Carey Burns

While going through the mess on my desk in the Halloween room, I found one last haunted house die cut! My first thought was to hoard it because it's my precious , but a friend loved the house on another tag and she wanted more tags from me so another haunted house tag she will have! I gathered together my tag, Distress Ink in Carved Pumpkin, Forest Moss, and Black Soot. I used Distress Collage Medium to glue the house in place and Tim Holtz Halloween Trimmings for the string. First I inked the spot where my house windows would be in the Carved Pumpkin. I dry fitted the house over the orange to make sure it fit right. Next, I inked the rest of the card in Forest Moss. I liked the color, but wanted a brighter green too. I'm a champion of 'making do,' so I grabbed Lucky Clover and highlighted around the orange and blended it into the rest of the card. I really like the contrast between the brighter Lucky Clover and the dingy, smoggy Forest Moss! I always...

Day 3 is here and the morning air as I left for work had a lovely chill to it. We're still supposed to have a high of 83 today, but those cooler days are coming back! I brought apple cider to share at work (sans the salted caramel vodka) and am thinking fall thoughts. This tag is a painful reminder of the day my Tim Holtz Vagabond machine popped. I had only made a few die cuts for Halloween before the fateful day and now with this tag complete, I only have one haunted house left. So sad. In addition to the haunted house and crescent moon die cuts, I used a tag, Distress ink in Wilted Violet and Carved Pumpkin and of course, Black Soot. I also used a Tim Holtz metal word band with brads and Halloween trimmings. Glossy Accents was my adhesive of choice, as always. First, I got a rough idea of where I wanted the house on the tag. I eyeballed it and added smudges of the Carved Pumpkin. I think I did pretty well! After the Carved Pumpkin was down, I added lots of Wilted...