September Halloween Waltz

The monthly installment of the Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz is on! Thanks for stopping by! This time the theme is Halloween. My week whizzed by so quickly, since I spent a good deal last week afterwork and on the weekend shopping with my dear friend for her wedding dress. It was Sunday evening, when I discovered to my horror, that the monthly waltzing engagement fell in my travel week, in addition to the weekly Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge. Sometimes work just gets in the way of all things crafty, doesn't it? ;) Honk Leave a comment if you can relate!

And after returning from a fun High Tea Bridal shower on Sunday, I was not ready to think about graveyards, ghosts and green guts. I was still in heaven from savoring my double clotted cream and raspberry preserves on a warm scone. Some of you might recall my frustration of trying to find double clotted cream in the States. The whole afternoon was certainly very girly.

Staring at Wanda's Pantry and Midnight Feast did very little to get my haunt on. So when a girl gets desperate, she just starts crafting. The pink card stock tickled my fancy when I happened to see the deadly skull on Midnight Feast. Perfect: Pink + Skulls = Ode to Paul Frank.


Stamps: Midnight Feast (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Paper: Paper Basics Card Stock - Hibiscus (Papertrey Ink); Basic Card Stock - White (Recollections)
Ink: Perfect Match Pigment Ink - Fresh Snow, Hibiscus (Papertrey Ink); Versamark (Tsukineko)
Embellishments: Stamp 'n Stuff Embossing Powder - White (Stampendous!); Gelly Roll - White (Sakura); Spool 'n Ribbon 1/4" Ribbon - Pink (Offray); Silver Threading (?)

The skull background was inspired by the Pic-Nic Patterns stamps set. I created my own criss-cross hash and at every intersection there was an embossed skull. The dotted hashes are created with a white gel pen. The star background is watermarked onto the card stock. A round sentiment to tie it all together and I had to call it the day, since a certain someone had to still do laundry and pack for her business trip ;)

I can't wait to see what all the lovely ladies come up with. Loads of inspiration and talent out there!