Tuesday 4 September 2012

Samhain Blessings

 
Create  something with a Hallowe'en-ish theme they said, at the Haunted Design  House Challenge Blog.  No problemo. said I,  my idea of a fun holiday is going and sitting in a haunted house hoping the ghosts will come out to play, so I can do spooky.  Ah, said they, but it has to be - flat!  FLAT? FLAT? That means no lumpy embellies....Oh, the HORROR of it...
 

So here's my interpretation.  The background is done with the Spritz and Flick technique from Tim Holtz's Compendium of Curiosities, Volume 2.  The crow you probably recognise as a Sizzix Alterations die (love that crow).  Samhain is the Celtic New Year festival which corresponds with Hallowe'en and I stamped the letters individually. 
 
What's really scary is that it will be Hallowe'en before we know it, followed by Yuletide before we can blink...where does the time go? 

7 comments:

ike said...

Wonderful background and I love that crow cut-out. Fabulous tag. Thank you for joining us at Haunted Design House :-) x

Linda said...

Great tag! Love the background, and yeah, love the crow too ;-)

mark gould said...

I love the spritz and flick technique and that back ground is awesome,great use of the crow die as well.
thanks for joining us at haunted design house

DonnaMundinger said...

Great tag with a hauntingly beautiful background. thanks for joining us at HDH. xxD

Andrea C said...

Beautiful tag and fab background. Thanks for playing along with Haunted Design House this week.x

Croms' Cubby Hole said...

Love that technique you've used here Keren, it really makes that raven stand out amongst a crowd. Fab tag. Thank you for sharing with us at MM @ HDH this week

~Lady B~ said...

Fabulous Background and awesome crow die! Your tag is wonderful! Thanks for playing with HDH :)