Haunted Birdhouse...

"Boo-Frickity-Hoo!

You'd be haunted too if you had 

Raven poop in your shingles!!"

I love this image and I love this 

rubber stamp sentiment.  

I know my older grandsons 

will get a kick out of this one.

This is mid-week inspiration for the Aud Sentiments Challenge - “Any Sentiment for a Child”.  Beccy'sPlace  provided an image for me to use and I chose "Haunted Bird House".   You can see all of the AUD Sentiment Team's inspiration for you and the challenge rules HERE.

TECHNIQUE

There's more going on here than first meets the eye.  The image was printed out and colored with Copics.  For the Raven's beady, evil eye - I heat embossed it black.  Next I punched out 2 circles - the first one in yellow vellum was layered over the other from a scrap of yellow and orange flowered DP.  The two were glued together and then onto the image panel - together I think they look very "moon-like".  The sentiment, black fence and ribbon were attached to this layer.  The matting layer is actually the same yellow vellum used with the moon - it was run thru a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder of a spider web.  Although that design is not apparent, I think it looks a lot like straw scattered about for my background.  

This card should be eligible for the following

CHALLENGES:

2 Sisters #163 – Anything Goes
Fussy & Fancy #98 – Punches and Dies
Sweet Stampin' – Things with Wings

613 Ave C #38 – A/G (op Create your own Challenge)

OSAAT #183 – Autumn

Robyn's Fetish #179 – Nature

Paper Crafting Journey – For a Boy

Quirky Crafts #20 – 2013 Quirky Pumpkin Time
Digi Darla #82 – A/G (op twist – Harvest Moon)

Crafty Sentiments – Fave technique or colors (coloring with Copics!) LEJ Designs #73 – Things with Wings Simon Says Mon – Say it with stamps Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes Fab and Funky #187 – Ribbon Paper Shelter #131 – Shabby Chic Parade Your Crafts #5 – Fall ABC Challenge – W is for Words (add a sentiment) Paula Holifield Crafts (ALBC) – A Little bit Shabby One Sweet Challenge – Things that go Bump in the Night

SUPPLIES

IMAGES:  This is "Haunted Birdhouse" from Beccy's Place; sentiment is from Stamp Oasis

PAPER:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80# Cover Wt. used for the images; yellow vellum and base CS both from stash.

EMBELLISHMENTS: Sentiment tab & mat are from an SU punch; fence is done with a Martha punch; ribbon is stash.

INKS: : "Stormy Skies" Distress Inks were used to ink the edges; the image was printed on a Canon PIXMA printer & colored with Copics:

May you color with abandon, create wildly and always make what amuses you!

~ginny