Last Saturday, a group of us got together to make "The Witching Hour" book lead by Candy Colwell. If you keep up with my blog, I have mentioned Candy before. She is very creative and is so much fun to do a class with. I had to leave a little early and finished mine at home--so I will be glad to see everyone's finished book.
After I took it home, I worked on doing little fun things to the book: I decided to put Black Soot Distress Crackle Paint on the key hole (by the way, the key hole is from the Tim Holtz Bigz Die Hardware Findings
). I loved the effect it was going to create. I was half watchig TV and half doing this and a big drip of the crackle paint dropped on the cover! I wiped it up--but long story made short, it did not all come up and I rubbed almost a hole in the cover trying to get it off. I dug through my stuff until I found a rubbon that would cover it. I had to ink over it a little (rubons serve as a resist) with a permanent ink to get it to tone down a little and match the book more. I actually ended up using nearly the whole sheet of rubbons throughout the book to carry out the added look. So in this case, the big boo boo on the book worked out fine.
). I loved the effect it was going to create. I was half watchig TV and half doing this and a big drip of the crackle paint dropped on the cover! I wiped it up--but long story made short, it did not all come up and I rubbed almost a hole in the cover trying to get it off. I dug through my stuff until I found a rubbon that would cover it. I had to ink over it a little (rubons serve as a resist) with a permanent ink to get it to tone down a little and match the book more. I actually ended up using nearly the whole sheet of rubbons throughout the book to carry out the added look. So in this case, the big boo boo on the book worked out fine. 
The "Halloween lollipop" is on a wooden stick and trimmed with crepe paper. It slips in and out of the opening of the bottle.
I forgot to show a photo of it, but the Ouija opens to a image of Lenore (a witch).
On this page I used a rosette (this is the new Tim Holtz-Paper Rosette
die) to make the moon stand out. The brown trick or treat bag holds miniature vintage postcards that can be placed on the "skirt" of the witch on next page.
die) to make the moon stand out. The brown trick or treat bag holds miniature vintage postcards that can be placed on the "skirt" of the witch on next page. 
I made a big boo boo on this page and punched holes on the wrong side of the page. I "fixed it" by cutting some strips of black tulle and tieing it in each hole. I loved the way it turned out! It actually looks "planned." the vintage postcard opens to reveal the witch's skirt.
The witch's skirt upens up and makes a nice place to display the vintage mini postcards.
I loved this page! It was so much fun to do!
I made so many mistakes on this book, it was S-P-O-O-K-Y, but it all turned out okay in the end. Enjoy!
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