Four days down...

...and only 27 more to go.
The days are just flying by as it is.
Hope I can keep up!

About a month ago a dear friend gave away almost all of her
earthly possessions and moved to Texas with her son.
Don't even get me started on living in Texas, but let me
just say it was the worst eight months of my life. Period.
Anyhoo, I digress.

One of the various treasured items that I now have of hers
is this Disney album.

 That is some vintage shit right there.
Super nice, right? Not in too bad of condition either.
Although the album's inner sleeve is (of course) missing.
Meaning, that the album may be a little worse for wear.

She said her Dad used to play it every year for Halloween.

I remember those kind of houses while trick or treating.

They were so much scarier than the houses with just a porch light 

and a lit jack-o-lantern. 

I mean c'mon, look at those titles!

You can already hear most of these just based on your own Halloween memories.

I'm guessing that by the time you get to side two, you may be ready to call
it a night. Not sure just how many screams and drips I can handle in one sitting.
I'll probably be popping this gem into a frame and hanging it up as art.

And speaking of art, here is a nice shot of my mantle the other evening.

It's a good view of my bugs and a beautiful framed art print from and by

Mitzi Sato-Wiuff of Aurora Wings. 

Check out her shop for gorgeous art of all themes, but her dark art is

of course, my favorite.    

And now for the crafty portion of our show...

I made this card, and I love it.

I tend to try too hard, but this is so simple, and it came together

fairly quickly, for me anyway. 

The image was a freebie from Paper Whims(?) years ago,

but I can't find a link for them anywhere. It may have been from 

a now defunct blog. Anyone else have this in their stash? Donna?

EDIT: I reverse image searched it and found it at Beccy's Place, along with

a few other cool freebies. You are welcome.

I really like the Victorian feel of the damask dp, the label, and the

combination of black lace and Burton-esque ribbon. 

I like it a lot.

Thanks for stopping by again, today.

All of the hop links are in my sidebar for your hopping convenience. 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Divas by Design - spooky creations

Fab 'n Funky challenges - Halloween 

Frilly and Funky - A Haunting Halloween

A Step in the Dark - Anything Goes

Bearly-Mine challenges - October Halloween

RRR Challenge - Halloween ribbon or trim 

LOC - 3 or more layers

PunkyouGirl  - Halloween anything goes

Delicious Darkness - Gotta Be Gothic

Well an entire month just flew by and we are ready

to begin our second challenge at Delicious Darkness.

The theme is always Anything Goes, but there is also an added twist,

if you'd like to be inspired and challenged further. 

The twist for this month is Gotta be Gothic.

I'm not sure that my make really qualifies for a Gothic feel, but tombstones

can be considered Gothic, right?

Of all of the the tombstones in this set, Tombstone 6

is my favorite. I began by making a shrinky dink charm of this

tombstone, but it warped the image a bit and it looked too

wonky to use. I need to master my shrink plastic technique. 

So, I switched gears and came up with this instead. Mucho bettah.

Out of the Creepy Eye set, the Reptile Eye is my absolute

favorite. I cut the center out of the tombstone, and replaced it with

this awesome eyeball. I popped the tombstone up on foam bits to give it some depth. 

 I used a cool reptile-like embossing folder to mimic the skin of the 

critter, and then used some Inka Gold metallic rub in green to give it some

of that cool reptilian shimmer and shine. Added some orange acrylic dots to

play off of the eye color.

And there you have it. All of the images are available in the 

Delicious Darkness shop. Just follow the provided links to get yours.

 Please drop by the Delicious Darkness challenge blog to check out the rest

of the awesome DT work, and maybe even be inspired to play along.  

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
My Time to Craft - Halloween
Left of Center - no dp