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Roses for the Dead

 
 

                                            Ah, broken is the golden bowl!  
                                                The spirit flown forever! 
                                            Let the bell toll! — A saintly soul 
                                                Glides down the Stygian river! 
                                            And let the burial rite be read — 
                                                The funeral song be sung — 
                                            A dirge for the most lovely dead 
                                                That ever died so young!
                                                            -excerpted from Lenore, by Edgar Allen Poe

I don't have a vast collection of Halloween images, so I thought I'd try and make an existing image look more haunted. A rather ghastly looking bouquet, isn't it? Hope you can use it in your decor and crafts this season!

JBS Holiday Projects

I am still at play with some of the add-on kit goodies from last month's JBS, plus I wanted to start doing a little holiday crafting - I know it's only September but December gets here so fast and I never have enough handmade cards ready so I am doing them earlier this year. The first one is a handglittered halloween card, using the vintage page from last month's JBS kit. I ran the sheet right through the printer and then added glass glitter by outlining the shadowed part of the font with Ranger Inkssentials Matte Accents - the fine tip applicator is perfect for detail work. The font I used is Shadowed Germanica.

Next, a few holiday cards using JBS Bingo cards. I love the versatility of Jenni's bingo cards. They're so easy to dress up and look great plain too!

The sunburst effect was done with a stencil from a past JBS kit and Jenni's new Ranger Dabber Inks in stick candy and cough syrup, plus her new Christmas themed chipboard buttons. The vintage holly leaves and jingle bells are from Papier Valise.

And finally, this sweet little minibook which I covered in burlap and lace trim.

Halloween Projects

Here are a few halloween projects I did using the Jenni Bowlin September Project Kit. The kit is sold out now - Jenni's halloween project kits sell out every year. Hope you were able to snag one!

A treat...

 

A minibook...

 
 
 

 

A few cards...

and an altered project...