Rising from the Grave Day 6

Welcome to Day 6 of the 

Countdown to Halloween hop,

and the 31 Days of Halloween hop! 

The links for both fun and inspiring hops are in the sidebar. 

It's a great way to get into the holiday spirit!

As a dark crafter/Halloween enthusiast, I am always on the look out

for cool, unique, even cute, Halloween stamps and digital images

to add to my crafting arsenal. So, it was a no brainer to snatch up this little

monster and her feathered friend from Mo's Digital Pencil.  

She's called, 'L.B. Back'.

Once I looked into her eyes, I knew I had to have her.  

After coloring up the main image using Copics,

I made this card dimensional to add more visual interest.

I'm all about the foam dots.

I used a cool spider web gate die from the Prickly Pear 

that I picked up from ebay last year. I highlighted it with Firefly Stickles 

to match the moon and her eyes.

I got this cool paper from a Dollar Store pack of craft papers in

greens years ago. It's kind of a holey, handmade type paper. 

I glued it onto a piece of lime green  cardstock for stability 

and to hide the foam dots on the back. Then I just punched it out 

using a large Stampin' Up circle punch. I highlighted it with Firefly 

and Clear Rock Candy Stickles.

 I die cut a tree branch using a Memory Box die and vellum.

The branch didn't show up very well, so I heat embossed it using 

black Versamark and clear embossing powder.

I really like how this turned out. It's a fun little graveyard scene.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create- Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenges - Halloween Colors
Divas By Design - Spooky
Fab 'n' Funky - Halloween
A Step in the Dark - Anything Goes 

 And now for my new favorite Halloween decoration...

I was finally able to procure one of these 5ft. tall, poseable

skeletons from Costco. I have been seeing them online and hearing people

rave about them for the past two years, but due to poor timing and 

bad finances I was never able to find one.

Until last week.

There was an entire wall of these things stacked nicely in their boxes  

right inside the front entrance at my local Costco.

I made an audible, "sqeeeeeeeeee" and tossed him into my cart

with reckless abandon and glee. My day was then complete. 

A later trip to the thrift store, and I found this Amadeus type wig.

I think it's a nice addition to his look.

   

And he looks right at home with 'Boner', last year's

birthday gift to myself. He was on sale at Grandin Road,

which is cheaper than what I have been seeing him sell for this year.

Damn, the whole skeleton was only $10 more than the dog skeleton.

And that is why I haven't gotten a cat skeleton yet. Still too pricey.

Thanks for popping by today.

See ya tomorrow.