I really dropped the ball on taking pictures of this project. I’ll try to describe the process as much as possible.
I chose two subtle patterned papers, one in green and one in off-white, and cut out four sets of wings with Tim Holtz’ Alterations Layered Angel Wings die. Each piece was edge distressed, first with Pumice Stone Distress Ink, then with Black Soot Distress Ink.
The tag is another Alterations die, Tiny Tags and Tabs. I used a heavy vellum. With a fine permanent marker, I wrote “Requiescat” on each tag twice, one over the other. The tags were distressed with StazOn Black and Brown.
The skulls were stamped on to some Memory Box paper. They used to do the most gorgeous Halloween collections. The stamp is Inkadinkadoo, the ink is Colorbox Chestnut. I then embossed with clear extra-fine powder, and edged with StazOn, adding some shading on one side.
Finally, I attached the tag to the right-most large wing piece with a plain black brad, then glued down the wings and skulls, alternating colors. Wish I could remember the paper I used for the card itself. Maaaaybe Recollections? Corners were rounded at ¼”.
Oh look! I took another picture! This is one of the envelope papers. I made custom envelopes with the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punchboard, which I love to death.
I’m so stoked about these cards. One of my favorite projects of the season. I made a set of four, and they are definitely going to someone in the raffle.
These are gorgeous. Finding something interesting to do with the Tim Holtz wings was a master stroke and the skull is really nice. Your shading made a huge impact. Commentary on the pictures is hilarious. Sometimes I forget to even take pictures.
They are really beautiful.