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I only have (dragon) eyes for you

  With Halloween coming, all the witches and wizards need to make sure they are amply supplied with toes of frog and eyes of dragons (sorry Mr. Shakespeare). I got busy in my studio and brewed up this...

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Hocus Pocus-Altered Art Houdini Trunk

Abracadabra. Alakazam! Despite his magic prowess, I’m sure Houdini still had to cart his stuff around from show to show. As I was snooping around the Alpha Stamps shop last year, I saw their steamer...

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Do you know What Witches Do? This altered book may tell you

Combining altered books and Halloween–does life get any better? It does when your altered art album gets featured on the Canvas Corp blog! Please stop over and check out my tutorial (and my first-ever...

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Go through the tunnel book to get to the Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree song by James Newton Howard is a haunting tune that stays in your head long after you hear it. With the Halloween season upon us, I wanted to create my own homage to this song. While I...

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Who’s for dinner on Halloween

There was a time when I needed place cards because I regularly hosted dinner parties. That however was a long, long time ago. That was back when I religiously memorized every issue of Martha Stewart...

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Turn an Altoid tin into a spooky mini album for Halloween

Spooky things come in small packages. Take for example this Altoid tin that I altered into a Halloween mini album. I just love how the spider casts his shadow over the baby doll. The raven must have...

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Make a miniature witch’s steamer trunk for Halloween

Brooms, hats, potions, and spells–ever wonder where witches keep all the necessities for hair-raising fun on Halloween? Well one witch stores her goods in this miniature steamer trunk. Featuring a...

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Trick or Mini Book Treat

I’m not ready for Christmas in July, but since we all know that crafts take preparation time, I can  at least muster Halloween in July (but just barely).  I am sitting lakeside on vacation this week,...

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Just hangin’ around

So many elements go into this mixed media piece–layered background paper, mica stained glass windows, National Geographic background paper, an old dictionary page and even a tiny little noose. To...

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Some vintage spookiness

The haunting season is almost here. What better to kick off the season than a spooky yet sweet Halloween card.  Thanks to Gypsy Soul’s Wrought Iron Miniatures, this card is a breeze to put together....

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