Dia de los Muertos

Even more than Halloween decorations I like the sugar skulls of Dia de los Muertos! Dia de los Muertos comes right after Halloween, 1st and 2nd of November. 
On my favorite all-things-paper blog, The Paper Matrix, they featured a very beautiful sugar skull. The original design is a sort of ornament, but after cutting the different layers of papers I sticked them all together to make it 2-dimensional instead of 3. This is the result. Love it!

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Last week I asked for recommendations on horror movies. Here's my list for you:
The Conjuring

Grave Encounters

The Exorcism of Emily Rose

World War Z

The Woman in Black

The Descent
Drag Me to Hell

The Dead

 And still: if you know some good Horror Movies, please tell me!

Comments

  1. Loris GlassworksOctober 29, 2013 at 3:11 PM

    I love your sugar skull and the frame is perfect for this project. I've been working on some Day of the Dead projects this week too. Cheers!
    Lori in Atlanta

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  2. Abby LawsonNovember 2, 2013 at 1:13 PM

    Very cool! I've loved seeing the sugar skulls all around blogland! I popped over from Serenity You-- thanks for sharing!

    ~Abby =)

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  3. Ginx CraftNovember 3, 2013 at 1:17 PM

    I do like your sugar skull. Very clever.

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  4. UnknownNovember 6, 2013 at 2:19 AM

    Neat! But scary! Thanks for linking up to Snickerdoodle Sunday!

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  5. BarbaraNovember 7, 2013 at 12:35 PM

    Very very beautiful, I love your skull!!!!

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  6. DanielleNovember 10, 2013 at 1:24 AM

    Love your artwork. Ooooh, I have no scary movie recs, too scared to watch them. Thanks for sharing at Silver Pennies Sundays. x

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