Friday 10 October 2008

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.

6 comments:

  1. Teresa..these look amazing...I can't wait to see them in the real..
    thanks for sharing

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  2. Gorgeous and spooky at the same time!!

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  3. Teresa, I love this - I really like the layered effects you created. The acetate works so beautifully, and the combination is fab!

    xo

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  4. This is SOOOOO spooky. I love all the textures and layers!

    I had a question! I saw a card of yours on Johanna's blog (the one with the monkeys in the ticket punch basket) and I was wondering if I could CASE that concept? I just thought is was genius to have the monkeys like that! Please let me know!

    tiffguam@gmail.com

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  5. These ATC are really Stunning Im so glad I was in this swap
    Jen

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  6. Croissants cure all. So does chocolate.

    That's a very cool piece. I really like what you did with the acrylic. I don't know how you managed to get that effect without melting the entire thing.

    Great work.

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