Mini Spooky Crypts

I made these mini crypts for Marc as he loves a skull, as much as I do!

I've had a small collection of various shines from Calico Crafts Parts for ages now, and finally decided it was about time I used at least a few.  The plastic skulls came from Temu (20 for £3.13) 

I started by securely gluing the shrines together ......... 

........ before adding a few laser cut skulls, bones and tombstones .......

...... rubbing them over with gold wax ........

....... finally adding the skulls and this is where I left them for a couple of weeks before going back to them before mooching on Pinterest, when I decided they really needed "something else".

So, I went over them again, adding an MDF grass embellishment on the back, a plastic spider and then going over the edges with black Ranger Enamel Accents to add a little extra texture and dimension ..........

......followed by a bit of basic doodling using a white acrylic pen and a metallic green felt pen.

........ before adding scraps of a brown frayed material between the skulls ......

...... which all helped give the crypts a more "atmospheric" feel, which I think really works. I am sort of tempted to add a tiny eye hook on the top so that they can be hung on a Halloween branch or perhaps even a Christmas tree, but I think I will leave that up to Marc.  I am also wondering what they would look like on a pedestal, a craft reel with a round disc in between (like a table?) ..... an experiment for another time?

And speaking of Christmas ........ could I flip the idea entirely and turn them into cute, gingerbread houses?  Hmmmmmmm ...........

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