Halloween Greetings

Happy Halloween!

Above is a card that I made using ideas from

a book titled Outstanding Mini Albums by Jessica Acs.

I drew and cut out all of the elements myself,

rather than using pre-made scrapbook items.

I saw these spooky eyes on the internet

and thought they were fun! 

The negative space suggests the eyes...

just orange card stock glued onto black

with white gel pen highlights...

I drew pumpkins on orange card stock, mounted them

on patterned card stock, then glued the outside

edges onto the card to make a pocket.

The name on the card is covered by the scrap

of black, just temporarily for this post...

I am very pleased with the way the tag

turned out. Skull drawn on white card

stock, cut out & glued onto black;

 white gel pen border,

and various hole punch dots from

card stock for the polka dots.

Unfortunately I do not know the designer for these cute

Halloween sculptures.  I purchased them at a very reduced

price at a flea market.  They are probably 'seconds' or

overstock, but I love their whimsy!

Above, my Halloween boxes on top of the 

inevitable electronics.  The reproduction sculpture of

Egyptian queen Nefertiti (I had a thing for Egyptian art in college-

and it's never gone away!) has been crowned with a witch's hat.

My son-in-law thought it was really weird to have a black

sculpture of a head in the house. My daughter just said

"It's an art thing."

It was my son-in-law's idea to add the hat...

I liked it!

Some of the pincushions I've made. These are some

that look a bit "fall-ish."   I really like the

blackbirds, which I adapted from a Prairie Schooler 

pattern.  There are a lot of cross stitch pieces in my house!

The pear-shaped pincushion in the upper right came from

a free pattern on the Samplers and Santas blog.

Nefertiti looks lovely in her hat...don't you agree?!

Just had to include one art journal page...

Linking up with T Tuesday today, over at

Altered Book Lover's blog.  

And adding my 'virtual' tea mug...

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Thanks so much to all who visited the

Notforgotten Farm blog to vote for my 

penny rug bag! (#4) Voting ends on Halloween,

so there's still time if you haven't stopped by. There are many

wonderful primitive cross stitch designs in her shop,

and a terrific assortment of Finishes of this 

Halloween pattern!

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Hope you have a colorful and delightful

Halloween...watch out for chocolate!

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