Journal 52, Week 44: Hauntingly Beautiful (and AJJ, too)

Remind me to NEVER say I've finished with a challenge until the challenge is actually over.  Here it is Week 44 at Journal 52 and Chelle our host chose Hauntingly Beautiful for the theme.  She shared her art with us that included a house.  So, of course, my thoughts went to Art Journal Journey where Sheila, our host this month, chose architecture.

Chelle suggested a Halloween inspired theme, so I created this haunted house.

The house is about to fall down, and the roof has holes in it.  The chimney is completely gone.  Birds fly in and out.


A witch can be seen flying over the moon because the windows are non-existent.

A tree branch has broken through the back of the house and a bat is about to land in the rafters.

A ghostly image is standing in the doorway waiting for you and me to enter.  Do we have the courage?  Note the house number, too please.

Outside the house is a grave marker.  Does it belong to the ghostly figure or one of his relatives?  Perhaps we should ask because most of the markings have been ravaged by time.

Materials used include a used file folder (as an aside, if you were here last week, you see I have now punched holes so this can be added to my 3-ring binder), lots of dye ink for the background, pigment ink for the stamped images, black Sharpie to outline the house and gravestone (both cut from card stock and glued in place), a purple ink pen for the grave writing, and a red pen to outline the windows and doors.  Lots of stamps were used, too, The two in the window were ones I bought in their dollar bin a couple of years ago at Michael's (a big box craft store in the US and Canada), the figure and the bird came unmounted from Mrs. O'Leary's, a local stamping, scrapbook, and mixed media store.  Whew!  That was a lot this time.

So now I can truthfully say this is my final Art Journal Journey entry this month, and my 44th week of Journal 52 in 2015.  Thanks to one and all for your continued support of my art and your wonderful comments.