Okay, this is totally a sneak peek because I am not finished with this yet. I have a skeleton to go in the balcony of the haunted house and my album is near complete. What do you think? Leave me a comment and let me know. I started with a plain paper mache house from Hobby Lobby like this one:
I gave it a few coats of paint (okay, I painstakingly applied layer after layer until I got it just right lol), a balcony made from chipboard scraps, ragged cloth curtains in all windows, a chipboard door with real metal hinges and a door pull, not to mention spider webs and tombstones and voila! You have a haunted mansion perfect for housing my Halloween Mini Album. Here are a couple more pictures:
Close-up
The one below shows the inside. I put "wallpaper" and a hanging picture on the back wall because with a couple of battery operated tea lights you can see through the windows. I painted the entire inside black before installing the curtains and adding "wallpaper."
Now for a sneak peek at the album . . .wait . . . for . . . it . . .
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So . . . what do you think? I totally love it. Of course I agonized over the cover like I always do, layering things on top trying to figure out if I was going to like it, because the minute you glue it down there's no turning back. But I really do like how it turned out. So here's what's piled on . . .
The two metal corners are die cut from metal tape and dry embossed using my sizzix. After that I added layers of emboss enamel and paint and then chipped some off to look really worn. The skeleton hand has been painted and distressed and wiped off again. I added three layers of lace to look like a vintage sleeve. I also added a jump ring with a rhinestone to create a ring. The skeleton is cut from design paper and embossed using an embossing stylus to give it some depth (of course I also adhered it with pop up tape for more height).Under the hand and skeleton is a black rose trim with a bit of black crocheted lace peeking out from just under the edge. I have added two stick pins I created using various beads from my stash, a teeny tiny glass vial with green "poison" in it (the lid is glued in) a frame I created with Amazing Mold Putty and Resin with a glitter spider from design paper, I Am Roses flowers and skeleton leaves colored with Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst sprays, some bones and a tiny skull from my stash, a title tag from design paper, and to finish it off, a Tim Holtz door knob.
Whew! I think that about does it for the cover. Since I didn't show the spine, I don't have to tell you about that yet lol. I will be selling this house/album on Etsy or Ebay so when I show the finished product I will give all of these details again for anyone who is interested. Wait until you see how chunky this album is . . . I think the spine is 5" wide (I need to measure).
Well, there's the sneak peek, thanks for stopping by. Be sure to comment and let me know what you think.
~ Make Today Count
Wendy
