary to fit around my tree, using black foam tape to stick it in place". 

"I used one of my favourite stamps, "Head", stamping him with black Versafine ink and covering the image with clear embossing powder, I then trimmed the image and coloured it in with watercolour pencils (I added the black circles around his eyes too) using double sided tape to fix him to the fence. I also stamped "Gibi's" head, using black Versafine ink and clear embossing powder, trimming the image, adding a bit of wire (to hang from the tree) and sticking in place with foam tape. "Smile" was actually rescued from my scraps box, and I think he had been stamped with brown Stazon ink".

"I printed out the sentiment onto white cardstock and trimmed the words using some decorative edge scissors, using some more foam tape for dimension. Once everyone was in place I got some red nail polish and did some decorating of my own. So there you have it, a Gothic arch just in time for Halloween!".

Fabulously creepy Vicky!!

Thanks so much for joining us here on the blog this weekend! We've loved having you as our special guest!

Next we have a seriously spooky example arch from Fiona Shultz:

Products Used:

Stamps – Stampotique ‘Newt with Lunch Box’ and Cherry Pie ‘Pumpkin Totem’.
Distress Inks – Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord, Black Soot.
White Cardstock and scraps of orange.
Other – Dimensional magic, glue dots, black kindy glitz, black DMC thread #310 and #E310.

Fiona says:

"First I coloured my white cardstock in Dusty Concord, and used a cotton bud and pushed it in to the Black Soot to draw a ‘rough’ fence. Next I stamped the pumpkin totem stamp onto different scraps of orange cardstock, cut them out, and covered with dimensional magic. While that was drying, I used the metallic DMC thread to make a spiders web, and the stranded DMC thread to make the spider body (he was made using ‘Turkey Stitch’). I used the black Kindyglitz to drag inky dripping mess around the top of the arch".

"I stamped the 'Newt' stamp onto white cardstock and coloured her with Black Soot and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks. I made an extra stamp of her skirt to colour. To attach it without covering her hand, I simply and carefully trimmed her hand out of the base stamped image, attached the coloured skirt in place, and then attached the base hand/handbag back in place over top of the coloured skirt. Also added an extra heart to her hair for decoration. Sewed the spider body in place, added some legs, attached the pumpkins (some with glue dots for dimension) and the girl".

Wonderfully wicked Fiona!!

Now it's your turn! Upload your Spooky Gothic Arch to our dedicated Flickr group - and while you're there, don't forget to check out the other 250+ arches in the gallery - it's looking AWESOME!!

It's not to late to join in on this year long challenge - for more information, see this post, and please note that it is in addition to the regular monthly challenges here at Inkurable. :)

Happy stamping!

~Sarah~