Witch Krafting with Kat

 

  I hope you have enjoyed this years 'Countdown to Halloween' which was made up of my handmade ATC's and Tags. It's sort of my way of sending you all Halloween cards without paying for expensive postage! 😆 Joking aside thank you for your positive feedback ( especially via my Instagram page) it means a great deal to me! My crafting is extremely important to me and my 'Kat Makes' also often reflect my interests in folklore and Witches. Plus t here is nothing more magical than spending an afternoon painting, sticking and glittering twinkles whilst listening to my favourite music! It brings me great joy! If you are interested in my crafting please join my Instagram page 'witchkraftingwithkat' where I regularly post my arts & crafts, including ideas and tutorials. My Instagram page link. https://www.instagram.com/witchkraftingwithkat 😊   Wishing  you all a spooktacular Halloween!  I hope you don't get too bothered by ghosts and goblins!!!!!!! 😂 Wit...

  Welcome to Countdown to Halloween day thirteen! Brewing for Halloween night!  This piece of artwork was created on a mdf ATC (Artist Trading Card). The beautiful witch is also MDF and painted with pastes and acrylic paints. MDF from Calico Craft Parts Join me again tomorrow for the big day! 🎃

Frankenstein Crafting A Tale  I was delighted last week to finally get myself to London to visit the Frankenstein exhibition 'Frankenstein Crafting A Tale Eternal' at The Old Selfridges Hotel. The exhibition has a fantastic collection of original props, artwork and costumes which is beautiful displayed in a very Victorian Gothic atmosphere. Photography is allowed at the exhibition, which brought joy to my heart, but to be honest my photos do not do it justice so I would highly recommend a visit in person if you can. But as promised, from my last posting about the exhibition, here are some more photos from my visit. Be warned some of them are not suitable for children!  Tickets are free but you do need book as they are done in timed entrance slots. Tickets can be booked via this official link.  https://www.selfridges.com/GB/en/stores/frankenstein-crafting-a-tale-eternal-selfridges-london-event/ The exhibition runs from 17th October to 9th November at The Old Selfridges Hot...

  Welcome to Countdown to Halloween day twelve! I put a spell on you! This piece of artwork was created on a die cut ATC (Artist Trading Card). The beautiful witch is die cut and the whole piece painted with Winsor & Newton inks  Please join me again tomorrow for a bit more spooky fun!  ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

  Welcome to Countdown to Halloween day eleven! Frankenstein's Monster! This piece of artwork was created on a die cut cardboard ATC (Artist Trading Card), decorated with off cut cardboard shapes which were all hand painted with acrylic paints.  Please join me again tomorrow for a bit more spooky fun!  🧠🫀🫁⚡🔩🧠🫀🫁⚡🧪🌡️🔩🧠🫀🫁⚡🧪

  Welcome to Countdown to Halloween day ten! Witches market! 🧹  This piece of artwork was created on an MDF arched ATC (Artist Trading Card) and decorated with various MDF and wood shapes and all hand painted with acrylic paints and enamelled with embossing powders.  Please join me again tomorrow for a bit more spooky fun! 

  Welcome to Countdown to Halloween day nine! Ghostly going's on! 👻 This piece of artwork was created on a hand cut ATC (Artist Trading Card) which was coloured with inks and acrylic paints. The wonderful ghost was die cut using a Sizzix die, hand painted with acrylic paints.  Please join me again tomorrow for a bit more spooky fun! 

  Welcome to Countdown to Halloween day eight! JACK-O'-LANTERN! This piece of artwork was created on a hand cut ATC (Artist Trading Card) which was coloured with inks. The wonderful pumpkin was die cut using a Sizzix die, hand painted with acrylic paints and crackle medium. The wording is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology. Please join me again tomorrow for a bit more spooky fun! 🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

  I was delighted to finally get to see the Frankenstein exhibition 'Frankenstein Crafting A Tale Eternal' at The Old Selfridges Hotel in London. I was originally booked to go on the opening day but sadly I missed the launch as I was sadly unwell. But yesterday I managed to get myself into London, which is not always easy when reliant on a wheelchair or mobility scooter. But I need not had worried as we got disabled friendly parking close by and we were greeted and guided to the exhibition by a lovely lady called Aggie ( I hope your name spelt correctly ) through the beating heart of Selfridges store, through the stock room full of designer clothes to a secret door into the exhibition which is situated in the old Selfridges hotel. This I might add is not how regular visitors visit. The main entrance to the exhibition on Orchard Street, located next to the Selfridges Foodhall this entrance.  Wheelchair/Mobility Scooter users♿ If you are planning a visit to the exhibition and ar...

  Welcome to Countdown to Halloween day seven! Various Departures!  This piece of artwork was created on a hand cut tag which was hand painted with inks. The wonderful witches hat was die cut from mixed media card and hand drawn with inks. The bats were die cut from patterned paper the wording is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology. Please join me again tomorrow for a bit more spooky fun! 

Countdown to Halloween day five! Pumpkin patch!  🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 This piece of artwork was created on a hand cut ATC (artist trading card) which was handpainted with acrylic paints and decoupage paper. I then added some fun paper shapes from Graphic 45 Ghostly Greetings ephemera pack.  The additional details were applied with fine liners. The wording is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.  Please join me again tomorrow for a bit more spooky fun!

Countdown to Halloween day five!  The Devil in disguise!  This piece of artwork was created on a hand cut ATC (artist trading card) which was handpainted with inks. The wonderful goat, a homage to 'Black Phillip, was die cut from one of my hand made background papers. Additional details applied with fine liners. The wording is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.  Please join me again tomorrow for a bit more spooky fun!  🐐😈🐐😈🐐😈🐐😈🐐😈🐐😈🐐😈🐐😈🐐😈

👻Spooky Arts & Crafts!👻 I am currently having a little holiday, enjoying the run up to Halloween, eating chocolate worms and binge watching spooky films! 🤣 So I am having a little break from producing my usual Witchy Wednesday articles for a couple of weeks. So I thought today instead of WW it would be fun to share some rather spooky art & craft tutorials which I found on youtube. Perfect for Halloween or if you are like me just all year round spooky fun! 😂  💀🎃👻💀🎃👻💀🎃👻💀🎃👻💀🎃👻💀🎃👻 These videos from YouTube are suitable for all ages but I would always recommend watching and making your own decision before showing younger children. I am not responsible for their content as they are not made by me.  Please join me tomorrow for more spooky fun!  🎃👻💀🎃👻💀🎃👻💀🎃👻💀🎃👻💀🎃👻💀

  Countdown to Halloween! Poor unfortunate souls! 💀 This piece of artwork was created on a hand cut ATC (artist trading card) which was handpainted with acrylic paints. The skull was die cut using a Sizzix die from white card and all details were added with Posca pens. The wording is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology. Please join me again tomorrow for a bit more spooky fun! 

  Countdown to Halloween! 🎃The Headless horseman!  Please join me every day for a bit of spooky fun! This piece of artwork was created on a hand cut ATC (artist trading card) which was handpainted with acrylic paints and decoupaged. The headless horseman was die cut from black card and all details were added with Posca pens. The wording is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.

 A new pop-up exhibition is exploring the stories of the women and men who faced execution after being accused of witchcraft in Suffolk. The Heart of Suffolk: Witch Trials will be displayed at Sudbury Arts Centre until the end of October, before taking over The Bull pub in Long Melford and then Elmswell Library. Please visit the BBC for full details  https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles

  Countdown to Halloween day two!  🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃 Countdown to Halloween! 💀 Please join me every day for a bit of spooky fun! 😁This piece of artwork was created on a hand cut ATC (artist trading card) which was handpainted with acrylic paints. The Witch was die cut from black card and all details were added with Posca pens. The wording is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology. 

  COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN!  🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀🎃💀 Countdown to Halloween! 💀  Please join me every day for a bit of spooky fun! 😁 This piece of artwork was created on a hand cut ATC (artist trading card) which was handpainted with acrylic paints in a combination of browns and coffees. The Crow/Raven was die cut from black card and all details were added with Posca pens. The wording is from Tim Holtz Idea-ology.  More coming tomorrow.  Kat 😊

 

  Witches and woodcuts!  A woodcut is a relief print made by carving an image into a wooden block, leaving the areas to be printed in relief (raised) and removing the background areas. The raised surfaces are then inked and pressed onto paper, transferring the image to create the print. This process allows text and illustrations to be printed together, and the characteristic wood grain can also be used to create unique aesthetic effects.   All of these fabulous woodcut images are in the public domain and were sourced from The Public Domain Review Please visit Public Domain for a fabulous article about woodcut images and the Witch trials.  Please visit this link.    https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/woodcuts-and-witches/ Frontispiece to Matthew Hopkins’  Discovery of Witches  (1648) showing two witches calling out the names of their demons while Hopkins watches above Witches dancing with devils, featured in The History of Witches and Wizard...