Getting Halloween-y For Grungy Monday

Another Monday, another excuse to get out some Distress products and get Grungy! This week's GM challenge was to use Distress Stickles in our creations. I just happen to have a couple bottles of Spiced Marmalade Distress Stickles that I've been saving for Halloween projects - today seemed like the perfect time to use them!
  
If any of you are my Facebook friends, you might remember the awesome Bingo cards that I scored at an antique store in Missouri. I've been itching to use them and decided to create a little Halloween hanging using one as a base.

Since 'trick' and 'Bingo' have the same number of letters, I thought I would cut letters from Tim Holtz's Chip Block die, to use across the top. They were cut from Grungepaper, inked with Spiced Marmalade Distress ink, and then coated with Spiced Marmalade Distress Stickles.

Unfortunately, they are way smaller than the letters on the card, so I had to think of a clever way to still use them! I decided to mount them on squares of paper from Basic Grey's Out of Print collection. That worked for covering the Bingo letters, but they were so boring! Mounting them on chipboard bulked them up some, but they still needed a bit more. Ooooh....what about a couple coats of UTEE? And then pressing the letters into the still-hot enamel to make a little tile? Perfect!

I am Bauble-less, but I wanted to create a little bling to fit in with the Simon Says Stamp - Bling challenge. Pearl beads colored with Adirondack Alcohol inks (brilliant trick from Tammy Tutterow!) plus a couple black beads I had lying around, coupled with an Idea-ology Trinket Pin and Mini Tassel, and I had me some bling!

To dress up the bottom, I created a little banner with my Sizzix Pennant die, Dusty Concord Distress Core'dinations paper, black cardstock, and Idea-ology Alpha Parts. I used a Silver Adirondack Dabber to add a bit of texture to the letters. The banner is attached to the Bingo card using an Idea-ology Tiny Attacher.

I just love this little owl! He's a rubber stamp from the Halloween Treats collection by Artistic Outpost. I stamped him on watercolor paper and colored the moon and part of his body with markers. Underneath, I created a rosette using Tim Holtz's Paper Rosette die and Idea-ology Kraft Resist Paper. The paper was colored with Spiced Marmalade Distress Stain and coated generously with Spiced Marmalade Distress Stickles. Behind the rosette, I made a little ruffle out of black crepe paper.

I just love how this turned out - I can't wait for Fall! If anyone is interested, I can post a tutorial sometime for the little letter tiles. Let me know what you think!