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Day of the Dead ~ Día de los Muertos                    Always in Love   by Robin Horasanian  Collage # 3135  & Sabor Day of the Dead has been celebrated in Mexico on November 1 & 2 for as long as can be remembered.  We as artists enjoy the holiday as an opportunity to create colorful and happy art.  Even though the name might imply sadness, it is a happy celebration.   Read all the way down to see truly fun projects done by our team and to learn a bit more about the Holiday. Ingrid Vient - Flowers of the Dead Stencil & Sabor                           Let's PARTY  by June Macfarlane  Collage #3136  & Stencil                            Having a Fiesta by Lyneen Jesse  Collage #3136  & Sabor ...

A BIG THANKS to The Crafters Workshop and their team of designers for an amazing month!    I love all the different stencils I have worked with this month, they are so versatile and can be used with many different products! Hope you have enjoyed this month as much as I have.         Poe's ghost in the graveyard! With Water Brush  paint Gelatos on Large Tag .   Supplies: Large Tag The Crafters Workshop Stencil - Mini Specimens The Crafters Workshop Stencil - Aspen Trees Altered Pages POE Collage images Altered Pages Nevermore Collage images Transparency Gelatos Water Brush Metallic Luster Rub Smooch Spritz Rest in Peace Die Cut Cat Die Cut Double sided tape Glue stick Apply Metallic Luster Rub with The Crafters Workshop Stencil - Mini Specimens  on the upper corner of tag with. Add the The Crafters Workshop Stencil - Aspen Trees  to the tag. With Gelatos ...

Fantastic and beautiful Crafters Workshop stencils were the inspiration for my piece this month. I was enchanted by the amazing and varied stencils from Gabrielle Pollacco at TCW . I wanted to go colourful (as I usually do ) and here is the result. Journal page for Altered Pages with TCW by June Macfarlane. The journal page background was created with various Acrylic paints mixed in blue, yellow and green. I literally just 'Made a mess '.                                          After drying with a heat-gun I chose the 'Crazy waves' stencil from TCW  and used more paint in the same colours but deeper hues over the stencil randomly rather than exact as the stencil is.  I decided to brighten it more and add a little sparkle for the 'party atmosphere', I used gel pens , Wink of Stella and white paint pen for the doodling . Next it was time to 'hol...

This Day of the Dead project  took a while but it was so much fun . Sabor papers were used as a base and The Crafters Workshop  Floating City by Art by Marlene  piece I did earlier this month was the backdrop for some photos.                  Welcome Good Friends Celebrate Each of the Sabor 12 x 12 sheets was cut and used as individual cards.  Embellishing them was so very much fun.   I used AlteredPages collage sheets and created words that were printed and cut out.  One of those times to grab all the stuff you may have in drawers or bins.  Fibers, buttons, washi tape, gems all have some room on these festive cards! I have my favorites, but choose which are your favorites and say so in the comments below!   I used both glue and double-sided tape to assemble the pieces, always doing a layout BEFORE gluing! "Skeleton with a Top Hat" ...

More amazing art by the Design Team from our partners at The Crafters Workshop! Click HERE   to see the full post by Diane Hetherington         Click HERE  to see the full post by Alexandra Stapleton-Smith         Click HERE  to see the full post by  Farrel Tailor