Collector of bones

 Morning darkling's

                                Hope we are staying safe & well? Today I find myself at a bit of a loss. Why? I hear you cry. Well my companion/daughter for the duration of lockdown has now found herself in a new job. I am so happy for her but also  feeling a bit sorry for myself being just me, myself & Cody, our doggo or furry kid. Cody is a loving doggo but is not as lively as she used to be as she is getting on in year's, shhhhh I never said old, so all Cody wants to do is sleep. That is when the aeroplanes don't scare the living daylight's out of her then she does the wall of death around the room! So we are sat here just pondering thing's about life & how it take's something ordinary to make us realise how very lucky we are to have those we love around us & yet it can be gone in just a split second weather it be a job or going to university or moving away, or heaven forbid, the loss of someone. I think far too much and it's only Monday morning yet what will I be like come Friday hahaha!! 

 Anyway enough rambling you don't wanna hear that you want to know if I have any wonderful gruesome crafty make's to show you, am I right? I had one of those disposable plastic plate's, yes very bad for the enviroment, so instead of putting it into the recycling bin I thought let's cover it in some rice paper & resin bone's etc then painted them in black gesso with a dry brush of Finnabair paint. I think it's a far better result than just throwing it in the bin don't you think? The mould's I have used are Prima & are available from That's Crafty as are the paint & gesso.

 The bottle is an old Malibu bottle that I covered in paper napkins then glued on the skulls made from hearty clay. Lot's of skulls later I then covered it in some texture paste to which I added some builders sand then used that in between the skulls left that to dry then painted over it with black gesso. I then dry brushed over with Finnabair red wine paint just to make it look like dried blood & added a skull with horns to the top and there you have it. I must give credit to Susan Andrews, Magik Graphics, for the idea with the bottle as she made some spectacular bottles amongst many other great projects. Thank you Susan. 

Right I best go & continue this thing that we call life & find things to craft with, maybe more recycling, or maybe just a simple card. Who know's eh? 

Take care & stay safe,

Nikki (Moldy) 💀