It's Alive!! Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2015 -- October

Okay ... I've got to say it again.  I've had such fun playing with Tim's Monster die over the last few weeks.  He (the Monster ... not Tim) takes on new personalities every time I use the die to create him.  Love it!!!  In my last post, I showed off a rather surprised looking monster with an ill-fitting brain.  This time, he looks positively monsterish in Twisted Citrus and Seedless Preserves (gorgeous color combo) for my take on Tim Holtz's October Tag for 2015 .   Wow! 

Check out this intense monster stare!

I basically followed Tim's fantastic step-by-step directions on his October Tag blogpost.  The one exception is that I created my own collage tag background using some fantastic Tim Holtz Idea-ology papers and tissue tape.  Love the Formadhyde label and the handwritten notes on the use of cathodes and electrodes!    

I used Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink on a harlequin stencil over my collaged paper.  Then  I gave the entire background a coat of watered-down Antique Linen Distress Paint.  I distressed the edges and grunged them with some Hickory Smoke and Pumice Stone Distress Ink.   Finally I used my Hickory Smoke Distress marker to add some shadows and outlines around the harlequin pattern.

I added a remnant rub spider to go along with my Twisted Citron painted spider.  And of course, like Dr Frankenstein, I want my Monster to "Live" so I added this grunged and painted Word Stick to my tag topper of Seedless Preserves Distress Stained twine and Black and Cream Trimming.

 I seriously love my Monster creation. I'm going to enter him in this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Monster Mash Challenge.  He will be in good company with the other awesome versions of the Monster created by the fabulous design team over there.  Please go drop by and see the spooktacular Halloween inspiration cooked up by the talented DT.


I'll leave you with a couple of other close-ups.   Wishing you a hauntingly happy Halloween!!  -- Mary Elizabeth