Haunted Manor Canvas

 Hello Crafty Peeps,

I couldn't resist the new Haunted Manor Portraits images from Sweet November Stamps. I grabbed 'Count Dracul' and 'Marchioness Serpentina' to play with, as I love vampires and snakes!

At this time of year I am usually making myself a new Halloween decoration, so because these are portraits, I decided to make a canvas to look like a manor wall.

I started off with the images, adding woodgrain detail to the frames using pencils over the marker.

Count Dracul is in traditional colours and I added some 'blood' stains to his cravat, as he is quite overzealous when he eats, haha.

Marchioness Serpentina definitely needed deadly snakes, so I turned them into coral snakes. Her outfit colours and the snake colours mirror those of Count Dracul.

For the canvas I started by covering it in Distress Inks, then I added a layer of Texture Paste through a stencil and finished off with more Distress Inks once it was dry.

I wanted more of a haunted. spooky vibe, so I made my own 'blood' using clear glossy texture paste and red food colouring. It was a great experiment that turned out really well.

The lovely drips did flatten out, which is a shame, but it's still a great effect.

And here is the finished piece which is proudly hanging in my lounge.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you are inspired to create a canvas of your own!

{Crafty Hugs}

Products used:

• Blank Canvas
• Distress Inks - Vintage Photo & Walnut Stain
• Distress Oxide - Fired Brick
• Stencil
• Ranger Texture Paste - Matte & Glossy
• Red food colouring
• ProMarkers - 
• Count Dracul - Aubergine, Plum, Purple, Amethyst, Sandstone, Champagne, Satin, Coral, Cool Grey 1-3 + 5, Black, Prussian, Royal Blue, Cocoa, Raw Sienna, Gold, Sunflower, Yellow, Deep Mocha, Burnt Sienna, Cinnamon, Caramel, Warm Grey 2-5, Firebrick & Red
• Marchioness Serpentina - Burgundy, Firebrick, Shale, Cocoa, Raw Sienna, Spice, Coral, Soft Peach, Blush, Cornflower, Cloud Blue, Blue Pearl, Prussian, Royal Blue, Gold, Sunflower, Yellow, Cool Grey 1, 2, 4 +5, Black, Lipstick Red, Poppy, Holly, Forest Green, Emerald, Apple, Amethyst, Lilac, Olive Green & Moss
• Prismacolor Pencils - Black, Crimson Red, White, Burnt Ochre, Light Umber, Dark Brown, Tuscan Red, Crimson Red, Sienna Brown, Goldenrod & Nectar
• Posca Paint Pen - White

I am entering my canvas into the following challenges:

1. Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge - October Anything Halloween
2. Time Out Challenge - #249 Vintage
3. I♥Promarkers - #545 ATG
4. Creative Inspirations - October Autumn or Halloween
5. Crafty Calendar - October Autumn Colours/Halloween
6. 613 Avenue Create - October ATG/Autumn Colours
7. Pammie's Inky Pinkies - #2341 ATG
8. Allsorts Challenge - WK750 Add Some Texture