I've been dreaming about my dad a lot lately. They aren't nightmares and aren't anything horribly emotional. He's just there, smiling. I miss him a lot and yesterday was strange without him watching football and hollering with the guys. As I looked around the table after dinner, it struck me how much older we look. I don't know if it is all the things this year has put on us or if I just finally took a moment to really, really look at my family. My youngest niece is almost taller than me, the nephews have abandoned their video games for girlfriends, and my sisters and I have similar twinkle wrinkles. It made me wonder how long we'll all have to be together and it made me grateful for the time we have. I think my dad was with us, or his spirit was. (maybe that's what got my husband so excited about the game???) At any rate, I'm thankful for the time.
So a little while ago, Tim Holtz had a video showing all of the new Ideal-ology goodies for Christmas. You know me, I bleed orange and black, but one thing in particular made me OOL (ooh out loud). The Vignette Box Tops. When I saw the sweet scenes he made out of Vignette Boxes and those tops...my Halloween vein started throbbing! I ordered them and finally got them Thursday. I was off work yesterday and not feeling well so I created this neat little vignette! Everything used to create this project is Tim Holtz except for the black creepy drape cloth, the glass glitter, and the moss. It all started with larger Vignette box. I cut a piece of Halloween paper to fit the back and edged it in Black Soot Distress ink. I took the largest box top and traced it out onto a piece of Lost and Found paper stash. I wanted to use a Halloween design, but the paper was just a bit too small. Once I had the box top traced, I cut it out and cut out the little window portion as well. I added B...
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