Halloween ATC

I'm in a swap run by the very talented Sarah. The theme was Halloween, and this is my offering:


I used Making Memories embossed paper, a Paperwhimsy image of the girl, on a background of old text. I stamped Heidi Swapp's chandelier in the top left hand corner.

I found an image of a creepy old house and printed it onto acetate to make a transparency. I cut the image to size and warped the edges with a cigarette lighter (used exclusively for this purpose...not for lighting cigarettes at all, honest). It was hard to photograph, but the acetate forms a sort of bubble over the ATC. I held it on with a couple of staples on each side.


I sprayed some gauze with Walnut Ink and stuck it under this word to finish.

I think the word may be French in origin - it means a ghost or spirit. I've been making a guttoral French sound the whole time I worked on these ATCs. My throat hurts - I wonder how the French do it all day. Croissants probably help.