Bat Shadow Box

My new years resolutions include crafting six times this year for my blog. Other than the clock, I have not crafted once.  That is, up until now.  The Halloween crunch is on and a years worth of projects are being churned out in the next four weeks.  One of my goals was to make more shadow boxes like the little frog I put together last year.  Inspired by Cat Winterfox at Spooky Moon, I went on the hunt for something to showcase in a  shadow boxe. 

 I found just the thing at JoAnns - a plastic bat skeleton dying for a make over.  First off, the skeleton got a paint job consisting of a coat of black followed by a dry brush with buttermilk and then rubbed with an antiquing wax.  I cut a base board and covered it with cheap gray creepy cloth  (dollar tree) using a spray adhesive. I made a little box from wood scraps in the garage and a frame from the trim leftover from the kitchen remodel.  Everything got a coat of black chalk paint, distressed with sandpaper and rubbed with brown antiquing wax .  A little wood glue holds it together and a chain to hang it completed the job!