Spooky Skull Bottle

Today I share with you how I make my creepy bottles. 

Materials:

Makin's Clay® - Black, Red 

Makin's® 

• Texture Sheet Set C 
• Clay Tools

Glass bottle

White glue 

Skulls push mold 

Embossing powders 

Cheese cloth

Chain

Scissors 

Paintbrush 

Heat tool 

Instructions:

I used a real glass bottle from my stash and applied first a layer of white glue roughly to the areas I

wanted to add the embellishments. I dried it with a heat gun, but you could allow it to air dry.

Place a ball of black clay approximately 2" onto desired texture sheet. Roll to a little less than 1/4".  Remove clay from texture sheet. When you lift it up you get that cool pattern on the sheet.

I placed the sheet onto the bottle  and formed it a bit around the neck.

For the skulls used a mold. I simply filled the mould with Makin's Clay®, sometimes I filled it up to the rim, sometimes not, I was not looking for perfectly formed skulls. I applied the skulls to the bottle randomly, layering in some areas. 

I also made a heart with some red clay and a tiny bit of black.  I mixed it up until it was a more or less 

uniform color and then I formed a triangular shape. I cut it to form it into a heart shape.

Next I added it to the black sheet, by simply adding with the fingers a little bit water to the backside of the Heart.

I had some cheesecloth in my stash in the perfect colors so I pressed them in the still wet clay. (If you need  to make a break, just spray some water onto the clay and cover it with some plastic)

Later I have also added some chain also by simply pressing it into the clay.

So next I wanted to add some embossing powders. The clay was already a little bit dry, so I sprayed some water. This will help the embossing powder to stick to the clay. If you have sprayed a little bit to much, just let it dry again a bit.

On the next picture you can see how I have sprinkled different embossing powders. For the skulls I have used some beige ones and for the hearts some red and copper. I didn't cover everything only in certain spots and then I heat embossed it with a heat gun. Make sure that you don't get to close or the clay will bubble up, just be patient and move around.

The last step was highlighting with some greenish wax. The clay wasn't completely dry yet, but had a sort of a skin also from heating the embossing powder. It did try out perfectly well the next few days.

Now have fun and create your own spooky bottles...

Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Bracelet

Day of the Dead Sugar Skull Bracelet  by Cindi McGee

Materials: 

Makin’s Clay® - Glow in the Dark 

DecoArt® Glass Paint Markers - Assorted colors 

Skull mold 

Eye pins, jewelry wire, closure

Red crystal beads
Black chip beads 

Jewelry pliers

Instructions: 

Use Glow in the Dark clay to make 5 skulls using push mold. 

Insert eye pin through the center of each skull to create beads. 

 

Let dry 24 hours. 

Remove eye pins from beads. 

String on jewelry wire with red crystal beads and black chip beads.   Add closure.

Add sugar skull decorative accents with glass paint markers.  Let dry. 

A Creepy Glow

Design Team Member Patricia Krauchune shares another creepy fun project made with Makin's Clay®!  A tea light inside the glass jar casts an eerie glow through the eyes of the glow in the dark clay skulls, and thought the flames.  Her signature steampunk style comes through too with the tiny gears she used to make the crow's wings! 

Nightmare Catcher with Makin's Clay®

NIGHTMARE CATCHER 
Designed by Patricia Krauchune

Following the theme of a dream catcher, I made this Nightmare Catcher. All your scary dreams will be caught in this web.

Supply List:

Makin's Clay®: Glow-in-dark / Black	Small piece of chicken wire/wire to attach to hoop.	Small piece of plastic
Beacons™ Tacky Glue	Martha Stewart Crafts™ Black Nickel Paint	Plastic Spider
Beacon™ 3-in-1 Glue	Adirondack® Alcohol Inks: Red Pepper	Black Marker
Beacon™ Power-Tac	XMas Red Stickles™	Spider Webbing: (Michael's)
Beacon Quick Grip™	Jewelry Thread	Piece of hemp for hanger
6" Embroidery Hoop

Recommended Makin’s® Tools:

Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®	Makin's® Clay Cutter Halloween Set A
Makin's Clay ® Cutting Mat

Instructions:

1. Paint the embroidery hoop with the Martha Stewart Crafts™ Black Metallic paint.

2. Cut some chicken wire to fit  the outside diameter of the hoop.

Prepare your hoop

3. With some wire, lash the chicken wire to the hoop. Add some dobs of Beacon™ Power-Tac to several spots on back to further secure the chicken wire to the hoop. Then run a bead of Beacon™ 3 in 1 Glue around the entire back perimeter.

Add the chicken wire 

4. Roll out some Glow in the Dark clay on the #1 setting of the Ultimate Clay Machine®. Cut out a skull from the clay using either a craft knife or scissors.

Roll the glow in the dark clay

Trace your skull template

5. You also want to cut out, from the Glow in the Dark clay, 4 ghosts using the Halloween Set A clay cutters. When the ghosts are dry, add some tacky glue to one ghost, lay some jewelry thread into the glue then top with another ghost. Make another ghost "sandwich". Draw eyes and a mouth on each ghost with a black marker.

Make your ghost "sandwiches"

6. When the skull is dry, add a small piece of plastic that you tinted with Red Adirondack® Alcohol Ink to back of skull with 3 in 1 Glue.  Turn skull over and add XMas Red Stickles™ to the eye, nose and mouth openings. Set aside to dry.

Add your red accents

7.  After the Stickles has dried, attach the completed skull to the front of the hoop and secure from the back with Beacon Quick Grip™ glue at points where there is wire.  Make a hanger from a small piece of hemp and attach it to the hoop screw. 

Mount the skull

Back view

8. Now roll out some black on the number 1 setting on the clay machine. Using the Halloween cutter set, cut out a cat and three bats.  

9. I had a plastic spider from Michaels' and I painted an hourglass figure on the spiders back.

Roll black clay 

Cut cat and bats

Add detail to your spider

10. I attached the two ghosts that are on the jewelry line to the bottom of the hoop. Now is the time you use your imagination and glue the bats, cat and spider to a spot that suits your fancy.  I painted little green eyes on the cat and bats and I also glued some spider webbing that I purchased at Michaels to give my catcher a spookier look. 

Have fun and remember all is possible with Makin's Clay®.

Ready to hang!