Thursday, 13 October 2011

Once upon a midnight dreary

The skeleton piece I did for Grungy Monday inspired me to do another tag using the same skeleton stamp.
.... and since Gingersnap Creations are currently running a horror themed challenge I thought a Edgar Allan Poe quote would be very fitting - in this case the opening lines from 'The Raven' which is one of my favourite spooky tales/poems.


The tag was coloured with crushed olive and forest moss distress inks and stamped in black archival ink. The skeleton stamp is from Kaycee Crafts, and I also used alphabet stamps from Studio G and a writing stamp from Paperartsy. The whole tag was covered with rock candy crackle paint, which I think makes the colour really zing. The little raven (well ok it's a bit too cute for a raven really, but its as close as I can get with my current stash) is a Tim Holtz die cut.

Now I really need to get on with all the christmas cards and handmade gifts I actually need to make, rather than playing :-(

Sarah
xx

3 comments:

  1. Fantastic tag! I love that skeleton! Fabulous colour and design! I too love Rock Candy Crackle. I'm on my 3rd bottle!

    Debbie
    ^..^

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  2. Glad you took some time to play - you've made a terrific tag!

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  3. This is awesome - I love the grungy look! Thanks for joining us at Gingersnap Creations :)

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