How I Made My Halloween Mixed Media and Collage Embellished Bottles

As you know from my previous post this past weekend I finally put out my fall, Halloween, and Thanksgiving decorations.  Well, two of those decorations were two new Halloween mixed media and collage embellished bottles.

These two will remain as Halloween mixed media bottles and will not become Halloween bottle vases with paper flowers.

I had decided that for these two mixed media bottles I would make them a combination of sponge painted collage bottles with paper-clay and mixed media fiber embellishments as well as Victorian Halloween images.

For the vase in the picture above first I added old book page collage papers to the whole bottle.  Then I painted it with black acrylic paint and added a sponge paint combination of metallic purple paint, metallic dark brown paint, metallic orange paint, and metallic silver paint.

I wanted the front of the bottle to have a large paper-clay medallion in the middle of the front of the bottle which I subsequently stamped with a large sunflower stamp and then painted it with a metallic purple paint.

For the back of the bottle I cut a series of Victorian Halloween images and glued them in a collage to the back of the bottle. Then I added black puffy paint dots around the images.  I brushed raw umber on the images and once everything was  dry I sealed the whole bottle with a glazing medium.

After everything was dry I glued a black mixed media fiber around the flower medallion on the front of the bottle.  Then I wrapped it around the top rim of the bottles and glued it down the left, right, and bottom of the bottle.

For the final touch I wrapped a black, green and red hand dyed lace ribbon around the top of the bottle and tied it in a bow.  I replaced the bottle cork in the top and my Halloween mixed media and collage bottle was done.

For the vase in the picture above first I added old book page collage papers to the whole bottle. Then I painted it with black acrylic paint and added a sponge paint combination of metallic purple paint, metallic dark brown paint, metallic orange paint, and metallic silver paint.

I wanted the front of the bottle to have a large paper-clay medallion in the middle of the front of the bottle which I subsequently stamped with a large medieval stamp and then painted it with a metallic purple paint.  Then I added black puffy paint dots around the medallion to fill the front side up from the paper-clay to the edge of the bottle.

For the back of the bottle I cut a series of Victorian Halloween images and glued them in a collage to the back of the bottle. I brushed raw umber on the images and once everything was  dry I sealed the whole bottle with a glazing medium.

Once everything was dry I glued a black and brown thick fiber along the edge of the back side of the bottle and along the front edge of the bottle.  I also added it around the medallion in the front of the bottle. Then I wrapped it around the top of the bottle under the rim until it went down about 1/2 of the neck.

After everything was dry I glued a black, purple and orange mixed media fiber around the remaining neck of the bottle and twice down the left side, right side, and bottom of the bottle.

I replaced the bottle cork in the top and my second Halloween mixed media and collage bottle was done.

One of the bottles looks great among some other fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations in my family room.

The other one looks great among some other fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving decorations on the fireplace mangle in my dining room.

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