After making my first cake for my son's first birthday I became addicted and decided Jack Skellington was a perfect cake for my mom's 50th birthday party. She's a big Nightmare Before Christmas fan and it was a huge hit. It was a red velvet cake and I made a tinted grey cream cheese filling for the cake which added to the effect. I painted the face details with melted black frosting as well as the drips down the side. I used 3 different purple fondant shades to make the quilted look on the side of the cake and went for the drippy look instead of a neat quilted look due to the nature of the cake. This was my first attempt at bows which is why there are only 2 small ones on the side which I made with some leftover purple fondant. Needless to say the cake was a big hit.