Second on the 2nd: Halloween

 

As many of you who visit my blog daily know, I like to base my second look on the month's host at Art Journal Journey.  This month it is Tracey, so I decided to concentrate on Halloween, which focuses on the colors I chose for some cards and tip-ins I made.  Since I don't often make cards, this was a stretch for me.  I created this post in October, 2013.  Part of it is shown below.

Just in time for Halloween

I believe everyone who was supposed to receive these cards has now received them.  I'm sure some of you saw the envelopes I sewed, using pages from an old Somerset Magazine Halloween edition.

I made all of them using the same five stamps, one punch, a bit of tape, old book pages, wallpaper, paint chips, and three colors of craft paint.

  The back of each was decorated the same.  You can see Bleubeard isn't any better at stamping than I (grin).

I also made two tip-ins, one of which (on the right) you might have seen on Halle's blog recently, although it actually looked better after I added the ink to the left edge before I sent it.  It never hurts to see the flaws through the lens of your camera.  It was good I saw this flaw before I sent the tip-in.

I was so incredibly grateful when I asked Halle, and she graciously gave me permission to use her photo of my tip-in to her.  Her camera was so much better than mine.

The backs of the tip-ins were hand painted, but quite plain, even though I actually did a bit of stamping there, too. 

The irony of these cards and tip-ins?  Each person I sent one to is a seamstress in her own right.  And it's been obvious from the first stitch I ever took right up to this latest batch of sewed goodies, I couldn't sew a straight line if my life depended on it!!

_________________________________________ 

I hope you enjoyed this look back at the cards and tip-ins I made in 2013.

Now it's time to share your own Second on the 2nd.  The rules are quite simple and everyone is welcome to join the fun look back.  All you have to do is bring back a post that you are especially proud of, or perhaps one you shared before anyone knew your blog existed.  Any post, any genre, any artistic endeavor is acceptable, as long as it's been published sometime in the past.  Then link below (direct links only, please) and Bleubeard and I, along with other Second on the 2nd friends, will be by to visit.  This link will be good until 4 p.m. my time on Monday afternoon when T Tuesday goes live.